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February 2011 Document: Consumer Security Products Performance Benchmarks (Edition 3, 2011) Authors: K. Lai, D. Wren Company: PassMark Software Date: 16 February 2011 Report: 3 File: totalprotectionsuites-feb2011.docx

Consumer Security Products PassMark Software

Performance Benchmarking of 66 Report #3 16 February 2011

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................................................................................... 2

REVISION HISTORY ............................................................................................................................................ 4

REFERENCES ...................................................................................................................................................... 4

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................................... 5

RANKING .......................................................................................................................................................... 6

PRODUCTS AND VERSIONS ............................................................................................................................... 8

INTERNET SECURITY SOFTWARE .................................................................................................................................. 8 ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE ............................................................................................................................................. 9 TOTAL SECURITY SOFTWARE ...................................................................................................................................... 9

PERFORMANCE METRICS SUMMARY .............................................................................................................. 10

INTERNET SECURITY SOFTWARE – TEST RESULTS ............................................................................................ 13

BENCHMARK 1 – BOOT TIME ................................................................................................................................... 13 BENCHMARK 2 – SCAN TIME ................................................................................................................................... 14 BENCHMARK 3 – USER INTERFACE LAUNCH TIME ........................................................................................................ 15 BENCHMARK 4 – MEMORY USAGE DURING SYSTEM IDLE .............................................................................................. 16 BENCHMARK 5 – BROWSE TIME ............................................................................................................................... 17 BENCHMARK 6 – INTERNET EXPLORER LAUNCH TIME ................................................................................................... 18 BENCHMARK 7 – INSTALLATION TIME ........................................................................................................................ 19 BENCHMARK 8 – INSTALLATION SIZE ......................................................................................................................... 20 BENCHMARK 9 – REGISTRY KEYS ADDED .................................................................................................................... 21 BENCHMARK 10 – FILE COPY, MOVE AND DELETE ....................................................................................................... 22 BENCHMARK 11 – INSTALLATION OF THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS ................................................................................... 23 BENCHMARK 12 – NETWORK THROUGHPUT ............................................................................................................... 24 BENCHMARK 13 – FILE FORMAT CONVERSION ............................................................................................................ 25 BENCHMARK 14 – FILE COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION ........................................................................................ 26 BENCHMARK 15 – FILE WRITE, OPEN AND CLOSE ........................................................................................................ 27 BENCHMARK 16 – SCAN TIME ON A SOLID STATE DRIVE (SSD) ...................................................................................... 28 BENCHMARK 17 – FILE COPY, MOVE AND DELETE ON A SOLID STATE DRIVE (SSD) ............................................................ 29

ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE – TEST RESULTS .......................................................................................................... 30

BENCHMARK 1 – BOOT TIME ................................................................................................................................... 30 BENCHMARK 2 – SCAN TIME ................................................................................................................................... 31 BENCHMARK 3 – USER INTERFACE LAUNCH TIME ........................................................................................................ 32 BENCHMARK 4 – MEMORY USAGE DURING SYSTEM IDLE .............................................................................................. 33 BENCHMARK 5 – BROWSE TIME ............................................................................................................................... 34 BENCHMARK 6 – INTERNET EXPLORER LAUNCH TIME ................................................................................................... 35 BENCHMARK 7 – INSTALLATION TIME ........................................................................................................................ 36 BENCHMARK 8 – INSTALLATION SIZE ......................................................................................................................... 37 BENCHMARK 9 – REGISTRY KEYS ADDED .................................................................................................................... 38 BENCHMARK 10 – FILE COPY, MOVE AND DELETE ....................................................................................................... 39 BENCHMARK 11 – INSTALLATION OF THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS ................................................................................... 40



BENCHMARK 12 – NETWORK THROUGHPUT ............................................................................................................... 41 BENCHMARK 13 – FILE FORMAT CONVERSION ............................................................................................................ 42 BENCHMARK 14 – FILE COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION ........................................................................................ 43 BENCHMARK 15 – FILE WRITE, OPEN AND CLOSE ........................................................................................................ 44 BENCHMARK 16 – SCAN TIME ON A SOLID STATE DRIVE (SSD) ...................................................................................... 45 BENCHMARK 17 – FILE COPY, MOVE AND DELETE ON A SOLID STATE DRIVE (SSD) ............................................................ 46

TOTAL SECURITY SOFTWARE – TEST RESULTS ................................................................................................. 47

BENCHMARK 1 – BOOT TIME ................................................................................................................................... 47 BENCHMARK 2 – SCAN TIME ................................................................................................................................... 47 BENCHMARK 3 – USER INTERFACE LAUNCH TIME ........................................................................................................ 48 BENCHMARK 4 – MEMORY USAGE DURING SYSTEM IDLE .............................................................................................. 48 BENCHMARK 5 – BROWSE TIME ............................................................................................................................... 49 BENCHMARK 6 – INTERNET EXPLORER LAUNCH TIME ................................................................................................... 49 BENCHMARK 7 – INSTALLATION TIME ........................................................................................................................ 50 BENCHMARK 8 – INSTALLATION SIZE ......................................................................................................................... 50 BENCHMARK 9 – REGISTRY KEYS ADDED .................................................................................................................... 51 BENCHMARK 10 – FILE COPY, MOVE AND DELETE ....................................................................................................... 51 BENCHMARK 11 – INSTALLATION OF THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS ................................................................................... 52 BENCHMARK 12 – NETWORK THROUGHPUT ............................................................................................................... 52 BENCHMARK 13 – FILE FORMAT CONVERSION ............................................................................................................ 53 BENCHMARK 14 – FILE COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION ........................................................................................ 53 BENCHMARK 15 – FILE WRITE, OPEN AND CLOSE ........................................................................................................ 54 BENCHMARK 16 – SCAN TIME ON A SOLID STATE DRIVE (SSD) ...................................................................................... 54 BENCHMARK 17 – FILE COPY, MOVE AND DELETE ON A SOLID STATE DRIVE (SSD) ............................................................ 55

DISCLAIMER AND DISCLOSURE ....................................................................................................................... 56

CONTACT DETAILS .......................................................................................................................................... 56

APPENDIX 1 – TEST ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................................ 57

APPENDIX 2 – METHODOLOGY DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................. 58



Revision History Rev Revision History Date

Report 1 Initial version of this report, includes new results for Norton Internet Security 2011, G Data Internet Security 2011, Kaspersky Internet Security 2011, AVG Internet Security 9.0, McAfee Internet Security 2010.

24 August 2010

Report 2 Added AntiVirus products, added new 2011 Internet Security products that have become available since the last report, added new SSD test metrics.

30 September 2010

Report 3 Report now includes Total Security products, plus additional results for Internet Security and AntiVirus products which have become available since the last report. Added the new metric “File Copy, Move and Delete on a Solid State Drive” for all products.

16 February 2011

References

Ref # Document Author Date

1 What Really Slows Windows Down (URL) O. Warner,

The PC Spy 2001-2009

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Executive Summary PassMark Software® conducted objective performance testing on fourteen (14) Internet Security software

products, fourteen (14) AntiVirus software products and five (5) Total Security software products on Windows

7 Ultimate Edition (64-bit) between July 2010 and February 2011. This report presents our results and findings

as a result of performance benchmark testing conducted for these consumer security products.

Subsequent editions of this report will include new products released for 2011 as they are made available. For

more details on which versions were tested, please see the section “Products and Versions”.

Testing was performed on all products using seventeen (17) performance metrics. These performance metrics

are as follows:

• Boot Time;

• Scan Time;

• User Interface Launch Time;

• Memory Usage during System Idle;

• Browse Time;

• Internet Explorer Launch Time;

• Installation Size;

• Installation Time;

• Registry Keys Added;

• File Copy, Move and Delete;

• Installation of Third Party Applications;

• Network Throughput (previously named “Binary Download Test”)

• File Format Conversion;

• File Compression and Decompression;

• File Write, Open and Close;

• Scan Time on a Solid State Drive; and

• File Copy, Move and Delete on a Solid State Drive.



Ranking

PassMark Software assigned every product a score depending on its ranking in each metric compared to other

products in the same category.

Internet Security Software

In the following table the highest possible score attainable is 238; in a hypothetical situation where a product

has attained first place in all 17 metrics. Internet Security products have been ranked by their overall scores:

Product Name Overall Score

Norton Internet Security 2011 195

ESET Smart Security 4 172

G Data Internet Security 2011 141

Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 138

McAfee Internet Security 2011 133

Rising Internet Security 2011 129

AVG Internet Security 2011 126

SourceNext Virus Security ZERO 118

Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security 2011 113

BitDefender Internet Security 2011 107

Trend Micro Virus Buster 2011 107

Webroot Internet Security 2011 107

Panda Internet Security 2011 103

F-Secure Internet Security 2011 96



AntiVirus Software


has attained first place all 17 metrics. AntiVirus products have been ranked by their overall scores:

Product Name Overall Score

Norton AntiVirus 2011 170

Avast! Free AntiVirus 5 165

Avira AntiVir Personal 10 159

ESET NOD32 AntiVirus 4 152

AVG AntiVirus 2011 124

G Data AntiVirus 2011 120

AVG AntiVirus Free 2011 119

Kaspersky AntiVirus 2011 113

Rising AntiVirus 2011 111

Panda AntiVirus 2011 109

McAfee AntiVirus Plus 2011 109

Trend Micro Titanium AntiVirus Plus 2011 92

Microsoft Security Essentials 91

Quick Heal AntiVirus Pro 2011 83

Total Security Software


has attained first place all 17 metrics. Total Security products have been ranked by their overall scores:

Product name Overall Score

Norton 360 Version 5.0 70

Kaspersky PURE 59

McAfee Total Protection 2011 50

Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security 2011 38

BitDefender Total Security 2011 37



Products and Versions

In all cases, we have tested the full, retail release of the newest generation (2011 versions) of security

products. The names and versions of products which were tested can be found below from each category

table:

Internet Security Software

Manufacturer Product Name Release Year Product Version Date Tested

AVG Technologies AVG Internet Security 2011 2010 Current

10.0.1136 Oct 2010

BitDefender BitDefender Internet Security 2011 2010 Current

14.0.23.312 Sep 2010

ESET LLC ESET Smart Security 2011 2011 Current 4.2.71.2

Feb 2011

F-Secure Corporation F-Secure Internet Security 2011 2010 Current

10.50.197 Oct 2010

G Data Software AG G Data Internet Security 2011 2010 Current 21.0.2.1

Jul 2010

Kaspersky Labs Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 2010 Current

11.0.0.239a Jul 2010

McAfee, Inc McAfee Internet Security 2011 2010 Current 10.0.570

Oct 2010

Panda Security Panda Internet Security 2011 2010 Current 16.00.00

Sep 2010

Rising International Rising Internet Security 2011 2010 Current

23.00.14.82 Dec 2010

SourceNext Corporation SourceNext Virus Security ZERO 2010 Current

10.0.0071 Sep 2010

Symantec Corporation Norton Internet Security 2011 2010 Current

18.0.0.128 Jul 2010

Trend Micro Inc Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security 2011

2010 Current 3.0.1303

Sep 2010

Trend Micro Inc Trend Micro Virus Buster 2011 (Japanese)

2010 Current

J-10-12455680 Sep 2010

Webroot Software Inc Webroot Internet Security 2011 2010 Current

7.0.4.102 Sep 2010



AntiVirus Software


AVAST Software a.s. Avast! Free AntiVirus 5 2010 Current 5.0.594

Sep 2010

AVG Technologies AVG AntiVirus 2011 2010 Current

10.0.1153 Oct 2010

AVG Technologies AVG AntiVirus Free 2011 2010 Current

10.0.1136 Oct 2010

Avira GmbH Avira AntiVir Personal 10 2010 Current

10.0.0.567 Sep 2010

ESET LLC ESET Smart Security 2011 2011 Current 4.2.71.2

Feb 2011

G Data GmbH G Data AntiVirus 2011 2010 Current 21.0.2.1

Sep 2010

Kaspersky Labs Kaspersky AntiVirus 2011 2010 Current

11.0.1.400 Sep 2010

McAfee, Inc McAfee AntiVirus Plus 2011 2010 Current 10.0.570

Oct 2010

Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Security Essentials 2010 Current

1.87.1489.0 Sep 2010

Panda Security Panda AntiVirus 2011 2010 Current 16.00.00

Sep 2010

Quick Heal Technologies Quick Heal AntiVirus Pro 2011 2010 Current

12.00 (5.0.0.1) Dec 2010

Rising International Rising AntiVirus 2011 2010 Current

23.00.12.41 Dec 2010

Symantec Corporation Norton AntiVirus 2011 2010 Current

18.0.0.128 Sep 2010

Trend Micro Trend Micro Titanium AntiVirus Plus 2011

2010 Current 3.0.1303

Oct 2010

Total Security Software


BitDefender BitDefender Total Security 2011 2010 Current

14.0.24.330 Nov 2010

Kaspersky Labs. Kaspersky PURE 2011 2010 Current

9.0.0.192 Oct 2010

McAfee, Inc McAfee Total Protection 2011 2010 Current 10.0.570

Nov 2010

Symantec Corporation Norton 360 Version 5.0 2010 Current

5.0.0.125 Dec 2010

Trend Micro Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security 2011

2010 Current 3.0.1013

Nov 2010



Performance Metrics Summary

We have selected a set of objective metrics which provide a comprehensive and realistic indication of the

areas in which an antivirus may impact system performance for end users. Our metrics test the impact of the

antivirus software on common tasks that end-users would perform on a daily basis.

All of PassMark Software’s test methods can be replicated by third parties using the same environment to

obtain similar benchmark results. Detailed descriptions of the methodologies used in our tests are available as

“Appendix 2 – Methodology Description” of this report.

Benchmark 1 – Boot Time

This metric measures the amount of time taken for the machine to boot into the operating system. Security

software is generally launched at Windows startup, adding an additional amount of time and delaying the

startup of the operating system. Shorter boot times indicate that the application has had less impact on the

normal operation of the machine.

Benchmark 2 – Scan Time

All antivirus solutions have functionality designed to detect viruses and various other forms of malware by

scanning files on the system. This metric measured the amount of time required to scan a set of clean files.

Our sample file set comprised a total file size of 1.2 GB and was made up of files that would typically be found

on end-user machines, such as media files, system files and Microsoft Office documents.

Benchmark 3 – User Interface Launch Time

This metric provides an objective indication as to how responsive a security product appears to the user, by

measuring the amount of time it takes for the user interface of the antivirus software to launch from

Windows. To allow for caching effects by the operating system, both the initial launch time and the

subsequent launch times were measured. Our final result is an average of these two measurements.

Benchmark 4 – Memory Usage during System Idle

This metric measures the amount of memory (RAM) used by the product while the machine and antivirus

software are in an idle state. The total memory usage was calculated by identifying all antivirus software

processes and the amount of memory used by each process.

The amount of memory used while the machine is idle provides a good indication of the amount of system

resources being consumed by the antivirus software on a permanent basis. Better performing products occupy

less memory while the machine is idle.

Benchmark 5 – Browse Time

It is common behavior for security products to scan data for malware as it is downloaded from the internet or

intranet. This behavior may negatively impact browsing speed as products scan web content for malware. This

metric measures the time taken to browse a set of popular internet sites to consecutively load from a local

server in a user’s browser window.



Benchmark 6 – Internet Explorer Launch Time

This metric is one of many methods to objectively measure how much a security product impacts on the

responsiveness of the system. This metric measures the amount of time it takes to launch the user interface of

Internet Explorer 8. To allow for caching effects by the operating system, both the initial launch time and the

subsequent launch times were measured. Our final result is an average of these two measurements.

Benchmark 7 – Installation Time

The speed and ease of the installation process will strongly influence the user’s first impression of the antivirus

software. This test measures the minimum installation time required by the antivirus software to be fully

functional and ready for use by the end user. Lower installation times represent antivirus products which are

quicker for a user to install.

Benchmark 8 – Installation Size

In offering new features and functionality to users, antivirus software products tend to increase in size with

each new release. Although new technologies push the size limits of hard drives each year, the growing disk

space requirements of common applications and the increasing popularity of large media files (such as movies,

photos and music) ensure that a product's installation size will remain of interest to home users.

This metric aims to measure a product’s total installation size. This metric is defined as the total disk space

consumed by all new files added during a product's installation.

Benchmark 9 – Registry Keys Added

A large registry increases a machine’s use of resources. This may negatively impact system performance,

especially on much older machines. This test measures the amount of keys and values added to registry, after

rebooting the test machines, following a successful product installation. Lower numbers mean that a product

has added fewer keys during installation and had less impact on the registry.

Benchmark 10 – File Copy, Move and Delete

This metric measures the amount of time taken to move, copy and delete a sample set of files. The sample file

set contains several types of file formats that a Windows user would encounter in daily use. These formats

include documents (e.g. Microsoft Office documents, Adobe PDF, Zip files, etc), media formats (e.g. images,

movies and music) and system files (e.g. executables, libraries, etc).

Benchmark 11 – Installing Third Party Applications

This metric measures the amount of time taken to install and uninstall third party programs. The installation

speed of third party applications may be impacted by antivirus behavior such as heuristics or real time

malware scanning.

Benchmark 12 – Network Throughput

The metric measures the amount of time taken to download a variety of files from a local server using the

HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which is the main protocol used on the web for browsing, linking and data

transfer. Files used in this test include file formats that users would typically download from the web, such as

images, archives, music files and movie files.



Benchmark 13 – File Format Conversion

This test measures the amount of time taken to convert an MP3 file to a WAV and subsequently, convert the

same MP3 file to a WMA format.

Benchmark 14 – File Compression and Decompression

This metric measures the amount of time taken to compress and decompress different types of files. Files

formats used in this test included documents, movies and images.

Benchmark 15 – File Write, Open and Close

This benchmark was derived from Oli Warner’s File I/O test at http://www.thepcspy.com (please see

Reference #1: What Really Slows Windows Down). This metric measures the amount of time taken to write a

file, then open and close that file.

Benchmark 16 – Scan Time on a Solid State Drive (SSD)

This metric measured the amount of time required to scan a set of clean files that are stored on a Solid State

Drive (SSD). Our sample file set comprised of 18,000 files and was made up of files that would typically be

found on end-user machines, such as media files, system files and Microsoft Office documents.

Benchmark 17 – File Copy, Move and Delete on a Solid State Drive (SSD)

This metric measured the amount of time required to perform file copy, move and delete operations on a file

set stored on a Solid State Drive (SSD). Our sample file set comprised of roughly 2,400 files and was made up of

files that would typically be found on end-user machines, such as media files, system files and Microsoft Office

documents.

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Internet Security Software – Test Results In the following charts, we have highlighted the results we obtained for Norton Internet Security 2011 in

yellow. The average has also been highlighted in blue for ease of comparison.


The following chart compares the average time taken for the system to boot (from a sample of five boots) for

each Internet Security product tested. Products with lower boot times are considered better performing

products in this category.

60.40

39.67

34.21

33.02

31.97

31.76

31.12

31.01

30.66

30.21

29.92

29.67

28.05

26.92

26.75

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Webroot Internet Security 2011

Panda Internet Security 2011

AVG Internet Security 2011

Average

Kaspersky Internet Security 2011

McAfee Internet Security 2011

Rising Internet Security 2011

BitDefender Internet Security 2011

F-Secure Internet Security 2011

Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security 2011

SourceNext Virus Security ZERO

G Data Internet Security 2011

ESET Smart Security 4

Norton Internet Security 2011

Trend Micro Virus Buster 2011

Boot Time (sec)




The following chart compares the average time taken to scan a set of 6159 files (totaling 982 MB) for each

Internet Security product tested. This time is calculated by averaging the initial (Run 1) and subsequent (Runs

2-5) scan times. Products with lower scan times are considered better performing products in this category.

85.63

77.43

75.61

75.50

74.38

64.88

62.94

61.30

58.18

52.50

51.88

42.30

35.50

29.00

25.75

0 20 40 60 80 100









Average







Scan Time (sec)




The following chart compares the average time taken to launch a product’s user interface. Products with lower

launch times are considered better performing products in this category.

2,688

1,992

1,353

1,086

811

784

783

756

474

430

395

267

237

70

33

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000





Average











User Interface Launch Time (ms)




The following chart compares the average amount of RAM in use by an Internet Security product during a

period of system idle. This average is taken from a sample of ten memory snapshots taken at roughly 60

seconds apart after reboot. Products with lower idle RAM usage are considered better performing products in

this category.

81.29

75.47

68.05

66.58

59.58

53.32

44.29

42.31

41.10

30.41

23.98

23.18

20.71

17.98

16.10

0 20 40 60 80 100







Average









Memory Usage during System Idle (MB)




The following chart compares the average time taken for Internet Explorer to successively load a set of popular

websites through the local area network from a local server machine. Products with lower browse times are

considered better performing products in this category.

764.22

116.80

106.43

79.20

74.89

72.25

68.61

67.24

65.25

63.50

59.89

57.85

55.00

50.64

50.24

0 200 400 600 800 1,000


Average














Browse Time (sec)




The following chart compares the average launch times of Internet Explorer after rebooting the machine for

each Internet Security product we tested. Products with lower launch times are considered better performing


2,238

1,251

1,231

1,125

1,015

954

870

816

809

798

792

699

615

574

528

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500






Average










Internet Explorer Launch Time (ms)




The following chart compares the minimum installation time it takes for Internet Security products to be fully

functional and ready for use by the end user. Products with lower installation times are considered better

performing products in this category.

* Our result for BitDefender Internet Security 2011 includes time taken for the installer to download components as part of the

installation process.

444.77

408.06

368.81

368.00

216.95

202.41

196.20

191.29

180.82

169.19

137.01

129.66

127.01

72.70

41.31

0 100 200 300 400 500





Average











Installation Time (sec)




The following chart compares the total size of files added during the installation of Internet Security products.

Products with lower installation sizes are considered better performing products in this category.

1,068.46

508.79

435.24

408.16

384.69

347.36

280.35

250.21

238.32

231.75

230.09

217.07

217.07

216.39

176.45

0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200






Average










Installation Size (MB)




The following chart compares the amount of Registry Keys created during product installation for each

Internet Security product tested. Products with lower key counts are considered better performing products in

this category.

16,478

8,574

7,760

7,431

6,563

4,964

4,804

3,047

2,836

2,679

2,324

2,049

2,005

1,774

1,173

0 4,000 8,000 12,000 16,000 20,000






Average










Added Registry Keys and Values




The following chart compares the average time taken to copy, move and delete several sets of sample files for

each Internet Security product tested. Products with lower times are considered better performing products in

this category.

63.43

29.23

25.60

25.07

23.86

23.55

23.41

21.59

20.65

20.56

20.49

20.37

20.22

19.21

18.76

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70




Average












File Copy, Move and Delete (sec)



Benchmark 11 – Installation of Third Party Applications

The following chart compares the average time taken to install a third party application for each Internet

Security product tested. Products with lower times are considered better performing products in this category.

45.90

43.90

41.99

37.85

36.47

36.28

35.62

34.97

34.88

34.24

33.97

33.65

32.37

31.20

30.89

0 10 20 30 40 50






Average










Installation of Third Party Applications (sec)




The following chart compares the average time to download a sample set of common file types for each

Internet Security product tested. Products with lower times are considered better performing products in this

category.

163.29

30.17

25.91

19.83

18.65

16.12

14.86

14.54

14.31

13.71

13.65

11.66

10.97

10.74

10.26

0 40 80 120 160 200



Average













Network Throughput (sec)




The following chart compares the average time it takes for a sample file to be converted from one file format

to another (MP3 WMA, MP3 WAV) for each Internet Security product tested. Products with lower times

are considered better performing products in this category.

12.23

12.20

11.82

11.73

11.63

11.60

11.50

11.46

11.22

11.18

11.17

11.08

11.05

11.05

10.95

0 4 8 12 16








Average








File Format Conversion (sec)




The following chart compares the average time it takes for sample files to be compressed and decompressed

for each Internet Security product tested. Products with lower times are considered better performing


16.16

15.84

15.37

15.23

15.01

13.93

13.63

13.39

13.33

13.20

13.15

12.75

12.72

12.66

12.53

0 4 8 12 16 20






Average










File Compression and Decompression (sec)




The following chart compares the average time it takes for a file to be written to the hard drive then opened

and closed 180,000 times, for each Internet Security product tested. Products with lower times are considered

better performing products in this category.

1,481.32

1,360.96

779.22

778.39

373.52

362.24

227.05

53.30

36.12

33.59

28.95

26.65

24.31

20.62

16.59

0 400 800 1,200 1,600





Average











File Write, Open and Close (sec)




The following chart compares the average time taken to scan a set of 18,000 files stored on an SSD for each

Internet Security product tested. This time is calculated by averaging the initial (Run 1) and subsequent (Runs

2-5) scan times. Products with lower scan times are considered better performing products in this category.

249.86

222.43

214.59

211.67

198.50

151.25

150.35

142.03

134.05

117.67

62.00

47.88

38.50

37.75

32.25

0 50 100 150 200 250 300









Average







Scan Time of a Solid State Drive (sec)




The following chart compares the average time taken to copy, move and delete several sets of sample files

stored on an SSD for each Internet Security product tested. Products with lower times are considered better


46.26

37.39

34.32

33.81

33.70

32.78

29.80

29.34

27.81

26.01

25.58

23.36

23.13

22.01

21.67

0 10 20 30 40 50







Average









File Copy, Move and Delete on a Solid State Drive (sec)



AntiVirus Software – Test Results In the following charts, we have highlighted the results we obtained for Norton AntiVirus 2011 in yellow. The

average has also been highlighted in blue for ease of comparison.



each AntiVirus product tested. Products with lower boot times are considered better performing products in

this category.

35.98

35.12

33.88

33.69

31.90

29.88

29.80

29.77

28.35

27.43

26.97

26.63

26.56

25.82

25.19

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

Rising AntiVirus 2011

AVG AntiVirus 2011

Kaspersky AntiVirus 2011

AVG AntiVirus Free 2011

Panda AntiVirus 2011

McAfee AntiVirus Plus 2011

Average

Quick Heal AntiVirus Pro 2011

ESET NOD32 AntiVirus 4

Avira AntiVir Personal 10

G Data AntiVirus 2011

Norton AntiVirus 2011

Trend Micro Titanium AntiVirus Plus 2011

Microsoft Security Essentials

Avast! Free AntiVirus 5

Boot Time (sec)





AntiVirus product tested. This time is calculated by averaging the initial (Run 1) and subsequent (Runs 2-5) scan

times. Products with lower scan times are considered better performing products in this category.

100.24

77.52

75.00

62.46

61.38

60.51

54.90

54.70

53.52

44.88

36.63

34.88

30.63

28.50

27.10

0 20 40 60 80 100 120








AVG AntiVirus 2011

Average







Scan Time (sec)






4,088

2,024

1,651

1,159

1,008

888.54

828

441

335

262

221

220

100

70

33

0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000





AVG AntiVirus 2011

Average














The following chart compares the average amount of RAM in use by an AntiVirus product during a period of

system idle. This average is taken from a sample of ten memory snapshots taken at roughly 60 seconds apart

after reboot. Products with lower idle RAM usage are considered better performing products in this category.

103.28

94.32

73.26

63.00

60.30

59.33

57.45

50.03

47.40

33.56

26.21

24.35

21.28

20.22

16.47

0 20 40 60 80 100 120





AVG AntiVirus 2011



Average















2,805.38

254.39

76.38

73.09

70.31

67.75

61.97

55.99

55.13

55.00

52.62

48.11

48.04

45.89

45.85

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000


Average



AVG AntiVirus 2011











Browse Time (sec)







1,193

1,139

1,120

1,072

1,063

838.10

819

808

733

722

713

601

587

583

580

0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400



AVG AntiVirus 2011



Average














The following chart compares the minimum installation time it takes for AntiVirus products to be fully



* Our results for Quick Heal AntiVirus Pro 2011, Microsoft Security Essentials and AVG AntiVirus Free 2011 include time taken for the

installer to download components as part of the installation process.

317.35

279.50

185.05

172.96

160.80

137.12

136.20

131.22

128.26

76.61

70.58

69.85

64.22

62.28

51.00

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350




AVG AntiVirus 2011



Average













The following chart compares the total size of files added during the installation of AntiVirus products.


698.61

622.06

570.48

531.62

481.23

399.85

336.18

263.38

203.85

198.62

198.03

190.54

146.97

103.27

98.07

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800





AVG AntiVirus 2011


Average













The following chart compares the amount of Registry Keys created during product installation for each

AntiVirus product tested. Products with lower key counts are considered better performing products in this

category.

*Avira AntiVir Personal 10 seems to be deleting more keys than adding during installation, most notably from HKEY_USERS Values.

14,476

6,297

4,896

3,623

3,341

3,305

3,166

2,878

2,321

2,261

1,809

670

544

521

0

0 4,000 8,000 12,000 16,000





Average





AVG AntiVirus 2011











each AntiVirus product tested. Products with lower times are considered better performing products in this

category.

26.52

25.68

23.77

22.80

21.29

21.24

21.02

20.64

20.44

20.36

19.55

19.41

18.80

18.60

18.42

0 5 10 15 20 25 30






Average







AVG AntiVirus 2011







The following chart compares the average time taken to install a third party application for each AntiVirus

product tested. Products with lower times are considered better performing products in this category.

39.41

39.17

38.68

36.42

35.80

35.19

35.18

35.11

34.95

34.03

33.82

33.53

33.36

33.27

29.77

0 10 20 30 40 50




AVG AntiVirus 2011



Average













The following chart compares the average time to download a sample set of common file types for each

AntiVirus product tested. Products with lower times are considered better performing products in this

category.

1,425.13

114.64

43.28

14.71

13.45

12.78

12.37

11.30

10.96

10.73

10.29

10.22

10.02

9.93

9.74

0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600


Average




AVG AntiVirus 2011















to another (MP3 WMA, MP3 WAV) for each AntiVirus product tested. Products with lower times are


12.23

11.33

11.28

11.25

11.25

11.24

11.23

11.21

11.20

11.17

11.11

11.10

11.05

10.98

10.96

0 4 8 12 16

Trend Micro Titanium AntiVirus+ 2011





Average







AVG AntiVirus 2011








for each AntiVirus product tested. Products with lower times are considered better performing products in this

category.

15.85

15.52

15.10

15.04

14.32

14.11

13.78

13.48

13.09

12.98

12.86

12.79

12.72

12.54

12.52

0 4 8 12 16 20







Average








AVG AntiVirus 2011






and closed 180,000 times, for each AntiVirus product tested. Products with lower times are considered better


838.59

276.95

227.27

118.64

52.92

36.85

34.77

30.97

27.27

27.22

25.82

25.11

24.61

16.41

16.25

0 200 400 600 800 1,000




Average










AVG AntiVirus 2011







AntiVirus product tested. This time is calculated by averaging the initial (Run 1) and subsequent (Runs 2-5) scan

times. Products with lower scan times are considered better performing products in this category.

255.60

222.40

217.87

211.54

205.25

189.25

146.04

131.65

99.00

97.13

67.38

39.50

32.77

29.88

29.50

0 50 100 150 200 250 300








Average






AVG AntiVirus 2011







stored on an SSD for each AntiVirus product tested. Products with lower times are considered better


50.36

36.50

33.27

33.20

33.03

28.86

28.39

28.36

25.78

25.27

23.96

21.85

21.82

21.70

20.52

0 10 20 30 40 50 60






Average









AVG AntiVirus 2011




Total Security Software – Test Results In the following charts, we have highlighted the results we obtained for Norton 360 Version 5.0 in yellow. The

average has also been highlighted in blue for ease of comparison.



each Total Security product tested. Products with lower boot times are considered better performing products

in this category.



Total Security product tested. This time is calculated by averaging the initial (Run 1) and subsequent (Runs 2-5)

scan times. Products with lower scan times are considered better performing products in this category.

33.33

31.85

29.96

29.50

27.58

27.56

0 10 20 30 40

BitDefender Total Security 2011

McAfee Total Protection 2011

Average

Norton 360 Version 5.0

Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security 2011

Kaspersky PURE

Boot Time (sec)

64.21

55.15

48.75

45.97

34.00

27.75

0 20 40 60 80



Kaspersky PURE

Average



Scan Time (sec)







The following chart compares the average amount of RAM in use by a Total Security product during a period of

system idle. This average is taken from a sample of ten memory snapshots taken at roughly 60 seconds apart

after reboot. Products with lower idle RAM usage are considered better performing products in this category.

1,778

734

685

598

576

31

0 400 800 1,200 1,600 2,000


Average



Kaspersky PURE



63.76

58.87

40.78

35.40

23.23

22.67

0 20 40 60 80



Average



Kaspersky PURE












179.63

84.03

70.15

61.42

58.58

50.38

0 40 80 120 160 200


Average


Kaspersky PURE



Browse Time (sec)

1,016.92

855.50

807.90

781.39

717.43

668.28

0 300 600 900 1,200



Average

Kaspersky PURE







The following chart compares the minimum installation time it takes for Total Security products to be fully



* Our result for BitDefender Total Security 2011 includes time taken for the installer to download components as part of the installation

process.


The following chart compares the total size of files added during the installation of Total Security products.


280.92

182.97

142.79

116.81

84.50

48.76

0 75 150 225 300



Average


Kaspersky PURE



453.34

310.76

305.10

305.10

267.86

222.39

0 150 300 450 600

Kaspersky PURE

Average









The following chart compares the amount of Registry Keys created during product installation for each Total

Security product tested. Products with lower key counts are considered better performing products in this

category.



each Total Security product tested. Products with lower times are considered better performing products in

this category.

15,889

9,671

8,350

8,168

4,193

2,738

0 4,000 8,000 12,000 16,000 20,000


Kaspersky PURE


Average




26.69

22.91

22.06

21.24

19.75

19.68

0 5 10 15 20 25 30



Average



Kaspersky PURE





The following chart compares the average time taken to install a third party application for each Total Security

product tested. Products with lower times are considered better performing products in this category.


The following chart compares the average time to download a sample set of common file types for each Total

Security product tested. Products with lower times are considered better performing products in this category.

37.48

36.98

36.39

36.30

36.20

35.02

0 10 20 30 40



Average



Kaspersky PURE


21.03

18.84

15.51

14.86

11.59

11.23

0 5 10 15 20 25

Kaspersky PURE


Average









to another (MP3 WMA, MP3 WAV) for each Total Security product tested. Products with lower times are




for each Total Security product tested. Products with lower times are considered better performing products in

this category.

12.19

11.71

11.49

11.34

11.20

10.98

0 4 8 12 16


Kaspersky PURE

Average





16.08

13.63

13.56

13.04

12.86

12.61

0 4 8 12 16 20


Average



Kaspersky PURE







and closed 180,000 times, for each Total Security product tested. Products with lower times are considered

better performing products in this category.



Total Security product tested. This time is calculated by averaging the initial (Run 1) and subsequent (Runs 2-5)

scan times. Products with lower scan times are considered better performing products in this category.

1,358.07

850.30

460.24

36.18

28.70

27.93

0 400 800 1,200 1,600



Average



Kaspersky PURE


212.41

145.44

95.97

53.50

35.00

33.50

0 50 100 150 200 250



Average

Kaspersky PURE








stored on an SSD for each Total Security product tested. Products with lower times are considered better


33.70

26.01

25.54

25.14

22.88

19.97

0 10 20 30 40



Average


Kaspersky PURE





Disclaimer and Disclosure

This report only covers versions of products that were available at the time of testing. The tested versions are

as noted in the “Products and Versions” section of this report. The products we have tested are not an

exhaustive list of all products available in these very competitive product categories.

Disclaimer of Liability

While every effort has been made to ensure that the information presented in this report is accurate,

PassMark Software Pty Ltd assumes no responsibility for errors, omissions, or out-of-date information and

shall not be liable in any manner whatsoever for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive

damages resulting from the availability of, use of, access of, or inability to use this information.

Disclosure

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tests.

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Appendix 1 – Test Environment

For our testing, PassMark Software used a test environment running Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) with the

following hardware specifications:

Windows 7 (64-bit) System

CPU: Intel Core i7 920 Quad Core @ 2.67GHz

Video Card: nVidia GeForce 8800 GT

Motherboard: Intel x58 Motherboard

RAM: 6GB DDR3 RAM

HDD: Western Digital 500GB 7200RPM

Network: Gigabit (1GB/s) switch



Appendix 2 – Methodology Description

Windows 7 Image Creation

As with testing on Windows Vista, Norton Ghost was used to create a “clean” baseline image prior to testing.

Our aim is to create a baseline image with the smallest possible footprint and reduce the possibility of

variation caused by external operating system factors.

The baseline image was restored prior to testing of each different product. This process ensures that we install

and test all products on the same, “clean” machine.

The steps taken to create the base Windows 7 image are as follows:

1. Installation and activation of Windows 7 Ultimate Edition.

2. Disabled Automatic Updates.

3. Changed User Account Control settings to “Never Notify”.

4. Disable Windows Defender automatic scans to avoid unexpected background activity.

5. Disable the Windows firewall to avoid interference with security software.

6. Installed Norton Ghost for imaging purposes.

7. Disabled Superfetch to ensure consistent results.

8. Installed HTTP Watch for Browse Time testing.

9. Installed Windows Performance Toolkit x64 for Boot Time testing.

10. Installed Active Perl for interpretation of some test scripts.

11. Disabled updates, accelerators and compatibility view updates in Internet Explorer 8.

12. Created a baseline image using Norton Ghost.


PassMark Software uses tools available from the Windows Performance Toolkit version 4.6 (as part of the

Microsoft Windows 7 SDK obtainable from the Microsoft Website) with a view to obtaining more precise and

consistent boot time results on the Windows 7 platform.

The boot process is first optimized with xbootmgr.exe using the command “xbootmgr.exe -trace boot –

prepSystem” which prepares the system for the test over six optimization boots. The boot traces obtained

from the optimization process are discarded.

After boot optimization, the benchmark is conducted using the command "xbootmgr.exe -trace boot -numruns

5”. This command boots the system five times in succession, taking detailed boot traces for each boot cycle.

Finally, a post-processing tool was used to parse the boot traces and obtain the BootTimeViaPostBoot value.

This value reflects the amount of time it takes the system to complete all (and only) boot time processes. Our

final result is an average of five boot traces.


Scan Time is the time it took for each product to scan a set of sample files. The sample used was identical in all

cases and contained a mixture of system files and Office files. In total there were 6159 files whose combined

size was 982 MB. Most of these files come from the Windows system folders. As the file types can influence

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scanning speed, the breakdown of the main file types, file numbers and total sizes of the files in the sample set

is given here.

.dll 2589 490MB

.exe 695 102MB

.sys 332 23MB

.gif 302 1MB

.doc 281 64MB

.wmf 185 2MB

.png 149 2MB

.html 126 1MB

.nls 80 6MB

.jpg 70 1MB

.ini 59 2MB

.ico 58 <1MB

.mof 43 6MB

.ax 39 4MB

.xls 38 3MB

.ime 35 5MB

.drv 31 1MB

.txt 31 1MB

.chm 30 6MB

.cpl 29 4MB

.mfl 29 3MB

.inf 26 2MB

.hlp 22 3MB

.imd 20 18MB

.py 20 <1MB

.msc 18 1MB

.vbs 18 1MB

.xml 18 1MB

.rtf 16 62MB

.ocx 16 4MB

.tsp 14 1MB

.com 14 <1MB

.xsl 14 <1MB

.h 13 <1MB

.vsd 12 2MB

.scr 12 2MB

.aw 12 2MB

.js 12 1MB

.zip 11 25MB

.lex 9 10MB

.ppt 9 4MB

.acm 9 1MB

.wav 7 5MB

This scan was run without launching the product’s user interface, by right-clicking the test folder and choosing

the “Scan Now” option. To record the scan time, we have used product’s built-in scan timer or reporting system.

Where this was not possible, scan times were taken manually with a stopwatch.

For each product, five samples were taken with the machine rebooted before each sample to clear any caching

effects by the operating systems.

In 2009, we noticed many more products showing a substantial difference between the initial scan time (first

scan) and subsequent scan times (scans 2 to 5). We believe this behavior is due to products themselves caching

recently scanned files.

As a result of this mechanism, we have averaged the four subsequent scan times to obtain an average

subsequent scan time. Our final result for this test is an average of the subsequent scan average and the initial

scan time.


The launch time of a product’s user interface was taken using AppTimer (v1.0.1006). For each product tested, we

obtained a total of fifteen samples from five sets of three UI launches, with a reboot before each set to clear

caching effects by the operating system. When compiling the results the first of each set was separated out so

that there was a set of values for the initial launch after reboot and a set for subsequent launches.

We have averaged the subsequent launch times to obtain an average subsequent launch time. Our final result

for this test is an average of the subsequent launch average and the initial launch time.

In some cases, AppTimer did not correctly record the time taken for UI launch. For instance, some applications

would open their window and look like they were ready, but then continued to be unresponsive. Where the

measurement from AppTimer appeared inaccurate, we have taken the time manually with a stop watch.

AppTimer is publically available from the PassMark Website.

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Performance Benchmark of 66 Report 2 9 February 2011


The Perflog++ utility was used to record process memory usage on the system at boot, and then every minute

for another fifteen minutes after. This was done only once per product and resulted in a total of 15 samples. The

first sample taken at boot is discarded.

The PerfLog++ utility records memory usage of all processes, not just those of the anti-malware product. As a

result of this, an anti-malware product’s processes needed to be isolated from all other running system

processes. To isolate relevant process, we used a program called Process Explorer which was run immediately

upon the completion of memory usage logging by PerfLog++. Process Explorer is a Microsoft Windows

Sysinternals software tool which shows a list of all DLL processes currently loaded on the system.


We used a script in conjunction with HTTPWatch (Basic Edition, version 6.1) to record the amount of time it

takes for a set of 106 ‘popular’ websites to load consecutively from a local server. This script feeds a list of URLs

into HTTPWatch, which instructs the browser to load pages in sequence and monitors the amount of time it

takes for the browser to load all items on one page.

For this test, we have used Internet Explorer 8 (Version 8.0.6001.18783) as our browser.

The set of websites used in this test include front pages of high traffic pages. This includes shopping, social,

news, finance and reference websites.

The Browse Time test is executed five times and our final result is an average of these five samples. The local

server is restarted between different products and one initial ‘test’ run is conducted prior to testing to install

Adobe Flash Player, an add-on which is used by many popular websites.


The average launch time of Internet Explorer interface was taken using AppTimer. This test was practically

identical to the User Interface launch time test. For each product tested, we obtained a total of fifteen samples

from five sets of three Internet Explorer launches, with a reboot before each set to clear caching effects by the

operating system. When compiling the results the first of each set was separated out so that there was a set of

values for the initial launch after reboot and a set for subsequent launches.

For this test, we have used Internet Explorer 8 (Version 8.0.6001.18783) as our test browser.

We have averaged the subsequent launch times to obtain an average subsequent launch time. Our final result

for this test is an average of the subsequent launch average and the initial launch time.


This test measures the minimum Installation Time a product requires to be fully functional and ready for use by

the end user. Installation time can usually be divided in three major phases:

• The Extraction and Setup phase consists of file extraction, the EULA prompt, product activation and user

configurable options for installation.



• The File Copy phase occurs when the product is being installed; usually this phase is indicated by a progress

bar.

• The Post-Installation phase is any part of the installation that occurs after the File Copy phase. This phase

varies widely between products; the time recorded in this phase may include a required reboot to finalize the

installation or include the time the program takes to become idle in the system tray.

To reduce the impact of disk drive variables, each product was copied to the Desktop before initializing

installation. Each step of the installation process was manually timed with a stopwatch and recorded in as much

detail as possible. Where input was required by the end user, the stopwatch was paused and the input noted in

the raw results in parenthesis after the phase description.

Where possible, all requests by products to pre-scan or post-install scan were declined or skipped. Where it was

not possible to skip a scan, the time to scan was included as part of the installation time. Where an optional

component of the installation formed a reasonable part of the functionality of the software, it was also installed

(e.g. website link checking software as part of an Internet Security Product).

Installation time includes the time taken by the product installer to download components required in the

installation. This may include mandatory updates (e.g. Microsoft Security Essentials) or the delivery of the

application itself from a download manager (e.g. McAfee Internet Security 2010, BitDefender Internet Security

2010). We have noted in our results where a product has downloaded components for product installation.

We have excluded product activation times due to network variability in contacting vendor servers or time taken

in account creation.


A product's Installation Size was previously defined as the difference between the initial snapshot of the Disk

Space (C: drive) before installation and the subsequent snapshot taken after the product is installed on the

system. Although this is a widely used methodology, we noticed that the results it yielded were not always

reproducible in Vista due to random OS operations that may take place between the two snapshots. We

improved the Installation Size methodology by removing as many Operating System and disk space variables as

possible.

Using PassMark’s OSCheck (v1.3.1004), we created initial and post-installation disk signatures for each product.

These disk signatures recorded the amount of files and directories, and complete details of all files on that drive

(including file name, file size, checksum, etc) at the time the signature was taken.

The initial disk signature was taken immediately prior to installation of the product. A subsequent disk signature

was taken immediately following a system reboot after product installation. Using OSCheck, we compared the

two signatures and calculated the total disk space consumed by all (and only) new files added during product

installation. Our result for this metric reflects the total size of all newly added files during installation.

The scope of this metric includes only an ‘out of the box’ installation size for each product. Our result does not

cover the size of files downloaded by the product after its installation (such as engine or signature updates), or

any files created by system restore points, pre-fetch files and other temporary files.

OSCheck is publically available from the PassMark Website.

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Benchmark 9 – Registry Key Count

This test measures the amount of keys and values added to registry, after rebooting the test machine following a

successful product installation. The test was conducted using RegistryCounter.exe, an application which

conducts a count of all keys, errors and values under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_USERS.

Two Registry Key counts are taken, one prior to installation and a second immediately following a reboot after

installation. To obtain our result, we calculated the difference between these two registry key totals.

Benchmarks 10-15 – Real-Time Performance

We used a single script in testing Benchmarks 10-15. The script consecutively executes tests for Benchmarks 11-

16. The script times each phase in these benchmarks using CommandTimer.exe and appends results to a log file.

Benchmarks 10 – File Copy, Move and Delete

This test measures the amount of time required for the system to copy, move and delete samples of files in

various file formats. This sample was made up of 812 files over 760,867,636 bytes and can be categorized as

documents [26% of total], media files [54% of total] and PE files (i.e. System Files) [20% of total].

The breakdown of the main file types, file numbers and total sizes of the files in the sample set is shown in the

following table:

File format Category Number Size (bytes)

DOC Documents 8 30,450,176

DOCX Documents 4 13,522,409

PPT Documents 3 5,769,216

PPTX Documents 3 4,146,421

XLS Documents 4 2,660,352

XLSX Documents 4 1,426,054

PDF Documents 73 136,298,049

ZIP Documents 4 6,295,987

7Z Documents 1 92,238

JPG Media 351 31,375,259

GIF Media 6 148,182

MOV Media 7 57,360,371

RM Media 1 5,658,646

AVI Media 8 78,703,408

WMV Media 5 46,126,167

MP3 Media 28 191,580,387

EXE PE 19 2,952,914

DLL PE 104 29,261,568

AX PE 1 18,432

CPL PE 2 2,109,440


CPX PE 2 4,384

DRV PE 10 154,864

ICO PE 1 107,620

MSC PE 1 41,587

NT PE 1 1,688

ROM PE 2 36,611

SCR PE 2 2,250,240

SYS PE 1 37,528,093

TLB PE 3 135,580

TSK PE 1 1,152

UCE PE 1 22,984

EXE PE 19 2,952,914

DLL PE 104 29,261,568

AX PE 1 18,432

CPL PE 2 2,109,440

CPX PE 2 4,384

DRV PE 10 154,864

ICO PE 1 107,620

MSC PE 1 41,587

NT PE 1 1,688




ROM PE 2 36,611

SCR PE 2 2,250,240

SYS PE 1 37,528,093

TLB PE 3 135,580


TSK PE 1 1,152

UCE PE 1 22,984

Total 812 760,867,636

This test was conducted five times to obtain the average time to copy, move and delete the sample files, with

the test machine rebooted between each sample to remove potential caching effects.

Benchmark 11 – Third Party Program Installation

This test measured how much time was required to install and uninstall a third party application. For this test,

CommandTimer.exe timed how long it took to install and uninstall the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (*.msi)

application on the test machine.

This test was conducted five times to obtain the average time to install/uninstall a third party program, with the

test machine rebooted between each sample to remove potential caching effects.


This benchmark measured how much time was required to download a sample set of binary files of various sizes

and types over a 100MB/s network connection. The files were hosted on a server machine running Windows

Server 2008 and IIS 7. CommandTimer.exe was used in conjunction with GNU Wget (version 1.10.1) to time and

conduct the download test.

The complete sample set of files was made up of 553,638,694 bytes over 484 files and two file type categories:

media files [74% of total] and documents [26% of total]. The breakdown of the file types, file numbers and total

sizes of the files in the sample set is shown in the following table:


JPEG Media 343 30,668,312

GIF Media 9 360,349

PNG Media 5 494,780

MOV Media 7 57,360,371

RM Media 1 5,658,646

AVI Media 8 78,703,408

WMV Media 5 46,126,167

MP3 Media 28 191,580,387



7Z Documents 1 92,238

Total 484 553,638,694



This test was conducted five times to obtain the average time to download this sample of files, with the test

machine rebooted between each sample to remove potential caching effects.

Benchmark 13 – File Format Conversion (MP3 WAV, MP3 WMA)

This test measured how much time was required to convert an MP3 into a WAV file and subsequently, convert

the same MP3 sample into a WMA file. The sample MP3 used was 3,375,104 bytes in size.

To encode the MP3 into another format, we used an application called ffmpeg.exe. The format conversion

process was timed using CommandTimer.exe.

This test was conducted five times to obtain the average conversion speed between these formats, with the test



This test measured the amount of time required to compress and decompress a sample set of files. For this test,

we used a subset of the media and documents files used in the File Copy, Move and Delete benchmark.

CommandTimer.exe recorded the amount of time required for 7zip.exe to compress the files into a *.zip and

subsequently decompress the created *.zip file.

This subset comprised 404 files over 277,346,661 bytes. The breakdown of the file types, file numbers and total

sizes of the files in the sample set is shown in the following table:








JPG Media 351 31,375,259

GIF Media 6 148,182

MOV Media 7 57,360,371

RM Media 1 5,658,646

AVI Media 8 78,703,408

WMV Media 5 46,126,167

Total 404 277,346,661

This test was conducted five times to obtain the average file compression and decompression speed, with the

test machine rebooted between each sample to remove potential caching effects.




This benchmark was derived from Oli Warner’s File I/O test at http://www.thepcspy.com (please see Reference

#1: What Really Slows Windows Down).

For this test, we developed OpenClose.exe, an application that looped writing a small file to disk, then opening

and closing that file. CommandTimer.exe was used to time how long the process took to complete 180,000

cycles.

This test was conducted five times to obtain the average file writing, opening and closing speed, with the test



This test is similar to Benchmark 2 – Scan Time but is performed on a sample file set stored on a Solid State

Drive. In addition, the file set used for testing this metric was roughly three times larger in file number compared

to Benchmark 2- Scan Time.

The file set was comprised of 17,190 files over 5.37 GB. A breakdown of file types, file numbers and total size can

be found below.

.dll 8682 3428MB

.exe 1940 556MB

.gif 951 141MB

.doc 882 270MB

.sys 805 117MB

.wmf 792 8MB

.png 456 224MB

.html 361 38MB

.jpg 216 96MB

.ini 139 2MB

.mof 133 14MB

.ico 119 4MB

.xls 118 37MB

.cat 111 7MB

.mfl 95 6MB

.txt 91 53MB

.nls 80 6MB

.chm 75 10MB

.ax 71 8MB

[none] 62 3MB

.rtf 58 63MB

.cpl 50 13MB

.drv 46 2MB

.pot 36 2MB

.cfg 36 <1MB

.ime 35 5MB

.ocx 30 6MB

.com 30 <1MB

.inf 26 2MB

.zip 25 203MB

.tlb 25 2MB

.hlp 22 3MB

.imd 20 18MB

.py 20 <1MB

.msc 18 1MB

.vbs 18 1MB

.xml 18 1MB

.tsp 14 1MB

.xsl 14 <1MB

.h 12 <1MB

.vsd 12 2MB

.scr 12 2MB

.aw 12 2MB

.js 12 1MB

.lex 9 10MB

.ppt 9 4MB

.acm 9 1MB

.wav 7 5MB

The scan was run without launching the product’s user interface, by right-clicking the test folder and choosing

the “Scan Now” option. To record the scan time, we have used product’s built-in scan timer or reporting system.

Where this was not possible, scan times were taken manually with a stopwatch.

For each product, five samples were taken with the machine rebooted before each sample to clear any caching

effects by the operating systems.

In 2009, we noticed many more products showing a substantial difference between the initial scan time (first

scan) and subsequent scan times (scans 2 to 5). We believe this behavior is due to products themselves caching

recently scanned files. As a result of this mechanism, we have averaged the four subsequent scan times to obtain

an average subsequent scan time. Our final result for this test is an average of the subsequent scan average and

the initial scan time.

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This metric is similar to Benchmark 10 – File Copy, Move and Delete, but measures the amount of time required

for the system to copy, move and delete samples of files in various file formats stored on a Solid State Drive. In

addition, the file set used for testing this metric was roughly three times larger in file number compared to

Benchmark 10 – File Copy, Move and Delete.

The file set used in testing contained 2,328 files which had a combined size of 1.89 GB. A detailed breakdown of

the number of files for each file extension is in the following table:

Format Category Number Size (bytes)









7Z Documents 2 1,749,346

JPG Media 1045 142,322,270

GIF Media 27 86,406,930

MOV Media 7 57,360,371

RM Media 1 5,658,646

AVI Media 24 136,952,264

WMV Media 5 46,126,167

MP3 Media 84 373,306,087

Format Category Number Size (bytes)

EXE PE 138 91,400,244

DLL PE 624 224,589,576

AX PE 2 36,864

CPL PE 4 4,218,880

CPX PE 4 8,768

DRV PE 20 309,728

ICO PE 2 215,240

MSC PE 2 83,174

NT PE 2 3,376

ROM PE 4 73,222

SCR PE 4 4,500,480

SYS PE 4 90,306

TLB PE 6 271,160

TSK PE 2 2,304

UCE PE 2 45,968

Total 2328 2,035,503,798

This test was conducted five times to obtain the average time to copy, move and delete the sample files, with

the test machine rebooted between each sample to remove potential caching effects.

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