Sandra 2011 - the latest version of its award-winning utility which includes remote analysis, benchmarking and diagnostic features for PCs, servers, PDAs1, Smart Phones1, small office/home office (SOHO) networks and enterprise networks.SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility. It should provide most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software. It works along the lines of other Windows utilities, however it tries to go beyond them and show you more of what's really going on. Giving the user the ability to draw comparisons at both a high and low-level. You can get information about the CPU, chipset, video adapter, ports, printers, sound card, memory, network, Windows internals, AGP, PCI, PCI-X, PCIe (PCI Express), database, USB, USB2, 1394/Firewire, etc. SiSoftware, founded in 1995, is one of the leading providers of computer analysis, diagnostic and benchmarking software. The flagship product, known as "SANDRA", was launched in 1997 and has become one of the most widely used products in its field. Nearly 600 worldwide IT publications, magazines and review sites use SANDRA to analyse the performance of today’s computers. Over 8,000 on-line reviews of computer hardware that use SANDRA are catalogued on our website alone. Since launch, SiSoftware has always been at the forefront of the technology arena, being among the first providers of benchmarks that show the power of emerging new technologies such as multi-core, GPGPU, OpenCL, AMD64/EM64T/x64, IA64, NUMA, SMT (Hyper-Threading), SMP (multi-threading), AVX, FMA, SSE4.2, SSE4.1, SSE4A, SSSE3, SSE3, SSE2, SSE, MMX, Java and .NET. Native ports for all major operating systems are available: * Microsoft Windows Platform o Windows 32 Platform + Windows 32-bit x86 Platform # Windows XP/Server 2003/Vista/Home Server/Server 2008/7 # Windows 98/98SE/ME & NT 4/2000 o Windows 64 Platform + Windows 64-bit IA64 (Itanium) Platform # Windows Server 2003/Server 2008 64-bit Edition + Windows 64-bit AMD64/EM64T Platform # Windows XP/Server 2003/Vista/Home Server/Server 2008/7 x64 Edition * Microsoft Windows CE (embedded) Platform o Windows Mobile Platform + Windows Mobile 2002 + Windows Mobile 2003/2003SE + Windows Mobile 5.x + Windows Mobile 6.x + Windows Mobile 7.x All major technologies are supported and taken advantage of: * SMP - Multi-Processor * MC - Multi-Core * SMT/HT - Hyper-Threading * MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3 - Multi-Media instructions * Wireless MMX - Mobile multi-media instructions * NUMA - Non-Uniform Memory Access * AMD64/EM64T/x64 - 64-bit extensions to x86 * IA64 - Intel* Itanium 64-bit Key features: • 4 native architectures support (x86, x64/AMD64/EM64T, IA64/Itanium2, ARM). • 5 native virtualisation technologies support (Virtual PC 7, Virtual Server 2005, Hyper-V Server, VMware Server, VMware WorkStation/Player) • 5 native GPGPU platforms support (AMD OpenCL1, AMD CAL/STREAM, nVidia OpenCL1, nVidia CUDA, DirectX 11 Compute Shader/DirectCompute). • 4 native Graphics platforms support (DirectX 9, DirectX 10/10.1, DirectX 11, OpenGL 2.0). • Huge official hardware support through technology partners (Intel, AMD/ATI, SiS, VIA). • 6 language versions (English, German3, French3, Italian3, Russian3, Japanese3) in a single installer. • Enhanced Sandra Lite version (free for personal/educational use) Here are the version types, in line with industry standards: • Sandra Lite (free for personal/educational use - no nag screens, time limit, etc.) • Sandra Advanced (for OEMs) • Sandra Professional (commercial) • Sandra Engineer (commercially exploitabile) • Sandra Enterprise (commercial) What are the benefits of Sandra's Live Benchmark Ranking: • Live access to test results of the latest products on the market, as reviewed by established review websites and magazines. Currently, over 600 publications use SiSoftware products in their reviews - please see the Reviews & Benchmark Results page for the current list of reviews. • Live access to thousands of results submitted by other Sandra users, in addition to the hundreds of reference test results provided by SiSoftware. • Compare the performance of your devices (or the devices you intend to purchase) in different platforms; check that they meet performance expectations. • Find out which devices overclock the best; see how far other users have overclocked the devices you own: get the best performance for your money! • Automatic backup and restoring of your test results: Sandra will download them automatically to a new installation, a new computer or any computer on your network. • Form teams with your friends or colleagues and get your team to rank highest; share your test results and benefit from those of many other users. Become a part of our worldwide community. • Open implementation: SiSoftware is working with other ranking engines and will add further support as soon as possible. New modules (7): * Virtual Computers: detailed information about the guest VMs running on your host (Virtual PC 7, Virtual Server 2005, Hyper-V Server, VMware Server, VMware WorkStation/Player) * Environment Sensors: detatailed information about the GPS, RFID, accelerator, temperature, etc. sensors * Pen and Touch: detailed information about the (multi)-touch and pen interfaces. * Information Devices: detailed information about the SideShow devices. * Scanners and Cameras: detailed information about the imaging devices. * Media Players: detailed information about the video (e.g. MP4) and audtio (e.g. MP3) players. * Portable devices: defailed information about the PDA, Smartphone or other portable devices. Updated Modules (6): * GPGPU Processing: Support for OpenCL (ATI, nVidia) for both GPUs and CPUs, DirectX 11 Compute Shader/DirectCompute. * GPGPU Bandwidth: Support for OpenCL (ATI, nVidia) for both GPUs and CPUs, DirectX 11 Compute Shader/DirectCompute. * Video Rendering: Support for DirectX 11/SM5.0 and OpenGL 2.0 and later. * Video Memory: Support for DirectX 11/SM5.0 and OpenGL 2.0 and later. * CPU Multi-Media Performance: Support for Intel AVX instruction set. * Cryptographic Performance: Support for Intel AES instruction set.
