BAPCO benchmarks are based on software packages commonly found in retail computer software stores. Using benchmarks based on business applications enables users to conduct evaluations of systems handling realistic workloads in environments users might often encounter. This approach provides users with meaningful data for evaluating systems because the results are relevant to demands they would typically place on systems through day-to-day workloads



The first screenshot shows Flash MX, the Second one Photoshop 7.01 and the last one shows the 3d max 5.1 benchmark.
Here is a list of some of the programs that Sysmark 2004 will benchmark :
Internet Content Creation | Office Productivity |
Adobe After Effect 5.5 | Adobe Acrobat 5.0.5 |
Adobe Photoshop 7.01 | Microsoft Access 2002 |
Adobe Premiere 6.5 | Microsoft Excel 2002 |
Discreet 3ds max 5.1 | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 |
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX | Microsoft Outlook 2002 |
Macromedia Flash MX | Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 |
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9 Series | Microsoft Word 2002 |
Network Associates McAfee VirusScan 7.0 | |
ScanSoft Dragon Naturally Speaking 6 | |
WinZip Computing WinZip 8.1 |