Good benchmarking apps

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » 01 Dec 2006, 10:04

I am new to the benchmarking arena. Could you guys recommend some decent apps and post links to downloads please.

kraven · Post by **kraven** » 01 Dec 2006, 10:08

Look in the Benchmarking section, the top couple are names of good apps alot of us use, Im lazy like you so google them

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » 01 Dec 2006, 10:35

kraven wrote:Look in the Benchmarking section, the top couple are names of good apps allot of us use, Im lazy like you so google them

I think you missed the point. Am looking for recommendations. Anyone can use Google, but I am looking for apps that have worked for others on the forum.

So dont be lazy read before you post.

naughty · Post by **naughty** » 01 Dec 2006, 10:58

what aspect do you want to benchmark ?????

if its graphics performance then the 3dmark series is all good from 3dmark 01 upward - all the way to 3dmark06

if you want to bench total pc performance then pc mark is okay

if you want to test stability - then prime95 is good and the larger tests of superpi - ram stability can be measured by memtest

current graphics performance is best measured with 3dmark06 since that also has a cpu test which is affected by number of cores - so its the best measure of how strong your pc really is against other modern pc's

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » 01 Dec 2006, 11:17

Thanks for the info. Been trying to download 3DMARK06 for hours now. Will give it a bash. Would also like to start looking at overclocking my PC, my specs are:

C2D E6600
intel lamont mobo
2 x 1024 DDR2 800 Trancend jetram
7900GT
320GB SATA2 drive
Zalman 9700LED CPU cooler
Zalman Flower northbridge cooler

recommendations?

naughty · Post by **naughty** » 01 Dec 2006, 11:20

Been trying to download 3DMARK06 for hours now

it was on one of the pc format coverdisc dvd's - its a huge download - not worth to kill your cap over - unless yo have unlimited downloading facilities - get it from a friend rather - or get someone to put it on a writable disc and post it to you

kraven · Post by **kraven** » 01 Dec 2006, 11:40

Gromit wrote:
kraven wrote:Look in the Benchmarking section, the top couple are names of good apps allot of us use, Im lazy like you so google them
I think you missed the point. Am looking for recommendations. Anyone can use Google, but I am looking for apps that have worked for others on the forum.

So dont be lazy read before you post.

But i did read, if you read mine...

kraven wrote:Look in the Benchmarking section, the top couple are names of good apps alot of us use, Im lazy like you so google them

Is that not a recommendation, BTW, SuperPi is fun, as it is a quick comparison of your CPU.. Nice CPU BTW, gooooood stuff!

PsyCLown · Post by **PsyCLown** » 01 Dec 2006, 14:20

Gromit wrote:Thanks for the info. Been trying to download 3DMARK06 for hours now. Will give it a bash. Would also like to start looking at overclocking my PC, my specs are:

C2D E6600
intel lamont mobo
2 x 1024 DDR2 800 Trancend jetram
7900GT
320GB SATA2 drive
Zalman 9700LED CPU cooler
Zalman Flower northbridge cooler

recommendations?

Try clockgen, its a windows based OCing program. Small and if you make any mess ups it will set your PC back to default so your PC can run again