benchmark

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Is there a software benchmark test to quantify how good (or not so
good) a computers overall performance is?

In the DOS days, we used PCTOOLS.

I don't see much chatter about benchmarks these days. Is that because
there isn't a benchmark available?

Thanks,

T

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Since overall PC performance has risen so much, it's probably
no longer a big issue except for the "Gamers". I use PCPitStop
as a general test for PCs. It give a numerical score, but has a
rating that compares your hardware to similar platforms. It can
isolate specific areas where performance lags (Disk, Video,...).
I do use a number of drive benchmarking tools as that is still the
biggest bottleneck on most PCs.

<TRABEM> wrote in message news:uv14h1197p1slkmnf27g0t48g2po8ai8kq@4ax.com...
> Is there a software benchmark test to quantify how good (or not so
> good) a computers overall performance is?
>
> In the DOS days, we used PCTOOLS.
>
> I don't see much chatter about benchmarks these days. Is that because
> there isn't a benchmark available?
>
> Thanks,
>
> T

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

<TRABEM> wrote in message news:uv14h1197p1slkmnf27g0t48g2po8ai8kq@4ax.com...
> Is there a software benchmark test to quantify how good (or not so
> good) a computers overall performance is?
>
> In the DOS days, we used PCTOOLS.
>
> I don't see much chatter about benchmarks these days. Is that because
> there isn't a benchmark available?
>
> Thanks,
>
> T

SiSoft Sandra is a good app to benchmark your system, it has comparitive
results from other systems so you can gauge the performance of your system.
http://www.sisoftware.net/