Fast, easy to use, PC speed testing and benchmarking. PassMark PerformanceTest ™ allows you to objectively benchmark a PC using a variety of different speed tests and compare the results to other computers.

Find out if your PC is performing at its best.

Compare the performance of your machine to similar machines.

Measure the effect of configuration changes and upgrades.

Avoid paying big bucks for poor performance.

Make objective independent measurements on which to base your
purchasing decision.

Use the advanced tests to create you own benchmark scenarios

Twenty five standard benchmark tests are available in six test suites plus there are five advanced testing windows for custom benchmarking.

Standard test suites :

CPU tests Mathematical operations, compression, encryption, SSE, 3DNow! instructions and more

2D graphics tests Drawing lines, bitmaps, fonts, text, and GUI elements

3D graphics tests Simple to complex DirectX 3D graphics and animations
Disk tests Reading, writing and seeking within disk files

Memory tests Allocating and accessing memory speed and efficiency
CD / DVD test Test the speed of your CD or DVD drive

Advanced configurable tests:

- CD-ROW/R/RW and DVD Speed Test:
This test , allows the data read speed from a CD or DVD drive to be measured. Measuring the write speed to CD-Rs and CD-RWs is also available in PerformanceTest 6.0 (on Windows 2000, XP and 2003 Server).

The rate at which a CD Drive can read data from a CD ROM varies about many factors. Firstly, and most importantly, is the speed of the manufactured drive. Older drives list speeds of 2X or 4X, (1X = 0.1536 MB/Sec), whereas top end drives at time of writing are now advertised as having speeds of 48X and 56X.

- 3D Benchmark & Video card test:
3D Graphics technology has come on in leaps and bounds over the last few years and this test measures how fast 3D images can be created and displayed.

Microsoft provides a set of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) called DirectX, which allow developers to create games and other high-performance multimedia applications. DirectX provides support for two-dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3-D) graphics, sound effects, music, input devices, and networked applications such as multiplayer games.

- Advanced Disk Test - Hard drive benchmark:
This Advanced Disk Test, which is part of PerformanceTest, measures the data transfer speed when reading or writing data to one or more disks. The speed that data can be transferred between memory and a hard disk drive is one of a system's most important performance aspects. There are quite a few factors which have a bearing on this speed and the Advanced Disk Drive Test allows the user to vary most of these factors and compare the results.

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