Enterprise Endpoint Security Performance Benchmarks

PassMark Software conducted objective performance testing on five (5) security products during October 2017, with all but one of these products being Enterprise Endpoint Security products. This report presents our results from these performance tests. Benchmarking was performed using seventeen performance metrics to assess product performance and system impact on the endpoint or client machine. 

The metrics which were used in testing are as follows:

• Word Document Launch and Open Time;
• Edge Launch Time;
• On-Demand Scan Time;
• CPU Usage during Scan;
• Browse Time;
• File Copy, Move and Delete;
• Network Throughput;
• File Compression and Decompression;
• File Write, Open and Close;
• Memory Usage during System Idle;
• Memory Usage during Scan;
• Memory Usage during Activity;
• CPU Usage during System Idle;
• CPU Usage during Activity;
• Installation Time;
• Installation Size;
• Boot Time.