| Benchmarking tool measures Pocket PC performance |
Jul. 01, 2003
Spb Software House announced the release of a benchmarking tool for measuring Pocket PC performance. The program, called Spb Benchmark 1.0, combines real-world performance and battery tests with synthetic performance tests to give an accurate representation of how well a Pocket PC performs in everyday, realistic tasks, the company said.
According to Spb Software House, the benchmark includes the following types of tests . . . - File system tests measures how quickly a device can read a 1 MB file, write a 1 MB file, copy 1 MB file, list a directory with 2000 files, read internal databases, write a 10 KB file 100 times, and several other file-based tests.
- Graphics tests are designed to measure target Pocket PC graphic subsystem performance: DDB BitBlt speed is measured, along with DIB BitBlt and GAPI BitBlt.
- Application tests provide real-world speed tests based on tasks the average user will perform every day: Pocket Word document loading, Pocket Internet Explorer HTML page load and JPEG load, and the File Explorer listing a folder with many files in it. Other real-world tests include measuring how long it takes the Pocket PC to compress a 1 MB file using ZIP, decompress a 1024 x 768 JPEG photo, the frames-per-second speed in the Spb game Arkaball, and copy a 1 MB file using memcpy().
- Other synthetic tests include three CPU tests measuring MFLOPS, MOPS, and MWIPS. ActiveSync speeds are also tested, giving the reviewer a solid grasp of how fast the Pocket PC can move data to and from the desktop PC.
- Storage card tests include writing 1 MB file, reading a 1 MB file, copying a 1 MB file to and from the storage card, copying a 10 KB file 100 times, and more.
- Battery tests include having no backlight with zero utilization, video playback with maximum backlight, playing back MP3 files with the screen turned off, maximum backlight with a standard application use test, and maximum backlight with GPRS, Bluetooth or WiFi turned on.
After the tests are completed, data is easily transferred between the Pocket PC and a desktop computer, and the results are displayed as a comparison chart. Test results can be compared to Spb Software House's continually growing database of different Pocket PCs, and bar graphs are automatically generated based on which devices and tests the reviewer wants to highlight.
Spb Benchmark is free for members of the media or other reviewers of Pocket PCs (e.g. for an enthusiast website), as well as for end users who want to learn more about Pocket PC performance using the tool. For business users who will derive commercial benefit from Spb Benchmark (OEMs, ODMs, enterprise users evaluating Pocket PC deployment, etc.), Spb Benchmark is available for purchase for $495 US.
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