PCMark05 is a great utility software that has unparalleled ease of usage, having one click benchmarking, and unified benchmarking for desktop and laptop PCs and workstations.
However it has lot of pre-requisites for working properly, right from an Intel/AMD compatible processor 1.4GHz or greater, SSE support 128MB of RAM, DirectX 7 compliant graphics adapter, a fully DirectX 9 compatible hardware for 3D tests, 110MB of Hard Disk space, Direct 9.0c,
Visual C++ 2005 Redist, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or later installed, Microsoft Media Player 10 or later installed and Microsoft Media Encoder 9 installed on the machine. It runs on Windows XP 32bit (Service Pack 2) as well as Windows Vista 32bit operating system, which must have the latest updates installed.
With the help of this flexible application, the user can select optimal upgrades for the current configuration of the system or pick a new one that perfectly suits the needs and requirements. So all in all, this is a really handy application for assessing the system requirements.
Pros
- Ease of usage with one click benchmarking
Cons
- Many prerequisites needed as system requirements