Speed Tester is based on a little program called "Check Ticks", this program makes 10,000 calls to GetNextEvent(), and then quits. Speed Tester expands on this idea.
Speed Tester has two tests to find out how fast your computer is. The default test is GetNextEvent(), which does the same thing as above. The second test is a
series of two floating point tests. The first in the series is a test that calculates the powers of 2 from 1 to 64. Next it takes 2^64, and divides the number by 64, then divides that result by 63, then that result by 62, and so on until 1 is reached. One series makes up one Floating Point Calculation, and one Floating Point Calculation is comprised of 10, 000 iterations of the series.
In order to invoke a test you must select a set number from the Set menu. Speed Tester will then run the selected Test, based on the set you chose (from 1 to 5). For instance, if you choose the test GetNextEvent(), and the set 3, Speed Tester will run the GetNextEvent() test 3 times. In effect making 30, 000 calls to GetNextEvent() and then return an average to you. All times returned are measured in seconds, not ticks. (Be careful with slower machines, the higher settings can take a long time, espicially if you have a 680X0 and don't have an FPU.) If the average for your machine exceeds 59 seconds or doesn't even reach one second (that's fast!), you will see a special message.
Speed Tester is Freeware, and may be distrubuted by any medium, as long as it is kept in it's original form (Speed Tester, Speed Tester (68k), and the ReadMe file), and no money is recieved by the distrubutor for use of the program.
If you have any comments or find a bug, please let me know, my e-mail address is: dmoll@niu.edu
