Benchmarking is process of running a suite of programs and derive at a score which can be used to compare different hardware. There are various types of benchmarking software, each for a specific hardware subset. Some of the professionally used benchmarking software include 3DMark series - for ...
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HD video in Ultrabooks / Cinebench
I have been asked to advice an ultrabook for my brother, who requires that it can play seamlessly HD video (he travels a lot and so he can use it as a portable media center). As I am not very in touch ...
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Updating Apache on OS X
When I run ApacheBench (which is included in Apache) on OS X Lion I get a known error.
This is ApacheBench, Version 2.3 <$Revision: 655654 $> Copyright 1996 Adam Twiss, Zeus Technology Ltd, ...
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ssd running slow
I have a Kingston SSDNOW on sata 2.
Doing a benchmark i get these results:
As can be seen, the sequential write performance is terrible. Below even 100 MB/s.
Also why do the tests labelled 4k show ...
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Lag spikes at full CPU usage, lagy mouse, maybe video card
My PC specs:
Motherboard Name - Gigabyte GA-945PL-S3
CPU Type - DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E4300, 1800 MHz (9 x 200)
OS - Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
OS Kernel Type - 32-bit
OS Version - 6.1.7601
I ...
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How are benchmarks for multiple cores calculated?
I found this site to compare CPU's. http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html
What wasn't clear is how the benchmark for multiple core processors is calculated. If one CPU has 4 cores (such as ...
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Software to detect hardware bottlenecks?
Is there software available that I can run on my system to detect possible hardware bottlenecks (CPU, RAM, Graphics, …)?
p/s : I'm running Windows 7
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Is it possible to assign specific CPU/IO/RAM of hosted machine to virtual machine?
We are trying to do some time benchmarks in the Virtual Machine (VPC) e.g. how long it takes to Windows gets idle after boot.
So far we have not figured out a way how to do the benchmarks accurately ...
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Microbenchmarks to test virtual machines impact on physical machine
I'm running centOS with two-five virtual machines using xen. My goal is to test how the workload on one VM(DomU) affect the other VM(s) and the overall performance of the physical machine(Dom0). I'm ...
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How/where can I compare different vendor boards of a particular GPU?
I'm looking at getting a new graphics card. Whilst I've settled on the GTX 580, I have no idea which vendor (board) I should go for.
This is something that has always bugged me - it's relatively easy ...
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Finding hardware bottlenecks [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I find out what's the bottleneck slowing down a particular process / the entire system?
When my computer slows down by running a massive program like Visual ...
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What are some optimal Windows 7 settings for maximizing a graphics card benchmark test?
I am using the HWBOT site to submit benchmarks. I have had some success with CPU benchmarking, achieving a hardware rank of #1 for my specific hardware in SuperPI 1M and #3 for SuperP! 32M.
However, ...
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Lots of DDR2 and older CPUs or small amount of DDR3 and a newer CPU?
Building a new desktop PC, for some gaming and lots of Virtualization, I have come across a nice old machine I can use. It has two CPU slots populated by dual core AMD Opterons, and 16Gb of DDR2 RAM ...
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Which is newer, xeon 3450 or 5420? [closed]
From the naming convention, I assumed the 5420 was newer but it seems that the 3450 is faster according to: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html
Can someone explain this to me?
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How to test router-to-PC connection speed?
Is there a way to benchmark how fast my router is connected to my PC, independent of the internet?
I've had slower-than-usual internet-based benchmarks, and I'm having a hard time figuring out if ...
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How can I benchmark Linux PC [closed]
I get a simple benchmark score from Windows Experience Index. Its Windows based. Is there anything similar in Linux?
It should be able to benchmark on
Memory
Disk
Graphics
Network
... Something ...
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iozone runs fail with “No such file or directory” errors
I want to start using iozone to benchmark a usb stick I have.
I want a very simple test to measure 4k random writes.
I tried following the manual to use relevant parameters, but I keep getting a ...
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Will a new processor with slower clockspeed run legacy applications faster?
I'm using Linux and have an old P4 with about 3 GHz clock speed. Will a newer chip that had slower clock speed run my legacy applications faster or slower? I only use one application at a time, an ...
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Open Source Linux system benchmark software
How can I run a system benchmark in a Linux installation? I'd like to do a full test with the core system functionalities like:
CPU performance
Memory performance
Disk / IO performance
Network ...
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Best way to perform simple disk benchmark? (re: operating system drives)
I'm using ESXi to host several virtual servers and I'd like to test the speed of various hard drives and protocols. (ie. I'd like to know which drive/setup works best for working operating systems)
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How do I work out the specs of multiple Linux machines? [closed]
I'm confronted with a bewildering array of linux boxen.
How do I find out how many processors they have, how many cores, how much RAM they have, how fast their disks are, how heavily loaded they are ...
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Benchmarking for Windows 2008 R2
Does somebody know products to benchmark new hardware for servers 2008 R2 ?
The goal is to validate server for future purpose like Exchange,SQL, ...
and secondly perform a stress test to assure it ...
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Does chunk size affect the read performance of a Linux md software RAID1 array?
This came up in relation to this question on determining chunk size of an existing RAID array.
The general consensus seems to be that chunk size does not apply to RAID1 as it is not striped. On the ...
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How to measure the render time of 3ds max?
How do I measure the render time of 3ds max? I would like a solution that doesn't involve me sitting glued to the computer during the render time! It also has to be sort of accurate.
My specific ...
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Building the Linux kernel: compute intensive or disk I/O intensive?
I am trying to explain some results that I got from a recent benchmarking experiment. For that I need to know whether compiling the Linux kernel is a compute intensive task or a disk I/O intensive ...
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relevant benchmarks for virtualization [closed]
I am trying to decide between an Intel i3 i3-2357M and an AMD e-350 CPU for a cheap ultraportable.
One scenario for me is the virtualization of small networks (2-3 VMs) unter Linux using kvm/qemu.
I ...
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Looking for benchmark performance direct comparison between 10K rpm WD Velociraptor 150Gb and 300Gb capacities [closed]
Are these drives identical in performance? The only difference being capacity, i.e one is 150Gbyte the other 300Gbyte. i.e. twice the size?
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HTTPD benchmarking tool that parses output
I'm trying to benchmark a HTTP server.
It's becoming quite obvious that I won't get accurate numbers if the tool being used doesn't parse any output (the JavaScript and HTML). Does anyone know of a ...
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Interpreting CPU BenchMark for Multi Core Systems
What is the standard ways (if any) to interpret the results of cpu benchmarking for multicore systems relative to single core systems? I am trying to compare the Passmark result of AMD 64 Vs AMD ...
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What do I need to consider when buying hardware to meet my needs?
I'm looking to build a new computer from the ground up. I'm not sure what to look out for and need guidance and help on how to pick the hardware needed to construct my new rig.
How do I know what to ...
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How to Benchmark an AntiVirus Software
We just installed Windows 7 in our brand new PC that we build ourselves. There are heaps of antivirus software out there, avast, panda, avg, etc. We would like to balance between speed and security.
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Makefile fails to install file correctly, installing HPL
I started installing HPL a while ago, and had a related question. I've been following along with this guide from Intel. I figure this warrants a whole new one. When I try to make the archive, the ...
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windows 7 compare performance, benchmark
There is detailed information about the features of different Windows 7 versions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions#Comparison_chart
But what about the performance?
Is there any site ...
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Installing HPL, makefile problems
I've followed this guide up until step 5. When I run $make arch=intel64 it gives me the following output:
make -f Make.top startup_dir arch=intel64
make[1]: Entering directory `/hpl-2.0'
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disabling cpu throttling for all CPUs and cores, installing ATLAS
I'm installing ATLAS on a multicore system. It runs Rocks OS, a linux distro specialized for cluster computing. I need to turn CPU throttling off.
According to a guide at csrc.tamu-commerce.edu, "$ ...
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Software to benchmark software installation times
Is there any software that exists to benchmark how long it takes to install software? I know there are programs to benchmark startup times, but I'd like to measure how long the installation package ...
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There are lots of “Core i” CPUs, but Dell only offers a few — who builds systems with the others? [closed]
Passmark shows many varieties of Core i3, i5, and i7 CPUs. Some of them, even at similar prices, are much faster than others.
However Dell only offers a few options, and they're not the fast ones.
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What are the fastest CF (Compact Flash) readers?
I'm looking for a good CF reader, but it's not easy to find readers specs on online stores, so I don't know what I can buy.
Are there any benchmarks online?
Now I have an external Skintek CF reader ...
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Benchmark with 2 computers and 2 benchmark suites
This is a question I was asked. You have two computers and two benchmarks. First benchmark does well and 2nd benchmark does not on the first computer. The next computer does the opposite by doing bad ...
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Are there any benchmarks showing difference between hardware virtualisation enabled/disabled?
I have a 13" sub-laptop/large-netbook, it has an AMD Athlon Neo X2 L335, and I chose this one because it supports hardware virtualisation.
In the end, I hardly do any virtualisation on it, however, ...
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Suggested benchmark for testing CPU footprint of antivirus software
Our organization is currently running Symantec Corporate Antivirus, which is rumored to be a big resource hog. I know that we do have a lot of older machines that are running slow. Our PCs are all ...
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Low 'Burst Rate' from SATA drive in HDTune?
I recently upgraded my laptop's v slow hard drive to a seagate momentus 7200. Everything is working fine, but I'm a bit confused by these benchmark results:
The burst rate is significantly less ...
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Why does HDTune report better performing drives 2 months after installing them?
OK, so this is really weird. I ran HDTune on a newly set-up home-built computer and got the following readings from my drives in mid-November.
SSD 154 MB/s
RAID1 87
RAID0 198 (software ...
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How to benchmark kernel (-Os vs -O2)
It seems logical to me that on a 64-bit kernel compiling it to optimize for size might help overall. (My distro of choice uses -O2) It has the benefits of more registers and memory and perhaps less ...
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Compare two computers
I would like to compare my notebook with my iPhone (about power (speed)). i need something that is really "official" or let's me make a clear statement because I'm using it for a bachelor thesis. is ...
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How much does video card benchmark improve…? [closed]
How much does a graphic card benchmark improve after six to twelve months on the market?
An example, currently ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is better than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M. However, I have ...
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Is there sofware that can emulate how Oracle works with disks?
Don't now if its a right place to ask, so if not please give me a hint.
I need some software that do can emulate how Oracle works with disks (Notice: Not the Oracle workload tool).
I've already took a ...
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Fully featured time command on Mac OS X?
On some unix systems I've been used to a time command which many options including ways to format the output (-f) and redirect the output to a file (-o), see for example this man entry of time.
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Is a harddisk SATA-1 with 10000 rpm faster than a SATA-2 with 7200 rpm?
I have a Western Digital Sata-1 Raptor 36 GB with 10000 rpm and
a Samsung Sata-2 HD501LJ 500 GB with 7200 rpm.
Which one is faster if I use the harddisk only as a System disk running the OS on it?
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How can I compare the quality of different voice products?
I want to know how I can compare the quality of different voice products, in order that it gives the best audio quality rating for calls through the internet in average network conditions.
How ...
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Should I put new DRAM in DIMM1 and move old DRAM to DIMM2?
I am using an Acer 4710g laptop, with 1G RAM on DIMM1, 512MB RAM on DIMM2 (or DIMM3, not sure)
I got a new 1G DDR2 PC-5300 DRAM. Should I move the old 1G RAM to DIMM2 and put new one in DIMM1? The ...
