WordPerfect 6.0 Benchmarks

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Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:36:24 PM

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WordPerfect® 6.0 for DOS

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Solutions: The following information is benchmarks for WP 6.0 launch times, spell- check times, and tutorial launch times for four different classes of computers in various configurations. Each test was performed in both text and graphics modes. There were no disk or RAM caches used in any of the tests (no SMARTDRV or PCKwik) and WP 6.0 was exited and reloaded for each test. No startup options were used and no WPC environment variable was used. All computers were running stand-alone. No network drivers were loaded. Test 1: Launch WP 6.0 from the DOS prompt with no startup options. Time indicated is from the moment Enter is pressed at the C:\WP60\> WP command until the edit screen with cursor appears. Test 2: Spell-check a three page, single spaced, all text document containing only one font (CG Times). This was important to avoid time variations due to screen rewrites in graphics mode. The document contained no misspelled words. The test includes only the time it takes WP 6.0 to launch the Speller and to read through the document and check each word. Time indicated is from the moment "D" is pressed in the Speller (Ctrl+F2) dialog box until the "Spell Check Completed" message appears. Test 3: Launch tutorial. This was a simple test to check internal speed. Time indicated is from the moment "T" is pressed in the Help (Alt+H) menu until the "Welcome to WordPerfect 6.0 Tutorial" dialog box appears. Each computer's memory configuration is given for each test. The memory format is Conventional/Expanded/Extended. The figures given are as reported by MEM in K, not thousands. In other words, 615K is actually 629,760 bytes free. Note that the fastest times were reported with either QEMM386 running or with a balanced amount of extended and expanded memory configured in EMM386. Note also that the Speller often was faster in graphics mode than in text mode. Memory Launch WP60 Spell Check Launch Tutorial Conv, EMS, XMS Txt Gr Txt Gr Txt Gr ================================================================= Compaq 286-12MHz, 2M RAM, MS-DOS 6.0 Conventional only (extended disabled) 562, 0, 0 :16 :19 7:29 10:52 :34 :31 Extended added 615, 0, 1472 :16 :19 1:23 1:29 :04 :06 Gateway 2000 386sx-16MHz, 4M RAM, MS-DOS 5.0 EMM386 Extended only 626, 0, 3242 :13 :16 1:10 1:15 :06 :06 Expanded only (almost) 626, 3145, 196 :11 :13 1:16 1:01 :05 :05 Half and half (approx.) 626, 1605, 1736 :11 :13 :56 :59 :05 :05 Dell 386-33MHz, 4M RAM, MS-DOS 6.0 EMM386 Conventional only 552, 0, 0 :07 :09 6:33 4:18 :15 :20 Extended only 591, 0, 2700 :06 :07 :35 :37 :03 :03 Expanded only 591, 2736, 0 :06 :07 :31 :33 :03 :03 Compaq 486-33MHz, 16M RAM, MS-DOS 5.0 EMM386 Extended only 612, 0, 15280 :06 :06 :15 :19 :02 :02 Expanded only (almost) 599, 15360, 32 :06 :06 :20 :16 :02 :02 MS-DOS 6.0 EMM386 615, 0, 13830 :03 :05 :11 :26 :02 :02 with QEMM386 6.0 615, 10736, 8192 :02 :03 :16 :09 :01 :01 FYI: In WP 6.0, the Spell feature may be slower on low end machines than in WP 5.1 for DOS. This speed difference is due to the added capabilities of spell-checking in WP 6.0.

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