Hi: Is there a good way to benchmark a Visual Studio developer PC, instead of looking at the technical specs? Objective is to set a level and see every developer passes, if not upgrade them to new PC. Any thoughts and suggestions?
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A:
How about the built in Windows System Assessment Tool? It has been part of windows since Vista.
From the linked article:
It currently assesses:
- Aero Assessment
- Direct3D Alpha Blending Assessment
- Direct3D Texture Load Assessment
- Direct3D ALU Assessment
- Windows Media Playback
- CPU Performance
- Memory Performance
- Disk Performance
Oded
2010-04-17 18:13:42
+1 This about the best built-in baseline you have, the most important factors for VS in particular will be **Disk** and **CPU** performance.
Nick Craver
2010-04-17 18:16:15
And with VS 2010 using WPF, the graphics capabilities are also a factor.
Oded
2010-04-17 18:18:17
A:
You could also try something like CrystalMark, it's a free benchmark and gives you an overall report of your system performance in actual measured values, not a Windows index. It measures processor (integer and floating point), graphics (2D and 3D), memory, cache, and disk.
Mike
2010-08-04 04:57:56