PCMark Vantage is the first objective hardware performance benchmark for PCs running 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows Vista™ and Windows 7. PCMark Vantage provides the PC industry, IT media, and consumers with an overall PCMark performance score based on Windows Vista application tests, single and multi threaded CPU, graphics and hard disk drive (HDD) tests. Additionally, in a departure from previous versions of the product, PCMark Vantage shifts its focus from only providing pure hardware performance-analysis results, to generating accurate performance ratings based on popular Windows Vista Consumer Scenarios ranging from media and entertainment to productivity and communication. PCMark Vantage incorporates an updated interface with easier access to test details and selections, results, system info and other features.

System Requirements:

Processor
Modern processor with SSE2 support
Intel Pentium 4 at 3.0GHz or equivalent AMD processor
Multi-core processors recommended

Graphics Card
Shader Model 2.0 compliant graphics card.
Shader Model 3.0 compliant graphics card for the GPU image manipulation test
256MB of graphics memory for the GPU gaming test recommended

Hard Disk
1.7GB of hard disk space
NTFS File System
System Memory
1024MB

Operating System
Microsoft Windows Vista® Or Windows 7
Other
Windows Media Player 11
Latest DirectX Update for Windows Vista
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7

There are 3 editions of PCMark Vantage: Basic, Advanced,
and Professional in the one installer. Also included
is a one-time use version of the Basic edition for no cost. After you download the file, you will be able to choose which version you would like to use. You may request the trial key or purchase one of the other 3 editions.




This update adds Windows 8 compatibility and fixes a few issues. Benchmark scores are not affected by this update.

Compatibility
- Fixed Windows 8 compatibility issues with online result service connection.
- SystemInfo updated to version 4.17 to improve compatibility with latest hardware.
- Updated PhysX software to version 9.12.1031.

Bug fixes
- Fixed various GUI bugs.
- Updated exporter.dll to fix problem loading saved results.

Professional Edition only
- Added support for infinite looping through the command line interface.
- Added save and submit result options to the command line interface.