psinfo question (pstools - sysinternals.com)

[Musafir]

Hi,

How reliable is the psinfo.exe information? I ask because the systems
team in our organization claims that we have a dual processor server
while the psinfo for the server is ->

C:\temp>c:\Sysint\Psinfo.exe \\newServer

PsInfo 1.34 - local and remote system information viewer
Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

System information for \\newServer:
Uptime: 4 days, 20 hours, 59 minutes, 38 seconds
Kernel version: Microsoft Windows 2000, Multiprocessor Free
Product type: Server
Product version: 5.0
Service pack: 3
Kernel build number: 2195
Registered organization: My Organization
Registered owner: Tagged
Install date: 04/17/2003, 6:16:11 PM
IE version: 5.5000
System root: C:\WINNT
Processors: 4
Processor speed: 2.7 GHz
Processor type: x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7,
GenuineIntel
Physical memory: 5632 MB

Any and all pointers appreciated. Someone mentioned 'hyperthreading'
and processors behaving as if they were duals.

Thanks in advance,
Sharad Agarwal

 

[Matthias Tacke]

Hi,

How reliable is the psinfo.exe information? I ask because the systems
team in our organization claims that we have a dual processor server
while the psinfo for the server is ->
....
Processors: 4
Processor speed: 2.7 GHz
Processor type: x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7,
GenuineIntel
Physical memory: 5632 MB

Any and all pointers appreciated. Someone mentioned 'hyperthreading'
and processors behaving as if they were duals.

That is the answer, so what do you ask for.

The HT-Feature simulates two CPU's to the software. Intel researched
that parts of the cpu hat idle times so they intergrated a second set
of registers between which the cpu can switch quite fast. In a multi-
tasking environment the overall performance is increased, even if some
software using one thread might be slower.

hth
Matthias

 

[Musafir]

Have a look at

http://www.cpuid.com/index.php

Awesome. Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot,
Sharad Agarwal

 

[Bob I]

Please take what you need
http://www.intel.com/support/processors/