PCMark Vantage simulates the use of real-world applications and gives scores for the following categories:

• PCMark
• Memories
• TV and Movies
• Gaming
• Music
• Communications
• Productivity
• HDD

For a detailed description of each one of these tests, please download and read the PCMark Vantage Reviewer’s Guide.

You can see the results for each category below. We are not going to compare the results for the Memories and HDD suites.

Core i5-750, Phenom II X4 955 and Phenom II X4 965 achieved the same overall score on PCMark Vantage.

On the TV and Movies benchmark Core i5-750 and Phenom II X4 955 achieved the same performance level, with Phenom II X4 965 being 5.50% faster than Core i5-750 here.

On the Gaming set Core i5-750 was 22.89% faster than Phenom II X4 955 and 25.41% faster than Phenom II X4 965.

On the Music benchmark Core i5-750 achieved the same performance level as Phenom II X4 955, with Phenom II X4 965 being 3.85% faster than Core i5-750.

On the Communications tests Phenom II X4 955 was 11.14% faster than Core i5-750 and Phenom II X4 965 was 15.72% faster than Core i5-750.

And finally on the Productivity benchmark Phenom II X4 955 and Phenom II X4 965 were 3.40% faster than Core i5-750.