Which utility software to use, Burn-in or Performance Test?

[ngovming]

Dear PassMark,

I want to have an automation configuration test for servers(test and compare), which utility is best suited for this. Burn-in Test or Performance Test?

Minh.

[Tim (PassMark)]

BurnInTest if you want to check the components of the system are functioning correctly.

PerformanceTest if you want to measure the speed of the systems and compare them.

[ngovming]

Do PassMark have an equivalent test that can be perform equivalent to Linpack test?

[David (PassMark)]

There is no standard "Linpack" test.

Linpack is basically a test of how fast floating point maths can be done on a CPU. You can use the "floating point" test in the CPU suite in PerformanceTest as an equivalent test.

[ngovming]

I created a USB bootable to WINPE ADK and it can run Burn-in Test, and now wanted to integrate Performance Test to add test coverage. For some reason the Performance Test would not load? I use PassMark WINPE which do not have Performance Test so I choose "Other", is this the correct way to setup? Please help.

[David (PassMark)]

WinPE isn't the full version of Windows. So there are some important things missing. Including pretty much all of DirectX9,10,11 & 12 (and OpenCL and OpenGL, DirectCompute, DirectWrite, etc..). So there is no easy way to get PerformanceTest working in the cut down WinPE O/S.

[ngovming]

Can you provide a recommendation on what OS is best suited for what I want to do? Using Burn-In Test first then Performance Test.

[David (PassMark)]

Windows 10