Hypersonic Sonic Aviator 3.06GHz Pentium 4

Performance - Content Creation and Business

Content Creation Performance Internet Content Creation SYSMark 2002 Hypersonic Sonic Aviator 3.06GHz 1GB Desktop 3.06GHz (512MB) Hypersonic Sonic Aviator 3.06GHz 512MB WinBook J4 2.4GHz Dell Inspiron 8200 2.0GHz Compaq Presario 2800T 1.7GHz WinBook N4 1.8GHz ECS i-Buddie 4 1.6GHz ECS i-Buddie XP 2100+ Toshiba 1905-S277 1.6GHz Compaq Presario 900 1500+ ASUS S1 1.2GHz 376 368 367 276 252 226 200 195 192 164 143 98 | 0 | 75 | 150 | 226 | 301 | 376 | 451

The Content Creation portion of SYSMark 2002 shows the Hypersonic Sonic Aviator performing neck and neck with the desktop system we compared it to. In fact, the system with 1.0GB of memory was able to beat the 512MB desktop by 2%: very trivial but impressive nonetheless. Stripping the notebook down to 512MB of system memory puts the notebook at almost the exact same speed as the desktop system. This is the first time we have seen a notebook score so closely to a comparably configured desktop system.

The system also performed very well in comparison to the other notebooks tested. The Hypersonic Sonic Aviator at 3.06GHz scored 33% higher than the Winbook J4 2.4GHz and 47% faster than the Dell Inspiron 8200 at 2.0GHz.

Content Creation Performance Content Creation Winstone 2002 Desktop 3.06GHz (512MB) Hypersonic Sonic Aviator 3.06GHz 1GB Hypersonic Sonic Aviator 3.06GHz 512MB Dell Inspiron 8200 2.0GHz WinBook J4 2.4GHz ECS i-Buddie XP 2100+ Compaq Presario 2800T 1.7GHz WinBook N4 1.8GHz ASUS S1 1.2GHz ECS i-Buddie 4 1.6GHz Toshiba 1905-S277 1.6GHz Compaq Presario 900 1500+ 46.7 40.6 40.6 31.2 26.4 24.9 24.1 23.8 19.9 19.4 18.9 18.8 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 37 | 47 | 6

Like all other notebooks we have tested, Content Creation Winstone 2002 shows that the Hypersonic Sonic Aviator is fairly I/O limited compared to a desktop system. Owing its lower performance to a slower 5400RPM mobile hard drive, the Hypersonic Sonic Aviator fell 15% behind the 3.06GHz desktop. The system did maintain a very comfortable lead over the other notebook systems we have looked at, outperforming the closest competitor by 30%. In this benchmark the closest competitor was the Dell Inspiron 8200 at 2.0GHz, which was able to outperform the faster WinBook system because the Dell uses a 5400RPM hard drive.

General Usage/Office Performance Business Winstone 2002 Desktop 3.06GHz (512MB) Hypersonic Sonic Aviator 3.06GHz 1GB Hypersonic Sonic Aviator 3.06GHz 512MB 32.9 31.4 29.5 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 26 | 33 | 39

We recently added Business Winstone 2002 into our test arsenal. Business Winstone 2002 makes use of typical "business" type applications, such as Word and Outlook, in a fairly stressful multitasking environment. Because this is the first mobile review we were able to use Business Winstone 2002 on we were only able to compare the Hypersonic system to a comparably compared desktop. In this test the notebook system fell behind by 12%. Increasing system memory to 1.0GB cut this lead down to 5%. We look forward to future laptop reviews where we can compare the Hypersonic Sonic Aviator to other notebook computers in Business Winstone 2002.