Passmark results; text printout & compairison between your device & other device

[videobruce1]

The standard color 14 page printout; your device (CPU, GPU etc), the listing for the same device shown, the performance figure is usually far less for the identical item. Why?
Other tests, depending on the test, that comparison is lower than yours. The opposite. Why?


The 'text' printout download file; What does the percentage figure represent? Is the higher the better results?
Example:
"Integer Math (MOps./Sec.) : 43776.9 (63%)"

Example is below;

[David (PassMark)]

The percent values in the text export are percentiles.



So 63% would mean you are in the 63% percentile. You can find details on what percentiles are here.

Getting a good result in one test doesn't mean you should necessarily get a good result in all tests.

[videobruce1]

Thanks for the fast reply;
But if the test is for the exact same component GPU, CPU etc.), why would it be different between my system and whatever the reference is? Apples vs apples. Shouldn't the same processor or video card show the same result?

As to this "percentile" percentage figure, that text in that link you provided might as well be in Chinese. Is there another way of listing results in that text file with fairly simple results??

[videobruce1]

Separately, the .png download of the full results, how does one separate those 40 or so separate images that show as a vertical combined image other than choosing the "print" version?
The 710x11700 resolution of the file isn't viewable w/o cropping separate groups of 2 -4 pages separately which isn't practical. How about just a simple/standard .pdf file??

[David (PassMark)]

63% percentile (in simple terms) means your machine is better than 63% of all machines tested. Big numbers are good. Small numbers are bad.

But if the test is for the exact same component GPU, CPU etc.), why would it be different between my system

It is unlikely your hardware is identical to the reference systems you posted. There wasn't enough details in your post to be sure.

But even it was the same, there are lots of other factors (temperatures, # RAM channels in use, video card driver versions, Windows versions, etc..)

[David (PassMark)]

Separately, the .png download of the full results, how does one separate those 40 or so separate images that show as a vertical combined image other than choosing the "print" version? .... How about just a simple/standard .pdf file??

There is a Print option under the File menu.
From there you can select Print to PDF.

[videobruce1]

63% percentile (in simple terms) means your machine is better than 63% of all machines tested.

The link you provided made the situation more complicated. It got into alot of math which is well above my pay grade. Your response now makes sense.

[videobruce1]

It is unlikely your hardware is identical to the reference systems you posted. There wasn't enough details in your post to be sure.
But even it was the same, there are lots of other factors (temperatures, # RAM channels in use, video card driver versions, Windows versions, etc..)

Understood about various other factors, but for something like a CPU, that in itself should eliminate most of the above possible factors. But, what throws me is some tests were better than the example. I would think ALL would be either better or worse.

[videobruce1]

There is a Print option under the File menu.
From there you can select Print to PDF.

There is only "Print..."
and "Save results as; Image..., Text..., Web..." .

When I click on "Print..." the dialog box for the printer appears. I'm running v10 on Win 7 if that matters.

[David (PassMark)]

Select the "Microsoft Print to PDF" printer if you want a PDF.
(or 3rd party PDF printer, like Adobe or Nitro)



You can also save the results as HTML, open the HTML in a browser and then save a PDF from your browser.

[videobruce1]

I don't have that option, the closest is "MS XPS Document Writer". This is W7 Pro I'm running.

AFA using that HTML, that's a a long way around the problem. How about just a straight/simple/direct "Create a PDF" option?

[David (PassMark)]

Windows 10 and 11 both include PDF viewers and creators built into the operating system. With Windows server, these make up 99.8% of the Windows market.

Why would we spend any time re-inventing what already exists, for 0.2% of the market?

You might well be our only remaining Win7 customer

[videobruce1]

"Install" history? I installed this some time ago and so have many others. Just because it was "installed" years ago doesn't automatically mean it's not still in use.
My car is a 2005 model and runs fine, my house is over 100 years old, that is fine also. New isn't always better. AFA as M$, it has NEVER been "better". Your W11 is a perfect example.
I won't go into my age...............