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About the Benchmarks: 

How We Measure Productivity

The productivity figures in this report are 

part of an extensive and ongoing productivity 

benchmarking project commissioned by Adobe, 

in order to independently assess the productivity 

gains that the latest release of Adobe Creative 

Suite can provide creative professionals.
Pfeiffer Consulting independently developed 

and executed the benchmarks presented here, 

by analyzing creative workflows in four different 

segments of activity: design, web and interactive, 

digital imaging, and video. The benchmarks were 

designed and executed by creative professionals. 

The basic approach is simple: in order to assess 

productivity gains that a new release or a 

different product may (or may not) bring, we 

start by analyzing the minimum number of steps 

necessary to achieve a given result in each of 

the applications that have to be compared.
Once this list of actions has been clearly established, 

we start to execute the operation or workflow 

in each program, with the help of seasoned 

professionals who have long-standing experience in 

the field and with the programs that are tested. 
In order to be certain that no lag or operator-induced 

delays are included in the productivity measures, 

each benchmarked example is cut down into small 

segments of three or four steps each. After an initial 

training phase, each segment is executed three times, 

and the average time is used as a result. The cumulative 

times for all segments that form a complete workflow 

example are then used as benchmark results.

We use factory-standard configuration hardware, 

that has been completely re-initialized prior to 

benchmarking. Only the system software and 

application software necessary for tests, as well as all 

required updates at the time of testing, are installed 

on the benchmark system. No peripherals other than 

the ones required for the benchmarks are connected. 

Network access is only enabled when required by the 

benchmark protocol, or for software activation.

Benchmarks for this document were conducted 

on a 2008 release 2.8GHz Mac Pro equipped 

with 4GB of RAM. Future benchmarks for 

this ongoing project will also be executed on 

a similarly configured Windows system.

Pfeiffer Consulting is an independent technology 

research institute and benchmarking operation 

focused on the needs of publishing, digital content 

production, and new media professionals.
Download the full Adobe Creative Suite 4 Productivity 

Benchmark Report, as well as other benchmark reports 

and research studies at www.pfeifferreport.com.

 

This benchmark project 
was commissioned 
by Adobe and 
independently executed 
by Pfeiffer Consulting.

 

All the productivity 
measures presented 
in this document are 
based on 

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 during 

the execution of the 
benchmarks.

 

For an in-depth 
description of 
the benchmark 
methodology, complete 
list of benchmarks 
and detailed results, 
please download 
the complete 

 at 

www.pfeifferreport.com