Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 13.15
A typical CPU Benchmark display. The system on test produces
a benchmark of 3308 MWIPS which is more than four times that of a typical
Intel Pentium IV with a 1.6 GHz clock
for integer array handling (Integer Assignment) and integer splitting (Integer
Split) (Figure 13.17).
Hard Disk Benchmark
The Hard Disk Benchmark performs both read and write tests on the hard
disk drive. The module creates a temporary file called 'sysinfo.bch' in the root
directory and then uses this to perform subsequent read and write tests. The
results appear in MB/s (Figure 13.16).
CD Benchmark
The CD Benchmark performs a single read test to the CD drive. In order to
perform this test Fresh Diagnose requires the insertion of a CD audio, CD data,
VCD, or DVD to use as the basis of the measurement. The media used should
be a reliable CD which does not auto-run. Once again, the result is in MB/s.
Network Benchmark
The Network Benchmark performs a ping instruction and both read and write
tests to a specified connection. If the selected connection is a read-only one, the
measurement will only perform a ping test. The results of read and write tests
are in MB/s.
