PC Performance Check

[Eayes]

I've recently finished building my first system and it seems to be running fine but I'd love to know it's running up to snuff. I know there are ways of checking performance as I see people talk about it on here. Can anyone tell me how or point me in the direction of things that can be used to measure performance on a PC. Thanks very much.

 

[tastegw]

http://www.techist.com/forums/f10/tech-forums-official-3dmark06-03-top-list-153414/

http://www.techist.com/forums/f10/tech-forums-official-superpi-1m-top-list-169586/

http://www.techist.com/forums/f10/tech-forums-official-3dmark-vantage-top-list-173820/

http://www.techist.com/forums/f10/p...d-tach-176907/?highlight=hard+drive+benchmark

http://www.techist.com/forums/f10/n...thread-198204/?highlight=hard+drive+benchmark

also try prime95 to check and make sure your cpu temp's are good

use memtest to check your ram out

try gpu-z to monitor your video cards temps if you dont have any software already that reads temps.

and btw, what are your new system specs

 

[Eayes]

Here are the specs:
LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS30
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop
Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
EVGA 896-P3-1255-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
RAIDMAX SMILODON ATX-612WB

 

[Hefemeister]

Nice setup. I like the one in my sig better.

Let me know if you need any help with bios setup or have any questions.

 

[Eayes]

I did actually post and ask about the BIOS but I'm still confused on that. Is it just a matter of downloading the latest updates for my board and installing them or would there be a reason not to update it?

 

[Hefemeister]

No reason not to update.

I am running all of the newest drivers and they work great.

Bios is easy to update via a usb thumb drive, floppy or cd and using the asus ez flash utility from withing bios itself.

 

[Eayes]

Any reason you can't download them to your HD and install from there?

 

[synergy]

Since the HD is controlled by the controller in the BIOS it's not a good idea as that information could be flashed. I honestly don't think it's even an option. Also, sometimes the HD control is dependent on the OS which isn't loaded when in the BIOS.

 

[Eayes]

Thanks for the help everyone.