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Synthetic Benchmarks
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.
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
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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.
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