The following describes the process and methodology used to test the performance of Peachtree by Sage - Quantum 2010 compared to Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting 2010. The test was conducted at Sage, by Sage employees during February of 2009. The test scenarios were conducted. The Stress Test evaluated the performance of invoice save times and opening reports in quick succession. Test reflects the recommended hardware and software configurations for Peachtree Quantum.
Peachtree by Sage - Stress Test
Test Environment
5 machines with the Peachtree data on an additional server. The machine configurations were as follows:
Client Machine Configuration
- Dell Optiplex 170L
- 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 processor
- 1.0GB RAM
- Seagate ST340014A hard drive
- Capacity: 40.0 GB
- Speed: 7200rpm
- Average Seek Time: 8.5ms
- Cylinders: 1023
- Heads: 256
- Sectors: 63
- Intel Pro/100 VE network card
- Hyperthreading: Off
- OS: Windows XP SP2
Environment
Isolated network using 100 megabit ethernet
Test Scenario
5 client machines running at once. 3 machines creating invoices and 2 machines pulling up reports. All machines stop once all the reports in the test have been accessed. The purpose of the test is to time multi user read and write times.
Baseline
Peachtree Premium Accounting Release 2010
Company
Test database with following key file statistics:
- Customers: 2,202
- Vendors: 993
- Employees: 38
- Inventory Items: 1,392
- Jobs: 219
- Journal Headers: 15,644
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