I have high hopes for performance improvements each time MSFT releases an new version or service pack.  This time the claim with Office 2007 service pack 2 that had me curious was:

“Improves the charting mechanism in Excel 2007. This includes better parity with Office 2003, improved robustness, and targeted performance improvement”

Benchmark.xls is a

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