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SiSoftware Sandra Pro

Sandra 2005 is a nice utility that can be used for diagnostics and benchmarks.

Sandra delivers good low-level results, which can be compared with raw figures such as memory bandwidth or theoretical CPU performance.

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Software:Sandra Professional (SiSoftware)
Version:2005.1.10.50
Installed size:A few megaBytes
Benchmark duration:Several minutes (varies depending on the benchmark)

Installation

Sandra is easy to install.

Settings

It's not necessary to make any setting changes.

Benchmarking

All significant fields such as the memory bandwidth test or the CPU benchmark are started separately from Sandra's options window.

Sandra provides a lot of interesting results.