PerformanceTest 7.0.1005

PerformanceTest 7.0.1005 is a fast, easy to use, PC speed testing and benchmarking, which enables you to objectively benchmark a PC by using a variety of different speed tests and compare the results to other computers. It provides wenty-eight standard benchmark tests in six test suites and seven advanced testing windows for custom benchmarking.

PerformanceTest can help you assess if your computer is performing at its peak, whether it is time to upgrade or to measure the performance of different machine components. In a single mouse-click, you can obtain the PassMark Rating, an overall score for your machine's unique configuration for use in comparison with other machines.

Standard test suites

• CPU tests Mathematical operations, compression, encryption, SSE, 3DNow! instructions and more
• 2D graphics tests Drawing lines, bitmaps, fonts, text, and GUI elements
• 3D graphics tests Simple to complex DirectX 3D graphics and animations
• Disk tests Reading, writing and seeking within disk files
• Memory tests Allocating and accessing memory speed and efficiency
• CD / DVD test Test the speed of your CD or DVD drive

PassMark Rating and comparable baselines

• In addition to the standard tests, there are 7 summary results plus the overall "PassMark Rating" result. The benchmark results are presented as easy to read bar charts so that you don't need to spend hours studying the number to know the result. Timing for the tests is done using high resolution timers, which are accurate to approximately 1 millionth of a second on most PC's.
• A major advantage is the support for built-in baseline results which allows you to compare computer systems (a baseline is a standard set of results from another computer). These baseline results can be used to determine how fast your computer is in comparison with other computer systems.
• PerformanceTest comes with six baseline results as well as the ability to search and download thousands more from our online database of user submission.

• Advanced Disk Testing. Test the speed of your disk using different file sizes, block sizes and caching options.
• Advanced CD / DVD Testing. Test the speed of your CD or DVD drive using different test durations, block sizes and caching options.
• Advanced 3D Testing. Test the speed of your 3D video card by selecting from options such as fogging, lighting, alpha blending, wire frame, texturing, resolution, color depth, object rotation and object displacement.
• Advanced Networking Test. Measure the network speed between any two computers using TCP/IP. The network speed test can be conducted across a company LAN or across the Internet to determine the point to point throughput. Adjust parameters such as the host name, IP address, port number and block size. Works with dialup modems, ADSL, cable and LANs.
• Advanced Memory Test. Measure the read and write speed of your RAM. Parameters include data size (8 bits to 32 bits) and a selection of two test modes. Linear sequential access across various block sizes or non sequential access with a varying step size. This allows both the effect of RAM caching and the optimizations in the memory controller to be investigated.
• Advanced Multitasking Test. Run a series of standard benchmark tests in parallel to examine the performance under these conditions. Multiple processor machines should excel under this kind of environment, as the load is split between the various CPUs.
• Advanced Visualized Physics Test. View a visual representation of what the standard CPU Physics test is doing. You can also tweak the simulation parameters to get different effects.

Major Features:

1. Find out if your PC is performing at its best.
2. Compare the performance of your machine to similar machines.
3. Measure the effect of configuration changes and upgrades.
4. Avoid paying big bucks for poor performance.
5. Make objective independent measurements on which to base your purchasing decision.
6. Use the advanced tests to create you own benchmark scenarios
7. Comprehensive online help
8. Supports hyper-threading, and multiple CPUs testing
9. Detailed disk speed graphs
10. Supports printing results
11. The ability to save your benchmark results to disk as a new baseline
12. A customizable "Notes" field for storing your own information along with the saved Benchmark result.
13. Support for copying the results to other applications (eg. MS-Word)
14. Export results to HTML, text, GIF, and BMP formats
15. Single test execution, execution of a test suite or execution of all tests with a single mouse click.
16. A summary 'Mark' figure for each test suite plus the calculation of the PassMark Rating figure.
17. An easy to use point and click interface
18. A summary system information screen including CPU type, CPU speed, Total RAM, Video Hardware, Cluster size, etc..
19. The ability to compare the performance of your computer to multiple 'Baseline' computers at the one time.
20. Flexible license, move the software

Enhancements:

• Fixed DX10 test to work on videocards that do not support 8x AA
• Changed Passmark Rating calculation so that CD scores have a smaller impact and can only ever increase the overall score
  

System Requirements:

• 1024x768 pixel display,
• DirectX 9.0c or higher,
• 64 MB RAM,
• 30 MB of free hard disk space (plus additional hard disk space to run the Disk test).