PcMark Vantage

Score Calculation

PCMark Vantage provides an overall PCMark score and six component scores. The PCMark score is a measure of the overall performance of the PC and is obtained by running the PCMark Suite. Other Suite Scores are obtained by running the corresponding Suites: Memories Suite, TV and Movies Suite, Gaming Suite, Music Suite, Communications Suite, Productivity Suite and HDD Suite. Note that no overall score will be presented for custom test suites. However, using the “Export to Microsoft® Excel” feature the user can implement this functionality as an Excel formula1.

PCMark Score

The PCMark score is calculated by using the results of the various tests in the systems test suite. The individual test scores are combined using a geometric mean. The geometric mean provides a fair mechanism to combine a large number of test results as compared to assigning arbitrary weights to individual scores. Geometric means are used in other successful benchmarks such as those from SPEC. The geometric mean is scaled using results from reference systems to produce the appropriate range of scores.
The general formula for the geometric mean is: Geometric mean = (item1 * item2 * item3 * item4 * … * itemN)[1/N].
Geomean is shorthand for geometric mean. If there are any tests the hardware or the version of the operating system isn‟t capable of running, the results of those particular tests are “1”. Also other tests in that same set are not run and given results of “1”. The formula for the overall PCMark score is:
PCMark Score = 261.92 * [geomean of the PCMark Suite test results]

Memories Score

The Memories Score is also the geometric mean calculated from the Memories Suite test results. The scaling factor is created in a same manner as for the PCMark score. The score formula is:
Memories Score = 240.14 * [geomean of the Memories Suite test results]

TV and Movies Score

The TV and Memories Score is calculated from the TV and Memories Suite test results using a geometric mean. The scaling factor is created in a same way as for the PCMark score. The score formula is:
TV and Movies Score = 1465.63 * [geomean of the TV and Movies test results]

Gaming Score

The PCMark Vantage Gaming Score is calculated also using the geometric mean. The formula used is:
Gaming Score = 29.34 * [geomean of the Gaming Suite test results]

Music Score

The Music Score is calculated from the Music Suite test results using a geometric mean. The scaling factor is created in a same way as for the PCMark score. The score formula is:
Music Score = 993.13 * [geomean of the Music Suite test results]

Communications Score

The PCMark Vantage Communications Score is calculated also using the geometric mean. The formula used is:
Communications Score = 683.58 * [geomean of the Communications Suite test results]

Productivity Score

The Productivity Score is also the geometric mean calculated from the Productivity Suite test results. The scaling factor is created in a same manner as for the PCMark score. The score formula is:
Productivity Score = 47.73 * [geomean of the Productivity Suite test results]

HDD Score

As in the other test suites, also the HDD Score is calculated using the geometric mean:
HDD Score = 214.65 * [geomean of the HDD Suite test results]