winsat assesses various features, capabilities, and attributes of a computer running Windows Vista®.
winsat <assessment name> <assessment parameters>
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Assessment
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Description
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winsat dwm
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Assesses the ability of a system to display the Aero desktop effects.
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winsat d3d
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Assesses the ability of a system to run Direct 3D applications, such as games.
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winsat mem
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Assesses system memory bandwidth by simulating large memory to memory buffer copies.
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winsat disk
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Assesses the performance of disk drives.
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winsat cpu
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Assesses the performance of the CPU(s).
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winsat media
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Assesses the performance of video encoding and decoding (playback) using the Direct Show framework.
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winsat mfmedia
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Assesses the performance of video decoding (playback) using the Media Foundation framework.
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winsat features
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Enumerates relevant system information.
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winsat formal
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Runs a set of pre-defined assessments and saves the data in an XML file in %systemroot%\performance\winsat\datastore.
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Please review the parameters for an assessment before running it. Assessment parameters are required for accurate testing.
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Running an assessment without parameters may result in system performance problems or system instability. |
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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.
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To open an elevated command prompt window, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and click Run as administrator.