PerformanceTest 7.0 build 1011

CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET Staff

This utility lets you quickly determine how powerful your computer is. PerformanceTest's straightforward interface displays icons for running both individual and complete system tests. The full-test option, which analyzes essential PC components, such as CPU, memory, and graphics, took about four minutes. You also can run individual tests on certain parts of your computer. We especially enjoyed watching the graphics tests, one of which features a fleet of fighter jets soaring around a 3D landscape. The results are displayed in easy-to-understand graphs that rank your system on a numerical scale. The application then gives your PC an overall rating and lets you compare it to a number of other systems, though the demo disables this latter feature. You can save test results in the HTML format as a baseline for future comparisons. Though it doesn't serve much of a purpose beyond its primary job, this user-friendly utility still makes a fine choice for anyone concerned with monitoring his or her system's performance.

Publisher's description

From PassMark Software :

PerformanceTest enables anyone to objectively benchmark their computer by putting it through six test suites comprising of twenty-eight unique tests, each carefully designed to cover all aspects of computing performance. It can help you assess if your computer is performing at its peak, whether it's time to upgrade or to measure the performance of different machine components. In a single mouse-click, you can obtain the PassMark Rating, an overall score for your machine's unique configuration for use in comparison with other machines. PerformanceTest comes with a number of built-in baselines for machine comparison. With an internet connection, you can also search through comparison baselines supplied by one of the world's largest component baseline repositories at PassMark Web site. These baselines can be freely downloaded, saved and compared with your machine from the PerformanceTest interface.

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