Does a QBI multiplier of 3.08x really mean QuickBits makes my handheld 3 times faster?
As with any benchmarking program, the numbers returned by QuickBits can be misleading if you don’t understand what is being measured and how to interpret the results. The first thing to understand is that QuickBits does not speed up every operation of your handheld equally. For example, text drawing on some devices is over 6 times faster. On the other hand, database operations may be only 1.1 times faster. The amount of performance improvement bestowed on a given application is completely dependent on the mix of operations performed by that application. On top of this is the issue of one’s perception of performance. Different people have different sensitivities to application speed. One person will say a given application is unresponsive while another says it is just fine. Some people can perceive a speed improvement of 10% while others won’t notice the difference until it reaches 50% or more. So, what does QuickBits measure? QuickBits quantitatively measures each speedup it implements
