Best all around Benchmark Programs?

[surrealchereal]

I was wondering if anyone has a favorite test. Not because it artificially inflates your score but one that you think is more accurate in more categories than others you've tried. Or any that you think are good but some little quirk to watch out for.,
I want to ck my system for speed and video.
surreal

[Bsdboy]

I agree Sandra is the best/most used bench
but I don't love her because I know she lies sometimes.Women, can't trust 'em!!

Bsdboy

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[surrealchereal]

Well, and that's my point is it the best or most used? I also got some really crappie readings from it, and it was very vary small print that mentioned, oh by the way this doesn't work, I thought that must surly be overrated.

[Mntsnow]

I dont know about "best all around" but I and most people use Sandra for "overall" testing but then use apps such as 3Dmark to test Video, HDTach to test HD's ect ect as I dont think there is a single app that does "everything" the best.

just my humble views

[surrealchereal]

Thanks, I just thought I remembered reading that some of them worked better than others. I don't know why, but I hate sandra. Shh don't tell anyone here, I know the guys love her. I downloaded 3dmark 2 times and it was corrupted both times, I think I'll try again.
Thanks for the input

[Hellmund]

I got 3Dmark2001 from www.reactorcritical.com so you might wanna give that a try. Well 3Dmark2000/1 are best from what I understand on Video. Might I suggest having a look at Hardware review sites like Tom's Hardware and Anandtech and see what they use.

[eagle1]

You can get better bench programs but you have to pay for them . Bapco makes a lot of these programs..!

You should also try zdnet's one (if they still exist) like winbench or whatever.!

[big_block_buick]

surreal, nothing to install!
www.pcpitstop.com

[surrealchereal]

Yeah guy. Been there done that!
It was so easy and actually said my computer was running the way it should. Therefore I figured it must be wrong! Usually I am told not bad for a 286 but it could us a little tweaking.

[big_block_buick]

lol, what are your spec's anyway..or is it impolite to ask a lady that question..

[surrealchereal]

Why, BBB I thought you'd never ask,,.
800 Duron (running )
30g hd Maxtor
384 generic pc133 ram
uh did I leave anything that matters out?
Actually I was planning on posting this pitiful stuff tonite as soon as Ran it and saw how far my generic 800 Duron was compaired to the baseline generic 800 Duron heres where it is. my scores
ok I give up,after 3 attempts I can't get it readable, but as you might imagine my computer is the shorter green line.


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[Reddog]

BTW, the 3DMark website is: www.madorion.com

I like the 3Dmarks. Sandra is okay. It's really a program designed to troubleshoot and optimize the system, not benchmark it. PCWORLD is supposed to have a benchmark, but I can't find it. Maybe you can: www.pcworld.com

[Reddog]

*BOOM* Double post eliminated!

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[Hellmund]

What did PCpitstop give you surreal, it gave me 394.