Download PassMark PerformanceTest 6.1.build 1013

Passmark Software, known from Burnintest and Wirelessmon, among others, released version 6.1.build 1013 of Passmark Performancetest on Thursday. With this program a Windows 2000, XP, 2003 Sever or Vista machine can be subjected to a series of benchmarks. In 26 tests, the six main groups, namely the processor, 2D graphics, 3D graphics, the hard disk, the memory and the CD/DVD drive, are tested as objectively as possible and graphically compared to a number of other systems. Below you can see what changes were made to this program in 2008:

Changes in version 6.1 build 1013:

• Changed the startup of PerformanceTest to better support Virtual environments like VMWare.
• Changed the mechanism to calculate the current CPU frequency as newer Intel CPUs (eg Core 2 Duo) that have been overclocked by lowered their bus speed multiplier may reflect a speed based on a higher bus speed multiplier. This does not impact the CPU benchmark scores.

Changes in version 6.1 build 1012:

• Implemented a work around for the error “the procedure entry point IsUserAnAdmin could not be located in the dynamic link library shell32.dll”. This occurred on systems with old versions of shell32.dll.

Changes in version 6.1 build 1011:

• Added searching for online baselines for AMD Phenom and Intel Core 2 Extreme.
• Removed the restriction of only allowing a single instance of PerformanceTest to run at one time. This allows multiple Advanced Network tests to be run concurrently.
• Minor changes to license management.

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PassMark PerformanceTest 6.1.build 1013 (32bit)
PassMark PerformanceTest 6.1.build 1013 (64bit)[break] Click on the image for a larger version.