23 Jul
2003
23 Jul
'03
3:41 p.m.
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).
I have two PCs that I want to benchmark to determine which one has the
better performance for my new web server.
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23 Jul
23 Jul
3:59 p.m.
In message <Pine.LNX.4.33.0307231230100.7883-100000(a)siconic.com>
Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> wrote:
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.
Later.
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4:15 p.m.
At 08:54 PM 7/23/03 +0100, you wrote:
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<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.
5:07 p.m.
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Joe 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.
I need something for Pentium II and higher. Anything that was written
pre-Pentium, such as Landmark which I used quite extensively, would give
meaningless results on anything beyond a Pentium.
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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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. 
26 Jul
26 Jul
8:28 p.m.
Try an version 6 or 7 of Norton Utilities "sysinfo.exe
The file nlib200.rtl is needed.
http://www.interlab-net.com/docs/lightworks/utilities/nu/
Tad
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Joe 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.
I need something for Pentium II and higher. Anything that was written
pre-Pentium, such as Landmark which I used quite extensively, would give
meaningless results on anything beyond a Pentium.
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.
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