Test Setup

System Hardware
Processor	Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 (Conroe 65 nm, 2.93 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache)
Motherboard	EVGA nForce 680i SLI 775 Mainboard Chipset: Nvidia nForce 680i SLI, BIOS: P24
Common Hardware
RAM I	2x 256 MB DDR2-800 (CL 4.0-4-4-12) A-Data M2OEL6F3G31609A1D0Z
RAM II	2x 512 MB DDR2-800 (CL 4.0-4-4-12) Corsair CM2X512-8500 XMS8505v1.1
RAM III	2x 1024 MB DDR2-800 (CL 4.0-4-4-12) Corsair CM2X1024-6400C3 XMS6403v1.1
Graphics Card	HIS Radeon X1900XTX IceQ3 GPU: ATI X1900XTX (650 MHz) RAM: 512 MB GDDR3 (1550 MHz)
System Hard Drive	1x 150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/150 Western Digital WD1500ADFD
Data Hard Drive	1x 150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/150 Western Digital WD1500ADFD
USB-Stick	Kingston Migo DataTraveller II Plus 1 GB
DVD-ROM	Teac DV-W50D
Applications
Microsoft Outlook 2007	Version 12.0.4518.1014
Open Office Writer	Version 2.1
Software
Vista ATI Graphic	Catalyst Suite 8.31.100.3.2.1
DirectX Vista	Version: 10.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
OS	Windows Vista Enterprise, Build 6000.16386.061101-2205

Test Workflow

First of all we installed Windows Vista Enterprise from scratch and added all required drivers. As we finished the installation we set a system restore point, because we recreated this clean system state (with no impact of SuperFetch learning from our testing activity) for every complete set of benchmarks. We used Microsoft Outlook with a 1.5 GB PST file, the Internet Explorer 7 with a locally stored website and the OpenOffice Writer with a huge press release document as our applications to test SuperFetch and ReadyBoost. Here is our testing sequence:

Boot Windows Vista Wait 2 minutes

First Run

Start Internet Explorer Wait 5 min (15 minutes if ReadyBoost USB 2.0 Flash device is attached for the first time) Start Microsoft Outlook Wait 2 minutes Start OpenOffice Writer Wait 2 minutes Close OpenOffice Writer Close Microsoft Outlook Close Internet Explorer Wait 2 minutes

Second Run

Start Internet Explorer Wait 2 minutes Start Microsoft Outlook Wait 2 minutes Start OpenOffice Writer Wait 2 minutes Close OpenOffice Writer Close Microsoft Outlook Close Internet Explorer Wait 2 minutes

Third Run

Start Internet Explorer Wait 2 minutes Start Microsoft Outlook Wait 2 minutes Start OpenOffice Writer Wait 2 minutes Close OpenOffice Writer Close MicrosoftOutlook Close Internet Explorer Reboot and start 2nd or 3rd cycle

We measured the startup time for Microsoft Office 2007 and the OpenOffice Writer 2.1

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