Selected File: Sandra 2007 Diagnostic
Tool by SiSoftware
available versions:
Sandra Standard 2007 (10.105)
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.
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, ODBC Connections, USB2, 1394/Firewire, etc.
The Win32 version is 32-bit and comes in both ANSI (legacy for Windows 98/Me systems) and native Unicode (Windows NT4/2000/XP/Vista/2003) formats. (Free for personal/educational use - no nag screens, time limit, etc.)
58 total Information, Benchmarking, Listing & Testing/Diagnostic
Modules.
Multi-threaded Wizards for all tasks (e.g. Create various reports).
Multi-processor designed (multi-threaded) benchmarks - up to 64 CPUs.
Full 32-bit code; uses Windows 2000/XP/Vista extensions (32-bit Sandra).
Native Windows NT4/2000/XP/Vista format (UNICODE Sandra).
Full 64-bit code; uses Windows 2003 extensions (64-bit Sandra).
Still get information on the 16-bit subsystem (ANSI Sandra).
Plug-and-Play support.
DMI/SMBIOS support.
Supports AGP, PCI, PCI64/66, VESA (ANSI Sandra), EISA (ANSI Sandra),
MCA (ANSI Sandra), PCMCIA, CardBus.
DirectX (DirectDraw, Direct 3D, DSound, DMusic, DPlay, DInput), OpenGL
support and information.
Detects new CPUs including the Intel Pentium III/4, Celeron, Xeon III/4;
VIA C3; AMD Athlon 4/XP/Vista/MP, Duron XP/Vista/MP (32-bit Sandra).
Detects new CPUs including the Intel Itanium, McKinley (64-bit Sandra).
Detects and uses MMX (Enhanced), 3DNow! (Enhanced/Professional), SSE/SSE2
instruction sets (32-bit Sandra).
Advanced settings information on modern CPUs.
Detects Intel, AMD, ALi, SiS, VIA and all other chipsets on the market.
Network & Internet information.
Can save, print, fax, e-mail, post and upload a report.
Can export a SMS report for Microsoft SMS management system.
Can export a RPT (hierarchical) report that can be imported into most
programs.
Can export a XML report for electronic data interchange.
Can export a HTML report directly (with CSS support) or display one
dynamically from the XML using XSL & CSS.
Can upload a report to a FTP/HTTP server and account.
Can insert a report into any ADO, OLEDB or ODBC supported database
with the correct schema.
Looks better in HiColour/TrueColour (16/24/32-bit) modes.