Baseline testing for desktops?

Mike-Mike

I'm trying to measure the impact of adding some real time monitoring software in a Win7 enterprise environment. So i need to get a baseline of the average desktop without this software added. Then I will need to test again with the software added to see what I get.


I have found tons of stuff for servers, but most desktop stuff is hardware related or graphics related. I'm thinking Passmark is the way to go, but I figured I would put this out to TE.


Anyone have experience in a similar situation?

joelsfood

I would probably go with PC Mark 8 Applications Test or Work test, depending on what all the desktops run.

What kind of monitoring are you doing at a desktop level though? In my experience, most desktops aren't worth extensive monitoring/configuration. Wipe, reimage and move on.

kriscamaro68

You could use Perfmon built into windows. It allows for baselines.

Mike-Mike

kriscamaro68 wrote: »

You could use Perfmon built into windows. It allows for baselines.

thanks, I forgot to add that in there, I am using that as well, I just wanted another source to compare to

Mike-Mike

joelsfood wrote: »

I would probably go with PC Mark 8 Applications Test or Work test, depending on what all the desktops run.

What kind of monitoring are you doing at a desktop level though? In my experience, most desktops aren't worth extensive monitoring/configuration. Wipe, reimage and move on.

thanks for the recommendations, I will check those out.


I work in a weird environment, they act like wiping a laptop is as labor intensive as shoveling asphalt. They also want to be secure without security software. I'm adding an anti-exploit tool, and it has no impact, but I have to "prove it".

dmoore44

Mike-Mike wrote: »

I'm adding an anti-exploit tool, and it has no impact, but I have to "prove it".

Well, now we know where they like to offload all that labor intensive stuff...