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IOLOSystemMechanicPerformanceTesting(February2019)PerformanceBenchmarkEdition2Document:IOLOSystemMechanicPerformanceTesting(February2019)Authors:M.
Kankanige,D.
WrenCompany:PassMarkSoftwareDate:27February2019File:IOLO_System_Mechanic_Performance_Testing_Ed2.
docxEdition2IOLOSystemMechanciePerformanceTestingPassMarkSoftwarePerformanceBenchmarkPage2of2127February2019TableofContentsTABLEOFCONTENTS.
2REVISIONHISTORY.
3EXECUTIVESUMMARY.
4OVERALLRESULTS.
5PERFORMANCEMETRICSSUMMARY.
6BENCHMARK1–BOOTTIME.
6BENCHMARK2–BROWSETIME.
6BENCHMARK3–INTERNETSPEED6BENCHMARK4–BROWSERLOADTIME.
6BENCHMARK5–FREERAMAVAILABLE6BENCHMARK6–CPUUSAGEDURINGSYSTEMIDLE6BENCHMARK7–FILECOPY,MOVEANDDELETE7BENCHMARK8–USB3.
0FILECOPY.
7BENCHMARK9–PERFORMANCETESTBENCHMARK7BENCHMARK10–BATTERYLIFEIMPROVEMENT7BENCHMARK11–MEMORYUSAGEDURINGSYSTEMIDLE.
7BENCHMARK12–DISKSPACERECOVERED7TESTRESULTS8BENCHMARK1–BOOTTIME.
9BENCHMARK2–BROWSETIME.
9BENCHMARK3–INTERNETSPEED10BENCHMARK4–BROWSERLOADTIME.
10BENCHMARK5–FREERAMAVAILABLE11BENCHMARK6–CPUUSAGEDURINGSYSTEMIDLE11BENCHMARK7–FILECOPY,MOVEANDDELETE12BENCHMARK8–USB3.
0FILECOPY.
12BENCHMARK9–PERFORMANCETESTBENCHMARK13BENCHMARK10–BATTERYLIFEIMPROVEMENT13DISCLAIMERANDDISCLOSURE14CONTACTDETAILS14APPENDIX1–TESTENVIRONMENT15APPENDIX2–METHODOLOGYDESCRIPTION17IOLOSystemMechanciePerformanceTestingPassMarkSoftwarePerformanceBenchmarkPage3of2127February2019RevisionHistoryRevRevisionHistoryDateEdition1Initialversionofthisreport.
21February2019Edition2Minorchangesforbetterunderstandingoftestresults.
27February2019IOLOSystemMechanciePerformanceTestingPassMarkSoftwarePerformanceBenchmarkPage4of2127February2019ExecutiveSummaryPassMarkSoftwareconductedobjectiveperformancetestingonIOLO'sSystemMechanic,inWindows10(64-bit)inFebruary2019.
Thisreportpresentsourfindingsasaresultofperformancebenchmarktestingconductedonthisproduct.
TheaimofthisreportistomeasuretheperformanceimprovementsobtainedfromusingSystemMechanic(Version18.
5.
1.
278)tooptimizethemachineintwodifferenttestenvironments(LaptopwithanHDDbootdriveandaDesktopwithanSSDbootdrive).
Toreplicateatypicalendusersystem,bothmachineswerepre-installedwithcommonlyusedprograms(41),someappschosenbyIOLO(12)andbrowseradd-ons(6).
Testingwasperformedonbothsystemsusingtwelveselectedperformancemetrics.
TenofthesetestswereconductedbeforeandafterrepairingthemachineswithIOLOSystemMechanictoobtainacomparisonbetweenresults.
Theseperformancemetricsareasfollows.
BootTime;BrowseTime;InternetSpeed;BrowserLoadTime;FreeRAMAvailable;CPUUsageDuringIdle;FileCopy,MoveandDelete;FileCopyUSB3.
0toDisk;PerformanceTestBenchmark;andBatteryLifeImprovement(Onlytestedinlaptopenvironment).
ThetwoothertestswereconductedtoobtainadditionalinformationregardingtheSystemMechanicapplication.
Theseperformancemetricsinclude:DiskSpaceRecovered;andMemoryUsageDuringIdle.
IOLOSystemMechanciePerformanceTestingPassMarkSoftwarePerformanceBenchmarkPage5of2127February2019OverallResultsPassMarkSoftwarecalculatedpercentageimprovementsforeachtestmetricuponusingthe"RepairAll"featureonSystemMechanic,followedbyreviewingandperformingotherrecommendationssuggestedbytheapplication.
Followingarethesummarizedperformanceimprovementsobtainedfromtestsconductedonthetwomachines:TestPercentageImprovementDesktopLaptopBootTime12%Decrease7%DecreaseBrowseTime13%Decrease8%DecreaseInternetSpeed1%Increase1%IncreaseBrowserLoadTime10%Decrease4%DecreaseFreeRAMAvailable7%Increase4%IncreaseCPUUsageDuringSystemIdle0.
7%Decrease(22%Decreaseasapercentagechangeinutilizationpercentage)0.
8%Decrease(38%Decreaseasapercentagechangeinutilizationpercentage)FileCopy,MoveandDelete6%Decrease8%DecreaseFileCopyUSB3.
0toDisk1%Decrease3%DecreasePerformanceTestBenchmark0.
3%Increase0.
5%IncreaseBatteryLife(DischargeRate)N/A7%DecreaseTestResultDesktopLaptopMemoryUsageDuringSystemIdle4.
1MB4.
9MBDiskSpaceRecovered75.
32MB1464MBNote:Theobservedimprovementinperformancewillbedependentonthehardwareandtheinitialstateofthemachine.
SmallerimprovementsinperformancecouldbeexpectedifthetestingwasconductedafteracleaninstallationofWindowswhereasalargerimprovementinperformancecouldbeexpectedifthemachinewasinitiallyinamoredegradedstate.
IOLOSystemMechanciePerformanceTestingPassMarkSoftwarePerformanceBenchmarkPage6of2127February2019PerformanceMetricsSummaryThefollowingtestmetricshavebeenselectedtohighlightcertainareasinwhichtheproduct(IOLOSystemMechanic)hasanimpactonthesystemperformanceforendusers,particularlyareasinvolvingcommontasksthatend-usersperformonadailybasis.
AllofPassMarkSoftware'stestmethodscanbereplicatedbythirdpartiesusingthesameenvironmenttoobtainsimilarbenchmarkresults.
Detaileddescriptionsofthemethodologiesusedinourtestsareavailableas"Appendix2–MethodologyDescription"ofthisreport.
Benchmark1–BootTimeThismetricmeasurestheamountoftimetakenforthemachinetobootintotheoperatingsystem.
Withallthevariousapplicationsinstalledinanend-user'smachine,itiscommonthatmultipleprogramsarelaunchedatWindowsstartup,addinganadditionalamountoftimeanddelayingthestartupoftheoperatingsystem.
Animprovementinboottimeessentiallymeansthatthesystemstartsupfaster.
Benchmark2–BrowseTimeThismetricmeasurestheamountoftimetakenforamachinetobrowsethroughasetofwebpagesthathavebeenlinkedtogether.
Thebrowserisclearedeachtimethistestisconducted,priortothenextroundoftestingtopreventanyadvantagesfromcaching.
Thefinalresultforthismetricistheaverageoffiverounds.
Benchmark3–InternetSpeedThistestevaluatesthemaximuminternetspeedachievedbythemachine.
Forthis,wehaveusedthirdpartyspeedtestingsitessuchasGoogle'sandOOKLA'sInternetSpeedTests.
Boththeuploadanddownloadspeedsfromboththesesitesareobtainedandincludedwhencalculatingtheaverageinternetspeedvalue.
Thefinalresultsisthetotalaverageoverfiveroundsoftests.
Benchmark4–BrowserLoadTimeThismetricisoneofmanymethodstoobjectivelymeasurehowmuchtheproductimprovestheimpactstheresponsivenessofthesystem.
ThismetricmeasurestheamountoftimeittakestolaunchtheuserinterfaceofMicrosoftEdge.
Toallowforcachingeffectsbytheoperatingsystem,boththeinitiallaunchtimeandthesubsequentlaunchtimesweremeasured.
Ourfinalresultisanaverageofthesetwomeasurements.
Benchmark5–FreeRAMAvailableThismetricevaluatesthechangeinfreeRAMoncetheproductcompletesitsrepairingprocessonthemachineunderobservation.
TheamountofRAMusedduringsystemidleprovidesagoodindicationoftheamountofsystemresourcesbeingconsumedbyprogramsonapermanentbasis.
Benchmark6–CPUUsageduringSystemIdleTheamountofloadontheCPUwhileinanidlestatemayaffecttheenduserexperienceashighloadsslowdownthesystem.
ThismetricmeasuredthepercentageofCPUusedwhenthesystemisidle.
Withalltheprogramsinstalledinthesystem,itiscommonthattheseapplicationsperformtasksinthebackgroundevenwhilethesystemisassumedtobeidle,thusslowingdownthemachine.
IOLOSystemMechanciePerformanceTestingPassMarkSoftwarePerformanceBenchmarkPage7of2127February2019Benchmark7–FileCopy,MoveandDeleteThismetricmeasurestheamountoftimetakentomove,copyanddeleteasamplesetoffiles.
ThesamplefilesetcontainsseveraltypesoffileformatsthataWindowsuserwouldencounterindailyuse.
Theseformatsincludedocuments(e.
g.
MicrosoftOfficedocuments,AdobePDF,Zipfiles,etc),mediaformats(e.
g.
images,moviesandmusic)andsystemfiles(e.
g.
executables,libraries,etc).
Benchmark8–USB3.
0FileCopyThistestmeasurestheamountoftimetakentocopyfilesfromaUSB3.
0drivetoalocaldisk.
Thedatasetcomprisedatotalfilesizeof6.
06GB,andtheformatsusedincludeddocuments,movies,systemfilesandexecutables.
Benchmark9–PerformanceTestBenchmarkThistestmeasuresthemachine'soverallperformanceasafinalizedscoreoverarangeofareas,includingCPU,Memory,3D/2Dvideo&HDDperformance.
ThebenchmarkingisperformedusingPassMark'sPerformanceTestapplication.
Thefinalresultistheaverageofthescoreobtainedovertworounds.
Benchmark10–BatteryLifeImprovementThistestisconductonthelaptopenvironmenttoevaluatetheimprovementinbatterylifecausedbytheproduct.
Thebatterypercentageisloggedasitdiminishesfrom100%to0%(Oruntilthemachinegoesintosleepstate).
Therateofbatteryloss(Dischargerate)isusedforcomparisontoevaluatetheimprovementinbatterylife.
Benchmark11–MemoryUsageDuringSystemIdleThismetricmeasurestheamountofmemory(RAM)usedbytheproductwhilethemachineisinanidlestate.
Thetotalmemoryusagewascalculatedbyidentifyingalltheprocessesbelongingtotheproductandtheamountofmemoryusedbyeachprocess.
Theamountofmemoryusedwhilethemachineisidleprovidesagoodindicationoftheamountofsystemresourcesbeingconsumedbytheproductonapermanentbasis.
Betterperformingproductsoccupylessmemorywhilethemachineisidle.
Benchmark12–DiskSpaceRecoveredThismetricmeasurestheamountofcapacityrecoveredoncetheproductcompletesitsrepairingprocessonthesystem.
IOLOSystemMechanciePerformanceTestingPassMarkSoftwarePerformanceBenchmarkPage8of2127February2019TestResultsThetablebelowshowstheaveragedfinalsetofresultsforeachperformancemetricinthedesktopenvironment.
1Thetablebelowshowstheaveragedfinalsetofresultsforeachperformancemetricinthelaptopenvironment.
2TestLaptopBeforeSystemMechanicAfterSystemMechanicPercentageChange(Improvement)MachineBootTime(s)195.
66181.
397%BrowseTime(ms)58662.
0053718.
008%InternetSpeed(Mbps)370.
01374.
521%BrowserLoadTime(ms)3818.
193679.
884%FreeRAMAvailable(GB)4.
534.
724%CPUUsageduringIdle(%)2.
08%1.
29%0.
8%FileCopy,MoveandDelete(s)11.
5210.
608%FileCopyUSB3.
0toDisk(s)111.
81108.
493%PerformanceTestScore2143.
732154.
000.
5%BatteryLife(DischargeRate)(%/hr)27.
125.
27%MemoryUsageDuringIdle(MB)N/A4.
9N/ADiskSpaceRecovered(MB)N/A1464.
00N/A1Percentagechange(Improvement)for"CPUUsageduringIdle"onthedesktopcanbeinterpretedas-22%asapercentagechangeinutilizationpercentage.
2Percentagechange(improvement)for"CPUUsageduringIdle"onthelaptopcanbeinterpretedas-38%asapercentagechangeinutilizationpercentage.
TestDesktopBeforeSystemMechanicAfterSystemMechanicPercentageChange(Improvement)MachineBootTime(s)16.
3214.
2912%BrowseTime(ms)17227.
6014993.
2013%InternetSpeed(Mbps)374.
00377.
481%BrowserLoadTime(ms)1298.
721172.
4510%FreeRAMAvailable(GB)5.
255.
617%CPUUsageduringIdle(%)2.
97%2.
30%0.
7%FileCopy,MoveandDelete(s)3.
753.
546%FileCopyUSB3.
0toDisk(s)46.
0245.
651%PerformanceTestScore2372.
072378.
930.
3%BatteryLife(DischargeRate)(%/hr)N/AN/AN/AMemoryUsageDuringIdle(MB)N/A4.
1N/ADiskSpaceRecovered(MB)N/A75.
32N/AIOLOSystemMechanciePerformanceTestingPassMarkSoftwarePerformanceBenchmarkPage9of2127February2019Inthefollowingcharts,wehavehighlightedtheresultsbefore(inblue)andafter(ingreen)repairingbothmachineswithSystemMechanic.
Benchmark1–BootTimeThefollowingchartscomparetheaveragetimetakenforthesystemtoboot(fromasampleoffiveboots)beforeandaftertheproductrepairseachmachine.
Lowertheboottime,bettertheperformance.
Benchmark2–BrowseTimeThefollowingchartscomparetheaveragetimetakentobrowseoveralinkedsetofwebpagesbeforeandaftertheproductrepairseachmachine.
Lowerthebrowsetime,bettertheperformance.
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00BeforeSystemMechanicAfterSystemMechanicSecondsLaptopFaster13.
0013.
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0014.
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5016.
0016.
50BeforeSystemMechanicAfterSystemMechanicSecondsDesktopFaster500005200054000560005800060000BeforeSystemMechanicAfterSystemMechanicMillisecondsLaptopFaster135001400014500150001550016000165001700017500BeforeSystemMechanicAfterSystemMechanicMillisecondsDesktopFasterIOLOSystemMechanciePerformanceTestingPassMarkSoftwarePerformanceBenchmarkPage10of2127February2019Benchmark3–InternetSpeedThefollowingchartscomparetheaveragemaximuminternetspeed(Combinationofuploadanddownloadspeeds)achievedbyeachmachinebeforeandafteritisrepaired.
Higherthespeed,bettertheperformance.
Benchmark4–BrowserLoadTimeThefollowingchartscomparetheaveragelaunchtimesoftheMicrosoftEdgeafterrebootingeachmachine,beforeandaftertheproductperformsitsrepairingprocess.
Lowerthebrowserloadtime,bettertheperformance.
367368369370371372373374375BeforeSystemMechanicAfterSystemMechanicMbpsLaptopFaster372373374375376377378BeforeSystemMechanicAfterSystemMechanicMbpsDesktopFaster360036503700375038003850BeforeSystemMechanicAfterSystemMechanicMillisecondsLaptopFaster11001150120012501300BeforeSystemMechanicAfterSystemMechanicMillisecondsDesktopFasterIOLOSystemMechanciePerformanceTestingPassMarkSoftwarePerformanceBenchmarkPage11of2127February2019Benchmark5–FreeRAMAvailableThefollowingchartscomparetheaverageamountoffreeRAMavailableineachmachinewhenthesystemisinanidlestate.
HigherthefreeRAMavailable,bettertheperformance.
Benchmark6–CPUUsageduringSystemIdleThefollowingchartscomparetheaverageCPUUsagewheneachmachineisinanidlestate,beforeandafterrepairingthesystemwithSystemMechanic.
LowertheCPUusage,bettertheperformance.
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75BeforeSystemMechanicAfterSystemMechanicGBLaptopImproved5.
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70BeforeSystemMechanicAfterSystemMechanicGBDesktopImproved0.
0%0.
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5%BeforeSystemMechanicAfterSystemMechanic%LaptopImproved0.
0%0.
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5%2.
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0%BeforeSystemMechanicAfterSystemMechanic%DesktopImprovedIOLOSystemMechanciePerformanceTestingPassMarkSoftwarePerformanceBenchmarkPage12of2127February2019Benchmark7–FileCopy,MoveandDeleteThefollowingchartscomparetheaveragetimetakentocopy,moveanddeleteseveralsetsofsamplefilesonbothmachines,beforeandafterrepairingthesystemwithSystemMechanic.
Lowerthetimetaken,bettertheperformance.
Benchmark8–USB3.
0FileCopyThefollowingchartscomparetheaveragetimetakentocopyasetoffilesfromanexternalUSB3.
0drivetoalocaldisk,beforeandafterrepairingeachmachinewithSystemMechanic.
Lowerthetimetaken,bettertheperformance.
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0BeforeSystemMechanicAfterSystemMechanicSecondsLaptopFaster3.
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8BeforeSystemMechanicAfterSystemMechanicSecondsDesktopFaster106107108109110111112BeforeSystemMechanicAfterSystemMechanicSecondsLaptopFaster45.
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1BeforeSystemMechanicAfterSystemMechanicSecondsDesktopFasterIOLOSystemMechanciePerformanceTestingPassMarkSoftwarePerformanceBenchmarkPage13of2127February2019Benchmark9–PerformanceTestBenchmarkThefollowingchartscomparethebenchmarkscoreachievedfromPassmarkPerformanceTest,beforeandafterrepairingeachmachinewithSystemMechanic.
Lowerthescore,bettertheperformance.
Benchmark10–BatteryLifeImprovementThefollowingchartscomparethebatterydischargerate,beforeandafterrepairingthelaptopwithSystemMechanic.
Lowertherate,bettertheperformance.
21352140214521502155BeforeSystemMechanicAfterSystemMechanicScoreLaptopImproved2368237023722374237623782380BeforeSystemMechanicAfterSystemMechanicScoreDesktopImproved2425252626272728BeforeSystemMechanicAfterSystemMechanicDischageRate(%/hour)LaptopImprovedIOLOSystemMechanciePerformanceTestingPassMarkSoftwarePerformanceBenchmarkPage14of2127February2019DisclaimerandDisclosureDisclaimerofLiabilityWhileeveryefforthasbeenmadetoensurethattheinformationpresentedinthisreportisaccurate,PassMarkSoftwarePtyLtdassumesnoresponsibilityforerrors,omissions,orout-of-dateinformationandshallnotbeliableinanymannerwhatsoeverfordirect,indirect,incidental,consequential,orpunitivedamagesresultingfromtheavailabilityof,useof,accessof,orinabilitytousethisinformation.
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ThetestingenvironmentsandmetricsincludedinthereportwereselectedbyIOLO.
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comIOLOSystemMechanciePerformanceTestingPassMarkSoftwarePerformanceBenchmarkPage15of2127February2019Appendix1–TestEnvironmentForourtesting,PassMarkSoftwareusedtwotestenvironments(LaptopandDesktop)runningWindows10Pro(64-bit)withthefollowinghardwarespecifications:TestMachine1:LaptopModel:HPEnvy15-1067nrNotebookPCCPU:AMDRyzen52500UwithRadeonVegaMobileGfxVideoCard:AMDRadeonVega8MobileGraphicsRAM:7892MBDDR4HDD(BootDrive):HGSTHTS721010A9E6301000GB2ndDrive:SamsungSSD960EVO250GBO/S:Windows10Pro64bitTestMachine2:DesktopModel:LenovoH50W-50i5CPU:IntelCorei5-4460CPU@3.
20GHz3.
20GHzVideoCard:NVIDIAGeForceGT705RAM:8GBDDR3RAMSSD(BootDrive):Samsung850PRO512GB2ndDrive:ST1000DM0031000GBO/S:Windows10Pro64bitStateofCleanImageInordertotesttheperformancebenefitsofSystemMechanic,weinstalledasetofprogramsandbrowseradd-onsontopofthecleanWindows10Homeimageofbothtestmachines.
Commonprogramswerechosentoreplicateatypicalendusersystem.
Listedbeloware41commonlyusedprograms,12additionalapplicationchosenbyIOLOand6browseradd-onsusedfortesting.
Itisnoteworthythattheseapplicationswereinstalledwiththeirdefaultoptions:ListofCommonApplications:1.
CyberGhostVPN2.
AdobeAcrobatReader3.
AVGAV(Free)4.
Evernote5.
AomeiBackupper6.
Audials7.
AntiBrowserSpy8.
WonderShare9.
Bluestacks10.
VideoConverterUltimate11.
Lightshot12.
MaxthonBrowser13.
McAfeeTruKey14.
OverWolf15.
PlutoTV16.
SoundTouchIOLOSystemMechanciePerformanceTestingPassMarkSoftwarePerformanceBenchmarkPage16of2127February201917.
VisualStudioPlus18.
Unchecky19.
Camtasia20.
Synology21.
FreeDownloadManager22.
Glasswire23.
Kodi24.
Steam25.
iTunes26.
AdvancedUninstaller27.
Quicktime28.
MicrosoftOffice29.
AdobeFlashPlayer30.
GoogleChrome31.
GoogleEarth32.
JavaRuntime33.
VLCPlayer34.
Skype35.
Dropbox36.
WinRar37.
Notepad++38.
WhatsappforPC39.
MacriumReflect40.
uTorrent41.
DaemonToolsLiteListofApplicationschosenbyIOLO1.
ICQ2.
VirtualDJ3.
QuickbooksPro4.
DUMeter5.
Discord:6.
EpsonPrintersoftware7.
CyberLinkScreenRecorder8.
StartupFaster!
9.
SlickRun10.
DigiGuide11.
Power2GoDVDBurning12.
CyberLinkWebcamBrowserAdd-Ons:1.
SavetoPocket2.
EvernoteWebClipper3.
TranslatorforMicrosoftEdge4.
NimbleContacts5.
OpeninPrivate6.
Read&WriteforMicrosoftEdgeIOLOSystemMechanciePerformanceTestingPassMarkSoftwarePerformanceBenchmarkPage17of2127February2019Appendix2–MethodologyDescriptionBenchmark1–BootTimePassMarkSoftwareusestoolsavailablefromtheWindowsPerformanceToolkit(aspartoftheMicrosoftWindows10ADKobtainablefromtheMicrosoftWebsite).
TheBootPerformance(FastStartup)testisrunasanindividualassessmentviatheWindowsAssessmentConsole.
Thenetworkconnectionisdisabledandtheloginpasswordisremovedtoavoidinterruptiontothetest.
TheresultistakenasthetotalbootdurationexcludingBIOSloadtime.
Forinstanceswherethesystemneverreallyreachesanidlestate(duetobackgroundapplicationsrunningcontinuously),timingisdonemanuallyusingastopwatch.
Benchmark2–BrowseTimeThistestusesjavascripttoloadalistof103'popular'websitesconsecutivelyfromalocalserver.
Oneachpageinthesampledata,afewlinesofjavascriptareaddedtothewebsite'shtmltoexecutethejavascriptscriptthatloadsthenextwebsiteinthechain.
Tobeginwith,oncethefirstwebsitehasbeenloadedcompletely,thescriptisexecutedtoloadthesecondwebsiteinthechain.
Oncethishasfinishedloading,thescriptisexecutedtothenloadthethirdwebsiteinthechain.
Thisprocessisrepeateduntilthefinalwebsiteinthechainhasloaded.
Thestarttimeandendtimeofthisprocessarerecordedandthedifferenceiscalculatedinsecondstogetthefinalresult.
Forthistest,wewillusethecurrentversionofChrome.
Thesetofwebsitesusedinthistestincludefrontpagesofhightrafficpages.
Thisincludesshopping,social,news,financeandreferencewebsites.
TheBrowseTimetestisexecutedfivetimesandourfinalresultisanaverageofthesefivesamples.
Benchmark3–InternetSpeedInternetspeedbenchmarkingwillbeconductedusingthe2siteslistedbelow:1)OOKLA'sSpeedTest.
net–(http://www.
speedtest.
net)2)GoogleSpeedTest(MeasurementLab)EachofthesetestswillberunfivetimesbeforeandafterrunningSystemMechanic.
Anoverallaveragefordownloadanduploadspeedswillbecalculatedtobeincludedinthecompiledsetofresults.
Benchmark4–BrowserLoadTimeTheaveragelaunchtimeofMicrosoftEdgeinterfacewastakenusingAppTimer.
ThistestwaspracticallyidenticaltotheUserInterfacelaunchtimetest.
Foreachproducttested,weobtainedatotaloffifteensamplesfromfivesetsofthreeEdgelaunches,witharebootbeforeeachsettoclearcachingeffectsbytheoperatingsystem.
Whencompilingtheresults,thefirstofeachsetwasseparatedoutsothattherewasasetofvaluesfortheinitiallaunchafterrebootandasetforsubsequentlaunches.
Forthistest,wehaveusedMicrosoftEdge(Version42.
17134.
1.
0)asourtestbrowser.
Wehaveaveragedthesubsequentlaunchtimestoobtainanaveragesubsequentlaunchtime.
Ourfinalresultforthistestisanaverageofthesubsequentlaunchaverageandtheinitiallaunchtime.
IOLOSystemMechanciePerformanceTestingPassMarkSoftwarePerformanceBenchmarkPage18of2127February2019Benchmark5–FreeRAMAvailableFreeRAMisacommand-linetoolwhichsamplestheamountoffreeRAMavailableeverysecond.
Fromthis,FreeRAMcalculatesanddisplaystheaveragefreeRAMavailablefortheintervaloftimeforwhichithasbeenactive.
Forthismetric,FreeRAMwasusedtomeasurethefreeRAMavailableonaveragebythesystemwhileitisinanidlestate(Machineisleftalonefor5minutesbeforerunningthetool).
Theresultiscalculatedasanaveragefivesetsof300RAMusagesamples.
Benchmark6–CPUUsageduringIdleCPUAvgisacommand-linetoolwhichsamplestheamountofCPUloadapproximatelytwotimespersecond.
Fromthis,CPUAvgcalculatesanddisplaystheaverageCPUloadfortheintervaloftimeforwhichithasbeenactive.
Forthismetric,CPUAvgwasusedtomeasuretheCPUloadonaverage(asapercentage)bythesystemwhileanOn-DemandScanisrunonasampledataset.
TheresultiscalculatedasanaveragefivesetsofthirtyCPUusagesamples.
Benchmark7–FileCopy,MoveandDeleteThistestmeasurestheamountoftimerequiredforthesystemtocopy,moveanddeletesamplesoffilesinvariousfileformats.
Thissamplewasmadeupof812filesover760,867,636bytesandcanbecategorizedasdocuments[26%oftotal],mediafiles[54%oftotal]andPEfiles(i.
e.
SystemFiles)[20%oftotal].
Thebreakdownofthemainfiletypes,filenumbersandtotalsizesofthefilesinthesamplesetisshowninthefollowingtable:FileformatNumberSize(bytes)DOC830,450,176DOCX413,522,409PPT35,769,216PPTX34,146,421XLS42,660,352XLSX41,426,054PDF73136,298,049ZIP46,295,9877Z192,238JPG35131,375,259GIF6148,182MOV757,360,371RM15,658,646AVI878,703,408WMV546,126,167MP328191,580,387IOLOSystemMechanciePerformanceTestingPassMarkSoftwarePerformanceBenchmarkPage19of2127February2019EXE192,952,914DLL10429,261,568AX118,432CPL22,109,440CPX24,384DRV10154,864ICO1107,620MSC141,587NT11,688ROM236,611SCR22,250,240SYS137,528,093TLB3135,580TSK11,152UCE122,984EXE192,952,914DLL10429,261,568AX118,432CPL22,109,440CPX24,384DRV10154,864ICO1107,620MSC141,587NT11,688ROM236,611SCR22,250,240SYS137,528,093TLB3135,580TSK11,152UCE122,984Total812760,867,636Thistestwasconductedfivetimestoobtaintheaveragetimetocopy,moveanddeletethesamplefiles,withthetestmachinerebootedbetweeneachsampletoremovepotentialcachingeffects.
Benchmark8–USB3.
0FileCopyThistestmeasurestheamountoftimetakentotransferfilesfromanexternaldrivetoalocaldiskviaaUSB3.
0connection.
Thedatasetcomprisedof6,834fileswithatotalfilesizeof6.
06GB,andtheformatsusedincludeddocuments,movies,images,executablesandsystemfiles.
Abreakdownofthesamplefilesetisgivenbelow:IOLOSystemMechanciePerformanceTestingPassMarkSoftwarePerformanceBenchmarkPage20of2127February2019FileExtensionNumberofFilesFileSize.
dll1429627MB.
doc496164MB.
docx32476MB.
exe2801.
2GB.
jpg1564469MB.
mp33941.
06GB.
pdf567246MB.
pptx5561.
06GB.
pst259.
1MB.
sys568145MB.
xlsx58481.
0MB.
zip70911MBAtotaloffiverunsofthistestwereperformed,withamachinerestartbetweeneachrun.
ThetimetakentotransferfileswasmeasuredandrecordedbyCommandTimer.
exe.
Filesweredeletedfromthelocaldiskoncethecopywascomplete.
Thefinalresultiscalculatedasanaverageofthefivesamples.
Benchmark9–PerformanceTestBenchmarkAwell-knownsyntheticbenchmarkwillbeperformedusingPassMark'sPerformanceTest.
Thistestmeasurestheoverallperformanceasanoverallscoreoverarangeofareas,includingCPU,Memory,3D/2Dvideo&HDDperformance.
Benchmark10–BatteryLifeImprovementThistestwillonlybeperformedonthelaptop(Testmachine1).
Preliminarystepswillbetakentoadjustthedefaultpowerplaninordertodisablesleep/hibernationofthemachine.
Ascriptwillbeutilizedtoplaceamoderateamountofloadonthemachine.
Forexample:themachineremainsidlefor1hourandthenrunsanapplicationcalledBurnInTest.
ThisprocessisrepeatedinaloopwhileBatteryMonlogsreductioninbatterylifeleadingtoa0%batterylevel.
Benchmark11–MemoryUsageDuringSystemIdleTheMemLog++utilitywasusedtorecordprocessmemoryusageonthesystematboot,andtheneveryminuteforanotherfifteenminutesafter.
Thiswasdoneonlyonceperproductandresultedinatotalof15samples.
Thefirstsampletakenatbootisdiscarded.
TheMemLog++utilityrecordsmemoryusageofallprocesses.
Asaresultofthis,theproduct'sprocessesneedtobeisolatedfromallotherrunningsystemprocesses.
Toisolatearelevantprocess,weusedaprogramcalledProcessExplorerwhichwasrunimmediatelyuponthecompletionofmemoryusageloggingbyMemLog++.
ProcessExplorerisaMicrosoftWindowsSysinternalssoftwaretoolwhichshowsalistofallDLLprocessescurrentlyloadedonthesystem.
IOLOSystemMechanciePerformanceTestingPassMarkSoftwarePerformanceBenchmarkPage21of2127February2019Benchmark12–DiskSpaceRecoveredUsingPassMark'sOSForensicswecreatedaninitialandfinaldisksignatureallowingSystemMechanictorunits"RepairAll"featurein-betweenthesesignaturecaptures.
Thesedisksignaturesrecordedtheamountoffilesanddirectories,andcompletedetailsofallfilesonthatdrive(includingfilename,filesize,checksum,etc)atthetimethesignaturewastaken.
Theinitialdisksignaturewastakenimmediatelypriortorunningthe"RepairAll"feature.
Asubsequentdisksignaturewastakenimmediatelyfollowingtherepairprocess.
UsingOSForensics,wecomparedthetwosignaturesandcalculatedthetotaldiskspaceconsumedbyfilesthatwerenew,modified,anddeletedduringthisprocess.
Ourresultforthismetricreflectstheoveralldifferenceindisksize(spacerecovered)aftertheexecutionofSystemMechanic.