I decided to check my new laptop's performance at
www.pcpitstop.com (which I have found helpful in the past).
It told me there were two minor problem's with it: the processor underperformed, and the c drive needed defragging. I did the latter using windows (XP home) defrag), but pcpitstop still complained, so I ran the trial version of O&O, which brought fragmentation down to 5%.
According to the tests, my processor still underperforms compared to similar systems. As far as I can tell by quite a bit:
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The processor performance of this system, 2468 MIPS (millions of integer operations per second), is significantly lower than similar systems with the same type of processor running at the same clock rate, which perform at 6506 MIPS, on average.
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Suggested solutions are to disable unnecessary processes, and to disable power saving options when running on AC.
Disabling any unnecessary processes does not make any difference, and as far as I know, all power saving options have been turned off.
So, is my system underperforming (and if so, what should I do), or is this expected from a laptop, or should I take this whole test with a pinch of salt?
System info:
Acer Aspire 1520
CPU AMD 64 3400+
512 meg RAM
NVIDIA Geforce FX Go 5700 (128 meg)
80 Gig HD