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The processor:

SuperPi:



Super Pi calculates the number Pi with 1 million decimals. The result is a time in seconds, meaning that the lower the number, the better. This can be used for direct comparison with other laptops that have run the same test.

You can see the processor is slightly slower in the Asus, although it is far from slow and still a good deal above average. As it should be, if you look at the numbers and the theory behind it - you can never go wrong with 2.0GHz processor.

SiSoft Sandra CPU Arithmetic:





SiSoft Sandra’s Whetstone and Drystone benchmark tests the processor’s ability to do pure number crunching, which occurs during gaming or different forms of picture editing. The measure is in Mflops (Millions Floating Point Operations Per Second) – the higher, the better.

Here we see the same tendency as above, though the Asus still delivers some fine results.

SiSoft Sandra CPU Multimedia:





The multimedia test in SiSoft Sandra is calculated on a 2D figure. The output (it/s) is Mandelbrot iterations per second, i.e. the bigger the better.

A slight improvement here compared to the previous test, but the results are still very close and probably not noticeable outside benchmarks.

RAM - SiSoft Sandra Memory Bandwidth:





Sisoft Sandra’s Memory Bandwidth benchmark is used to measure the speed of the RAM – the higher the value, the better.

The Asus really falls short here; the Toshiba delivers much more performance, even though both have DDR2 RAM. Keep in mind the test is only calculated on one RAM module though – the Asus has two modules of 2GB each for a total of 4GB, so only half the RAM is used in this test.

Hard drive performance - SiSoft Sandra Hard Drive Read:



Sisoft Sandra’s hard drive test module is used to measure the performance of the hard drive. Sisoft Sandra runs a number of tests on the surface of the hard drive and calculates the average reading speed.

The hard drives in both laptops read data pretty fast, although the Asus is slightly faster.

GPU performance - 3Dmark:





The 3Dmark tests show the performance in DirectX 9, and paint a picture of the performance in newer games and applications. 3DMark 2005 and 2006 are based on DirectX 9 and show the performance under contemporary games and 3D applications. No tests have been run in DirectX 10.1 (which both cards support).

You can see performance varies a lot with the Toshiba, depending on whether it runs on AC or battery. It beats the Asus K70IO on AC, but the two are pretty even on battery. At least the Asus performs evenly, regardless of whether it runs on AC or not.

Overall performance:



The PCMark 05 results can be compared directly with other laptops that have run the same PCMark version. The program produces a score from a test that includes the performance of the processor, RAM, hard drive, GPU, etc.

The more expensive Toshiba performs slightly better all in all, but considering the higher price, the difference should be more pronounced. You have to conclude that you do get a slightly faster processor and a better laptop when it comes to graphics if you are willing to pay extra for it, but for most purposes and as a family computer, the Asus is sufficient.