Monitoring/Benchmarking App

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Hi guys, I'm looking to write a free app that would be usefull for monitoring/benchmarking/stress testing. I write a lot of aplications for work but want to do something I'd enjoy in my spare time and that would be usefull to the people on this forum (as it's helped me out a lot in the past)!

I've seen (and used) a lot of different aplications for benchmarking/monitoring/stress testing but never found a really good 'all in one' solution.

I'd love some help finding out what features everyone would like to see in an app and like to work with you guys to make a decent program. :D

So please give your thoughts/opinions/ideas etc
 
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Not sure if theres an all in one solution, but I personally love Everest, pretty much all the system info and monitoring in there you could want! Think the Ultimate edition comes with benchmarking tools but they're not really common ones to use. Better off using somthing like 3DMark.

Just check this thread for more info :)
 
I use SpeedFan for reading and logging of mother board information, mCubed T-Balancer to read external temperature probes and tie the values together in a simple chart created in Samurize. It's not ideal, not all data is logged and I need to use a spreadsheet app for a graphical view of old data - one day I'll write my own app. The big advantage of this set up is its independence from any bench or stress software, leaving me to chose the torture of the day.
 
I use HWMonitor for monitoring temps.
3DMark06 for benchmarking.
For stress testing Prime95 and IntelBurnTest are probs the best 2.
I think using separate utilities for the different jobs are better.
 
Razor-BladE said:
I use HWMonitor for monitoring temps.
3DMark06 for benchmarking.
For stress testing Prime95 and IntelBurnTest are probs the best 2.
I think using separate utilities for the different jobs are better.
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I plan to write it so that you can use each part of the app seperately as well as together. At the min I use 3D Mark and super PI for benchmarking, cpu-z for monitoring and prime for stress testing, I just think it would be great if there was an app that could do all three well.

I'll keep my progress posted, I'll get the basic monitoring part done over the weekend (I have already written an app for work to monitor the servers so will just need some tweeking).

Hopefully with input from you guys I can make something free that will be useful to everyone.
 
Razor-BladE said:
^ Oh nice. Sounds challenging :p
What languages you writing it in?
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The app I did for work was in Visual Basic, but I might convert it into Visual C++

Here's what I'm planning to start off with for the monitoring part:

CPU: (Each CPU)

CPU Make/Model
Default Clock Speed
Current Clock Speed
FSB
Multiplier
Temperature (Each Core)
Voltage
% In Use (Each Core)
% Overclocked

When connected to internet: Max recorded overclock with CPU, average recorded overclock with CPU.

GPU: (Each GPU)

GPU Make/Model
Default Core Clock Speed
Current Core Clock Speed
Default Memory Clock Speed
Memory Clock Speed
Memory Quantity
Resolutions Supported
Driver Version
Temperature
PCI-E Voltage
% Overclocked

When connected to internet: Max recorded overclock with GPU, average recorded overclock with GPU, is this the latest driver check.

Motherboard:

Motherboard Make/Model
BIOS Version

Memory:

Default Speed
Current Speed
Quantity
Default Timings
Current Timings
% In Use
% Overclocked

When connected to internet: Max recorded overclock with memory, average recorded overclock with memory.

Fans:
Fan Speed (Each Fan)

Any sugestions/additions/things I've missed, please feel free to let me know!!!
 
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OCCT will do pretty much everything; stresses the CPU (with two different types of test), the GPU and measures CPU temps and the amperage on the PSU rails as well, outputting to graphs at the end of the session.

It's the best OC tool I've seen.
 
reflux said:
OCCT will do pretty much everything; stresses the CPU (with two different types of test), the GPU and measures CPU temps and the amperage on the PSU rails as well, outputting to graphs at the end of the session.

It's the best OC tool I've seen.
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Thats the kind of thing I'm going for, but with some benchmarking as well.
 
OCCT is a great app for testing but sometimes Prime is more revealing. Also I like to see graphs form as the the test is run, indeed there are times I like to see graphs when the system is at idle of while web browsing etc. This is why I feel a suit of apps is a better option than a single app that tries to do everything.
 
ecat said:
OCCT is a great app for testing but sometimes Prime is more revealing. Also I like to see graphs form as the the test is run, indeed there are times I like to see graphs when the system is at idle of while web browsing etc. This is why I feel a suit of apps is a better option than a single app that tries to do everything.
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I plan to write each part seperate and then link them with a user interface. I could have the option to run in different windows so more than one or just one piece of the software can be run at a time.

Home from work now, so I'll get started and post progress, please keep the ideas/thoughts etc comming! :D
 
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