Consumer Security Products Performance
Benchmarks (Edition 2)
Antivirus & Internet Security
Windows 10
November 2018

Document: Consumer Security Products Performance Benchmarks (Edition 2)
Authors:
M. Kankanige, D. Wren
Company: PassMark SoftwareDate:
6 November 2018
Edition:2
File:
Consumer_Security_Products_Performance_Benchmarks_2019_Ed_2.docx

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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS......................................................................................................................................... 2
REVISION HISTORY............................................................................................................................................ 3
REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................................... 3
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................................... 4
OVERALL SCORE ................................................................................................................................................ 5
PRODUCTS AND VERSIONS ............................................................................................................................... 6PERFORMANCE METRICS SUMMARY ................................................................................................................ 7
TEST RESULTS ................................................................................................................................................. 11
BENCHMARK 1 – BOOT TIME (SECONDS) ................................................................................................................... 11
BENCHMARK 2 – SCAN TIME (SECONDS) .................................................................................................................... 12
BENCHMARK 3 – USER INTERFACE LAUNCH TIME (MILLISECONDS) .................................................................................. 13
BENCHMARK 4 – MEMORY USAGE DURING SYSTEM IDLE (MEGABYTES) ........................................................................... 14
BENCHMARK 5 – MEMORY USAGE DURING INITIAL SCAN (MEGABYTES) ........................................................................... 15
BENCHMARK 6 – BROWSE TIME (SECONDS)................................................................................................................ 16
BENCHMARK 7 – EDGE LAUNCH TIME (MILLISECONDS) ................................................................................................. 17
BENCHMARK 8 – INSTALLATION TIME (SECONDS) ........................................................................................................ 18
BENCHMARK 9 – INSTALLATION SIZE (MEGABYTES) ...................................................................................................... 19
BENCHMARK 10 – FILE COPY, MOVE AND DELETE (SECONDS)........................................................................................ 20
BENCHMARK 11 – INSTALLATION OF THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS (SECONDS) ................................................................... 21
BENCHMARK 12 – NETWORK THROUGHPUT (SECONDS) ............................................................................................... 22
BENCHMARK 13 – FILE FORMAT CONVERSION (SECONDS)............................................................................................. 23
BENCHMARK 14 – FILE COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION (SECONDS)......................................................................... 24
BENCHMARK 15 – FILE DOWNLOAD (SECONDS) .......................................................................................................... 25
BENCHMARK 16 – PE SCAN TIME (SECONDS) ............................................................................................................. 26
BENCHMARK 17 – FILE COPY DISK TO DISK (SECONDS) ................................................................................................. 27
BENCHMARK 18 – FILE COPY OVER NETWORK (SECONDS) ............................................................................................ 28
BENCHMARK 19 – PCMARK 8 HOME SCORE .............................................................................................................. 29
BENCHMARK 20 – WORD DOCUMENT LAUNCH AND OPEN TIME (MILLISECONDS) ............................................................. 30
BENCHMARK 21 – RUN EXCEL MACRO (SECONDS) ...................................................................................................... 31
BENCHMARK 22 – SAVE WORD DOCUMENT TO PDF (SECONDS) .................................................................................... 32
BENCHMARK 23 – USB 3.0 FILE COPY (SECONDS) ...................................................................................................... 33
DISCLAIMER AND DISCLOSURE ....................................................................................................................... 34
CONTACT DETAILS .......................................................................................................................................... 34
APPENDIX 1 – TEST ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................................ 35
APPENDIX 2 – METHODOLOGY DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................. 36

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Revision History
Rev

Revision History

Date

Edition 1

Initial version of report

26 October 2018

Edition 2

Updated list of products

6 November 2018

References
Ref #

1

Document

What Really Slows Windows Down (URL)

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AuthorO. Warner,
The PC Spy

Date

2001-2018

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Executive Summary
PassMark Software® conducted objective performance testing on fourteen (14) security products. This reportpresents our results and findings as a result of performance benchmark testing conducted on these products.
For more details on which versions were tested, please see the section “Products and Versions”.
Testing included twenty-three (23) performance metrics. These performance metrics are as follows:• Boot Time;• Scan Time;• User Interface Launch Time;• Memory Usage during System Idle;• Memory Usage during Initial Scan;• Browse Time;• Edge Launch Time;• Installation Time;• Installation Size;• File Copy, Move and Delete;• Installation of Third Party Applications;• Network Throughput;• File Format Conversion;• File Compression and Decompression;• PE Scan Time;• File Copy Disk to Disk;• File Copy Over Network;• File Download;• PCMark 8 Home Score;• Word Document Launch and Open Time;• Run Excel Macro;• Save Word Document as PDF; and• USB 3.0 File Copy.

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Overall Score
PassMark Software assigned every product a score depending on its ranking in each metric compared to otherproducts in the same category.

Security Software
In the following table the highest possible score attainable is 322; in a hypothetical situation where a product has
attained first place in all 23 metrics. Internet Security products have been ranked by their overall scores:

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Product Name

Overall Score

Norton Security

260

ESET Internet Security

235

Panda Dome

196

McAfee Total Protection

187

Kaspersky Internet Security

184

Windows Defender

181

Avira Internet Security

174

F-Secure SAFE165

G Data Internet Security152

AVG Internet Security

147

Avast Internet Security

146

Trend Micro Maximum Security

131

Trend Micro Internet Security

127

Bitdefender Internet Security

116

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Products and Versions
The names and versions of the fourteen security products tested are as follows:

Manufacturer

Product Name

ReleaseYear

Product Version

Date Tested

Symantec Corporation

Norton Security

201822.16.0.247

Oct 2018

Panda Security SL

Panda Internet Security

2018

18.06.00

Aug 2018

AVG Technologies

AVG Internet Security

2018

18.5.3059

July 2018

Intel Security Group

McAfee Total Protection

2018

16.0 R12

Aug 2018

F-Secure Corporation

F-Secure SAFE

2018

17.4

Aug 2018

Avira Operations GmbH

Avira Internet Security

2018

15.0.42.11

Oct 2018

ESET, spol. s r.o.

ESET Internet Security

2018

11.2.49.0

Jul 2018

Trend Micro Inc.

Trend Micro Internet Security

2018

15.0.1163

Oct 2018

Trend Micro Inc.

Trend Micro Maximum Security

2018

15.0.1163

Oct 2018

G Data Internet Security

2018

25.5.0.2

Oct 2018

Kaspersky Lab

Kaspersky Internet Security

2018

19.0.0Aug 2018

Avast Software

Avast Internet Security

2018

18.5.2342

Jul 2018

Windows Defender2018

1.271.1100.0(Windows 1803)

Jul 2018

Bitdefender Internet Security

2018

23.0.9.25

Oct 2018

G Data Software AG

Microsoft Corporation
Bitdefender

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Performance Metrics Summary
We have selected a set of objective metrics which provide a comprehensive and realistic indication of the areas inwhich a security product may impact system performance for end users. Our metrics test the impact of the security
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 startupof the operating system. Shorter boot times indicate that the application has had less impact on the normal
operation of the machine.

Benchmark 2 – Scan TimeAll security solutions have functionality designed to detect viruses and various other forms of malware by scanningfiles 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 982 MB and was made up of files that would typically be found on end-usermachines, 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, bymeasuring the amount of time it takes for the user interface of the security 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 security softwareare in an idle state. The total memory usage was calculated by identifying all security software processes and theamount 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 security software on a permanent basis. Better performing products occupy lessmemory while the machine is idle.

Benchmark 5 – Memory Usage during Initial Scan
This metric measures the amount of memory (RAM) used by the product during an initial security scan. The total
memory usage was calculated by identifying all security software processes and the amount of memory used byeach process during the scan.

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Benchmark 6 – 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 7 – Edge 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 ofMicrosoft Edge. To allow for caching effects by the operating system, both the initial launch time and thesubsequent launch times were measured. Our final result is an average of these two measurements.

Benchmark 8 – Installation Time
The speed and ease of the installation process will strongly influence the user’s first impression of the security
software. This test measures the minimum installation time required by the security software to be fully functionaland ready for use by the end user. Lower installation times represent security products which are quicker for auser to install.

Benchmark 9 – Installation Size
In offering new features and functionality to users, security software products tend to increase in size with eachnew release. Although new technologies push the size limits of hard drives each year, the growing disk spacerequirements 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 spaceconsumed by all new files added during a product's installation.

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 andmusic) 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 speedof third party applications may be impacted by security 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 theHyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which is the main protocol used on the web for browsing, linking and datatransfer. Files used in this test include file formats that users would typically download from the web, such asimages, archives, music files and movie files.

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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 Download
This test measures the amount of time taken to download a set of setup files from a local server using theHyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP). The data set comprised a total file size of 290MB, and the formats used
include executables and Microsoft installation packages.

Benchmark 16 – PE Scan TimeAll security solutions have functionality designed to detect viruses and various other forms of malware by scanningfiles on the system. This metric measured the amount of time required to scan a set of PE (Portable Executable)
files. Our sample file set comprised a total file size of 2.03GB and consisted of .exe (329MB), .dll (920MB) and .sys
files (827MB).

Benchmark 17 – File Copy Disk to Disk
This test measures the amount of time taken to copy files between two local drives. The data set comprised a total
file size of 5.44GB, and the formats used included documents, movies, images and executables.

Benchmark 18 – File Copy Over Network
This test measures the amount of time taken to copy files from a local drive to a local server. The data set
comprised a total file size of 5.44GB, and the formats used included documents, movies, images and executables.

Benchmark 19 – PCMark 8 Home Score
This test measures the overall performance as an overall score over a range of areas, including memory, video,
gaming, music, communications, productivity and HDD performance.

Benchmark 20– Word Document Launch and Open Time
This metric measures how much security software impacts on the responsiveness and performance of the system.
This metric measures the amount of time it takes to open a large, mixed media document with Microsoft Word.
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 21 – Run Excel Macro
This test measures the amount of time taken to open an Excel document and run a macro to perform a range of
operations. The test is run five times with a reboot in between each run. Our final result is taken as an average ofthese five measurements.

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Benchmark 22 – Save Word Document as PDF
This test measures the amount of time taken to open a large Word document and save it in PDF format. The test
is run five times with a reboot in between each run. Our final result is taken as an average of these fivemeasurements.

Benchmark 23 – USB 3.0 File Copy
This test measures the amount of time taken to copy files from a USB 3.0 drive to a local disk. The data set
comprised a total file size of 6.06GB, and the formats used included documents, movies, system files andexecutables.

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Test Results
In the following charts, we have highlighted the results we obtained for Norton Security in yellow. The average
has also been highlighted in blue for ease of comparison.

Benchmark 1 – Boot Time (seconds)
The following chart compares the average time taken for the system to boot (from a sample of five fast boots) for
each Internet Security product tested. Products with lower boot times are considered better performing productsin this category.

Norton Security

8.2

ESET Internet Security

8.2

McAfee Total Protection

8.4

F-Secure SAFE

8.9

Avast Internet Security

8.9

Panda Dome

8.9

G Data Internet Security

9.1

AVG Internet Security

9.2

Windows Defender

9.9

Average

10.5

Kaspersky Internet Security

11.3

Avira Internet Security

12.8

Bitdefender Internet Security

13.5

Trend Micro Maximum Security

14.1

Trend Micro Internet Security

17.2

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Benchmark 2 – Scan Time (seconds)
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) scantimes. Products with lower scan times are considered better performing products in this category.

G Data Internet Security

7

Kaspersky Internet Security

10

Bitdefender Internet Security

12

Norton Security

12

ESET Internet Security

19

Panda Dome

36

Average41

Trend Micro Internet Security

42

Trend Micro Maximum Security

42

AVG Internet Security

44

F-Secure SAFE

45

Avira Internet Security

48

Avast Internet Security

62

McAfee Total Protection

66

Windows Defender

149

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Benchmark 3 – User Interface Launch Time (milliseconds)
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.

Norton Security

104

Trend Micro Internet Security

106

Windows Defender106

Kaspersky Internet Security

112

F-Secure SAFE

116

Trend Micro Maximum Security

120

Avira Internet Security

168

ESET Internet Security

229

G Data Internet Security

237

Average

343

Avast Internet Security

441

AVG Internet Security

481

Panda Dome

814

Bitdefender Internet Security

918

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Benchmark 4 – Memory Usage during System Idle (megabytes)
The following chart compares the average amount of RAM in use by an Internet Security product during a periodof system idle. This average is taken from a sample of ten memory snapshots taken at roughly 60 seconds apartafter reboot. Products with lower idle RAM usage are considered better performing products in this category.

Windows Defender

8.9

G Data Internet Security

22.7

Norton Security

39.1

Panda Dome

46.1

ESET Internet Security

100.0

F-Secure SAFE

100.7

Kaspersky Internet Security

108.1

McAfee Total Protection

153.0

Average

154.7

Trend Micro Maximum Security

191.7

Trend Micro Internet Security

205.2

Avast Internet Security

209.7

AVG Internet Security

218.4

Avira Internet Security

245.1

Bitdefender Internet Security

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Benchmark 5 – Memory Usage during Initial Scan (megabytes)
The following chart compares the average amount of RAM in use by an Internet Security product during a scan.
This average is taken from a sample of ten memory snapshots taken at roughly 12 seconds apart. Products withlower idle RAM usage are considered better performing products in this category.

Windows Defender

62.1

ESET Internet Security

139.7

Kaspersky Internet Security

160.6

Panda Dome

167.0

Norton Security

174.3

G Data Internet Security

296.5

Trend Micro Internet Security

328.0

Trend Micro Maximum Security

329.9

Average

340.8

Avast Internet Security

AVG Internet Security

Avira Internet Security

383.9

431.5

451.9

McAfee Total Protection

622.7

F-Secure SAFE

631.0

Bitdefender Internet Security

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Benchmark 6 – Browse Time (seconds)
The following chart compares the average time taken for the default browser Microsoft Edge 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. 1

Norton Security

10.8

McAfee Total Protection

10.9

Panda Dome

11.4

Avira Internet Security

11.9

Windows Defender

12.3

Avast Internet Security

13.6

AVG Internet Security

14.0

Average

14.2

ESET Internet Security

14.3

Trend Micro Internet Security

14.4

Bitdefender Internet Security

14.7

Trend Micro Maximum Security

15.4

G Data Internet Security

19.9

F-Secure SAFE

20.4

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Benchmark 7 – Edge Launch Time (milliseconds)
The following chart compares the average launch times of the Microsoft Edge after rebooting the machine foreach Internet Security product we tested. Products with lower launch times are considered better performing
products in this category.

Windows Defender

600

Bitdefender Internet Security

620

ESET Internet Security

649

Norton Security

668

Panda Dome

685

McAfee Total Protection

710

Kaspersky Internet Security

716

F-Secure SAFE

736

G Data Internet Security

745

Avira Internet Security774

AVG Internet Security

785

Average

795

Avast Internet Security

846

Trend Micro Maximum Security

1141

Trend Micro Internet Security
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Benchmark 8 – Installation Time (seconds)
The following chart compares the minimum time it takes for security products to be fully functional and ready foruse by the end user. Products with lower installation times are considered better performing products in thiscategory.2

ESET Internet Security

42

Norton Security

54

F-Secure SAFE

54

AVG Internet Security

58

Panda Dome

61

Avast Internet Security

62

Avira Internet Security

64

Kaspersky Internet Security

81

Trend Micro Internet Security

81

Trend Micro Maximum Security

85

Bitdefender Internet Security

104

Average

130

McAfee Total Protection

270

G Data Internet Security

782

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Windows Defender was excluded from this test as it is built in to Windows 10 (Does not require installation).

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Benchmark 9 – Installation Size (megabytes)
The following chart compares the total size of files added during the installation of security products. Productswith lower installation sizes are considered better performing products in this category. 3

F-Secure SAFE

173

Panda Dome

Avira Internet Security

292

599

Trend Micro Maximum Security

725

ESET Internet Security

752

Kaspersky Internet Security

805

Average824

Norton Security

856

AVG Internet Security

917

Avast Internet Security

1001

Trend Micro Internet Security

1020

McAfee Total Protection

1049

Bitdefender Internet Security

1173

G Data Internet Security

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Windows Defender was excluded from this test as it is built in to Windows 10 (Does not require installation).

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Benchmark 10 – File Copy, Move and Delete (seconds)
The following chart compares the average time taken to copy, move and delete several sets of sample files foreach Internet Security product tested. Products with lower times are considered better performing products inthis category.

McAfee Total Protection

4.7

Norton Security

4.8

Avast Internet Security

5.1

AVG Internet Security

5.1

Panda Dome

5.3

ESET Internet Security

5.6

G Data Internet Security

6.8

Trend Micro Internet Security

6.9

Trend Micro Maximum Security

7.0

Average

7.0

Kaspersky Internet Security

7.5

F-Secure SAFE

8.5

Avira Internet Security

9.5

Bitdefender Internet Security

10.9

Windows Defender

12.7

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Benchmark 11 – Installation of Third Party Applications (seconds)
The following chart compares the average time taken to install 3 different third-party applications for each Internet
Security product tested. Products with lower times are considered better performing products in this category.

Windows Defender

7.4

F-Secure SAFE

8.8

Norton Security

8.8

ESET Internet Security

10.3

Panda Dome

10.6

Avast Internet Security

10.7

AVG Internet Security

10.9

Average

12.7

McAfee Total Protection

13.1

Bitdefender Internet Security

13.3

G Data Internet Security

14.7

Avira Internet Security

16.4

Trend Micro Internet Security

16.4

Kaspersky Internet Security

16.4

Trend Micro Maximum Security

21.1

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Benchmark 12 – Network Throughput (seconds)
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.

Avira Internet Security

5.9

Trend Micro Maximum Security

6.3

Windows Defender

6.5

ESET Internet Security

6.6

McAfee Total Protection

6.8

Trend Micro Internet Security

7.0

Panda Dome

7.7

Norton Security

8.0

AVG Internet Security

8.3

Avast Internet Security

8.4

Kaspersky Internet Security

8.9

Bitdefender Internet Security

9.0

Average

15.1

F-Secure SAFE

16.4

G Data Internet Security

113.3

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Benchmark 13 – File Format Conversion (seconds)
The following chart compares the average time it takes for five sample files 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.

Windows Defender

52.7

ESET Internet Security

52.7

G Data Internet Security

52.9

Avira Internet Security

53.0

Norton Security

53.0

Kaspersky Internet Security

53.2

McAfee Total Protection

53.4

Avast Internet Security

53.5

Panda Dome

53.6

Average

53.7

F-Secure SAFE

54.0

AVG Internet Security

54.7

Trend Micro Internet Security

54.8

Trend Micro Maximum Security

54.9

Bitdefender Internet Security

55.2

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Benchmark 14 – File Compression and Decompression (seconds)
The following chart compares the average time it takes for sample files to be compressed and decompressed foreach Internet Security product tested. Products with lower times are considered better performing products inthis category.

McAfee Total Protection

39.9

Norton Security

40.0

F-Secure SAFE

40.2

Bitdefender Internet Security

40.3

Avast Internet Security

40.4

AVG Internet Security

40.4

ESET Internet Security

40.6

Panda Dome

40.6

Trend Micro Maximum Security

42.1

Average

42.0

Trend Micro Internet Security

42.5

Avira Internet Security

43.4

Kaspersky Internet Security

43.7

G Data Internet Security

45.1

Windows Defender

50.8

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Benchmark 15 – File Download (seconds)
The following chart compares the average time taken to download a set of setup files from a local server. The test
was performed 5 times, and the average of all 5 runs was taken as the result. Products with lower times are
considered better performing products in this category.

Trend Micro Maximum Security

3.6

Trend Micro Internet Security

3.7

Avira Internet Security

3.7

McAfee Total Protection

4.0

Norton Security

4.0

ESET Internet Security

4.1

Kaspersky Internet Security

4.2

Windows Defender

4.4

Bitdefender Internet Security

4.6

F-Secure SAFE

4.9

G Data Internet Security

4.9

Average

6.3

Panda Dome

7.8

Avast Internet Security

17.9

AVG Internet Security

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Benchmark 16 – PE Scan Time (seconds)
The following chart compares the average time taken to scan a set of 6351 portable executable files (totaling 2076
MB) for each Internet Security product tested. This time is calculated by averaging the initial (Run 1) andsubsequent (Runs 2-5) scan times. Products with lower scan times are considered better performing products inthis category.

Bitdefender Internet Security

13

G Data Internet Security

24

Norton Security

25

Kaspersky Internet Security

25

ESET Internet Security

36

Panda Dome

43

Trend Micro Maximum Security

50

Trend Micro Internet Security

50

Avira Internet Security

60

F-Secure SAFE

62

Average67

AVG Internet Security

95

Avast Internet Security

99

Windows Defender

159

McAfee Total Protection

197

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Benchmark 17 – File Copy Disk to Disk (seconds)
The following chart compares the average time taken to copy a total of 8,501 files, with a total file size of 5.44GB
files, from one local drive to another local drive for each Internet Security product tested. The test was performed
5 times, and the average of all 5 runs was taken as the result. Products with lower times are considered better
performing products in this category.

Kaspersky Internet Security

57.3

G Data Internet Security

59.7

F-Secure SAFE

60.7

Avira Internet Security

61.4

Bitdefender Internet Security

61.8

ESET Internet Security

62.5

McAfee Total Protection

62.5

Norton Security

62.8

AVG Internet Security

64.9

Avast Internet Security

65.2

Panda Dome

67.0

Average67.5

Trend Micro Internet Security

73.5

Trend Micro Maximum Security

76.3

Windows Defender

118.3

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Benchmark 18 – File Copy Over Network (seconds)
The following chart compares the average time taken to transfer a total of 8,501 files over the local network, witha total file size of 5.44GB files, from a local drive on the test machine to a local server. The test was performed 5times, and the average of all 5 runs was taken as the result. Products with lower times are considered better
performing products in this category.

F-Secure SAFE

153.8

Kaspersky Internet Security

154.6

McAfee Total Protection

155.7

Norton Security

159.8

AVG Internet Security

161.5

Avast Internet Security

162.0

ESET Internet Security

165.9

G Data Internet Security

167.8

Average

177.5

Trend Micro Maximum Security

177.7

Panda Dome

179.8

Trend Micro Internet Security

181.5

Bitdefender Internet Security

182.1

Avira Internet Security

233.4

Windows Defender

256.2

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Benchmark 19 – PCMark 8 Home Score
The following chart compares the average PCMark 8 Home score for each Internet Security product tested. The
test was performed 2 times, and the average of both runs was taken as the result. Products with higher scores are
considered better performing products in this category.

Avira Internet Security

2996

Kaspersky Internet Security

2996

Norton Security

2994

G Data Internet Security

2993

ESET Internet Security

2992

AVG Internet Security

2989

McAfee Total Protection

2989

Trend Micro Internet Security

2987

Panda Dome

2987

Average

2986

Avast Internet Security

2984

Trend Micro Maximum Security

2981

Windows Defender

2980

F-Secure SAFE

Bitdefender Internet Security

2975

2970

2,955 MB 2,960 MB 2,965 MB 2,970 MB 2,975 MB 2,980 MB 2,985 MB 2,990 MB 2,995 MB 3,000 MB

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Benchmark 20 – Word Document Launch and Open Time (milliseconds)
The following chart compares the average time taken to launch Microsoft Word and open a 10MB document.
Products with lower launch times are considered better performing products in this category.

Windows Defender

2620

ESET Internet Security

2729

Avira Internet Security

2914

Norton Security

2997

Kaspersky Internet Security

3014

Panda Dome

3015

McAfee Total Protection

3017

F-Secure SAFE

3111

Average

3162

Avast Internet Security

3339

AVG Internet Security

3359

Trend Micro Maximum Security

3465

G Data Internet Security

3581

Trend Micro Internet Security

3617

Bitdefender Internet Security

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Benchmark 21 – Run Excel Macro (seconds)
The following chart compares the average time taken to launch Microsoft Excel and run a macro. Products withlower times are considered better performing products in this category.

ESET Internet Security

13.7

Norton Security

13.9

Windows Defender

14.0

Avira Internet Security

14.0

McAfee Total Protection

14.0

Panda Dome

14.0

Kaspersky Internet Security

14.0

G Data Internet Security

14.1

Bitdefender Internet Security

14.1

AVG Internet Security

14.2

Average

14.2

Avast Internet Security

14.3

F-Secure SAFE

14.3

Trend Micro Internet Security

14.8

Trend Micro Maximum Security

14.9

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Benchmark 22 – Save Word Document to PDF (seconds)
The following chart compares the average time taken to launch Microsoft Word and open a 10MB document andsave it as a PDF. Products with lower times are considered better performing products in this category.

Panda Dome

9.7

Windows Defender

9.9

McAfee Total Protection

10.0

Norton Security

10.0

Kaspersky Internet Security

10.0

Avira Internet Security

10.0

F-Secure SAFE

10.1

Average

10.4

ESET Internet Security

10.4

Trend Micro Maximum Security

10.4

AVG Internet Security

10.6

Bitdefender Internet Security

10.7

Trend Micro Internet Security

10.7

Avast Internet Security

10.9

G Data Internet Security

11.0

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Benchmark 23 – USB 3.0 File Copy (seconds)
The following chart compares the average time taken to copy a set of files from an external USB 3.0 drive to a local
disk. Products with lower times are considered better performing products in this category.

Avast Internet Security

47.3

Norton Security

48.2

McAfee Total Protection

48.3

AVG Internet Security

48.3

Panda Dome

58.9

ESET Internet Security

60.6

Trend Micro Internet Security

65.9

Trend Micro Maximum Security

66.1

Bitdefender Internet Security

74.8

Avira Internet Security

86.7

Average

93.0

G Data Internet Security

133.6

F-Secure SAFE

172.7

Kaspersky Internet Security

214.7

Windows Defender

221.7

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Disclaimer and DisclosureThis report only covers the versions that are listed in the “Products and Versions” section of this report.

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 theavailability of, use of, access of, or inability to use this information.

Disclosure
Symantec Corporation funded the production of this report, selected the test metrics and list of products toinclude in this report, and supplied some of the test scripts used for the tests.

Trademarks
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Contact Details
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Sydney, Australia
Phone + 61 (2) 9690 0444
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Appendix 1 – Test Environment
For our testing, PassMark Software used a test environment running Windows 10 Pro (64-bit) with the following
hardware specifications:Windows 10 Pro (64-bit) System
Model:

Lenovo H50W-50 i5

CPU:Intel Core i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz 3.20 GHz

Video Card:

NVIDIA GeForce GT 705

RAM:

8GB DDR3 RAM

SSD (Main Boot Drive):

Samsung 850 PRO 512GB

nd

Samsung 850 PRO 512GBrd

3 Drive:

ST1000DM003 1000GB

Network:

Gigabit (1GB/s) switch

O/S:

Windows 10 Pro v1803 (Build 17134.228)

2 Drive:

For network tests (wget, http), PassMark Software used a server with the following specifications:

Test Server – Windows Server 2012
CPU:Intel Xeon E3-1220v2 CPU

Video Card:

Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) ECC

Motherboard:Intel S1200BTL Server Motherboard

RAM:

4GB DDR3 RAM, 1333 Mhz

HDD:

Samsung 1.5TB 7200RPM

Network:

Gigabit (1GB/s) switch

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Appendix 2 – Methodology Description
Windows 10 Image Creation
A bootable version of Macrium Reflect (Backup software) was used to create a “clean” baseline image prior to
testing. Our aim was to create a baseline image with the smallest possible footprint and reduce the possibility ofvariation 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 10 image are as follows:1.

Installation and activation of Windows 10 Pro 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.

Disabled Superfetch to ensure consistent results.

7.

Installed HTTP Watch for Browse Time testing.

8.

Installed Windows Performance Toolkit x64 for Boot Time testing.

9.

Installed Active Perl for interpretation of some test scripts.

10.

Install OSForensics for testing (Installation Size) purposes.

11.

Install Macrium Reflect for backup and restore of baseline image.

12.

Update Windows.

13.

Disable Windows Automatic Updates.

14.

Created a baseline image of the boot drive using OSForensics.

Benchmark 1 – Boot Time
PassMark Software uses tools available from the Windows Performance Toolkit (as part of the Microsoft Windows
10 ADK obtainable from the Microsoft Website).
The Boot Performance (fast startup) test is ran as an individual assessment via the Windows Assessment Console.
The network connection is disabled and the login password is removed to avoid interruption to the test. The final
result is taken as the total boot duration excluding BIOS load time.

Benchmark 2 – Scan Time
Scan Time is the time it took for each product to scan a set of sample files. The sample used was identical in allcases 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 scanningspeed, the breakdown of the main file types, file numbers and total sizes of the files in the sample set is given
here:

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File Extension

Number of Files

File Size

.dll
.exe
.sys
.gif
.doc
.wmf
.png
.html
.nls
.jpg
.ini
.ico
.mof
.ax
.xls
.ime
.drv
.txt
.chm
.cpl
.mfl
.inf
.hlp
.imd
.py
.msc
.vbs
.xml
.rtf
.ocx
.tsp
.com
.xsl
.h
.vsd
.scr
.aw
.js
.zip
.lex
.ppt
.acm
.wav
Total

2589
695
332
302
281
185
149
126
80
70
59
58
43
39
38
35
31
31
30
29
29
26
22
20
20
18
18
18
16
16
14
14
14
13
12
12
12
12
11
9
9
9
7
6159

490MB
102MB
23MB
1MB
64MB
2MB
2MB
1MB
6MB
1MB
2MB
<1MB
6MB
4MB
3MB
5MB
1MB
1MB
6MB
4MB
3MB
2MB
3MB
18MB
<1MB
1MB
1MB
1MB
62MB
4MB
1MB
<1MB
<1MB
<1MB
2MB
2MB
2MB
1MB
25MB
10MB
4MB
1MB
5MB
982

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.
In previous years of testing, we noticed many more products showing a substantial difference between the initialscan 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 subsequentscan times to obtain an average subsequent scan time. Our final result for this test is an average of the subsequentscan average and the initial scan time.
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Benchmark 3 – User Interface Launch TimeThe 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 forthis 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 themeasurement from AppTimer appeared inaccurate, we have taken the time manually with a stop watch.
AppTimer is publically available from the PassMark Website.

Benchmark 4 – Memory Usage during System Idle
The MemLog++ utility was used to record process memory usage on the system at boot, and then every minutefor 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 MemLog++ utility records memory usage of all processes, not just those of the anti-malware product. As aresult 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 thecompletion of memory usage logging by MemLog++. Process Explorer is a Microsoft Windows Sysinternals
software tool which shows a list of all DLL processes currently loaded on the system.

Benchmark 5 – Memory Usage during Initial Scan
The MemLog ++ utility was used to record process memory during an on-demand scan of the boot drive over a 2
minute period. This was done only once per product and resulted in a total of 10 samples each.
The MemLog ++ utility records memory usage of all processes, not just those of the anti-malware product. As aresult 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 thecompletion of memory usage logging by MemLog ++. Process Explorer is a Microsoft Windows Sysinternals
software tool which shows a list of all DLL processes currently loaded on the system.

Benchmark 6 – Browse TimeWe used Javascript to load a list of 103 ‘popular’ websites consecutively from a local server.
On each page in the sample data, a few lines of javascript are added to the website’s html to execute the javascript
script that loads the next website in the chain. To begin with, once the first website has been loaded completely,
the script is executed to load the second website in the chain. Once this has finished loading, the script is executedto then load the third website in the chain. This process is repeated until the final website in the chain has loaded.

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The start time and end time of this process are recorded and the difference is calculated in seconds to get the final
result.
For this test, we have used the default Windows browser Microsoft Edge (Version 38.143930.0).
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 serveris restarted between different products and one initial ‘test’ run is conducted.

Benchmark 7 – Edge Launch TimeThe average launch time of Microsoft Edge interface was taken using AppTimer. This test was practically identicalto the User Interface launch time test. For each product tested, we obtained a total of fifteen samples from fivesets of three Edge launches, with a reboot before each set to clear caching effects by the operating system. Whencompiling 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 Microsoft Edge (Version 42.17134.1.0) as our test browser.
We have averaged the subsequent launch times to obtain an average subsequent launch time. Our final result forthis test is an average of the subsequent launch average and the initial launch time.
AppTimer is publicly available from the PassMark Website.

Benchmark 8 – Installation 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 phasevaries widely between products; the time recorded in this phase may include a required reboot to finalize theinstallation 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
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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 or the delivery of the application itself from a download
manager. 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 takenin account creation.

Benchmark 9 – Installation Size
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 theInstallation Size methodology by removing as many Operating System and disk space variables as possible.
Using PassMark’s OSForensics 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 manual update and system reboot after product installation. Using
OSForensics, we compared the two signatures and calculated the total disk space consumed by files that werenew, modified, and deleted during product installation. Our result for this metric reflects the total size of all newly
added files during installation.

Benchmarks 10 -15 – Real-Time Performance
We used a single script in testing Benchmarks 9-14. The script consecutively executes tests for Benchmarks 9-14.
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 thefollowing table:

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NumberSize (bytes)

DOC

830,450,176

DOCX

4

13,522,409

PPT

3

5,769,216

PPTX

3

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XLS

42,660,352

XLSX

4

1,426,054

PDF

73

136,298,049

ZIP

4

6,295,987

7Z

1

92,238JPG

351

31,375,259

GIF

6148,182MOV

7

57,360,371

RM

1

5,658,646

AVI

8

78,703,408

WMV

5

46,126,167

MP3

28

191,580,387

EXE

19

2,952,914

DLL

104

29,261,568

AX

118,432CPL

22,109,440

CPX

2

4,384

DRV

10

154,864

ICO

1

107,620MSC

141,587

NT

1

1,688

ROM

2

36,611SCR

22,250,240

SYS

1

37,528,093

TLB

3

135,580

TSK

1

1,152

UCE

1

22,984EXE

192,952,914

DLL

104

29,261,568

AX

118,432CPL

22,109,440

CPX

2

4,384

DRV

10

154,864

ICO

1

107,620MSC

141,587

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22,250,240

SYS

1

37,528,093

TLB

3

135,580

TSK

1

1,152

UCE

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 thetest 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 following applications on the test
machine:•••Firefox 3.6.3 (11,909 KB) (MSI File)
Microsoft .NET 3.5 (34,121 KB) (MSI File)
Steam (1,551 KB) (MSI File)

This test was conducted five times to obtain the average time to install/uninstall the above third-party
programs, with the test machine rebooted between each sample to remove potential caching effects.

Benchmark 12 – Network Throughput
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:

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JPEG

343

30,668,312

GIF

9360,349PNG

5494,780MOV

757,360,371

RM

1

5,658,646

AVI

8

78,703,408

WMV

5

46,126,167

MP3

28

191,580,387

PDF

73

136,298,049

ZIP

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7Z

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 five (5) different MP3 files into WAV files andsubsequently, convert the same MP3 samples into a WMA files. The total size of the five (5) MP3s used was
25,870,899 bytes.
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
machine rebooted between each sample to remove potential caching effects.

Benchmark 14 – File Compression and Decompression
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 andsubsequently decompress the created *.zip file.
This subset comprised 1,218 files over 783 MB. The breakdown of the file types, file numbers and total sizes of thefiles in the sample set is shown in the following table:

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File Number

Total Size

.xls

13

9.23 MB.xlsx

93.51 MB.ppt

97.37 MB.pptx

1117.4 MB.doc

17

35.9 MB.docx

1924.5 MB.gif

177

1.10 MB.jpg

737

66.2 MB.png

15948.9 MB.mov7

54.7 MB.rm

1

5.39 MB.avi

46

459 MB.wma

1148.6 MB.avi

46

459 MB

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.wma

11

48.6 MB

Total

1218

783 MB

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.

Benchmark 15 – File Download
This test measures the time it takes to complete an http download of a sample set of installation files over a
100MB/s network connection. The files are hosted on a local server machine running Windows Server 2013 andIIS 7. CommandTimer.exe was used in conjunction with the native .NET DownloadFile() method to time andconduct the download test. The file set includes the following:

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Firefox Setup 31.0 (30.7 MB) (EXE file)
GIMP Setup 2.8.10 (86.2 MB) (EXE file)
LibreOffice Installer Package 4.2.5 (209 MB) (MSI file)
Adobe Reader Installer 3.5.4.25 (1.00 MB) (EXE file)

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 16 – PE Scan Time
This test measures the on demand scan times of a file set comprised only of executable files (.exe, .dll and .sys
files). We performed five scans of the sample file set, with a machine restart between each scan to remove possible
caching effects. The time taken to scan the files is taken from a security product’s scan logs, or where logs are notavailable, manually with a stopwatch. Scans were launched by right clicking on the folder to be scanned.
A breakdown of the sample file set is as follows:
File Type

Numberof FilesFile Size

Sys Files

2174

329MB

Dll Files

2037

920MB

Exe Files

2140

827MB

Total

6351

2076MBWe have averaged the four subsequent scan times to obtain an average subsequent scan time. Our final result forthis test is an average of the subsequent scan average and the initial scan time.

Benchmark 17 – File Copy Disk to Disk
This test measures the amount of time taken to copy files between two local drives. The data set comprised of
8,501 files with a total file size of 5.44GB, and the formats used included documents, movies, images andexecutables. A breakdown of the sample file set is given below:

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File Size

File

NumberExtensionof Files

.jpg

2903

588MB

.dll

773

25MB

.exe

730

197MB

.gif

681

63MB

.wav

430

260MB

.sys

501

79MB

.png

451

27MB

.mp3

333

2157MB

.wma

585

925MB

.docx

267

81MB

.avi

247

1079MB

.doc

160

57MB

.xls

329

132MB

.ppt

97

148MB

.zip

14

177MB

Total

8501

5995MB

A total of five runs of this test were performed, with a machine restart between each run. The time taken to copy
files was measured and recorded by CommandTimer.exe. All the files were copied between a folder on the local
drive and a 2nd folder on a different drive. Files were deleted from the 2nd drive once the copy was complete. The
final result is calculated as an average of the five samples

Benchmark 18 – File Copy Over Network
This test measures the amount of time taken to transfer files from a local drive on the test machine to a sharedfolder on the local server. The data set comprised of 8,501 files with a total file size of 5.44GB, and the formats
used included documents, movies, images and executables. A breakdown of the sample file set is given below:

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File
Extension

Numberof FilesFile Size

.jpg

2903

588MB

.dll

773

25MB

.exe

730

197MB

.gif

681

63MB

.wav

430

260MB

.sys

501

79MB

.png

451

27MB

.mp3

333

2157MB

.wma

585

925MB

.docx

267

81MB

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.avi

247

1079MB

.doc

160

57MB

.xls

329

132MB

.ppt

97

148MB

.zip

14

177MB

Total

8501

5995MB

A total of five runs of this test were performed, with a machine restart between each run. The time taken totransfer files was measured and recorded by CommandTimer.exe. Files were deleted from the server once thecopy was complete. The final result is calculated as an average of the five samples

Benchmark 19 – PCMark 8 Home Score
This test aims to benchmark the test machine’s performance over a series of common home computing tasks. This
includes web browsing, writing, photo editing, video chat, and casual gaming. For this benchmark we have installed
PCMark 8 Professional Edition (Version 2.7.613). From the interface, the PCMark 8 Home test is launched inconventional mode. This Home test is run twice, with a reboot in between. The final result is an average of theoverall scores of the two iterations.

Benchmark 20 – Word Document Launch and Open TimeThe average launch time of Word interface was taken using AppTimer. This includes the time to launch the Word2013 application and open a 10MB document. 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 Word launches, witha reboot before each set to clear caching effects by the operating system. When compiling the results, the first ofeach 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 forthis test is an average of the subsequent launch average and the initial launch time.
AppTimer is publically available from the PassMark Website.

Benchmark 21 – Run Excel Macro
This test measures the time it takes to open an excel document and run an excel macro. The macro performs a
range of operations, including reading data from the file system, mathematical calculations, and writing data to
the spreadsheet. This test is run using a Windows PowerShell script. We obtained a total of five samples with areboot in between each to clear caching effects by the operating system. The final result is calculated as an averageof the five samples.

Benchmark 22 – Save Word Document to PDF
This test measures the time it takes to open a large Word Document (~10 MB) and save it as a PDF document. This
test is run using a Windows PowerShell script. We obtained a total of five samples with a reboot in between eachto clear caching effects by the operating system. The final result is calculated as an average of the five samples.
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Benchmark 23 – USB 3.0 File Copy
This test measures the amount of time taken to transfer files from an external drive to a local disk via a USB 3.0
connection. The data set comprised of 6,834 files with a total file size of 6.06GB, and the formats used included
documents, movies, images, executables and system files. A breakdown of the sample file set is given below:
File Size

File

NumberExtensionof Files

.dll

1429

627MB

.doc

496

164MB

.docx

324

76MB

.exe

280

1.2GB

.jpg

1564

469MB

.mp3

394

1.06GB

.pdf

567

246MB

.pptx

556

1.06GB.pst

2

59.1MB

.sys

568

145MB

.xlsx

584

81.0MB

.zip

70

911MB

A total of five runs of this test were performed, with a machine restart between each run. The time taken totransfer files was measured and recorded by CommandTimer.exe. Files were deleted from the local disk once thecopy was complete. The final result is calculated as an average of the five samples.

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