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- RGS-BENCHMARK 3.0 for Windows
- -------------------------------
- By Roels Guy RGS
- (c)1994 RGS
- Aalst/Belgium
- Programmed in Visual Basic
- Released as shareWare
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-
-
- LICENSE
- -------
- Shareware means that you can evaluate and copy
- this product freely, but after one week you should
- register! You can register for only 200 Belgian Franks
- or 7$ US-dollars.
- The entire RGS-BENCHMARK package, including the program,
- documentation, and data files are Copyright 1994 by
- Roels Guy RGS. All rights reserved. The Shareware version
- of the RGS-BENCHMARK may be freely distributed to others by any
- means. The user can evaluate the program for one week.
- After one week you should register the program.
-
- WARRANTIES
- ----------
- THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED "AS-IS". NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND,
- EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARE MADE AS TO IT OR ANY MEDIUM IT MAY
- BE ON. NO REMEDY IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR FOR INDIRECT,
- CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM IT,
- INCLUDING SUCH FROM NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR BREACH
- OF WARRANTY OR CONTRACT, EVEN AFTER NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY
- OF SUCH DAMAGES. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
-
- TECHNICAL DATA
- --------------
- You need:
- - Windows 3.1
- - 2Mb ram
- - 1Mb free harddisk space
- - VBRUN300.DDL
-
-
- REGISTER
- --------
- When you register (please do)
- the following options are included:
-
-
- * The Shareware message will not be displayed.
- * Full custom Windows installation.
- * Free RGS-graphical demo.
- * Free updates and support.
-
- You can print the registerform from within the program
- or from dos. Dos: TYPE REGISTER.TXT > PRN
-
- Hope you will register and many
- thanks for using this program!
-
- Please send 200 BFR (or 7$) to:
- RGS-Soft
- PoBox: 45
- 9300 Aalst
- Belgium
- Europe
-
-
- WHAT IS RGS-BENCHMARK 3.0?
- --------------------------
- RGS Benchmark 3.0 will give you the power to test your computer in
- the Windows environment. High benchmark numbers means a fast
- computer. Example: A benchmark of 100 is better 50.
- CPU = This will test the speed of the following hardware:
- the processor, coprocessor and memory. (memory manipulations,
- loops, sorting and calculations of integers and numbers with
- double precision).
- DISK = Tests the speed of wich Windows can read/write 0.512kb-, 2kb and
- 20kb block's to the selected drive. You can see the effect
- claerly of a diskcache like Smartdrive or if your harddisk is
- fragmented or not. Also read-only devices like cd-rom's.
- VIDEO = Gives you the speed of your graphical card. It uses a large
- mix of graphical instructions. This will give you a overall
- performance of how good your video-hardware is and how good
- the Window video-drivers are!
- The program will give you a general(total) benchmark if all of
- these (cpu,disk,video) are tested.
-
- Note: DO NOT MOVE THE MOUSE DURING THE BENCHMARK TEST!
- If you do, the benchmark results will not be accurate.
- RGS-Benchmark 3.0 is not compatible with the previous versions,
- like RGS-Benchmark 1.0 or 2.0.
-
- You must know that when testing a computer for speed under Windows
- there are many factors that influence the performance:
- - the Windows version (Windows 3.1 is much faster then Windows 3.0)
- - diskcaches like Smartdrive will boost the disk performance.
- - fragmentation of your harddisk.
- - the quality of your videocard-drivers.
- - accelerators in your video-hardware.
- - Windows 32-bit diskaccess on/off.
- - The ammount of memory.
- - Applications running in the background decreese the speed.
- - a co-processor will improve the CPU-benchmark.
-
- A standard 486DX 33Mhz with MS-Smartdrive cache, 100Mb NEC-IDE harddisk,
- TSENG4000 video (no local-bus or accelerator), no 32-bit access and
- Windows 3.1 will have a benchmark of +- 300 on all benchmark tests.
- Note:
- A benchmark of harddisk can vary due to fragmentation, disk-caches...
- Many other benchmarks test the disk access time and/or tranfer rate.
- This is a good methode, but it does'nt give you the relative speed
- of the harddisk during the use of it. For example: if a harddisk is
- fragmented is will perform poorly. When you run RGS-Benchmark 3.0
- disktest you will see this effect clearly.
-
-
- TESTING A CD-ROM OR ANY OTHER READ-ONLY DEVICE
- ----------------------------------------------
- RGS-Benchmark 3.0 will automatic test all your drives to see wich
- drive is a read-only device, like: CD-ROM, Network drives...
- The program will test any CD-rom. It will scan the files and
- directories on the CD-rom. It calculates how much time was needed to
- scan the CD-rom. Then the sum of all files and directories
- is divided by the time. This gives a good and realistic look of how
- fast the CD-Rom works onder Windows.
- The benchmarks does'nt vary much due to this formula. Even when
- different disks are used. But if you want accurate results
- it is recommended to use the same disk.
- It should be possible to test network drives but I'm only a simple
- programmer and I do not have a large network to test it. But it should
- work anyway.
- Note: Any read-only device can be tested!
-
-
- TEST MENU
- ---------
- TEST SOUNDS
- -----------
- If you have a soundcard installed you will be able to test it with
- sounds. If you don't have a soundcard you will only be able to test
- the pc-speaker by clicking on the loudspeaker picture when you run
- this option.
-
- TEST MONITOR
- ------------
- It will show such anomalies as geometric distortion, pincushion,
- misconvergence, and color smearing.
- Such testing Is extremely valuable in evaluating monitor performance
- (you will beamazed at how many high-priced high-rez monitors are
- misconverged!).
-
- TEST MONITOR COLOR
- ------------------
- Every time you click the screen (or press a button)
- the four main colors tests will be run: white, red, green and blue.
-
- VIEW CONFIGURATION MENU
- -----------------------
- You can view the configurationfiles of your computer computer with a
- simple click on one of the following files:
- autoexec.bat, config.sys, System.ini and win.ini.
- You can even edit and save one of these files.
- If something goes wrong during saving you can always restore the file
- by using the Windows clipboard. There is always a copy in the Windows
- Clipboard when saving a edited file to disk.
-
- FILE MENU
- ---------
- LOAD... = Load a benchmark from disk.
- LOAD REFERENCE... = To load a reference benchmark to compare it with
- the current benchmark.
- SAVE... = After you have made a benchmark you will be able to save the
- benchmark on disk. The program uses a simple ascii-based file
- so you can use any rgs-benchmark-file saved with this option
- in your wordprocessor!
- SAVE AS BMP... = Save the benchmark as viewed on screen as a Bitmap(BMP).
- you can use this to import it in drawing programs like
- Paintbrush... The file will always be saved in the root
- of the drive on wich RGS-Benchmark 3.0 is installed.
- If you activate this option the screen will be saved
- in the root as RGSBENCH.BMP. You can't load a BMP-file
- in RGS-Benchmark 3.0.
- COPY TO CLIPBOARD = The screen will be copied to the Windows Clipboard
- (to use in other programs).
- PRINT BENCHMARK = Print the benchmark graphical on paper.
- EXIT = Quit RGS-Benchmark.
-
- RUN BENCHMARK MENU
- ------------------
- ALL = This will test CPU, VIDEO an DISK to make a complete benchmark.
- CPU = Test the speed of the motherbord, like: calculations,
- instruktions, memory write...
- DISK = Test the speed of the any diskdrive! Also CD-ROM!!!
- VIDEO = Test the speed of your video card (VGA,SVGA...).
- CONTINUOUS = This is a Burn In test. It uses all the tests discribed
- above with no stopping.
-
- INFO MENU
- ---------
- SYSTEM INFO = Gives you technical information about your computer.
- CURRENT COMPUTER FORM = Shows you the information of a computer
- that has been tested or loaded before.
- REFERENCE COMPUTER FORM = Shows you the information about the
- reference computer.
- MAKE A COMPUTER FORM = This allows you to make a form of the computer
- you tested. You can input the information of the
- computer you just tested.
- This information will be saved on disk together
- with the benchmark results.
-
- OPTIONS MENU
- ------------
- OTHER TESTDRIVE = Select the drive from wich you want a bencmark made.
- This can be ANY drive! Like: diskdrives, harddisk,
- ramdrives and also CDROM-drives!
- SCREENCOLOR = Change the background color of the screen.
- VERTICAL GRAPH = Shows the benchmark graph vertical (default).
- HORIZONTAL BLOKGRAFIEK = Shows the benchmark graph as a horizontal graph.
- SAVE SETUP = Save all current changes you have made, like: type of
- graph, screen color, reference computer...
- SHOW CURRENT SETUP = Shows you the current setup of the program.
-
- SHORTCUT KEYS
- -------------
- ALT PRNTSCREEN = To copy the screen to the Windows ClipBoard.
- F1 = A call for help...
- F5 = Shows you the form of the current computer.
- F6 = Shows you the form of the reference computer.
- CTRL A = Run all benchmarks (global test).
- CTRL C = Run only the CPU-test.
- CTRL D = Run only the DISK-test.
- CTRL V = Run only the VIDEO-test.
- CTRL O = Change the drive to test.
-
-
-
- Have fun with the program!
-
- Please write and let me know if you are using RGS-programs.
- This will give me extra support to continue and make even
- better programs. I will send you the information of all my
- RGS-products. Write to:
-
-
- RGS
- Postbus 45
- 9300 Aalst
- Belgium
- Europe
-
-
- REGISTERFORM
- ------------
-
- REGISTER FORM FOR RGS-BENCHMARK 3.0 FOR WINDOWS
- -----------------------------------------------
-
- Please send this form to:
- RGS-Soft
- PoBox:45
- 9300 Aalst
- Belgium
- Europe
-
- You will recieve the full featured version of RGS-BENCHMARK.
- For inside Europe please send 200 Bfr cash or with EuroCheque.
- For outside Europe please send 7 US-dollars.
-
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