fenderguy4life
What about Windows Experience Index Score -
As was mentioned, CPU clock speed is super important.
Windows Index Scores can be used to ** roughly ** compare performance.
There are numerous factors that have a profound effect on DAW performance.
Windows Index Scores alone don't tell you much.
ie: If you're just talking DAW applications, having fast video really doesn't benefit audio performance.
With a laptop, your biggest hurdle is going to be DPC Latency.
You need to get DPC Latency in check to effectively work at low audio latency settings (small ASIO buffer sizes).