Bench Marks

[WelverinH20]

So, I don't know which thread to put this into so I'm putting it in general. Does anyone know of some free bench marking software that I could use? 

 

*this is not for the contest just for some idea at where my computer is at*

[dcgreen2k]

Cinebench is a good CPU benchmarking software, and Unigine Heaven and Valley are good graphics card benchmarks.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Aida64 for stressing CPU
HWMonitor/RealTemp for monitoring temperatures
CPU-Z for various system specs
GPU-Z for GPU specs and stats
3DMark for system/gaming benchmarks
Cinebench for CPU benchmarks
Unigine Valley and Heaven for gaming type benchmarks

CrystalDiskInfo and ATTO for storage benchmarks

[Swealteek]

#1 3Dmark 

http://store.steampowered.com/app/223850/3DMark/

#2  unigine heaven

https://benchmark.unigine.com/heaven

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, rrubberr said:

I wouldn't trust Cinebench for honest CPU benchmarking, the amount it relies on core count (or hyperthreading being enabled) shows that it isn't an accurate tool.

There is always single threaded and multi threaded benchmark for Cinebench

[The Sloth]

8 minutes ago, rrubberr said:

I wouldn't trust Cinebench for honest CPU benchmarking,

you mean geekbench? 

[Jonathan Lemmens]

To add to anything mentioned above I would add your favorite games, especially if they are demanding ones. 

 

Also: Benchmarks are used to determine PC performance. 'Bench marks' are left by people who didn't wipe their ass properly.

[The Sloth]

6 minutes ago, Jonathan Lemmens said:

Also: Benchmarks are used to determine PC performance. 'Bench marks' are left by people who didn't wipe their ass properly.

i am not sure if you are trolling or not but benchmarks are good for determining stability and performance. 

[done12many2]

13 minutes ago, rrubberr said:

I wouldn't trust Cinebench for honest CPU benchmarking, the amount it relies on core count (or hyperthreading being enabled) shows that it isn't an accurate tool.

4 minutes ago, rrubberr said:

No, I mean cinebench, thanks.

 

It doesn't rely on core count or hyperthreading.  It simply scales almost perfectly with them as it should.  

 

Cinebench is a great benchmark for determining CPU performance under perfect scaling conditions.  

[Jonathan Lemmens]

2 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

i am not sure if you are trolling or not but benchmarks are good for determining stability 

I thought stress tests are to determine stability, benchmarks are to determine performance? Most programs mentioned here do both

[The Sloth]

Just now, Jonathan Lemmens said:

benchmarks are to determine performance?

yes 

[done12many2]

Just now, Jonathan Lemmens said:

I thought stress tests are to determine stability, benchmarks are to determine performance?

 

Some people use benchmarks to test their stability.  I personally do not do this, but if it as stable as they need it to be, that all that really matters.  

 

If all someone does throughout a day is open Microsoft Word and Google Chrome, Cinebench R15 one time might be good enough for them to call they system stable.  

[Drak3]

42 minutes ago, done12many2 said:

Cinebench R15 one time might be good enough for them to call they system stable.

Just as long as they don't call it "fully stable," because that leads to arguments on whether 'fully' is a prefix or not.

 

1 hour ago, thegreengamers said:

Unigine Heaven and Valley are good graphics card benchmarks.

They, along side the new Superposition, also make for great screen savers or looping backgrounds in videos.

[dcgreen2k]

If you want to be completely certain your build is "stable", use prime95 and leave it running for a few hours. It's also good for testing CPU overclocks.

[dexT]

Do you have an Intel CPU? XTU is pretty good.