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Key Details of SiSoftware Sandra

  • Test your system and pin-point problems
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  • There have been 2 updates
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Editors’ Review

Download.com staff

SiSoftware Sandra provides a robust package of diagnostic tools for testing your system and teasing out its problems--or potential headaches.

SiSoftware Sandra offers a range of features that simplify how you get to know your computer’s internals. It provides extensive information about your computer’s processor, system buses, and chipsets. It can also inspect your storage devices like hard drives and DVD drives. If you're curious about how your system memory is doing, it gives you that information too. It’s also handy for spotting and fixing hardware issues, and it gathers details on the software you've installed as well as your operating system setup. For those interested in graphics, it assesses your graphics cards and checks how well videos play on your system.

The program uses over 60 different tools that dive deep into specific areas, offering detailed reports and benchmarks. You can compare your system’s performance based on different criteria. These comparisons look at how fast your system performs, how much energy it uses while performing, how cost-effective its performance is, and how the size or capacity of your system measures up against the cost.

Over the years, SiSoftware Sandra has evolved with regular updates that reflect the latest in technology and user needs. There are several versions available, tailored to suit different users. The Lite version is free and lets new users try the basic features. The Personal version is for individual users who need more advanced features. The Business version is crafted for businesses that require detailed system analyses. For IT professionals, the Tech Support (Engineer) version includes specialized tools, and the Enterprise version is the most complete package, ideal for large companies.

This download launches a cheerfully designed interface with an array of colorful--one might even say sprightly--icons for each of its tools. Its arrangement of tools was nicely categorized for the user's benefit: Computer Maintenance, Module Types (Benchmarks, Hardware, Software, Support), and Program Maintenance. Across the top of the window are tabs for each category that match the icons, and each tab provides access to a set of focused tools. We were very pleased with SiSoftware Sandra's performance during our tests. We liked that we could choose from a thorough list of options of items for tests--less robust packages simply run their diagnostics without informing the user just what is getting tested or how. Novices may be in the dark about some of the particulars listed by the app's option boxes, but experienced users will appreciate the thoroughness. Thanks to these option lists, we were able to pinpoint devices, peripherals, and processes for testing; we didn't have to wait for the tool to run a complete test through our entire system. We also liked the benchmarking and reporting features, which are required for anyone interested in comparing performance over time or developing trending reports.

Bottom Line

For those running SiSoftware Sandra from a server for network diagnostics, the 75-module limit for the trial version may seem inadequate. However, the price is nice for the robust feature set provided by this toolbox.

What’s new in version 2014

  • Enhanced for Windows 8.1 / Server 2012/R2 Desktop mode using the latest API.
  • New theme for Windows 8.1 / 8 with high-DPI support (200% 192ppi) 256x256 pixels icons.
  • Full support for Windows 8, 7, Vista and XP as well as Server 2008/R2 and Server 2003/R2.
  • Updated hardware support for both current and future hardware.


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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
2014
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows XP
  • Windows 8
  • Windows Server
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 2003
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Vista
Additional Requirements
None
POPULARITY
Total Downloads
2,114,651
Downloads Last Week
65

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Developer’s Description

Benchmark, test, analyze and diagnose your computer or a remote network computer.

SiSoftware Sandra is a 32- and 64-bit client/server Windows system analyzer that includes benchmarking, testing and listing modules. It tries to go beyond other utilities to show you more of what is really going on under the hood so you draw comparisons at both a high and low-level in a single product. You can get information about the CPU, GPGPU, chipset, video adapter (GPU), ports, printers, sound card, memory, network, Windows internals even .NET and Java.


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