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- History of System Speed Test:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Version 2.00
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - First public release.
-
- Version 2.02
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Modified a graphing of memory system.
- - Corrected error in the scale with the step 200 KB.
- - Changed algorithm of determination a caches of processor.
- - Added determination free XMS memory.
- - Corrected error by the incorrect determination IDE/ATA parameters.
- - Added possibility, skip a test of velocity addressing to
- the block of memory.
- - Corrected error in processing the parameters of command line.
-
- Version 2.05
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Corrected error connected with the wrong determination
- of processor Intel Pentium(tm) OverDrive(tm).
- - Corrected error (???) incorrect functioning with video card ATI MACH64.
- - Now program can work at the non-observance of system requirement
- and from Windows'95 (98).
- - Changed algorithm and corrected error appearing at impossibility
- to define a seek time of hard disk, has when working with
- some SCSI comptrollers or wrong installation in BIOS.
- - Changed an algorithm of determination of the processor frequency.
- - Eliminated starvation in an effort start on 80286 processors.
- - Eliminated several small errors.
-
- Version 3.00
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Now this only English version of SYSTEM SPEED TEST.
- - Nearly completely remade a procedure of determination of processor.
- - Added determination Cyrix processors by the method 5/2.
- - Added determination of processors AMD K6-3D, K6+3D, IDT WinChipC6.
- - Changed output of comparative results.
- - Small a change and addition.
-
- Version 3.10
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Processor K6-3D now is identified K6-2(tm).
- - Now, by default, is executed quick test of read speed
- from the hard disk. Full test will be executed with the key <T2>.
- Comparative results are removed for the full test.
- - Changed algorithm of determination of mean time of positioning
- a hard disk.
- - Added determination of maximum time of positioning a hard disk.
- - Removed a conservation of screen in PCX file taken from
- PCX Programmer's Toolkit 3.56 (c) Genus Microprogramming, Inc.
- (14KB with the whole library). My version this uses 370 bytes.
- - Added possibility of automatic creation PCX file after terminating
- or canceling the tests when striking on the key <P>.
- Created file on the current disk with the name "sstimgXX".
- - Changed determination of the processor benchmark. Added 32-bit code.
- - As usually - a small change and addition.
-
- Version 3.15
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Processor AMD K6+3D now is identified AMD K6-3(tm).
- - Added determination of processors: Intel Celeron(tm), NexGen Nx586.
- - Corrected error in the determination 80386SX processors.
- - Added determination of memory >64MB.
- - Changed algorithm determination of Memory Speed Index
- and leveled to 100.00 for EDO DRAM on the charge ASUSTEK TXP4 rev1.02,
- processor Intel PentiumMMX(tm)- 200 MHz and installation BIOS by default.
- - Changed algorithm of determination of processor frequency
- because of the wrong determination for the processor
- Intel Pentium II(tm).
- - Changed algorithm of determination of sizes a data cache and speed
- features a cache and memory because of the wrong determination
- for the processor Intel Pentium II(tm).
- - Added graph of moving the blocks in memory.
- - Added determination type of memory for BIOS supporting DMI2.0+
- - Added determination of external processor frequency for BIOS
- supporting DMI2.0+
- - Changed algorithm of determination IDE ATA/ATAPI devices because
- of the starvation on some computers and wrong determination
- at presence SCSI disks.
- - Added determination processor support of technology AMD 3DNow!
- - Some changes.
-
- Version 3.17
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Eliminated error connected with the wrong output frame of system
- parameters.
- - Added determination a random access time of hard disk.
- - Added several BIOS vendors.
-
- Version 3.18
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Changed a calculation method of Average Seek Time.
- - Changed a calculation method of relative HDD speed.
- Now is Linear Read Speed/ Random Access Time.
- - Some additions and changes.
-
- Version 3.20
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Added detection PCI device information. Defined more than 1000 devices.
- It is available on keystroke <I> after canceling or completing
- the tests.
- - Fixed memory size detection.
- - Fixed memory type detection.
- - Size of memory is now displayed in Mbytes.
- - Fixed AMD K6(tm) clocks rate.
- - Fixed AMD 3DNow! technology detection.
- - Removed detection AMD 3DNow!(tm) technology for Intel processors. :-)
- - Clock rate of processors is now defined via Time Stamp Counter if
- this possible.
- - Added detection of PCI display adapter instead of VESA OEM string
- if it is found in PCI devices list.
- - Some additions and changes.
-
- Version 3.21
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Fixed PCI device detection.
- - Changed determination of the processor benchmark.
- - Added Intel Pentium(R)II Xeon(tm) processor.
- - Now, possible skipping executable test (press <Space> ).
- - Added WindowsNT(tm) detection.
- - Fixed and optimized on memory-timing test. Added new graph.
- - Some minor updates.
-
- Version 3.22
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Fixed BIOS detection.
- - Added processors: Celeron(tm) A, Rise mP6(tm),
- IDT WinChip 2(tm), IDT WinChip 3(tm).
- - Added new PCI devices.
- - Added RTC-BIOS Year2000 bug detection.
- - New ATAPI device driver (Oak Technology Inc.) in the package.
-
- Version 3.23
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Minor bug fixed.
- - Added detection new Cyrix processors for method 5/2.
-
- Version 3.24
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Fixed memory size detection.
- - Removed access to HMS memory by means of HIMEM.SYS.
- Now there is not needed to load HIMEM.SYS (Thanks to wbinvd).
- - New test of video memory speed (testing in VESA 101h- 105h).
- - Added a time stamp of testing in PCX images.
-
- Version 4.00
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Added detection a model (IDE/E-IDE) of hard drive in system window.
- - Information on the size a cache are carried in memory-timing test.
- - Added window of drive selection. Now possible not to use a command
- line for drive selection and parameters of testing.
- - Added testing of extended memory on errors and malfunction.
- - Added new keys: ? - Help (Only keys of command line).
- L - Loop test of memory.
- - Added detection of processors: Intel Pentium(tm) III,
- Intel Pentium(R) III Xeon(tm).
- Version 4.10
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Added detection ISA PnP devices (Thanks to Roman Bryguin).
- - Added detection of processors: IDT WinChip 4(tm), AMD K7(tm),
- Rise mP6 II(tm).
- - Added new PCI devices.
- - Some bug fixed.
-
- Version 4.11
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Some bug fixed.
- - Corrected memory-timing test for size of caches >2MB.
- - Added new keys: SP - Skip PnP devices detection.
-
- Version 4.20
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Added info about memory modules. Detection: type, size,
- manufacturer, part number and some features.
- This requires a DIMM memory module with SPD EEPROM and
- Intel chipset with PIIX4. It is available on keystroke <M>.
- - Improved quality of graphs and accuracy of
- results when working in Windows95/98.
- - Added report of mainboard model (requires DMI 2.0+ support).
- - Some changes and bugs fixed.
-
- Version 4.21
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Fixed bugs in the report of mainboard model.
- - Added new PCI devices.
- - Changed subroutines building of graphics for better compatibility.
- - Some minor bugs fixed.
- - AMD-K7 -> AMD-Athlon(tm).
-
- Version 4.22
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Fixed bug in the report of memory modules.
- - Extended PCI device detection. Added analysis Subsys ID and Revision.
- - Added some PCI devices.
- - Added report of PCI devices: vendor ID, device ID, revision, subsys ID.
- Press <I> after geting of PCI device information.
-
- Version 4.23
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Some changes and bugs fixed.
- - Added new PCI devices. Total 2138 devices detection.
- - New memory test method.
- - Added support 82801AA, 82801AB SMBus controllers.
-
- Version 4.24
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Now report ATA hard drive geometry if this posible.
- - Added detection DRDRAM (Direct Rambus RDRAM) memory and
- report some features.
- - Fixed bug of DMI access.
- - Added detection PC-DOS, PTS-DOS.
- - Added detection Award Modular BIOS.
- - Added new PCI devices.
- - Added ATAPI device driver AOATAPI.SYS (version V510 AOpen Inc.)
- in the package for high speed CD drives.
- - Added detection Intel Itanium(tm) processor.
- - Added detection PIO and UDMA modes of IDE hard drives.
- - Added detection cache buffer size and rotation speed
- of IDE hard drives.
- - Added SMBus support for VIA 596B, 686A and ALI 7101.
- - Added SSE (Streaming SIMD Extensions) detection.
-
- Version 4.25
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Added new PCI devices.
- - Added support of hard drives larger than 8.4 GB (using Int 13 extension).
- - Removed report ATA hard drive geometry if Int 13 Extension supported.
- - Fixed bug of SMBus access.
- - Added detection DDR SDRAM/SGRAM of memory and report some features.
-
- Version 4.26
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Added detection Windows Millennium.
- - Added new PCI devices.
- - Added support AMD-756 SMBus Host.
- - Added detection clock multiplier (PII/Celeron+, K6-2+).
-
- Version 4.27
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Fixed detection Cyrix MII and PentiumIII Xeon processors.
- - Added new PCI devices.
- - Added graph of replacing the blocks in memory-timing test.
- - Added report the cache/memory benchmarks. It is available on
- keystroke <M> after canceling or completing the tests.
- - Some minor bugs fixed.
- - Added new JEDEC Manufacturer's ID.
-
- Version 4.28
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Added new PCI devices.
- - Fixed PC133 memory detection.
- - Fixed SMBus access for ASUS P3B (Thanks to Konstantin Aleshin).
- - Fixed detection AMD Athlon clock multiplier.
- - Added graphs of MMX transfers.
- - Added MMX Cache/Memory Benchmark.
- - Added detection SDRAM Access Time and Minimum RAS Pulse Width (Tras).
- - Some additions and changes.
-
- Version 4.29
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Added report codename and process technology of the processors.
- - Added report AGP Bus version and supported a data transfer rate.
- - Added report desired data transfer rate of AGP graphics accelerators.
- - Added new PCI/AGP devices.
- - Added detection of AMD K6-2+.
-
- Version 4.30
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Fixed SMBus support for ALI 7101.
- - Added detection of VIA Cyrix III.
- - Added detection VIA Cyrix III clock multiplier.
- - Added new PCI/AGP devices.
- - Added detection of AMD K6-III+.
- - Fixed SMBus support for AMD-756.
- - Some additions, changes and bugs fixed.
-
- Version 4.50
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Added creation a report file (/R switch).
- - Added detection of AMD Duron(tm) and AMD Atlon(tm)(Thunderbird).
- - Added new PCI/AGP devices.
- - Added detection of CPU frequency via TSC from Windows95-98/NT/2000.
- - Added detection of CPU clock multiplier (via MSR's) from Windows95-98.
- - Added SMBus support for 82801BA (ICH2).
- - Added function "Clear CMOS" (/CLCMOS switch).
- - Added function "Create System BIOS dump file" (/BIOS switch).
- - Added function "Disable detection type of memory" (/DSPDR switch).
- - Added new manufacturers from JEP 106-H.
- - Some additions, changes and bugs fixed.
-
- Version 4.60
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Added graph "Linear Verify Speed" for hard disks.
- - Added detection buffered read speed of hard disks.
- - Added detection of Transmeta Crusoe(tm).
- - Enabled SPD access for ASUS P3V4X/K7V/A7V/CUV4X mainboards.
- - Added new PCI/AGP devices.
- - Added HDD/CD benchmarks in report file.
- - Fixed AMD Duron L2 cache size detection.
- - Added new ATAPI device driver ASUSCD.SYS in the package
- for high speed CD drives.
- - Some additions, changes and bugs fixed.
-
- Version 4.61
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Added detection of Intel Pentium 4(tm).
- - Added new PCI/AGP devices.
- - Added new manufacturers from JEP 106-I.
- - Added detection 8.5x-12.0x multiplier for Intel CPUs
- (Thanks to Tamas Miklos).
- - Some additions and changes.
-
- Version 4.70
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Unlocked SPD access for ASUS CUSL2/CUW/MEW/CUC2/CUC2000/CUR mainboards.
- - Added more PCI and AGP devices.
- - Added function 'Erase first 128 sectors of hard drive' (/ERHDD switch).
- - Added new CD drive measurements: 'Random access time', '1/3 seek time',
- 'Full seek time'.
- - Fixed CD read speed evaluation.
- - Now reporting Serial Number and Firmware revision of ATA devices
- to .TXT file.
- - Added detection L2 cache latency of Intel CPUs.
- - CPU cache size and L2 cache latency are shown on main screen.
- - Detects ATA/ATAPI devices on external PCI IDE controllers.
- - Added detection of cache buffer size, maximum and selected transfer
- speed for ATAPI CDROM (some in .TXT report only).
- - Fixed detection of some ATAPI CD drives.
- - Added detection of total video memory size for NVidia graphics
- accelerators.
- - Added report chipset to main screen.
-
- Version 4.71
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Added detection ATA/ATAPI devices from Windows9x/ME.
- - Added detection Intel Pentium4 clock multiplier.
- - Unlocked SPD access for ASUS P3C/A7M/A7P mainboards.
- - Added more PCI and AGP devices.
- - Some additions, changes and bugs fixed.
-
- Version 4.72
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Added more PCI and AGP devices.
- - Fixed crash in ATA/ATAPI device detection "at port 0".
- - Added description of PCI devices class codes.
- - Rename HDD test "Average access time" to "Random
- access time" cause similarity with Access time testing.
- - Added calculation of Average access time of HDD.
- - Added SMBus support for AMD-766, Reliance OSB4, VIA VT8231, SiS 5595B.
- - Rewrote HDD graphs drawing.
- - Added sophisticated SPD info analyzing (to .txt report).
- - Added detection of Intel Pentium III(tm) (Tualatin),
- Intel Xeon(tm) (Willamette), AMD Athlon 4(tm),
- AMD Duron(tm) (Morgan) and VIA C3(tm) processors.
- - Added report of original CPU clock for Intel P2+ processors.
- - Added detection of microcode update revision for Intel P2+ processors.
-
- Version 4.73
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Added more PCI and AGP devices.
- - Added SMBus support for Intel ICH3, VIA VT8233.
- - Added detection VIA CyrixIII, VIA C3, Intel PentiumIII-M
- and AMD Atlon 4 clock multiplier.
- - Added write test of HDD (/WT switch).
- - Some additions, changes and bugs fixed.
-
- Version 4.74
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Added more PCI and AGP devices.
- - Added SMBus support for VIA VT8235.
- - Fixed detection AMD Atlon/Duron clock multiplier.
- - Added detection selected DMA Transfers.
- - Added detection Intel Platform ID of P2+ CPU's (to .txt report).
- - Added new manufacturers from JEP 106-J.
-
- Version 4.75
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Added more PCI and AGP devices.
- - Added detection of Intel Celeron (Tualatin).
- - Added sophisticated DDR-SDRAM SPD info analyzing (to .txt report).
- - Added dictionary-based compression of PCI database.
- - Fixed detection of Intel Pentium 4 clock multiplier.
- - Added SPD access for ASUS CUEP2/CUSI/A7S/CUPLE mainboards.
- - Added SMBus support for Intel ICH2-M, VIA VT8233C. (Thanks to Martin Malik)
- - Fixed detection of original CPU clock of Intel Pentium III (Katmai).
- - Fixed SMBus support for SiS 5595B.
-
- Version 4.76
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Added more PCI and AGP devices.
- - Added more CPU detection.
- - Added more CPU clock multiplier detection.
- - Remove detection Memory Speed Index.
- - Added detection Memory Peak Bandwidth.
- - Added more SMBus hosts supported.
- - Update DDR-SDRAM detection.
- - Added new manufacturers from JEP 106-K.
- - Some additions, updates and bugs fixed.
-
- Version 4.77
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Added more PCI and AGP devices.
- - Added more CPU detection.
- - Added SMBus support for nForce2.
-
- Version 4.78
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Added more CPU detection.
- - Added SMBus support for ICH5.
- - Added more PCI and AGP devices.
- - Added "Save As..." for files of report.
- - Added "Add Comments" for reports.
- - Added more CPU clock multiplier detection.
- - Some additions and bugs fixed.
-
-
- Vladimir Afanasiev.
-
- Home page: http://user.rol.ru/~dxover/speedsys
- E-mail : dxover@email.ru
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