Besides the basic PCMark Suite, PCMark Vantage Advanced and Professional also allow to perform some more in-depth system check with the help of the following special benchmarks:

Memories Suite includes the following tests:

• Memories 1
  • Two simultaneous threads
    • CPU image manipulation
    • HDD picture import
• Memories 2
  • Two simultaneous threads
    • GPU image manipulation
    • HDD video editing
• Memories 3
  • Video Transcoding: DV to portable device
• Memories 4
  • Video Transcoding: media server archive to portable device

TV and Movies Suite includes the following tests:

• TV and Movies 1
  • Two simultaneous threads
    • Video transcoding: HD DVD to media server archive
    • Video playback: HD DVD w/ additional lower bitrate HD content from HDD, as downloaded from net
• TV and Movies 2
  • Two simultaneous threads
    • Video transcoding: HD DVD to media server archive
    • Video playback, HD MPEG-2: 19.39 Mbps terrestrial HDTV playback
• TV and Movies 3
  • HDD Media Center
• TV and Movies 4
  • Video transcoding: media server archive to portable device
  • Video playback, HD MPEG-2: 48 Mbps Blu-ray playback

Gaming Suite includes the following tests:

• Gaming 1
  • GPU game test
• Gaming 2
  • HDD: game HDD
• Gaming 3
  • Two simultaneous threads
    • CPU game test
    • Data decompression: level loading
• Gaming 4
  • Three simultaneous threads
    • GPU game test
    • CPU game test
    • HDD: game HDD

Music Suite includes the following tests:

• Music 1
  • Three simultaneous threads
    • Web page rendering - w/ music shop content
    • Audio transcoding: WAV → WMA lossless
    • HDD: Adding music to Windows Media Player
• Music 2
  • Audio transcoding: WAV → WMA lossless
• Music 3
  • Audio transcoding: MP3 → WMA
• Music 4
  • Two simultaneous threads
    • Audio transcoding: WMA → WMA
    • HDD: Adding music to Windows Media Player

Communications Suite includes the following tests:

• Communications 1
  • Three simultaneous threads
    • Data encryption: CNG AES CBC
    • Data compression
    • Web page rendering: graphics content, 1024x768, windowed
• Communications 2
  • Three simultaneous threads
    • Web page rendering: open various news pages from IE 7 Favorites in separate tabs, close them one by one
    • Data decryption: CNG AES CBC
    • HDD: Windows Defender
• Communications 3
  • Windows Mail: Search
• Communications 4
  • Two simultaneous threads
    • Data encryption: CNG AES CBC
    • Audio transcoding: WMA → WMA - to simulate VOIP

Productivity Suite includes the following tests:

• Productivity 1
  • Two simultaneous threads
    • Text editing
    • HDD: application loading
• Productivity 2
  • Two simultaneous threads
    • Windows Contacts: search
    • HDD: Windows Defender
• Productivity 3
  • HDD: Windows Vista start-up
• Productivity 4
  • Three simultaneous threads
    • Windows Contacts: search
    • Windows Mail: Run Message Rules
    • Web page rendering: simultaneously open various pages from IE7 Favorites in separate tabs, close them one by one

HDD Suite includes the following tests:

• HDD 1
  • HDD: Windows Defender
• HDD 2
  • HDD: game HDD
• HDD 3
  • HDD: importing pictures
• HDD 4
  • HDD: Windows Vista start-up
• HDD 5
  • HDD: video editing
• HDD 6
  • HDD: Media Center
• HDD 7
  • HDD: Adding music to Windows Media Player
• HDD 8
  • HDD: application loading