Benchmarking software recommendations.

[RyanGreener]

Is there a good benchmarking software that does CPU, GPU, and/or both? Criteria:

1. 64 bit compatible (or at least able to use most of the features)
2. Accurate/relevant.
3. Free

Thanks in advance

 

[Ken g6]

Have you checked out the DC forum? We have lots of free programs there that can benchmark your PC(s)'s CPUs and GPUs. Some, like PrimeGrid (see my sig) make use of 64-bit CPUs and OSes. Most can be quite accurate.

That leaves criterion 2b, "relevant". What is relevant to you?

Oh, and if you don't like the DC stuff, I guess you could look at the main site.

 

[RyanGreener]

Have you checked out the DC forum? We have lots of free programs there that can benchmark your PC(s)'s CPUs and GPUs. Some, like PrimeGrid (see my sig) make use of 64-bit CPUs and OSes. Most can be quite accurate.

That leaves criterion 2b, "relevant". What is relevant to you?

Oh, and if you don't like the DC stuff, I guess you could look at the main site.

Well, I didn't even know what the distributed computing forum meant or what it was about! Haha.

Relevant to me just means "it makes sense" and "applies to real world applications", not just purely synthetic stuff.

 

[Nothinman]

Relevant to me just means "it makes sense" and "applies to real world applications", not just purely synthetic stuff.

Which is pretty much an antonym of the word "benchmark". Benchmarks are good for comparing results for similar hardware, but no benchmark is really "real world". The only way to find out how something works with your workload is to just use it and see.