23 Jul
2003
23 Jul
'03
4:15 p.m.
At 08:54 PM 7/23/03 +0100, you wrote:
In message
<Pine.LNX.4.33.0307231230100.7883-100000(a)siconic.com>
Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> wrote:
I used to use the benckmark function that's part of Checkit. I can't say
how accurate it is for pentium and newer machines but it worked fine for
486 and lesser machines. I LIKE Checkit. I installed it on every machine
that I worked on or used.
Joe
Does anyone know of any free benchmark test
software for the PC?
Preferably something that runs in DOS mode that I can boot off a floppy
(to avoid having to boot into Windows).
There was the "Landmark Speed
Test" which gave stupid results on anything
faster than a 486 (IIRC).
There's also American Megatrends's AMIDIAG diagnostic kit - a few old
versions were given away on the cover of "PC Plus" magazine.
Finally, there's Whetstone and Dhrystone - leave them going for a good half
hour, then check the results.