Performance - part one
| Laptop - HEXUS.PiFast to 10m places | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lenovo ThinkPad T400s | MSI X-Slim X600 | Acer Timeline 3810T |
| 38.6 | 52.74 | 59.9 |
| Laptop - 7zip benchmark | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lenovo ThinkPad T400s | MSI X-Slim X600 | Acer Timeline 3810T |
| 4710 | 3078 | 2650 |
| Laptop - CINEBENCH R10 multi-CPU render | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lenovo ThinkPad T400s | MSI X-Slim X600 | Acer Timeline 3810T |
| 5720 | 3360 | 2906 |
As expected, Lenovo's 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo-powered T400s towers above the Intel CULV-based competitors in our CPU-intensive benchmarks.
The results are very much in line with all-round system responsiveness, which we found to be generally superb. The combination of a quick CPU, ample amounts of DDR3 memory and a solid-state drive result in snappy performance and quick-loading applications. Highlighting performance, we were able to clean install Windows 7 in just under 22 minutes. Booting into the operating system takes approximately 50 seconds, whilst a complete shut down occurs in a fraction under 10 seconds.
In use, the system excels at everyday tasks - there's plenty of power for your Office suite and email, and more challenging tasks - playback of 1080p movie clips for example - aren't a problem. We found CPU usage remained comfortably below the 10 per cent mark whilst playing back a 1080p Quicktime movie trailer in Windows Media Player.
