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| Using many of Vista's built in performance benchmarks to test your hardware setups
These are very simple and quick utilities you can use for benchmarking open cmd prompt and enter WINSAT:
Command line usage:
WINSAT [switches]
Valid assessment names
formal run the full set of assessments and save the results
features just run the features assessment
cpu run the cpu assessment
mem run the system memory assessment
dwm run the desktop window manager assessment
d3d run the d3d assessment
media run the media assessment
mfmedia run the Media Foundation based assessment
disk run the storage assessment
An assessment name is mandatory.
The 'formal' assessment will run all the assessments and save the data
in '%systemroot%\windows\performance\datastore' This is the only
assessment that will save data in this location.
The 'features' assessment simply enumerates the system's features.
This is best used with the '-xml ' switch to save the data.
The '-eef' switch can be used to enumerate extra features such as
optical disks, memory modules, and other items.
Other command line paramters include include:
'-v' enable verbose output
'-xml ' save the XML output to 'filename'
Running the "winsat dwm" command will re-assess the systems graphics
capabilities and restart the desktop window manager.
Please see the online Command Reference for more information
on the command line parameters used with the other assessments.
My Tests
I ran some of the utilities just to try them out against my desktop and laptop works great!
C:\Windows\system32>winsat features
Windows System Assessment Tool
> DWM running... leaving it on
> System processor power policy saved and set to 'max performance'
> Running: Feature Enumeration v1.0.0.0 ''
> Gathering System Information
> Run Time 00:00:00.70
> Operating System : 6.0 Build-6000
> Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+
> TSC Frequency : 2611600000
> Number of Processors : 0
> Number of Cores : 2
> Number of CPUs : 2
> Number of Cores per Processor : 30
> Number of CPUs Per Core : 1
> Cores have logical CPUs : NO
> L1 Cache and line Size : 65536 64
> L2 Cache and line Size : 1048576 64
> Total physical mem available to the OS : 2.74 GB (2,951,675,904 bytes)
> Adapter Description : NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 400
> Adapter Manufacturer : NVIDIA
> Adapter Driver Version : 7.15.11.5824
> Adapter Driver Date (yy/mm/dd) : 2007\4\26
> Has DX9 or better : Yes
> Has Pixel shader 2.0 or better : Yes
> Has LDDM Driver : Yes
> Dedicated (local) video memory : 250.49MB
> System memory dedicated as video memory : 0.00MB
> System memory shared as video memory : 495.41MB
> Primary Monitor Size : 1280 X 1024 (1310720 total pixels)
> WinSAT is Official : Yes
> Total Run Time 00:00:01.84
> The System processor power policy was restored
C:\Windows\system32>winsat disk
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration v1.0.0.0 ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.70
> Running: Storage Performance Assessment via Profiling v1.0.0.0 ''
Error: Missing Disk Number specifier CommandLine: ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
Running Vista's Hidden 3D benchmark tests:
Here's some mini screenshot examples for your enjoyment, the real thing will run fullscreen. Try the command right above each one to see it on your own computer.
winsat aurora
winsat d3d -texshader -totalobj 15
winsat d3d -objs C(20) -texshader -totalobj 50
winsat d3d -totalobj 20 -objs C(20) -totaltex 10 -texpobj C(1) -alushader -noalpha -v -time 10
winsat d3d -totalobj 20 -objs C(20) -totaltex 10 -texpobj C(10) -alushader -v -time 10
You can adjust the commands on the prompt if you want to try to get different combinations.
AMD64 X2 5200+ 2.60GHz | 3GB DDR 667 | RAID 0 SATA3.0 WD Caviars 320GB total | Foxconn MCP61VM2MA-RS2H Geforce 6100 nforce400 chipset | Vista Ultimate x86
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