Testing a PCs stability makes sense in a number of situations. Maybe you have made the decision to overclock your PC and want to make sure that everything runs well and stable, or you are thinking of giving away your old PC to a friend or family member who is not the most knowledgeable person [...]

Categories: Linux, Mac, Operating Systems, Software, Windows

Sometimes you may want to benchmark drives or servers connected to your computer system, for instance to compare them to other devices or to test optimizations that you plan to make. Parkdale is a free benchmarking software for the Windows operating system that can be used to benchmark all drives that are currently connected to [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

One of the areas that a lot of computer users do not bother to optimize is the domain name server (DNS) of their Internet connection. A mediocre DNS not only slows down the connection speed on websites and Internet servers in general, but can also be the cause for connection issues and even censorship. Selecting [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

One of the main purposes of computer benchmarks is to compare different systems, hardware devices or system configurations with each other. It can be interesting for over- or underclockers for instance to test the performance under specific parameters and settings, for users who purchase a new video card to to test the performance of the [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

While I’m still busy changing my passwords, I’m noticing several browser related news popping up in my RSS feed reader. So what’s going on today? Several websites reported that the first beta of Firefox 5 was released, and while it certainly looked that way on first glance, it turned out be a beta labeled Aurora [...]

Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome, Opera

I compared web browser benchmark results back in 2008. Illustrious browsers such as Google Chrome 1, Firefox 3.1, Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 or Opera 10 alpha were tested and compared. The results from back then are history, with the majority of tested web browser versions no longer available. Google for instance has recently released [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera

Benchmarks can be an appropriate method of comparing different products against each other. Internet browser benchmarks usually calculate the processing speed of web browsers using JavaScript. This method is a good indicator of the speed of a web browser. It fails however to test other important factors like usability, security or correct code interpretations. A [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera

The Windows System Assessment Tool is being used in Windows Vista to compute the Windows Experience Index of the computer system. The tool is basically running in the background in Windows Vista to benchmark various components of the computer system. It is also possible to run the commands on the command line. One interesting aspect [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Some software programs can be optimized to startup faster which might be the appropriate thing to do if they are used regularly by the user. One prime example would be to disable Java in Open Office which speeds up the application at startup quite a bit. It sometimes might be obvious that an application is [...]

Categories: Software, Windows