Gateway ID47H02U User Manual

Battery life and performance ratings of the Gateway

ID47H02u notebook system

TEST REPORT

JULY 2011

Figure 1: MobileMark 2007 Productivity 2007 battery life score for the Gateway ID47H02u notebook system.

Executive summary

Gateway® commissioned Principled Technologies (PT) to measure the battery life and performance of the Gateway ID47H02u notebook system. This system has a 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i5-2410M processor (2.30GHz) and ran the Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit operating system.

Gateway provided the test system. PT set up the system and executed all tests.

We measured system battery life using the BAPCo® MobileMark® 2007 v1.06 Productivity 2007 test. We measured system performance using the following industry-standard benchmarks:

 BAPCo SYSmark® 2007 Preview v1.06  FutureMark® PCMark® Vantage v1.0.2.0  FutureMark 3DMark®06 v1.2.0  FutureMark 3DMark Vantage v1.1.0

The Gateway ID47H02u notebook system produced a battery life score of 8 hours 44 minutes on the MobileMark 2007 Productivity 2007 test. (See Figure 1.)

As Figure 1 shows, the Gateway ID47H02u notebook system produced a battery life score of 8 hours 44 minutes.

The Workloads section provides details on the benchmarks we used. The Test results section and Appendix A show the test results in more detail. The Test methodology section explains how we ran the tests. Appendix B details the system configuration.

KEY FINDING

Workloads

BAPCo MobileMark 2007 Productivity 2007

Our goal was to see how long the Gateway ID47H02u notebook battery would last

running BAPCo’s MobileMark 2007

Productivity 2007 battery life benchmark test. MobileMark 2007 Productivity 2007 is an

industry-standard benchmark that provides a battery life rating and a performance rating based on common office scenarios. In our tests, we focus solely on the battery life rating. MobileMark 2007 Productivity 2007 includes applications and workloads specific to mobile systems. These include office activities like file and document management, data processing, and rich content creation. This module provides a score for battery life of the tested applications.

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MobileMark 2007 Productivity 2007 includes the following applications with their corresponding tasks:

 Microsoft Project 2003 (project management)  Microsoft Excel® 2003 (calculation sheets)  Microsoft Outlook® 2003 (emails, calendars, scheduler)  Microsoft PowerPoint® 2003 (slide presentations)  Microsoft Word® 2003 (formatted text documents)  WinZip® Computing and WinZip Pro 10.0 (compressed archives)  Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 (manipulated and compressed images)  Adobe Illustrator® CS2 (manipulated images)  Adobe Flash® 8 (vector graphics, animation)

MobileMark 2007 measures system battery life in minutes. MobileMark 2007 records system battery life at the start of the Productivity 2007 benchmark. It repeats the benchmark workload until the system battery life is depleted, or until the system powers down due to low battery life. At the 7 percent battery life setting, MobileMark 2007 records a timestamp once per minute. At the end of the benchmark, it compares the beginning timestamp to the final (last recorded) timestamp. MobileMark 2007 derives its system battery life rating as the number of minutes between the start and end timestamps.

We followed the run rules that BAPCo specifies for MobileMark 2007 here:

http://www.bapco.com/support/mobilemark2007/Manual/rules.html.

For more information on this benchmark, see http://www.bapco.com/products/mobilemark2007/.

BAPCo SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06

BAPCo’s SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 performance metric tests processor performance in the following four office workload scenarios: e-learning, office productivity, video creation, and 3D modeling. SYSmark 2007 Preview records the time the system takes to complete each individual operation in each scenario. For more information on this benchmark, see http://www.bapco.com/products/sysmark2007preview/.

FutureMark PCMark Vantage v1.0.2.0

FutureMark’s PCMark Vantage v1.0.2.0 benchmark suite tests system CPU and GPU performance, RAM speeds, and hard drive read/write speeds. The benchmark runs common tasks such as video playback, audio and video transcoding, data encryption, Windows mail, game testing, and web page rendering. For more information on this benchmark, see http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/pcmarkvantage/introduction/.

FutureMark 3DMark06 v1.2.0

FutureMark’s 3DMark06 v1.2.0. benchmark suite tests system GPU DirectX®9 performance and CPU workload processing performance, primarily to report a system’s 3D gaming capability. Tests include HDR rendering, shadow mapping, and pixel shading. For more information on this benchmark, see

http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/3dmark06/introduction/.

FutureMark 3DMark Vantage v1.1.0

FutureMark’s 3DMark Vantage v1.1.0 benchmark suite tests system GPU DirectX10 performance, and requires

either Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows 7. 3DMark Vantage v1.1.0 includes testing of GPU-powered physics, DirectX10-specific features, and procedural volumetric effects. Like 3DMark06 v1.2.0, 3DMark Vantage v1.1.0 provides an indication of a system’s 3D gaming capability. For more information on this benchmark, see

http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/3dmarkvantage/introduction/.

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Test

Score

BAPCo MobileMark 2007 v1.06 Productivity (75 nits)

MobileMark 2007 - Productivity - Performance Qualification score

268

MobileMark 2007 - Productivity - Battery Life score (minutes)

524

BAPCo SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06

SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 Rating

178

SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 - E-Learning

162

SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 - VideoCreation

184

SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 - Productivity

162

SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 - 3D

205

Futuremark PCMark Vantage 1.0.2.0

PCMark Suite

6,672

Memories Suite

4,067

TV and Movies Suite

4,178

Gaming Suite

4,339

Music Suite

6,603

Communication Suite

6,189

Productivity Suite

5,407

HDD Test Suite

3,441

3DMark06 1.2.0

3D Mark Score

4,102

SM2.0 Score

1,437

HDR/SM3.0 Score

1,581

CPU Score

3,241

3DMark Vantage 1.1.0 run in Entry Level mode

3DMark Score

8,765

GPU Score

8,784

CPU Score

8,710

3DMark Vantage 1.1.0 run in Performance Level mode

3DMark Score

1,874

GPU Score

1,484

CPU Score

8,839

Figure 2: Median benchmark scores for the Gateway ID47H02u notebook system we tested.

Test results

Figure 2 presents the median scores for the Gateway ID47H02u notebook system on the benchmark tests we performed. For both MobileMark 2007 Productivity and SYSmark 2007 Preview, we conducted one conditioning run. We then conducted three official runs. For the remaining benchmarks, we conducted three runs. For MobileMark, we used the median of the Battery Life scores to determine the Performance Qualification score. In the event of a tie, we chose the run with the higher Performance Qualification score. For PCMark Vantage, we used the median of the PCMark Suite scores to determine the sub-scores. In the event of a tie, we chose the run with the higher Productivity score. For 3DMark06 and 3DMark Vantage, we used the median of the 3DMark Scores to determine the sub-scores. In the event of a tie, we chose the run with the higher CPU score. There were no ties in any of our tests. (Complete test results appear in Appendix A.)

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Test methodology

This section details the methodologies we followed in testing the system.

Measuring battery life with MobileMark 2007

Antivirus software conflicts

MobileMark 2007 is not compatible with any virus-scanning software, so we uninstalled any such software present on the notebook PCs before we installed the benchmark.

Pre-installed software conflicts

MobileMark 2007 installs the following applications, which its test scripts employ:

 Adobe Photoshop 6.0.1  InterVideo WinDVD  Macromedia  Microsoft Excel 2002  Microsoft Outlook 2002  Microsoft PowerPoint 2002  Microsoft Word 2002  Microsoft Visual  Netscape  Network Associates McAfee  WinZip Computing WinZip 8.0

Communicator 6.01

If any of these applications are already on the system under test, they could cause problems with the benchmark due to software conflicts. To avoid any such issues, before we installed the benchmark, we uninstalled all conflicting pre-installed software applications, including different versions of any of the programs MobileMark 2007 uses.

Display brightness and power settings

The brightness of a notebook’s display affects its battery life. Therefore, BAPCo requires that, before you test with MobileMark 2007, you do the following step: make sure the brightness of the notebook’s monitor is greater than or equal to 60 nits on a completely white screen while the notebook is unplugged and running on battery power. The measurement follows the standards from the Video Electronics Standards Association (www.vesa.org/Standards/summary/2001_6a.htm).

We complied with this standard for all the tests we ran by setting the notebook PC’s brightness as close to 60 nits

as we could without going below that brightness level. We used the following procedure before we started each test. Note: This procedure assumes we began with the notebook plugged into the power supply.

1. To create a completely blank, white screen, open Microsoft Paint by clicking StartAll ProgramsAccessoriesPaint.

2. Open the Attributes by pressing Ctrl+E.

3. Enter dimensions that are larger than the current screen resolution. For example, if the screen resolution is 1,280 x 800, type 1600 for Width and 1200 for Height.

4. Click OK.

5. Press Ctrl+F to view the bitmap image and render the screen totally white.

6. Wait 45 minutes to allow the screen to warm.

7. Unplug the notebook from the power supply, and measure the display’s brightness using a luminance meter in the center of the screen. (We used the Gossen Mavolux5032C.)

8. If the reading is below or significantly greater than 60 nits, use the notebook’s keyboard screenbrightness-adjustment keys to bring the display as close to 60 nits as possible, then retest.

9. Allow the notebook to run on battery power for 10 minutes, re-measure the display, and adjust the brightness up or down as necessary.

10. Verify that the notebook saved the brightness setting by plugging in the system, unplugging it, and taking

another reading. Note: If the notebook did not save this setting, use its power-management application(s) to set the brightness appropriately, and save that setting. If saving the settings is ineffective, use the keyboard

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6.0

Flash® 5.0

C++ 2005 Redistributable

VirusScan® 5.13

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brightness setting keys to adjust the screen to bring the display as close to 60 nits as possible. Next, note how many times you pressed the button to achieve the desired brightness. After unplugging the system under test, use the keyboard to set the desired brightness by pressing the brightness button as many times as you previously noted to return the screen to the correct brightness level.

BAPCo AutoConfig Tool v2.4.1

This tool supports three levels of configuration:

1. Only makes changes that are REQUIRED in order for the benchmark to run.

2. Additionally, makes changes that are RECOMMENDED for repeatable results.

3. Additionally, makes changes that help ensure best results.

We choose Level 3 in the AutoConfig tool. The BAPCo AutoConfig tool makes the following configuration changes at each of the three levels: Level 1—Required

 Creates and activates a new power scheme that it names MobileMark 2007  Disables hibernate, standby, and display standby  Sets hard drive timeout and CPU power management

Note: See the following Power schemes section for details on this scheme

 Disables Screen Saver  Disables Windows Update  Disables Desktop Cleanup Wizard  Disables User Account Control (UAC)  Disables Sidebar

Level 2—Recommended

 Completes Level 1  Disables Windows Security Center warning messages  Disables Windows Firewall  Disables incoming Remote Desktop connections  Disables Windows Error Reporting to Microsoft  Prevents the Welcome Center from running at startup

Level 3—Best scores

 Completes Level 1 and Level 2  Disables Windows Defender

Power schemes

The BAPCo AutoConfig tool creates a MobileMark 2007 power scheme, which makes the following power option changes:

a. Additional settings:

 Require a password on wakeup: No

b. Hard disk:

 Turn off hard disk after: 3 minutes

c. Wireless Adapter Settings:

 Power Saving Mode: Maximum Power Saving

d. Sleep:

 Sleep after: Never

e. USB settings

 USB selective suspend setting: Enabled

f. Power buttons and lid:

 Lid close action: Do nothing  Power button action: Shut down

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