Benchmark Question


  1. Posts : 36
    Win XP SP3, Win 7 Pro 64-bit, CentOS
       #1

    Benchmark Question


    I'm about to go from 4GB to 8GB RAM and was wondering what benchmarking tools the community recommends?

    Also going to OC my CPU from stock 3.4Ghz to >3.8Ghz...

    I know Prime95 is for CPU benchmarking, should I just stick with PCMark 05?

    Appreciate the responses...
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  2. Posts : 13,354
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #2

    Prime95 is for CPU torture testing, don't know about benchmarking.
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  3. Posts : 201
    Windows 7 64bit
       #3

    PrimeCores - new generation benchmark, that is based on a very fast prime number finding algorithm.

    CrystalDiskMark - designed to quickly test the performance of your hard drives.

    Fraps - Utility for DirectX and OpenGL games that can benchmark and capture video.

    D3DGear - Measures 3D game frame rate and display frame rate on screen.

    DirectCompute Benchmark - Benchmark DirectX 11 latest general-purpose computing feature by calculating tons of FFT-like data.

    Opti Drive Control -A test and benchmark utility for optical drives.

    Passmark PerformanceTest -Fast, easy to use, PC speed testing and benchmarking.

    PCMark Vantage - The first objective hardware performance benchmark for PCs running 32 and 64 bit Vista and Windows 7

    Disk Bench- Tests your hard drive speed in a real life situation.

    Geekbench- Measures the performance of your computer's processor and memory.
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  4. Posts : 36
    Win XP SP3, Win 7 Pro 64-bit, CentOS
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Thanks Urbwolf...
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  5. Posts : 12
    Win7(x64)
       #5

    Urbwolf said:
    PrimeCores - new generation benchmark, that is based on a very fast prime number finding algorithm.

    CrystalDiskMark - designed to quickly test the performance of your hard drives.

    Fraps - Utility for DirectX and OpenGL games that can benchmark and capture video.

    D3DGear - Measures 3D game frame rate and display frame rate on screen.

    DirectCompute Benchmark - Benchmark DirectX 11 latest general-purpose computing feature by calculating tons of FFT-like data.

    Opti Drive Control -A test and benchmark utility for optical drives.

    Passmark PerformanceTest -Fast, easy to use, PC speed testing and benchmarking.

    PCMark Vantage - The first objective hardware performance benchmark for PCs running 32 and 64 bit Vista and Windows 7

    Disk Bench- Tests your hard drive speed in a real life situation.

    Geekbench- Measures the performance of your computer's processor and memory.
    This info (with links) should be a sticky somewhere.
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  7. Posts : 39
    dual: windows 7 Ultimate x64 7600 and XP SP3
       #7

    Usefull post. thanks Urbwolf
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