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    Free Performance Testing Tools

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by othniel316, Dec 14, 2006.

  1. othniel316

    othniel316 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does anyone know of some good (and free) performance testing tools for the processor, graphics card, etc... My system seems slower than it should be (even though it's only a couple months old and I did a complete reformatting when I got it new). I'd like to test my system and check it against the performance of similar systems. Thanks in advance.
     
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  2. jetstar

    jetstar Notebook Deity

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    Use SuperPi to test for processor speed.

    Use 3DMark05 and 3DMark06 for testing the graphics card.

    PCMark is also a good testing software.
     
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    vespoli 402 NBR Reviewer

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    Prime95 is a good torture test, memcheck86 works on RAM and 3dMark is a great GPU tester. SuperPi and PCMark might also be of use for benchmarking along with 3dmark.

    All are available on google.
     
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    avalanche33x Notebook Enthusiast

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    Try the System Requirements Lab @ http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srl
    It gives you information on you pc and wether or not it meets the game requirements.

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    Intel Core Duo T2400 @ 1.83GHz, 2GB Ram, 256 MB ATI Radeon Mobility X1400 Hypermemory, 80GB Hard Drive, Creative Sound Blaster 24bit USB, Windows XP Professional & Windows Vista RC1 (Dual Boot)
     
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  5. Tim

    Tim Notebook Virtuoso

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    3DMark05 is pretty much the standard for Graphics Cards.
    HDTune is a good benchmark for hard drives.

    I am sure there are more but those two should get you started.
    Tim
     
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