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SiSoftware Sandra

   SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is a benchmarking, information and diagnostic software utility for the Windows operating system. It is used to test the performance and capability of, as well as provide detailed information about the specifications of computer hardware. The name Sandra is of Greek origin, and means "defender", or "helper of mankind".

The bulk of the features are contained the Information Modules, which give detailed information about many of the components and systems in a modern PC including CMOS & BIOS information, Motherboard specifications, CPU, chipset, video adapter, ports, printers, sound card, memory, network, Windows internals, AGP, PCI, PCIe, ODBC Connections, USB2, 1394/Firewire, and more. The Benchmarking Modules are used to rate and stress the components that provide measurable performance including the speed of the processor (measured in Dhrystone MIPS, and Whetstone MFLOPS), and the RAM, (measured in MB/s). As well as the chipset, hard drives, and internet speed, they also include scores achieved on many other current components for comparison purposes.

Sandra is popular with overclockers to measure the gains achieved and compare them with other brands/speeds of hardware.

It is available for 32-bit Windows (2000/XP/2003), 64-bit & x64 Windows (XP/2003) as well as Windows CE (Pocket PC 2002/2003/2003SE, Smart Phone 2002/2003/2003SE, CE .Net 4.20).

The available versions are:

@ Sandra Lite (free for personal/educational use)

@ Sandra Professional (commercial)

@ Sandra Engineer (commercial)

@ Sandra Enterprise (commercial)

@ Sandra Legacy (home enthusiast)

List of Modules

System Summary

Mainboard/Chipset/System Monitors Info

CPU/BIOS Info

APM & ACPI (Advanced Power Management) Info

PCI(e), AGP, CardBus, PCMCIA bus and devices Info

Video Information (monitor, card, video bios, caps, etc.)

OpenGL Information

DirectX (DirectDraw, Direct3D, DirectSound (3D), DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectInput) Info

Keyboard Info

Mouse Info

Sound Card (wave, midi, aux, mix) Info

MCI Devices (mpeg, avi, seq, VCR, video-disc, wave) Info

Joystick Info

Printers Info

Windows Memory Info

Windows Info

Font (Raster, Vector, TrueType, OpenType) Information

Modem/ISDN TA Information

Network Information*

IP Network Information*

WinSock & Internet Security Information

Drives Information (Removable Hard Disks, CD-ROM/DVD, Ramdrives, etc.)

Ports (Serial/Parallel) Info

Remote Access Service Connections (Dial-Up, Internet)*

OLE objects/servers Info*

Processes (Tasks) & Threads Info

Modules (DLL, DRV) Info

Services & Device Drivers (SYS) Info*

SCSI Information*

ATA/ATAPI Information

Data Sources Information*

CMOS/RTC Information*

Smart Card & SIM Card Information*

CPU Arithmetic Benchmark (MP/MT support)

CPU Multi-Media Benchmark (including MMX, MMX Enh, 3DNow!, 3DNow! Enh, SSE(2)) (MP/MT support)

File System (Removable, Hard Disks, Network, Ramdrives) Benchmark

Removable Storage/Flash Benchmark

CD-ROM/DVD Benchmark

Memory Bandwidth Benchmark (MP/MT support)

Cache & Memory Bandwidth Benchmark (MP/MT support)

Network/LAN Bandwidth Benchmark

Internet/ISP Connection Benchmark

Internet/ISP Peerage Benchmark

Hardware Interrupts Usage*

DMA Channel Usage*

I/O Ports Usage*

Memory Range Usage*

Plug & Play Enumerator*

Hardware registry settings

Environment settings

Registered File Types

Key Applications* (web-browser, e-mail, news, anti-virus, firewall, etc.)

Installed Applications*

Installed Programs*

Start Menu Applications*

On-disk Programs & Libraries*

Installed Web Packages* (ActiveX, Java classes)

System Event Logs*

Burn-in Wizard* (test computer stability)

Connect Wizard (connect to remote computers, PDAs, Smart Phones and other devices)

Combined Performance Index Wizard (overall computer performance score)

Create a Report Wizard (save, print, fax or e-mail in CIM (SMS/DMI), HTML, XML, RPT or TEXT format)

Performance Tune-Up Wizard (tune-up computer)

Environment Monitor Wizard (temperatures, voltages, fans, CPU power, cooling solution thermal resistance, etc.)

WebUpdate Wizard for automatic version updating

Extensive help file documenting over 500 tips

Extensive on-line documentation (HTML) with Q & A knowledge base

Refer :

   SiSoftware Sandra. (2007, January 17). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 15:07, April 29, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SiSoftware_Sandra&oldid=101318670