I'm not just being a doubter. I'm asking based on past Microsoft actions.
Is this another Mindcraft study?
The question isn't whether Microsoft operating systems perform well on tests. The question is whether such tests can be trusted since Microsoft has consistantly faked test results.
The TPC tests may indeed be accurate. But since past behavior is indicative of future performance, the validity of such tests must be ascertained before they can be accepted.
As such, the burden of proof that the TPC tests are worth anything is on those people who spew them out as some kind of proof that Microsoft has any technical edge.
Microsoft has been caught falsifying such tests in the past. Why should we trust the TPC data?
Just a minor point... the TPC doesn't run the tests. It defines the standards for the benchmark tests and certifies the results submitted to it. Vendors are usually the ones who run the tests. After certification, TPC releases the results. A full disclosure document is also available for each certified benchmark, but I don't know if they're available for public download.
Some TPC benchmarks are very expensive to run, upwards of $750,000 in some cases. Linux benchmarks will be run once someone decides to spend the time and money on them.