SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility. It should provide most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software.
Sandra is a (girl) name of Greek origin that means "defender", "helper of mankind". We think that's quite fitting.
It works along the lines of other Windows utilities, however it tries to go beyond them and show you more of what's really going on. Giving the user the ability to draw comparisons at both a high and low-level. You can get information about the CPU, chipset, video adapter, ports, printers, sound card, memory, network, Windows internals, AGP, PCI, PCIe, ODBC Connections, USB2, 1394/Firewire, etc.

Native Unicode ports for 32-bit Windows (2000/XP/2003/Vista), 64-bit & x64 Windows (XP/2003/Vista) as well as Windows CE (Pocket PC 2002/2003/2003SE, Smart Phone 2002/2003/2003SE, CE .Net 4.20) are available.

Legal Stuff: Sandra is an acronym and has no connection whatsoever express or implied with anything or anyone, living or deceased in the past, present or future. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.

General Sandra Information

Here are the version types, in line with industry standards:


Sandra Lite (free for personal/educational use - no nag screens, time limit, etc.)
Sandra Advanced (for OEMs)
Sandra Professional (commercial)
Sandra Engineer (commercially exploitabile)
Sandra Enterprise (commercial)
Sandra Legacy (home enthusiast)
List of SiSoftware Sandra Modules

Here is a list of current modules.

System Summary
Mainboard/Chipset/System Monitors Info
CPU/BIOS Info
APM & ACPI (Advanced Power Management) Info
PCI(e), AGP, CardBus, PCMCIA bus and devices Info
Video Information (monitor, card, video bios, caps, etc.)
OpenGL Information
DirectX (DirectDraw, Direct3D, DirectSound (3D), DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectInput) Info
Keyboard Info
Mouse Info
Sound Card (wave, midi, aux, mix) Info
MCI Devices (mpeg, avi, seq, vcr, video-disc, wave) Info
Joystick Info
Printers Info
Windows Memory Info
Windows Info
Font (Raster, Vector, TrueType, OpenType) Information
Modem/ISDN TA Information
Network Information*
IP Network Information*
WinSock & Internet Security Information
Drives Information (Removable Hard Disks, CD-ROM/DVD, RamDrives, etc.)
Ports (Serial/Parallel) Info
Remote Access Service Connections (Dial-Up, Internet)*
OLE objects/servers Info*
Processes (Tasks) & Threads Info
Modules (DLL, DRV) Info
Services & Device Drivers (SYS) Info*
SCSI Information*
ATA/ATAPI Information
Data Sources Information*
CMOS/RTC Information*
Smart Card & SIM Card Information*
CPU Arithmetic Benchmark (MP/MT support)
CPU Multi-Media Benchmark (including MMX, MMX Enh, 3DNow!, 3DNow! Enh, SSE(2)) (MP/MT support)
File System (Removable, Hard Disks, Network, RamDrives) Benchmark
Removable Storage/Flash Benchmark
CD-ROM/DVD Benchmark
Memory Bandwidth Benchmark (MP/MT support)
Cache & Memory Bandwidth Benchmark (MP/MT support)
Network/LAN Bandwidth Benchmark
Internet/ISP Connection Benchmark
Internet/ISP Peerage Benchmark
Hardware Interrupts Usage*
DMA Channel Usage*
I/O Ports Usage*
Memory Range Usage*
Plug & Play Enumerator*
Hardware registry settings
Environment settings
Registered File Types
Key Applications* (web-browser, e-mail, news, anti-virus, firewall, etc.)
Installed Applications*
Installed Programs*
Start Menu Applications*
On-disk Programs & Libraries*
Installed Web Packages* (ActiveX, Java classes)
System Event Logs*
Burn-in Wizard* (test computer stability)
Connect Wizard (connect to remote computers, PDAs, Smart Phones and other devices)
Combined Performance Index Wizard (overall computer performance score)
Create a Report Wizard (save, print, fax or e-mail in CIM (SMS/DMI), HTML, XML, RPT or TEXT format)
Performance Tune-Up Wizard (tune-up computer)
Environment Monitor Wizard (temperatures, voltages, fans, CPU power, cooling solution thermal resistance, etc.)
WebUpdate Wizard for automatic version updating
Tip of the day
Extensive help file documenting over 500 tips
Extensive on-line documentation (HTML) with Q & A knowledge base
* Commercial versions only.
Now you can download the latest version of Sandra XII (2008), which supports the latest technologies!

If you have any trouble downloading this file from the normal server, try here:

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Geekbench is an Excellent Benchmark tool for testing your Windows PC against other systems. Upload Results!

Geekbench is a cross-platform benchmark for Windows, and Linux. Geekbench tries to measure the performance an average application can expect from the computer being benchmarked. As such, all of the benchmarks in Geekbench are written in platform-neutral C and C++, and have no platform-specific optimizations, and Geekbench is compiled with what we consider the de-facto standard compiler for each platform, with the compiler switches suggested by the compiler for release code.

License: Shareware, $20
Author/Publisher: Primate Labs


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Heavyload is intended to stress all resources of a PC (the CPU, RAM, hard disk, network, operating system, etc.) in order to test reliability under a heavy load. This is useful for testing important MS Windows file or database servers before using them for production, or just to check if your new PC might get too hot when used intensively. To stress your PC or server, HeavyLoad writes a large test-file to the temp folder, it allocates physical and virtual memory and it draws patterns in its window.]]> All-in one Benchmark Freeware@nospam.com (Jam Software) Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:16:58 -0500 http://downloadsoftwareuniverse.com/download.php?view.5479 http://downloadsoftwareuniverse.com/download.php?view.5459

Since 1996 PC WIZARD is among the most advanced system information programs on the market. PC WIZARD 2008 is a powerful utility designed especially for detection of hardware, but also some more analysis. It's able to identify a large scale of system components and supports the latest technologies and standards. This tool is periodically updated (usually once per month) in order to provide most accurate results.

PC WIZARD 2008 is also an utility designed to analyze and benchmark your computer system. It can analyze and benchmark many kinds of hardware, such as CPU performance, Cache performance, RAM performance, Hard Disk performance, CD/DVD-ROM performance, Removable/FLASH Media performance, Video performance, MP3 compression performance.

PC WIZARD 2008 can be distributed freely (ftp, archives, CD-ROMs ...).

Hardware Information

Mainboard / Bios (Connectors, ID String, MP Support ...)
Chipset (FSB Frequency, Norhtbridge, Hub, Direct Media Interface, XMB, NSI, ...)
Main Memory (FPM, EDO, SDRAM, DDR SDRAM, DDR-2 SDRAM, DDR-3 SDRAM, RDRAM, FB_DIMM, Timings ...)
Memory Profiles : EPP (SLi Ready), Intel XMP.
Cache Memory (L1, L2, L3, Size, Frequency ...)
Processors (Type, Speed, Multiplier coeff., Features, Model Number, Vanderpool Technology ...)
Coprocessor
APM & ACPI
Busses : ISA, PCI, AGP (2x, 4x,8x), SMBus/ i2c, CardBus, Firewire, Hyper-Transport ... )
DMI / SMBIOS
Mainboard Sensors, Processor, Hard Disk & Battery (Voltage, Temperature, Fans)
Video (Monitor, Card, Bios, Capabilities, Memory, Integrated Memory, Frequencies ...)
OpenGL & 3Dfx
DirectX (DirectDraw, Direct3D, DirectSound (3D), DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectInput, DirectX Media)
Keyboard, Mouse & Joystick
Drives (Hard Disk, Removable, CD-ROM, CDRW, DVD ...)
SCSI (Card, Controller, Adapter, Devices ...)
ATA/ATAPI & S-ATA (Devices, Type, Capabilities, S.M.A.R.T. Features, RAID)
Ports (Serial, Parallel, USB, IEEE-1394)
IDE & SCSI Devices
Twain & WIA Devices
PCMCIA (PC Card) Devices
Bluetooth Devices
Sound Card (wave, midi, aux, mix, AC'97 codec, High Definition Audio)
Printers (Local & Network)
Modem (Features, Speed ...)
Network (Server, Connexion, Firewall ...)
Security (Scan Ports ...)
PocketPC & SmartPhone Devices
System Information

MCI Devices (mpeg, avi, seq, vcr, video-disc, wave) & ACM
SAPI
Passwords (Outlook, Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger, Dialup ...)
DOS Memory (base, HMA, UMB, XMS, EMS, DPMI, VCPI)
Windows Memory
Windows (Version, Product Key, Environment, Desktop, XP Themes ...)
Windows UpTime (Boot, Shutdown, BlueScreen, System Restore Points ...)
TrueType & OpenType Fonts
WinSock (Internet), Telephony et Remote Access
OLE (Objects, Servers ...)
Microsoft® Applications
Activity (Process, Tasks, Threads)
Modules (DLL, DRV, 32 & 16-bits) & NT Services
Internet Navigator (Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, FireFox)
ODBC
CMOS/RTC
Resources (IRQ, DMA, E/S, Memory)
System files (.ini, .log, .bat, .nt, .dos ...)
System Benchmarks

Processor (Dhrystone (MIPS), Whetstone (MFLOPS), Mandelbrot fractal ...)
L1, L2, L3 Cache, RAM (Bandwidth, Latency ...)
Main Memory (Bandwidth, Latency ...)
Hard Drives
CD/DVD Rom
DirectX 3D
Video
Removable/Flash Support
MP3 Compression
VISTA Experience Index

MEMORY and CACHE: These benchmarks measure the maximum achiveable memory bandwidth. The code behind these benchmarks method is written in Assembly (x86, SSE, SSE2, SSE3). Memory benchmarks utilize only one processor core and one thread.

PROCESSOR : These benchmarks measure performance in terms of Integer Millions of Instructions Per Second (Integer MIPS) and Millions of Floating Point Operations Per Second (MFLOPS). The code behind these benchmarks method is written in Assembly (x86, x87, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, 3DNOW!). Processor benchmarks are HyperThreading, multi-processor (SMP) and multi-core (CMP) aware.

Tools

Can save, print, e-mail a report
Can save a TXT, RTF, HTML, PDF or CSV report
Can export any graphics as BMP file
Can export text and graphic with the clipboard
Web update Wizard
Communicate with Motherboard Monitor
Dump (Hardware registers, System BIOS, video BIOS ...)
Multi Languages

English
French
German
Serbian
Slovak
Russian
Greek
Use this 100% free software to learn more about your computer and its components, detect/diagnose any problems in your computer, and increase your computer's performance.



Directions for use
Install

ZIP package : PC Wizard 2008 can be run directly from removable support (CD/DVD, USB Key, ...) Options are not saved.
Don't forget to check "Use Folder Names" into your UNZIP application to create PC Wizard folders.
Self-installing EXE package : To install PC Wizard 2008 directly on your hard drive.
Commandline Parameters

Launch PC Wizard in silent mode : no interface appears, the report is automatically created.
Example : PC Wizard.exe /R T1 C3 c:\reports\report.txt /D
Result : Save plain text report for Hardware Tab and Processor category only into the c:\reports folder, with detailed information.
To learn more, see the readme.txt file into the PC Wizard folder.
Special Keys

The F5 key allows to refresh information.
The F10 key copies the current page in the clipboard.
The F11 key allows to save a screenshot as a .bmp file.
The F12 allows to save current benchmark results to the database.
The Right Click allows to display a context menu (on graphic benchmark it allows to save graph as a bitmap).
Special Extras

PC Wizard supports the Logitech G-Series keyboard LCD screen. To activate this function go to menu Options (Monitoring Tab )and check it. When you minimize PC Wizard window, CPU information will be displayed into the keyboard LCD screen.


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Excellent Benchmark tool for testing your PC against other systems. Upload Results!

Geekbench is a cross-platform benchmark for Windows, and Linux. Geekbench tries to measure the performance an average application can expect from the computer being benchmarked. As such, all of the benchmarks in Geekbench are written in platform-neutral C and C++, and have no platform-specific optimizations, and Geekbench is compiled with what we consider the de-facto standard compiler for each platform, with the compiler switches suggested by the compiler for release code.

License: Shareware, $20
Author/Publisher: Primate Labs
]]> All-in one Benchmark Free/Shareware@nospam.com (Primate Labs) Sun, 17 Feb 2008 04:06:01 -0500 http://downloadsoftwareuniverse.com/download.php?view.5458 http://downloadsoftwareuniverse.com/download.php?view.4191 OS: Windows 2k/XP/2003/Vista

SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility. It should provide most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software.
Sandra is a (girl) name of Greek origin that means "defender", "helper of mankind". We think that's quite fitting.
It works along the lines of other Windows utilities, however it tries to go beyond them and show you more of what's really going on. Giving the user the ability to draw comparisons at both a high and low-level. You can get information about the CPU, chipset, video adapter, ports, printers, sound card, memory, network, Windows internals, AGP, PCI, PCIe, ODBC Connections, USB2, 1394/Firewire, etc.

Native Unicode ports for 32-bit Windows (2000/XP/2003/Vista), 64-bit & x64 Windows (XP/2003/Vista) as well as Windows CE (Pocket PC 2002/2003/2003SE, Smart Phone 2002/2003/2003SE, CE .Net 4.20) are available.

Legal Stuff: Sandra is an acronym and has no connection whatsoever express or implied with anything or anyone, living or deceased in the past, present or future. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.

General Sandra Information

Here are the version types, in line with industry standards:


Sandra Lite (free for personal/educational use - no nag screens, time limit, etc.)
Sandra Advanced (for OEMs)
Sandra Professional (commercial)
Sandra Engineer (commercially exploitabile)
Sandra Enterprise (commercial)
Sandra Legacy (home enthusiast)
List of SiSoftware Sandra Modules

Here is a list of current modules.

System Summary
Mainboard/Chipset/System Monitors Info
CPU/BIOS Info
APM & ACPI (Advanced Power Management) Info
PCI(e), AGP, CardBus, PCMCIA bus and devices Info
Video Information (monitor, card, video bios, caps, etc.)
OpenGL Information
DirectX (DirectDraw, Direct3D, DirectSound (3D), DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectInput) Info
Keyboard Info
Mouse Info
Sound Card (wave, midi, aux, mix) Info
MCI Devices (mpeg, avi, seq, vcr, video-disc, wave) Info
Joystick Info
Printers Info
Windows Memory Info
Windows Info
Font (Raster, Vector, TrueType, OpenType) Information
Modem/ISDN TA Information
Network Information*
IP Network Information*
WinSock & Internet Security Information
Drives Information (Removable Hard Disks, CD-ROM/DVD, RamDrives, etc.)
Ports (Serial/Parallel) Info
Remote Access Service Connections (Dial-Up, Internet)*
OLE objects/servers Info*
Processes (Tasks) & Threads Info
Modules (DLL, DRV) Info
Services & Device Drivers (SYS) Info*
SCSI Information*
ATA/ATAPI Information
Data Sources Information*
CMOS/RTC Information*
Smart Card & SIM Card Information*
CPU Arithmetic Benchmark (MP/MT support)
CPU Multi-Media Benchmark (including MMX, MMX Enh, 3DNow!, 3DNow! Enh, SSE(2)) (MP/MT support)
File System (Removable, Hard Disks, Network, RamDrives) Benchmark
Removable Storage/Flash Benchmark
CD-ROM/DVD Benchmark
Memory Bandwidth Benchmark (MP/MT support)
Cache & Memory Bandwidth Benchmark (MP/MT support)
Network/LAN Bandwidth Benchmark
Internet/ISP Connection Benchmark
Internet/ISP Peerage Benchmark
Hardware Interrupts Usage*
DMA Channel Usage*
I/O Ports Usage*
Memory Range Usage*
Plug & Play Enumerator*
Hardware registry settings
Environment settings
Registered File Types
Key Applications* (web-browser, e-mail, news, anti-virus, firewall, etc.)
Installed Applications*
Installed Programs*
Start Menu Applications*
On-disk Programs & Libraries*
Installed Web Packages* (ActiveX, Java classes)
System Event Logs*
Burn-in Wizard* (test computer stability)
Connect Wizard (connect to remote computers, PDAs, Smart Phones and other devices)
Combined Performance Index Wizard (overall computer performance score)
Create a Report Wizard (save, print, fax or e-mail in CIM (SMS/DMI), HTML, XML, RPT or TEXT format)
Performance Tune-Up Wizard (tune-up computer)
Environment Monitor Wizard (temperatures, voltages, fans, CPU power, cooling solution thermal resistance, etc.)
WebUpdate Wizard for automatic version updating
Tip of the day
Extensive help file documenting over 500 tips
Extensive on-line documentation (HTML) with Q & A knowledge base
* Commercial versions only.
Now you can download the latest version of Sandra XII (2008), which supports the latest technologies!

If you have any trouble downloading this file from the normal server, try here:

]]> All-in one Benchmark Free@nospam.com (Sisoftware Sandra) Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:49:20 -0500 http://downloadsoftwareuniverse.com/download.php?view.4191 http://downloadsoftwareuniverse.com/download.php?view.4551
Test your entire PC from CPU to graphics.]]> All-in one Benchmark noauthor@nospam.com (CPUID) Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:35:17 -0500 http://downloadsoftwareuniverse.com/download.php?view.4551 http://downloadsoftwareuniverse.com/download.php?view.4539
All in one benchmark, upload to share results.

We will post the next version as soon as it is released.]]> All-in one Benchmark Freeware@nospam.com (Crystalmark) Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:14:47 -0500 http://downloadsoftwareuniverse.com/download.php?view.4539 http://downloadsoftwareuniverse.com/download.php?view.4335 Windows Vista 32 and 64 bit Only!
The latest benchmark from Futuremark. As of October 22, 2007

Required Software

To run all the tests in PCMark Vantage, the system should have the following software installed:

Microsoft Windows Vista operating system (32/64-bit).
Please note that PCMark Vantage 32-bit runs in both 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows Vista.
Please note that PCMark Vantage 64-bit only runs in 64-bit Microsoft Windows Vista.
Microsoft DirectX August 2007 Redistributable (included in the installation package).
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable x86/x64 (included in the installation package).
Notes:

PCMark Vantage 32-bit does not run in Microsoft Windows XP.
PCMark Vantage 64-bit does not run in Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit.
It is recommended to use a clean install of Microsoft Windows Vista.
NTFS file system is required.
Required Hardware

PCMark Vantage package requires approx. 800 MB of hard disk space and running the tests requires additional 800 MB space.
Modern CPU with SSE2 support.
SM2.0 compliant graphics card for the GPU gaming test.
SM3.0 compliant graphics card for the GPU image manipulation test.

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