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Benchmark Software For Windows 7 Rollout?

Posted by timothy on from the bean-counter-for-the-bean-counters dept.

tdisalvo writes "We are doing a Windows 7 rollout and I will have to compare major PC vendors. I am looking for vendor-neutral tests that will give me the data I need to present an educated opinion to my CIO. Clear, pretty charts are nice since it is for C level execs, and we need to make it understandable for nontechnical as well as technical people. More specifically, I am looking for something that will clearly show how the same processor performs (better or worse) with a particular build, motherboard, RAM, power supply, etc. My plan is to get very similar machines from major vendors and see which one's build has the highest independent benchmarks. Something with which I could test multiple computers and report on the differences in score would be ideal." As usual, free is an advantage.

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  1. Hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I haven't benchmarked in a while, but this new game came out recently. iD Software's Quake3. All of my hip friends use it to test their machines.

    My Slot-A AMD Athlon rocks out like 75 frames a second! Try it out!

  2. A better solution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Just go to Best Buy and have your computers optimized by Geek Squad. It'll run circles around anything else on the market.

  3. Just make shit up by harddriveerror · · Score: 2, Funny

    Like they will know you did?

  4. Re:Pointless... by Surt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Even better. Get the bidding war going yourself. Make it clear that the winner will be the bidder that will kickback the largest cut. Recommend their hardware to the c-level exec.

    --
    "Who is the Journal of Quantum Physics going to believe?" --Stephen Hawking
  5. Re:My question is... by Real1tyCzech · · Score: 2, Funny

    "as to way your post is so damn stupid." ...

    Pure. Comic. Genius.

  6. Re:Synthetic Benchmarks are Bullshit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You haven't said what you actually do with these computers. The relevant benchmarks should look like your actual workflow, otherwise you are just drag racing.

    Oh, I should have mentioned! We plan to run synthetic benchmarks on them all day long, once we have them. Now what was that you said about the benchmarks being unlike actual workflow?

  7. Re:Multiple software produces the best result by flimflammer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Uh, what article? What story?

    This is ask.slashdot.org. There is no article.

  8. Re:Multiple software produces the best result by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Uh, what article? What story?

    This is ask.slashdot.org. There is no article.

    Oh look, an M$ astroturfer trying to distract.