PC Magazine Labs Laboratory Benchmark Series Software and documentation (c) 1989,90 PC Magazine ================================= GRAPHICS PERFORMANCE TESTS OS/2 Presentation Manager version Release 1.0 -- November 1989 ================================= Installation notes: The PC Labs Graphics Performance Tests for OS/2 Presentation Manager (Release 1.0) is distributed on one low density floppy (5.25" 360K diskette version also includes the Graphics Performance Tests for Microsoft Windows; 3.5" 720K diskette version incorporates the Hardware Performance Tests Release 5.5) or as an archived file on PC MagNet, our on-line service associated with CompuServe. The following three files are located on this diskette in a directory named "PMBENCH": README.PM - This file: a text file containing documentation. PMBENCH.EXE - The Graphics Performance Tests benchmark program REGISTER.PM - Form to send in to register or to make comments In order to install the test simply copy the PMBENCH.EXE file to the directory of your choice. The program can be executed from within any current version of OS/2 Presentation Manager. We also recommend that you keep a copy of this file along with the test program. The OS/2 Presentation Manager and Microsoft Windows versions of the Graphics Performance Tests (which are both included on this diskette) are quite similar in design and implementation in order to provide comparative tests for the two environments. However, there are some tests that are implemented slightly differently under each environment; also, the Presentation Manager version contains some tests that are not included in the Windows version. The differences exist because there are graphics functions in Presentation Manager that are not available in Windows, and therefor cannot be tested. For the specific details read this README.PM file and the README.WIN file in the WINBENCH directory on this diskette; these text files contain documentation about each of the features of the two versions. - Page 1 - TABLE OF CONTENTS Installation notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 BitBlt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Overlap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ROP's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Screen/Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Partial Arcs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Full Arcs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 PolySpline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 PolyFillet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Single Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Polylines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 All Directions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Wide Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Polygons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Alternate Fill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Winding Fill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Rectangles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Random. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 - Page 2 - Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Image Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Background Mix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Extended Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Greyed Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Mixed Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Misc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Set/Query Current Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Stretch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Image Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Dialog Boxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Rubber Banding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Scroll Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Clear Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Clipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Complex Clipping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Region Clipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 System Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Modify Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Display results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Spreadsheet Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Iteration Multiplier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Run All Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Demo Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 - Page 3 - Introduction This document describes the PC Magazine Labs Graphics Performance tests for OS/2 Presentation Manager (Release 1.0 -- November 1989). The Benchmark program provides a set of benchmark tests that determine overall performance information for OS/2 Presentation Manager display drivers and graphics display boards. To run the benchmarks you may select each test separately, or you may run a set of tests by selecting the "All" menu item from each of the function menus on the menu bar. You can run all the tests consecutively by selecting "Run All Tests" from the "Options" menu or by pressing the "Ctrl+R" key combination on the keyboard. A Demo mode is also provided. To start the demo mode select the "Demo Mode" menu item under "Options" or press the "Ctrl+D" keys. To exit demo mode you must strike an ESCAPE, SPACEBAR or ENTER key or terminate the timing dialog box using the keyboard or mouse before it is destroyed. If a key is struck to exit demo mode, the current test will be finished before the benchmark actually terminates the demo mode, however the timing dialog box for that test will not be displayed. In demo mode, the timing dialog boxes will be displayed for about 5 seconds and then will automatically be destroyed before proceeding to the next test. Dialog boxes, which display timing information after each test, must be cleared before executing subsequent tests. Alternatively, you may turn off these dialog boxes by selecting "Modify Options" under the "Options" menu. Set the "No" radio button on "Display Results". "Modify Options" may also be reached by pressing the "Ctrl-M" key combination on the keyboard. Timing results may be saved in a file. To save the timings bring up the "Modify Options" dialog box and set the "Yes" radio button for "File Output". This will enable the "File Options" box and allow Text, Excel, or Lotus compatible file output to be specified. If a file with the specified filename already exists in the current directory (e.g. from a previous run of the tests) the existing file will remain unchanged AND THE NEW FILE WILL NOT BE SAVED. Note that a file name along with a 255 character file header can be entered if the default name and header are not acceptable. Be sure to give your files new names each time (or move the files to another directory) to insure that the filename does not conflict with an existing file. - Page 4 - BitBlt Description: These selections test the performance of GpiBitBlt using various alignments, 15 of the most common ROP operations, and random bitblts from memory to screen, screen to memory and memory to memory. Menu Items: Alignment This selection bitblts 32x32, 64x64, 128x128, and 256x256 rectangles from destination to source using the following alignments: Source Aligned Destination Aligned, Source Aligned Destination Not Aligned, Source Not Aligned Destination Aligned, and Source Not Aligned Destination Not Aligned. Overlap Overlap tests the speed of blting overlapping rectangular bitmaps. The test overlaps bitmaps by eight pixels in both horizontal and vertical directions. ROP's ROP's tests 15 of the most common Raster Operations (ROP's) whose source and destination are Screen to Screen, Memory to Screen, and Memory to Memory. The ROP's tested are SRCCOPY, SRCPAINT, SRCAND, SRCINVERT, SRCERASE, NOTSRCOPY, NOTSRCERASE, MERGECOPY, MERGEPAINT, PATCOPY, PATPAINT, PATINVERT, DSTINVERT, ZERO, and ONE. Screen/Memory This menu item bitblts randomly placed 64x64 monochrome bitmaps from screen to screen and from memory to screen. All Selecting the "All" option will run each of the "Bitblt" menu items consecutively. - Page 5 - Curves Description: This menu selection tests output of partial and full arcs, polysplines and polyfillets. Menu Items: Partial Arcs This benchmark test draws four sets of arcs. Each set comprises of the default arc parameters (unit circle), major axis parallel to x axis, major axis parallel to the y axis, and tilted. Eight 45 degree partial arcs at twelve different radii are drawn for each set. Full Arcs Full arcs draws filled and outline arcs using the same arc parameters as Partial Arcs. The routine draws eleven arcs with different radii. PolySpline The polyspline test tests the output of GpiPolySpline. It is called with 10 splines per a call. The output is a sine like wave across the middle of the display. PolyFillet PolyFillet tests output of the GpiPolyFillet call. PolyFillet outputs random fillets on the display. There are 50 polyfillet calls made with five fillet points per call. All Selecting the "All" option will run each of the "Curve" menu items consecutively. - Page 6 - Lines Description: Lines tests the drawing of single lines, polylines, single long lines drawn in all directions, and wide lines. Menu Items: Single Lines Single Lines draws 100 horizontal, vertical and diagonal solid lines. All 100 lines of each type (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) use the same beginning and end points. Therefore, only a total of three lines will be visible in the window. Polylines The polyline test look exactly like the single line test. PolyLines, however, use the GpiPolyLine call to output 100 horizontal, vertical or diagonal solid lines for each polyline call. Again you will only see three lines on the display. All Directions This test draws lines in all directions. A large box, centered in the middle of the display is filled by drawing radial lines around the perimeter of the box from its center. For each box, the line colors are changed by alternating through the color table. Wide Lines For each of line widths 3, 5, 10, 20 the wide line test draws 25 random lines. Each width is repeated twice. The first time it uses a solid fill and the second time a DENSE3 pattern fill is used. All Selecting the "All" option will run each of the "Line" menu items consecutively. - Page 7 - Polygons Description: This set of tests test the speed at which alternate and winding area fills are done. Menu Items: Alternate Fill This test draws a hour glass shaped polygon and then fills it using Alternate fill attribute, repeating for ten iterations. Winding Fill Winding fills draws two overlapping triangle polygon and then fills it using Winding fill attribute. Winding Fill also repeats ten iterations. All Selecting the "All" option will run each of the "Polygon" menu items consecutively. - Page 8 - Rectangles Description: This menu selection benchmarks square and rounded cornered filled rectangles, random sized rectangles and patterned filled rectangles. Menu Items: Boxes This item first draws fifty square rectangles, which are filled and outlined, from smaller to larger sizes. Then repeats itself by drawing the rectangles from large to small. The test then draws fifty rounded corner rectangles in a similar manner as the square cornered rectangles. Random Random draws random sized rectangles randomly on the display in colors alternating between the colors of the color table. Patterns Patterns draws client window sized rectangles each filled with a default pattern. The patterns alternate between the first 16 pre-defined pattern choices. All Selecting the "All" option will run each of the "Rectangle" menu items consecutively. - Page 9 - Text Description: The Text menu tests image fonts, background mix modes, text extension, greyed text and mixed fonts output. Menu Items: Image Fonts Image fonts draws the string: "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy sleeping dog's back then sat on a tack." The text is first drawn in the system font and then is drawn using the first 15 non-vector fonts of the HELV.FON file. This font is loaded by the benchmark program and must be available in the C:\OS2\DLL. Background Mix Background mix draws the above text string in the system font using the background attributes of LEAVEALONE and then OVERPAINT. The first test fills the entire client window with a pale gray color. Then it sets the color back to default and mode to LEAVEALONE. 100 lines of text are output to the display. The second test again fills the client window with pale gray but this time it changes the color to yellow instead of default and background mode to OVERPAINT. One hundred lines of text are output. The background of the text should be yellow. Extended Text Extended text displays the string: "Extended Text Anyone" using different character width vectors. The extended text function writes 24 lines of the extended text string. Greyed Text The string "Grey text" is randomly placed on the display using a cyan background, a black foreground and the halftone attribute. - Page 10 - Mixed Fonts Mixed fonts writes the following four strings to the display: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy sleeping dog The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy sleeping dog The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy sleeping dog The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy sleeping dog The first line is written in the default font. The second line is written with the default font with some of the words underlined. The third line has some words bolded and the fourth line has some italicized print. These four lines are repeated six times down the display. All Selecting the "All" option will run each of the "Text" menu items consecutively. - Page 11 - Misc Description: Misc tests miscellaneous functions: set and query current position, drawing markers, stretch/compress bitblt, and image data. Menu Items: Set/Query Current Position This test shows nothing on the window. The test calls the GpiSetCurrentPosition and GpiQueryCurrentPosition 1000 times each. Markers Markers draws 100 of each of the default following marker types: Default, Eight point star, Solid Diamond, Dot, and Small Circle. Stretch Stretch test the speed of doing Bitblt compression and expansion. A 64x64 monochrome bitmap is loaded and then compress or stretch to the following sizes: 32x32, 48x48, 80x80, 96x96, 192x192, 32x48, 48x96, 48x32, 108x96, 21x21, 105x105. Image Data A bitmap is created in memory. The image is then display on the screen in all combinations of foreground and background colors in a 16x16 matrix. All Selecting the "All" option will run each of the "Misc" menu items consecutively. - Page 12 - User Interface Description: Special tests for pull-down menus, creating and deleting dialog boxes, drawing rubberband lines, scrolling windows, and clearing windows. Menu Items: Menus Displays and removes the pull-down menus of the Benchmark menu bar. It cycles through the entire menu bar 10 times. Dialog Boxes Dialog boxes creates and kills a dialog box 10 times. Rubber Banding Rubber banding draws a rectangular box and then rubberbands it across the window 100 times and then back again. Scroll Window This test scrolls byte aligned and non-byte aligned text vertically through a rectangular region in the window. Clear Window Clear window clears the display 50 times to a gray background color using GpiErase. All Selecting the "All" option will run each of the "User Interface" menu items consecutively. - Page 13 - Clipping Description: Clipping test bitblt, line and text clipping using disjoint rectangular and complex clip paths. Menu Items: Complex Clipping Region Clipping tests Bitblt, Line and Text clipping in a oval complex clipping region. Region Clipping Region Clipping tests Bitblt, Line and Text clipping in a clipping region comprising of 4 disjoint rectangles. All Selecting the "All" option will run each of the "Clipping" menu items consecutively. - Page 14 - Options Description: The options menu item allows you to display system information, run the benchmark in a demo mode or just run through all the tests once, as-well-as configure the program to your particular needs. The default configuration options are Display Results, No Spreadsheet Output, and Iteration Multiplier of 1. Menu Items: System Information Supplies the user with some system configuration information. The following list shows what information is displayed: Width and Height of the screen Width and Height of the window Width and Height of icons Number of color planes Number of bits per a pixel Number of simultaneously useable colors Number of device fonts Aspect ratio Modify Options Choosing this item will allow you to reconfigure the Benchmark program. You may reach this option by pressing the "Ctrl-M" key combination on the keyboard. Display results Enables the result dialog boxes to appear or not appear in the window. The default is Display Results enabled. Spreadsheet Output Enables timing results to be sent to a text file. Text output is formatted to be ascii text, Microsoft EXCEL compatible or LOTUS 123 compatible depending on which radio button is selected. The default output format is ascii text. A file name and 255 character header may also be specified*. The default file names are pmbench.txt for ascii text, pmbench.xls for EXCEL and pmbench.wks for LOTUS 123. The default file header is "Benchmark Results". *NOTE: If a file with the specified filename already exists in the current directory (e.g. from a previous run of the tests) the existing file will remain unchanged AND THE NEW FILE WILL NOT BE SAVED. Be sure to give your files new names each time (or move the files to another directory) to insure that the filename does not conflict with an existing file. - Page 15 - Iteration Multiplier Allows you to increase the number of times Benchmark will execute each of the tests. You may choose 1, 2, 3, 5, or 10. For EGA or VGA systems use 1 or 2. Settings of 5 and above are recommended for display adapters with graphics coprocessors. If you obtain a variation of more than 1 ms. between executions of any test, increase the iteration multiplier. Run All Tests Picking this option will execute all of the available test in Benchmark using the choices supplied in the Option Menu or the defaults if Modify Options have not been changed. You can choose this option by pressing the "Alt-R" key combination on the keyboard. Demo Mode Choosing demo mode allows you to run the benchmark continuously. To exit demo mode, enter a ESCAPE, SPACEBAR or ENTER key at any time while the test is running, or you may terminate the dialog box using the keyboard or mouse before it is destroyed. Timing dialog boxes always display while in demo mode. However, the dialog boxes are only displayed for 5 seconds and are destroyed automatically before subsequent tests are run. Spreadsheet output is disabled while running in demo mode. - Page 16 - Any comments about the tests should be submitted on the accompanying registration form to the following address: PC Magazine Labs ATTN: Presentation Manager Benchmark Registration One Park Avenue New York, New York 10016 PC Magazine Labs retains all rights to these tests but we do grant you the specific right to make an unlimited number of UNALTERED copies of the tests provided you do not charge anything for them; these tests are distributed as a public service of PC Magazine and are meant to be widely distributed at no charge to the user. The PC Magazine Labs Graphics Performance tests for OS/2 Presentation Manager (Release 1.0, November 1989) were programmed according to PC Magazine Labs specifications by Graphic Software Systems (GSS). Thank you for your interest in the PC Magazine Labs Graphics Performance tests for OS/2 Presentation Manager. Sincerely, Frederic E. Davis Director, PC Magazine Labs - Page 17 -