Benchmark programs

The Slayer_UK · 28 Mar 2013 at 12:29

Hi All

I work as an IT Technician in a college and we are purchasing a new building that already has computers in them we are looking at having the computers as well but we want to make sure they are capable of doing what we want (mainly MS office, adobe CS3 and Sibelius 7)

Is there any benchmark programs that is suitable for this purpose? so we can see if they will be ok

the specs of the pcs we are looking at are

Dual core E5300 2.6Ghz

4Gb ram

150Gb harddrive i think

We use a windows 7 sp1

Im sure It will be fine but i need to show to the principle that they are worth the purchase

Thanks for any advice in advance

Bacon? · 28 Mar 2013 at 12:30

Seems awfully outdated for a new computer?

zakblood · 28 Mar 2013 at 12:32

about right for schools and colleges tbh

The Slayer_UK · 28 Mar 2013 at 12:55

There not brand new computers there about 2 years old as far as we know we wont pay full price for them we will just put a bid in for them

zakblood · 28 Mar 2013 at 13:08

benchmark programs only give you a number, they don't give you advice, so if anyone says one or another program, all it will give is numbers only, the real test is to install the stuff you want on one of those spec's, and as a IT school governor for over 20 years now, i wouldn't bid for them either, if there's 20 of them let's say, half will fail i the first year, leaving you with a max if 10 but plenty of spare parts to keep the others going, this is my views only on second hand pc's, depending on age etc, amount of use they have had and price, you maybe better off getting some low end new builds, as that's what we did....

something like these,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=43&catid=2478

remember price is for one off systems, this above will be less in volume

as the cost of even software like what your using and o/s is so cheap, educational etc, it would be better in the long run, 3 to 5 year plan etc

The Slayer_UK · 28 Mar 2013 at 14:14

zakblood said:
benchmark programs only give you a number, they don't give you advice, so if anyone says one or another program, all it will give is numbers only, the real test is to install the stuff you want on one of those spec's, and as a IT school governor for over 20 years now, i wouldn't bid for them either, if there's 20 of them let's say, half will fail i the first year, leaving you with a max if 10 but plenty of spare parts to keep the others going, this is my views only on second hand pc's, depending on age etc, amount of use they have had and price, you maybe better off getting some low end new builds, as that's what we did....

something like these,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=43&catid=2478

remember price is for one off systems, this above will be less in volume

as the cost of even software like what your using and o/s is so cheap, educational etc, it would be better in the long run, 3 to 5 year plan etc

Thanks for the advice

We do buy our own Pcs from Stone as they do a brilliant 5 year warranty, these pcs were just on the Inventory list given to us by the ppl who own the building now, and yes im thinking of just installing these programs and just seeing how they run i was just wondering if there was a program that would quickly let me know but again thanks for your advice