Thread: Computer Performance Checker

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    Computer Performance Checker

    I am starting to write a program that checks a computers response time for certain functions. I don't know if I'm even on the right track with this code. Any suggestions?

    #include <iostream.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <conio.h>
    #include <time.h>
    #include <iomanip.h>
    #include <string.h>


    class speed
    {
    public :
    double memcheck( void );
    double diskcheck( void );
    double floatcheck( void );
    void sleep( clock_t wait);

    private:


    };

    double speed::memcheck( void )
    {
    clock_t start, finish;

    char arr_string[15] = "Memory Test123";
    char* ptr_str = new char;
    int i;
    double duration = 0;


    start = clock();

    for (i=10000; i > 0; i--)
    {

    strcpy(ptr_str, arr_string);
    // delete ptr_str;
    ptr_str = NULL;

    }

    finish = clock();
    duration = (double)(finish - start) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
    cout << "This test lasted " << duration << " seconds";

    return duration;
    }


    int main()
    {
    speed perf;

    cout << perf.memcheck();

    return 0;

    };
    Something's fishy here.

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    In your loop you should

    - Allocate memory
    - Copy to memory
    - De-allocate memory

    in that order, so that the memory is correctly obtained and cleaned up for each iteration.

    Also you may be able to get more precise results by using a higher resolution timer, but these are system dependent.

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