The Internet is dynamic, one minute it can be fast and the
next it can crawl. If you look on PC Pit Stop's website for
info, you'll see remarks about accuracy, repeatability.
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The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
|I do have the windows XP firewall installed and also NOD32
Anti Virus
| installed and running.
| BUT - I had the same programs running last Friday and got
a score of 1606,
| now I got 1144 and 50% CPU Load. That is what is confusing
to me.
|
|
in message
| | > PC Pit Stop
www.pcpitstop.com suggests that ALL programs
be
| > off when running tests. But if you have your anti-virus
and
| > a software firewall and some other background programs
that
| > you don't want to take the time to shutdown, you will
see a
| > high CPU load. Also, disk read/write and connection
speed
| > tests will be below actual performance.
| >
| > It is a very useful site and the test do work. But they
may
| > be more useful as a benchmark to see changes, rather
than
| > actual performance since you are testing the whole
Internet
| > to some degree.
| >
| >
| > --
| > The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| > But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| >
| >
| > | > |I shall go to SiSandra.
| > |
| > | I used to have that program a year or so ago.
| > |
| > | Still confused since a few days earlier it did not
| > indicate 50% load of CPU
| > | at all.
| > |
| > | Thanks in the meantime for advice.
| > |
| > | | > | > HyperThreading should have nothing to do with it.
Since
| > you actually
| > | > have to be a member or something it looks like, I
can't
| > really run it
| > | > and see what is up with it, but there are a few
things
| > that could affect
| > | > it. Installing new programs and defragging the hard
| > drive aren't going
| > | > to affect your system load like that. Loading more
| > programs to the
| > | > memory may, but not just storing them on the HD.
For a
| > good performance
| > | > program as well as suggestions on how to improve
| > peformance, check out
| > | > SiSoft Sandra 2004 SP2
| > | >
| > | > ----
| > | > Nathan McNulty
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > Nospam wrote:
| > | > > Ritter,
| > | > >
| > | > > I'm assuming you're using a Hyper Threading Proc?
If
| > so, that's a
| > | reason
| > | > > for the 50% load, with a non HT proc it would be
100%!
| > | > >
| > | > > I'd go to PcPitstop.com's website and see if there
| > other reports or
| > | problems
| > | > > like yours there.
| > | > >
| > | > > Nospam
| > | > >
message
| > | > > | > | > >
| > | > >>I have used PcPitstop.com to test performance from
| > time to time.
| > | > >>
| > | > >>I was getting a perfect mark on Friday past, yet
| > to-day I get 50% CPU
| > | > >>load.
| > | > >>Yet I have not loaded any new programs, have
always
| > defragged the disks
| > | > >>and
| > | > >>use Windows XP, SP1, 2.8 Ghz, 512 MB RAM. Cable
modem
| > | > >>
| > | > >>Any comments?
| > | > >>
| > | > >>
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