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	Date: 19 January 2012
	Size: 55.16 MB
	Price: freeware
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We are pleased to announce the launch of SiSoftware Sandra 2011, the latest version of our award-winning utility, which includes remote analysis, benchmarking and diagnostic features for PCs, servers, mobile devices and networks.

At SiSoftware we strive to ensure that we give our users the best software experience. We observe the industry, try to predict where trends are going, but more than that: we also come up with new ideas on how to measure performance. SiSoftware works with all major hardware vendors to ensure we can accurately measure, report and present performance in the most accurate and informative way.

A year ago, SiSoftware released Sandra 2010 with full support for Windows 7; in the 18 months since the launch of Windows 7, more than ever before we have seen the line blur between PC and entertainment hubs. Two months ago we released a Blu-Ray benchmark, now we have added a brand-new Media Transcoding benchmark using the new Media Foundation of Windows 7. We have also added yet another benchmark (GPGPU Cryptography) which allows direct comparison of CPU performance (using crypto instruction sets) and GPGPU performance.

Changelog:
(SiSoftware Sandra version 2011)
- New Benchmark: Media Transcode
Measures the transcoding bandwidth converting media from one format to another
- New Benchmark: GPGPU Cryptography
Measures the encryption, decryption and hashing bandwidth of GPGPUs
- New Benchmark: Blu-ray
Measures the performance of Blu-ray optical drives
- AVX/FMA instruction set support for new CPUs
Processor Multi-Media, Processor Cryptography, Memory Bandwidth, Cache and Memory Benchmarks
- Measure each operation execution time
Report Min-Max score as well as the Average
- Geometric mean for aggregate scores
- Ranker Engine: improved
- Price Engine: invaluable