How's Your Computer Doing?

nixon · Dec 05, 2002, 03:39 PM

Quite useful, believe it or not. Apart from telling you what's wrong, they also provide you with workable and constructive solutions - and it's all FREE.

Apparently, it complains about my internet connection, otherwise mine's just fine. Just follow the procedures, at it'll do the job for ya.

http://www.pcpitstop.com/

damunzy · Dec 05, 2002, 05:20 PM

Doing pretty good. This site reminded me that I over clocked my system from 750 to 900.

Quote:

This is a very fast system that should meet all your computing needs. You may be able to add a few upgrades to improve performance and convenience.

I like this site. It pointed out to me that I.E. had it's cache set at 639 MB.

I dropped that sucker down to 100 MB.
http://www.pcpitstop.com/techexpress...ACVWH4PJPSR0HD
Your Score:
558

Code:

Your PC                       %   Minimum Recommended                 
System- AMD Duron, 900MHz    70   500 MHz Processor
Memory- 512 MB               95   256
Disk  - 112.66GB             98   10GB
Video - 1024x768, 32-bit    N/A   800x600, 16-bit

King of Camelot · Dec 05, 2002, 09:36 PM

I knew this site before so I decided to test again, I got a 680. Beat you munzy!

It told me I had IE cache at 2 GB! Good thing I don't use IE. The only probs with my computer was, security(don't use IE anyways), cache size, and graphics card acceloration set to none(my graphics card has real probs overwise).

Code:

System AMD Athlon or Duron Model 6, 1400MHz
Memory 512 MB
Disk 74.51 GB
Video Resolution 1024 x 768

gonzo_for_civ · Dec 05, 2002, 09:53 PM

Just tested an old 486(running win98

) on a 14.4Kb/s connection w/a 750MB HDD.

It managed to score <30(22)

Lucky · Dec 06, 2002, 10:51 AM

Score = 648 for my Laptop. Only issues were my disabled WLAN adapter

, the RAM and the PING times. Everything known and not changeable.

Especially the PING time is probably because living here in Germany. And why should I enable a WLAN adapter with no WLAN host counterpart.

nixon · Dec 06, 2002, 10:52 AM

Ran it again. Oh, btw..... 697 points.

IceBlaZe · Dec 06, 2002, 11:45 AM

896

P4 2008Mhz, 256MB RAM, 80GB total disk space, Radeon 7500 Vid Card.
That's not my computer though, family computer.

Lucky · Dec 06, 2002, 12:01 PM

For what it´s worth, here is mine. Only issues were ping time again and drive fragmentation. Former cannot be changed and I don´t have time for the latter right now. Everything else is perfect. Last time I used defrag was 2 weeks ago and when I came back from university after 4 hours it was at 47%, after 3 more hours at 78%. I was finished with all tasks and unwilling to wait longer.

Code:

Your PC                             -  %  - Rec. Min. 
System: AMD Athlon, 750MHz           -  57 - 500 MHz Processor  
Memory: 256 MB                       -  69 - 256 MB  
Disk: 12.02 GB                       -  36 - 10 GB  
Video: Resolution 1024 x 768, 32-bit - N/A - 800x600, 16-bit

Pillager · Dec 06, 2002, 12:03 PM

I ran it on my work machine, and I will not be releasing the results.

I'll just point you to my entries in the Internet Connection thread.

CornMaster · Dec 06, 2002, 01:24 PM

I got 764.

But I have my processor underclocked. It CAN go to 1533MHz...but I have it at 1130MHz.

cgannon64 · Dec 06, 2002, 05:32 PM

Here is a short summary, of my results. I'm using Toshiba Satellite laptop, Pentium III, 1.10Ghz, 516MB of RAM. Here they are:

-I'm overclocking by 1Mhz,

at 1097Mhz.
-Everything else is "A winner!" but my only problem is my internet, apparently. My average ping is 57ms, bandwith down is 1900kbps, bandwith up is 360. They suggest I lower my maximum browser cache from 894mb, to 80mb. Should I do this?

Finally, my score is 558. I'm going to go check my PC now.

CG

EDIT: I'm considering playing more (read: I'm not playing any right now) on this laptop. It has 516MB or RAM, my PC only has 128. Both Pentium3. Both 30GB memory. One problem: Its my dads.

damunzy · Dec 06, 2002, 07:05 PM

cgannon64, I noticed that after an hour of browsing I had 15 MB of cache filled it....I haven't noticed any slow after dropping mine to 100MB...yet.

cgannon64 · Dec 06, 2002, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by munzy
cgannon64, I noticed that after an hour of browsing I had 15 MB of cache filled it....I haven't noticed any slow after dropping mine to 100MB...yet.

I'll wait and see how yours goes after a while longer. I don't want to screw up my dad's laptop...

CG

Cedric Greene · Dec 06, 2002, 09:07 PM

Code:

Area Your PC Database
Percentile Recommended
Minimum Overall
Rating 
System Intel Pentium 4, 1600MHz 97 500 MHz Processor  
Memory 256 MB 69 256 MB  
Disk 74.53 GB 95 10 GB  
Video Resolution 1280 x 1024, 32-bit N/A 800x600, 16-bit

I got 716, but how can they take points off for an unlabeled hard drive?

Edit: well the code doesn't line up right but you get the idea.

cgannon64 · Dec 07, 2002, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pillager
I ran it on my work machine, and I will not be releasing the results.

I'll just point you to my entries in the Internet Connection thread.

Can you at least tell us the specs of your machine? Or round you score to the nearest thousand? There is a limit to how could you machine can legally be, unless you work for some computer manufacturing company and they give you free samples...

CG

Zwelgje · Dec 07, 2002, 04:12 PM

183

Celeron 500 running at 501!

I had safety issues with IE and Outlook. I never use Outlook and IE only for the PCpitstop site. They also said I had to defrag my HD but my computer says it's fine.

And it complained I only had 64 Mb RAM, yeah tell me about it you muthaf....

God · Dec 08, 2002, 06:09 PM

Whoopee, 150!

This was on the older computer which is in my room.

Celeron 500 mhz, 191 ram, Integrated video, Win 98. The thing felt that the hard drive and security were a major problem. Internet security had been put down incase by me incase the program would get screwed up. C Drive, barely any space left. I think I have 500mb of space left on the C Drive.

Ok otherwise. I'll try it on the main PC which is a P3, 866mhz, 256 mb ram, 40 GB HD, Integrated video 14mb. Much more powerful than what I have.

gonzo_for_civ · Dec 08, 2002, 06:47 PM

I'm gonna go over to a friend's house in a while. While I'm there I'll test his new P4 3 GHz machine...it's pretty decked out. I haven't tested any of my nicer machines but that's not exactly on top of my priority list.

Chieftess · Dec 08, 2002, 10:10 PM

I ran a full test, got a score of 33.

Of course, this is a cranky old system that I bought on campus years ago. The main problems are the hard drive (nearly full, and who knows what 3 other students put on there... not to mention there's programs/files with double bit ASCII), and the monitor (shut up Gonzo!

), which seems to be on permanent safe mode after I tried to install Oracle. Luckily, it's a dual boot OS (multilingual - one of the reasons I got it. I was studying Japanese, too).

The other OS works, though, but IE and Netscape don't seem to be responding to MSDialup... So, I'm forced to use an odd Trumpet Winsock setup...

Like I said, it's a cranky old system.

Brand/Model Intel Celeron A
Nominal Clock Speed 333 MHz
Measured Clock Speed 333 MHz
External Clock Speed 66 MHz
CPUID Information 0x0660 0x183F9FF
CPU Load 0%
Level 1 Cache 32 KB
Level 2 Cache 128 KB
Speed Rating 952 (102% of 15353 similar)

Bandwidth Down 40 Kbits/sec
Bandwidth Up Not tested
Average Ping 227 ms

It's a pretty poor system, but it worked for college. My programming computer would do MUCH better.

Sanaz · Dec 08, 2002, 10:20 PM

635 on my laptop.

Dec 05, 2002, 03:39 PM	#1
nixon Rationale is leaving you Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Дания Posts: 2,589	How's Your Computer Doing? Quite useful, believe it or not. Apart from telling you what's wrong, they also provide you with workable and constructive solutions - and it's all FREE. Apparently, it complains about my internet connection, otherwise mine's just fine. Just follow the procedures, at it'll do the job for ya. http://www.pcpitstop.com/ __________________ So as through a glass and darkly, the age long strife I see, where I fought in many guises, many names -- but always me. - General George S. Patton.

Dec 05, 2002, 09:36 PM	#3
King of Camelot Camelot's King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sunny California Posts: 528	I knew this site before so I decided to test again, I got a 680. Beat you munzy! It told me I had IE cache at 2 GB! Good thing I don't use IE. The only probs with my computer was, security(don't use IE anyways), cache size, and graphics card acceloration set to none(my graphics card has real probs overwise). Code: System AMD Athlon or Duron Model 6, 1400MHz Memory 512 MB Disk 74.51 GB Video Resolution 1024 x 768 Last edited by King of Camelot; Dec 05, 2002 at 09:39 PM.

Dec 06, 2002, 10:51 AM	#5
Lucky Game- and Quizmaster Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 2,304	Score = 648 for my Laptop. Only issues were my disabled WLAN adapter , the RAM and the PING times. Everything known and not changeable. Especially the PING time is probably because living here in Germany. And why should I enable a WLAN adapter with no WLAN host counterpart. __________________ The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense. - Tom Clancy Visit Gamecatcher, your online gaming community! Featuring our own online Magazine, a SimCity Deluxe Region, a Forum Arcade, a The Kabal Invasion server and much more. Part of the Intersite Civ3 PBEM Democracy games.

Dec 06, 2002, 10:52 AM	#6
nixon Rationale is leaving you Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Дания Posts: 2,589	Ran it again. Oh, btw..... 697 points. __________________ So as through a glass and darkly, the age long strife I see, where I fought in many guises, many names -- but always me. - General George S. Patton.

Dec 06, 2002, 11:45 AM	#7
IceBlaZe Atheist Proselytizer Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 4,740	896 P4 2008Mhz, 256MB RAM, 80GB total disk space, Radeon 7500 Vid Card. That's not my computer though, family computer. __________________ The flame says to the cypress: “When I see how calm, how full of pride you are, something inside me goes wild – How can one live this awesome life without a touch of madness, of spirit, of imagination, of freedom, with only a grim, ancient pride? If I could, I would burn down the establishment that we call the seasons, along with your cursed dependence on earth and air and sun, on rain and dew.” The cypress does not answer. He knows there is madness in him, and freedom, and imagination, and spirit. But the flame will not understand, the flame will not believe. Zelda - Two Elements PC: Economic Left/Right: -2.00 \| Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.15

Dec 05, 2002, 09:53 PM	#4
gonzo_for_civ Not too busy... Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,136	Just tested an old 486(running win98 ) on a 14.4Kb/s connection w/a 750MB HDD. It managed to score <30(22)

Dec 06, 2002, 12:01 PM	#8
Lucky Game- and Quizmaster Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 2,304	For what it´s worth, here is mine. Only issues were ping time again and drive fragmentation. Former cannot be changed and I don´t have time for the latter right now. Everything else is perfect. Last time I used defrag was 2 weeks ago and when I came back from university after 4 hours it was at 47%, after 3 more hours at 78%. I was finished with all tasks and unwilling to wait longer. Code: Your PC - % - Rec. Min. System: AMD Athlon, 750MHz - 57 - 500 MHz Processor Memory: 256 MB - 69 - 256 MB Disk: 12.02 GB - 36 - 10 GB Video: Resolution 1024 x 768, 32-bit - N/A - 800x600, 16-bit __________________ The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense. - Tom Clancy Visit Gamecatcher, your online gaming community! Featuring our own online Magazine, a SimCity Deluxe Region, a Forum Arcade, a The Kabal Invasion server and much more. Part of the Intersite Civ3 PBEM Democracy games.

Dec 06, 2002, 12:03 PM	#9
Pillager League of Empire Loyalist Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Mother Country Posts: 3,699	I ran it on my work machine, and I will not be releasing the results. I'll just point you to my entries in the Internet Connection thread. __________________ Honi soit qui mal y pense. Sauf si c'est moi. "Too often today people are ready to tell us 'This is not possible, that is not possible'. I say, whatever the true interest of our country calls for is always possible. We have nothing to fear but our own doubts." - J. Enoch Powell.

Dec 06, 2002, 01:24 PM	#10
CornMaster Romulan Commander Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Cloaked Warbird in the Neutral Zone Posts: 3,748	I got 764. But I have my processor underclocked. It CAN go to 1533MHz...but I have it at 1130MHz. __________________ I AM CANADIAN! CornMaster's Civ 3 Borders CornEmpire Software

Dec 06, 2002, 05:32 PM	#11
cgannon64 BOB DYLAN'S ROCKIN OUT! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hipster-Authorland, Brooklyn (Hell) Posts: 19,213	Here is a short summary, of my results. I'm using Toshiba Satellite laptop, Pentium III, 1.10Ghz, 516MB of RAM. Here they are: -I'm overclocking by 1Mhz, at 1097Mhz. -Everything else is "A winner!" but my only problem is my internet, apparently. My average ping is 57ms, bandwith down is 1900kbps, bandwith up is 360. They suggest I lower my maximum browser cache from 894mb, to 80mb. Should I do this? Finally, my score is 558. I'm going to go check my PC now. CG EDIT: I'm considering playing more (read: I'm not playing any right now) on this laptop. It has 516MB or RAM, my PC only has 128. Both Pentium3. Both 30GB memory. One problem: Its my dads. __________________ "Where can we hide in fair weather, we orphans of the storm?"

Dec 06, 2002, 07:05 PM	#12
damunzy recovering former mod Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Tuckerton, NJ, USA Posts: 4,962	cgannon64, I noticed that after an hour of browsing I had 15 MB of cache filled it....I haven't noticed any slow after dropping mine to 100MB...yet. __________________ Formerly known as munzy, PaleHorse, PaleHorse76, and PH76 There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those that do not. Back in business: www.mt-cs.net Difficulty Level - Civ2: Deity, Civ4: Prince, Life: Hardest Aspie?!

Dec 06, 2002, 09:07 PM	#14
Cedric Greene King Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: CT Posts: 751	Code: Area Your PC Database Percentile Recommended Minimum Overall Rating System Intel Pentium 4, 1600MHz 97 500 MHz Processor Memory 256 MB 69 256 MB Disk 74.53 GB 95 10 GB Video Resolution 1280 x 1024, 32-bit N/A 800x600, 16-bit I got 716, but how can they take points off for an unlabeled hard drive? Edit: well the code doesn't line up right but you get the idea. __________________ AOL hath been canceled However it means I need to get off my behind and finalize the patches and add them to my new site

Dec 07, 2002, 04:12 PM	#16
Zwelgje Deity Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,953	183 Celeron 500 running at 501! I had safety issues with IE and Outlook. I never use Outlook and IE only for the PCpitstop site. They also said I had to defrag my HD but my computer says it's fine. And it complained I only had 64 Mb RAM, yeah tell me about it you muthaf.... __________________ Wanna play Civnet?

Dec 08, 2002, 06:09 PM	#17
God God Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,354	Whoopee, 150! This was on the older computer which is in my room. Celeron 500 mhz, 191 ram, Integrated video, Win 98. The thing felt that the hard drive and security were a major problem. Internet security had been put down incase by me incase the program would get screwed up. C Drive, barely any space left. I think I have 500mb of space left on the C Drive. Ok otherwise. I'll try it on the main PC which is a P3, 866mhz, 256 mb ram, 40 GB HD, Integrated video 14mb. Much more powerful than what I have. __________________ I AM GOD Changed...really changed...

Dec 08, 2002, 06:47 PM	#18
gonzo_for_civ Not too busy... Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,136	I'm gonna go over to a friend's house in a while. While I'm there I'll test his new P4 3 GHz machine...it's pretty decked out. I haven't tested any of my nicer machines but that's not exactly on top of my priority list.

Dec 08, 2002, 10:10 PM	#19
Chieftess Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Baltimore Posts: 23,547	I ran a full test, got a score of 33. Of course, this is a cranky old system that I bought on campus years ago. The main problems are the hard drive (nearly full, and who knows what 3 other students put on there... not to mention there's programs/files with double bit ASCII), and the monitor (shut up Gonzo! ), which seems to be on permanent safe mode after I tried to install Oracle. Luckily, it's a dual boot OS (multilingual - one of the reasons I got it. I was studying Japanese, too). The other OS works, though, but IE and Netscape don't seem to be responding to MSDialup... So, I'm forced to use an odd Trumpet Winsock setup... Like I said, it's a cranky old system. Brand/Model Intel Celeron A Nominal Clock Speed 333 MHz Measured Clock Speed 333 MHz External Clock Speed 66 MHz CPUID Information 0x0660 0x183F9FF CPU Load 0% Level 1 Cache 32 KB Level 2 Cache 128 KB Speed Rating 952 (102% of 15353 similar) Bandwidth Down 40 Kbits/sec Bandwidth Up Not tested Average Ping 227 ms It's a pretty poor system, but it worked for college. My programming computer would do MUCH better. __________________ "Never trust an Aztec with nukes!" (Civ1 - unknown) \| 2nd user of the Ancient Style. South America (based on El Mencey's Map) \| N & S America (based on El Mencey's Map) \| C3C Scenario: 7,000 Turns Civ2 Earth for C3C \| Old Style Civ3 for C3C \| "Future is Wild" map How to upload multiple files to a post \| File Upload \| Paint Shop Pro 3.11 shareware (screenshot util - doesn't expire) \| Chieftess' Culture Flip Calc \| Don't wind up like this AI! \| resource icons file To download a patch: Select "Advanced" from the main menu, and go to "Check for Updates". \|\| My Web Journal (yes, it's a "blog")

Dec 08, 2002, 10:20 PM	#20
Sanaz Gorilla Joe Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Boulder, CO, USA Posts: 2,133	635 on my laptop.

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