[H] Simple Windows benchmark software

2007-07-11 Thread Thane Sherrington
Does anyone know of a simple piece of Windows software (or a procedure I could write a script to do) that would test the speed of a computer. I get a ton of computers in that are running slowly and I'd like to be able to take a before and after snapshot to see if they have sped up. T

RE: [H] Simple Windows benchmark software

2007-07-11 Thread Hayes Elkins
Windows benchmark software Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:53:44 -0300 Does anyone know of a simple piece of Windows software (or a procedure I could write a script to do) that would test the speed of a computer. I get a ton of computers in that are running slowly and I'd like to be able to take

RE: [H] Simple Windows benchmark software

2007-07-11 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 10:33 AM 11/07/2007, Hayes Elkins wrote: When you say simple do you really mean quick? I was gonna say PC Mark, free version, is pretty comprehensive, easy to use - but takes a while. The faster the better, but I'd also like to get a reproducible result. How long is PC Mark going to

RE: [H] Simple Windows benchmark software

2007-07-11 Thread Greg Sevart
] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 7:54 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Simple Windows benchmark software Does anyone know of a simple piece of Windows software (or a procedure I could write a script to do) that would test the speed of a computer. I

RE: [H] Simple Windows benchmark software

2007-07-11 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 12:17 PM 11/07/2007, Greg Sevart wrote: I don't know that any true benchmark software is going to provide significantly valid results. A good deal of the slowness users report is as a result of concurrent software (legitimate and spy/adware) running in the background. Your standard benchmark

Re: [H] Simple Windows benchmark software

2007-07-11 Thread j maccraw
Why not just log the % of idle time usage or something like that? Most of the snappiness of cleaned or freshly installed windows is lack of extra processes no fragmentation which quickly fades after install software that adds support DLL's or processes. Thane Sherrington wrote: At 12:17 PM