The scores really speak for themselves but even with the bog standard pad in there the scores were relatively close. Although this bizarre test is obviously not as accurate as a hardware benchmark for a CPU or graphics card, following many hours of use with each pad the results seem just about right to us.

Just barely beating the Everglide to pole position was the 3M Precise Mousing Surface and we can’t say we’re surprised. The mat is layered with a “microstructured surface” which is sort of a uniform microscopic mountain range laid out in a grid. Of all the mouse pads it felt the smoothest and most accurate which appears to have translated nicely into an upped frag count in UT. The profile of the 3M mat is also very low indeed. It’s just about as thick as a thin sheet of cardboard and after a few minutes of use you probably wouldn’t notice it were it not for the improved mouse traction. Although the surface is smooth and very comfortable to use thanks to the thinness it is however rather small. Since the Razer Boomslang is sensitive enough to require less movement we didn’t find it much of a problem but if you’re used to a larger mouse pad you might want to invest in the larger Wingman Mousemat from Logitech which integrates a 3M surface.