Aftershock XG13 - The VFM Gaming Notebook Choice
Performance Benchmarking (I) - PCMark 7 & PCMark 8
Test Setup
To test the Aftershock XG13, we will be putting it through our usual benchmarks. You will find the full list below. As for comparison, the XG13 will be compared mainly against the Razer Blade and MSI GE40 - its closest rivals in the new category of ultra-portable gaming notebooks. We have also included results from other gaming notebooks that we have tested recently, namely the Lenovo IdeaPad Y500, Alienware M17X R4 and MSI GT70 0NE and the old 17-inch Razer Blade from last year.
This is the full list of benchmarks used:
- PCMark 7
- PCMark 8
- 3DMark 11
- 3DMark 2013
- Far Cry 2
- Crysis 2
Here is how the Aftershock XG13 stacks up against its closest rivals.
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PCMark 8
PCMark 8 is the latest benchmarking utility from Futuremark and was designed to measure the performance of Windows 8 systems. We will be testing the system using four different scenarios, Home, Creative, Work and Storage, which simulates different workloads that a user might subject the system to.
The Aftershock XG13 held slight leads on the “Home”, “Creative” and “Storage” workloads, while losing out slightly on “Work”. On the “Adobe” and “MS Office” work loads which involved real-world computing tasks with Microsoft Office 2010 and Adobe CS6 applications, the XG13 had a significant 15% advantage over its rivals. Its superior showing in this benchmark can be alluded to its more powerful processor and very fast Samsung SSD.
PCMark 7
Thanks to Aftershock XG13’s slightly more powerful processor and very fast SSD, it managed to lead on most of the workloads, losing out only very slightly on the “Entertainment” and “Computation” work scenarios. Its overall score is also the highest we have recorded thus far, easily seeing off its rivals and significantly better than last generation's gaming notebooks.