In some cases, benchmarking related to displaying is faster around 40% with 16 bit depth screen than one with 32 bit color. For example, compare following results:
| reportId | date | R | Pltfm | Clr | VW | Jun | All | crt | shw | ben | txr | trn | vor | del |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF86497E | 2002Oct28 | 4 | win32 | 16 | 5i.4 | 454 | 6.4 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.6 |
| BF864B49 | 2002Oct28 | 4 | win32 | 32 | 5i.4 | 454 | 7.2 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 8.3 |
But we also have other cases that color depth doesn't matter. For example, compare following results:
| reportId | date | R | Pltfm | Clr | VW | Jun | All | crt | shw | ben | txr | trn | vor | del |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF826944 | 2002Oct25 | 4 | win32 | 16 | 5i.4 | 454 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 9.5 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 6.2 |
| BF8658C3 | 2002Oct28 | 4 | win32 | 32 | 5i.4 | 454 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 9.6 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.2 |
Please refer to Legend of result summary list for the meaning of each column in the heading (abbreviated as crt, shw, etc.).