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

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 Greg Sevart
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 application will run its battery of tests at

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 ta

RE: [H] Simple Windows benchmark software

2007-07-11 Thread Hayes Elkins
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. From: Thane Sherrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Simple Windows benchmark softw