Comparisons between low-end and mid-range
machines
1-10-2002 build
1-10-2002 build
| Metric |
Low-end (Pentium II, 266mhz, 128MB RAM) |
Mid-range (Pentium III, 833mhz, 512MB RAM) |
Outlook Express (Pentium III, 833mhz, 512MB
RAM) |
Netscape 4.79 (Pentium III, 833mhz, 512MB
RAM) |
| Folder Loading Speed |
0.97 (1.27 0.88 0.76) |
0.31 (0.35, 0.29, 0.30) |
<0.30 |
0.75 (0.76, 0.74, 0.75) |
| Thread Pane Scrolling Speed |
0.93 (0.93 0.93 0.92) |
0.51 (0.56, 0.50, 0.48) |
<0.30 |
<0.30 |
| Message Display Speed |
5.25 (5.27 5.33 5.16) |
3.82 (3.84, 3.83, 3.80) |
3.18 (3.16, 3.18, 3.19) |
4.10 (4.07, 4.10, 4.12) |
| Thread Pane Sorting |
sbj=0.57 sen=0.61 date=0.34 |
sbj=<0.30 sen=<0.30 date=<0.30 |
sbj=<0.30 sen=<0.30 date=<0.30 |
sbj=<0.30 sen=<0.30 date=<0.30 |
| Message Reply Speed |
3.00 (3.93 2.55 2.53) |
0.87 (1.22, 0.70, 0.70) |
0.37 (0.50, 0.30, 0.32) |
0.42 (0.46, 0.42, 0.37) |
| Message Reply Speed - Recycled Windows |
2.54 (4.66 1.53 1.42) |
0.56 (0.98, 0.35, 0.35) |
- |
- |
| New Window Time |
2.26 (3.19 1.80 1.79) |
0.62 (0.89, 0.47, 0.51) |
0.44 (0.40, 0.45, 0.46) |
0.37 (0.49, 0.30, 0.31) |
| New Window Time - Recycled Windows |
1.15 (2.73 0.36 0.35) |
0.36 (0.86, 0.11, 0.11) |
- |
- |
| Batch Delete 5 Messages |
0.86 ( 0.85, 0.85, 0.87) |
< 0.30 |
0.40 (0.37, 0.40, 0.42) |
0.41 (0.45, 0.41, 0.37) |
| Mail Module Loading Time |
7.06 (7.04, 7.10, 7.05) | 2.03 (2.01, 2.04, 2.03) |
0.86 (0.85, 0.89, 0.83) |
1.81 (1.84, 1.76, 1.83) |