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Laxer · May 1, 2015

Not really a good benchmark, doesn't do very much

I had quite a few things running on my computer so not sure if I could have scored higher or if this is even a good score:

jcgriff2 · May 1, 2015

I would highly recommend -
- Sysnative SFCFix by niemiro
- Sysnative BSOD Dump + File Collection App by jcgriff2, Patrick, Tekno Venus & niemiro
- Sysnative BSOD Processing Apps by writhziden

A literal ton of time and effort went into each -- and it continues.

Grave Digger · May 1, 2015

donetao said:
Is this a good benchmark?????

A dog really, Donetao.

My numbers.

Grave Digger · May 1, 2015

This one is my back up computer. This computer is running AMD 8 core.
Not in the same league as my main computer running INTEL i7 performance wise. (previous post)

Laxer · May 1, 2015

Just looking at the numbers between your intel computer and your amd computer I can tell you the test is utter crap. :lolg:

It is pretty obvious they don't actually do decent tests on the hardware as seen by the relationship between values in the runs and the nearly 100% scaling match from AMD to Intel despite them using different instruction sets.

It produces some cool numbers, they are however more or less worthless.

Grave Digger · May 1, 2015

Laxer said:
Just looking at the numbers between your intel computer and your amd computer I can tell you the test is utter crap. :lolg:

It is pretty obvious they don't actually do decent tests on the hardware as seen by the relationship between values in the runs and the nearly 100% scaling match from AMD to Intel despite them using different instruction sets.

It produces some cool numbers, they are however more or less worthless.

I completely agree with you. I would never pay for the PRO version.:thumbs_down:

Aura · May 1, 2015

Hope you enjoy your computer becoming a glorified bitcoin miner when you run this.

Never got a single Bitcoin miner on my system. I'm aware of bundled installers, and also, I never got the update that installed a "silent miner", so I guess I'm pretty good. I uninstalled it yesterday. Like I said, it was to download Linux .iso back when I was on a 5/3 Internet connection plan, now I'm on a 60/12 plan, with unlimited bandwitdh. So I can do direct downloads in a few seconds/minutes.

Even better thank you!

No problem, my pleasure!

Is this a good benchmark?????

Doesn't look like it. Someone recommended me Geekbench 3 a while back. Really easy to use and it has a clean interface.

Geekbench 3 - Cross-Platform Processor Benchmark

Aura · May 1, 2015

Sorry for the new post, my edit limit expired. If you like WSCC, you might like MobaXterm.

MobaXterm free Xserver and tabbed SSH client for Windows

My colleagues at work (who works with Telecom) uses it for PuTTy and command prompts and they love it. I'm thinking about using it as well if I ever have Linux servers running at home.

Digerati · May 1, 2015

Laxer said:
WSCC - Just look it up, it's awesome. A console with every Sysinternals and NirSoft tools put together. Whoever showed me that, I'll love him forever.

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I've not seen that before. Nice. Interesting how the Standard download with the executable installer is smaller than the portable zipped file.

Aura · May 1, 2015

It's 0.1MB smaller, yes. No idea what makes it so too. In both versions, they download the content directly from the web so maybe it's just the "downloader" that is affected, no auto-updater in the portable version maybe.

Tekno Venus · May 1, 2015

donetao said:
I love Search Everything. You just start typing in the search bar at the top of Search Everything and it will find what your looking for. Also great for finding left behind files after uninstalling software. I think this is a must have program!
Everything FAQ

I use Everything a lot - it especially comes in useful when sourcing files to repair corruptions in Windows Update/SFC

Laxer said:
WSCC - Just look it up, it's awesome. A console with every Sysinternals and NirSoft tools put together. Whoever showed me that, I'll love him forever.

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Even better thank you!.

How have I not heard of this before?!

Thanks Aura!

donetao · May 1, 2015

Hi! It looks like everyone says this is crap ware for benchmark testing. Thanks everyone for your opinion. I don't know much about benchmark testing and I really appreciate so many members testing this software. I'm wondering if the Diagnostic feature is any good. It takes about 4 hours to run that. I ran it before and every thing checked ok, but the free version doesn't test every thing. I guess I need to read about benchmark testing, unless someone here want's to explain what it is and how important it is to pass it.:thumbsup2::thumbsup2:
Thanks everyone! I appreciate you!!
PS What I'm really looking for is a program that will test the mother board. I know about programs to test the HD and RAM. I have a digital meter to test the power supply. I need some thing to test the MB and then I would just about have it covered :wave: I know this is getting a little off subject but is this software any good? Tweaking.com - Windows Repair
We need a section where members can test new free software. I think that would bring in a lot of new members to our forum. Someone could test the program and other members could comment on it. Just thinking out loud!!:hug:

Aura · May 1, 2015

How have I not heard of this before?! Thanks Aura!

No problem Tekno :) I should have posted that program across all support boards way before seeing that it looks like a lot of users might be interested in it!

I know about programs to test the HD and RAM.

For SSD/HDD testing programs, I'll often use GSmartControl, or CrystalDiskInfo (portable version, without ads) depending on the situation. Otherwise, I'll also use the utility software that goes with the SSD/HDD brand (Western Digital, Seagate, Samsung, etc.). As for the RAM, Memtest86/Memtest86+ works good as well. SpeedFan is a bit outdated so I would use HWMonitor instead, along with CPU-Z and GPU-Z (CPU-ID, GPU-ID).

tom982 · May 1, 2015

Aura said:
WSCC - Just look it up, it's awesome. A console with every Sysinternals and NirSoft tools put together. Whoever showed me that, I'll love him forever.

Wow, that took a while to type down.

WSCC looks amazing. Thanks, Aura! I used to use NirLauncher but this looks way better.

NirLauncher - Collection of more than 170 portable utilities from NirSoft

Aura · May 1, 2015

No problem tom :) Also, WSCC have a more "modern" look than NirLauncher so there's that haha!

donetao · May 1, 2015

OK Aura! :hysterical: I think everyone likes that freeware!! Nice find!!

Digerati · May 1, 2015

Aura said:
It's 0.1MB smaller, yes. No idea what makes it so too. In both versions, they download the content directly from the web so maybe it's just the "downloader" that is affected, no auto-updater in the portable version maybe.

Yeah, but you would think - or I would anyway - that the zipped version would be smaller. Compression is, after all, a primary reason to zip files.

x BlueRobot · May 1, 2015

WinDbg and PeStudio.

Regis80 · May 12, 2015

Lookeen Free

Aura · May 12, 2015

The only thing I don't like from Looken is that you need the paid version to search in additional drives, local and external mostly. It should be by default in the free version. Maybe leave the network shares in the paid one.

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