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What memory benchmark tool did I use back in the beginning of the 00s?

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First post, by H3nrik V!

Posted on 2024-09-17, 12:33

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So, back in the day benchmarks was like my go-to activity, and I certainly remember using a tool under Windows, that benchmarked the memory kind of like what speedsys does, i.e. testing read/write/copy in different data chunck sizes, so it was very clear when it went from L1 cache to L2, and to RAM (or L3 for that sake). I'm not sure, whether it made a graph or just output the various data as text and I just copied it to Excel for graphing.

I was so certain it was SANDRA, I used, but I can't find a version, that does memory testing that way.

Any input? Or an alternative tool?

I'd really like to play a little around with benching "flex memory" stuff (partially dual-channel)

If it's dual it's kind of cool ... 😎

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Reply 1 of 6, by VivienM

Posted on 2024-09-18, 00:44

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Could it be Everest (now AIDA64)? In all fairness, I haven't seen what its memory benchmarks look like, but I feel like that was a common tool back then...

Reply 2 of 6, by darry

Posted on 2024-09-18, 02:08

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Maybe a version of Wintune or something from Chip magazine ?

P.S. It is a bit ironically comical to have forgotten about a memory testing program. 😉

Reply 3 of 6, by bakemono

Posted on 2024-09-18, 19:36

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What about RightMark Memory Analyzer?

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Reply 4 of 6, by H3nrik V!

Posted on 2024-09-19, 05:29

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Thanks for the inputs. I'm pretty sure it wasn't Everest or RightMark (though RightMark has some cool graphs). But WinTune may not be an all bad guess ... I'll look into that later on 😀

Any suggestions on something similar that also runs on modern OS'es (Win 10, 11)

If it's dual it's kind of cool ... 😎

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Reply 5 of 6, by H3nrik V!

Posted on 2024-09-19, 05:37

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Well, googling some screenshots from Everest suggests, that it too could have been what I'd been using 🤣

If it's dual it's kind of cool ... 😎

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Reply 6 of 6, by H3nrik V!

Posted on 2025-04-16, 08:28

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darry wrote on 2024-09-18, 02:08:

Maybe a version of Wintune or something from Chip magazine ?

P.S. It is a bit ironically comical to have forgotten about a memory testing program. 😉

Found an old hard drive with a "BENCH.WTX" file back from 2003. The data looks like the data I was looking for - it's from WinTune 95 😀

If it's dual it's kind of cool ... 😎

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Please use the "quote" option if asking questions to what I write - it will really up the chances of me noticing 😀

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