Benchmarking software?

[crisc]

Looking for some good, preferably free benchmarking software. What do you guys use?

 

[jrbarnett]

The actual benchmark tests you would need depends on the components that you want to test.
For example, the 3D games will give you some indication of graphics performance, but not much related to the hard drive or network.

John

 

[crisc]

Not to benchmark the network, just to comparatively test CPU, HD, graphics, memory, etc.

 

[carrr]

Try here:

http://games.tucows.nyi.net/utilities_benchmarking_default.html

 

[SYAR2003]

passmark burn-in test pro is trial for 30 days .
It shold be enough days for severe testing .

http://www.passmark.com/download/index.htm

syar

 

[CitrixEngineer]

Mad Onion's PCMark and 3dMark are the best, for comparative scoring - they keep an online database that you can readily compare your own score with.

SiSoft's Sandra is the other popular benchmark - it provides a few handy tips as well.

Hope this helps!

 

[SYAR2003]

pcpitstop.com is also neat .

Has a discussion forum about improving scores also.
syar

 

[CitrixEngineer]

Forgot to include linkage:

http://www.futuremark.com/

http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/

Happy benchmarking

 

[crisc]

Thanks everyone, happy holidays!

 

[SYAR2003]

Likewise (hope i spelled that correct)

syar

 

[SkipCox]

Lotta good advice here.

The best software to benchmark costs about a dollar. It's a legal pad and No. 2 pencil.

Regardless of what program you use, write everything down. You want to compare trends, you want to see physical evidence (numbers) before and after a change, you want to feel good about the hundred bucks you just spent and you want to answer the questions you have about these machines.

An upgrade may or may not be evident to your eyes, but a benchmark will tell you which way you went.

Happy Holidays Folks,

Skip

http://home.comcast.net/~scox9/index.html

 

[Freestone]

Just ran across this site:

http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.html?/be_main.html

Happy Holidays All!