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Fast and Effective Endpoint Security for Business PassMark Software
Comparative Analysis Page 12 of 44
Edition 1 22 August 2012
File Copy, Move, & Delete
Copy, move, and delete files more quickly
Security products need to monitor system activity every
time a file is moved, copied, or deleted. The time required
to carry out these tasks can be greatly increased by poorly
performing security products.
This metric measures the total time taken to copy, move
and delete a set of files of various formats between
directories, where an endpoint security product has been
installed. Our final result is measured in seconds (s) and
calculated from an average of five (5) samples.
Network Throughput
Quickly download and transfer files across the network
Files are often transferred, accessed, and downloaded
across networks, but not without inspection from installed
security software. Download speeds can be significantly
decreased by poorly performing security products.
This metric measures the total time taken to download a
sample set of binary files from another location in the
network. Our final result is measuredin seconds (s) and
calculated as an average of five (5) samples.
Full System Scan
Quickly determine the health of your system
Running a full system on-demand scan on an endpoint is
necessary in order to thoroughly check hard drives and
running programs for security threats. Ideally, it is
performed on endpoints periodically (e.g. once per week)
and is typically a rather lengthy task. Products with poorly
performing scanning algorithms can inconveniently and
unnecessarily increase the scan time.
This metric measures the total time taken to run a full
system scan on an endpoint. The scan is carried out three
(3) times. Our final result was taken as an average of both
the initial scan time and the average subsequent scan
time.
56.55
36.18
31.44
31.26
24.80
24.61
24.57
22.09
0 s 10 s 20 s 30 s 40 s 50 s 60 s
Trend Micro
Sophos
Average
Microsoft
Kaspersky
ESET
Symantec
McAfee
27.84
15.93
15.90
14.57
11.36
10.95
10.17
9.87
0 s 5 s 10 s 15 s 20 s 25 s 30 s
Kaspersky
Symantec
ESET
Average
Sophos
Trend Micro
McAfee
Microsoft
125
94
88
82
79
66
59
36
0 min 20 min 40 min 60 min 80 min 100 min 120 min 140 min
Microsoft
Sophos
McAfee
Trend Micro
Average
Kaspersky
Symantec
ESET