winsat assesses various features, capabilities, and attributes of a computer running Windows Vista®.
Syntax
winsat <assessment name> <assessment parameters>
Assessments
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Assesses the ability of a system to display the Aero desktop effects. |
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Assesses the ability of a system to run Direct 3D applications, such as games. |
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Assesses system memory bandwidth by simulating large memory to memory buffer copies. |
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Assesses the performance of disk drives. |
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Assesses the performance of the CPU(s). |
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Assesses the performance of video encoding and decoding (playback) using the Direct Show framework. |
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Assesses the performance of video decoding (playback) using the Media Foundation framework. |
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Enumerates relevant system information. |
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Runs a set of pre-defined assessments and saves the data in an XML file in %systemroot%\performance\winsat\datastore. |
Remarks
- Please review the parameters for an assessment before running
it. Assessment parameters are required for accurate testing.
Caution Running an assessment without parameters may result in system performance problems or system instability.
- Membership in the local Administrators group, or equivalent, is
the minimum required to use winsat. The command must be
executed from an elevated command prompt window.
- To open an elevated command prompt window, click Start,
click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click
Command Prompt, and click Run as administrator.