How do I get the PC's Processor speed?

[kyosohma at gmail.com]

On Nov 6, 3:56 pm, "Michael Bacarella" <m... at gpshopper.com> wrote:
> > > This information is hardware dependent and probably unreliable.
>
> > > Why not run a benchmark and report the results instead?
> > > Like bogomips?  <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogomips>
>
> > That's an interesting idea, but this is in a login script, so I can't
> > exactly run benchmarks while logging in as the users will get
> > impatient quite quickly. They already think the scripts take too long
> > as it is.
>
> Bogomips can be easily calculated in 10ms.  The Linux kernel calculates it
> during
> system boot.  There's an ANSI C utility floating around that you could
> distribute.
> Just a thought...
>
> > While this information may be unreliable, it is desired by my boss for
> > the express purpose of budgeting upgrades in our organization.
>
> The information that gets displayed in the System Properties / General tab
> is,
> I believe, a string copied out of the CPU.  I've had systems where it used
> to simply say "Pentium" in that box as well.  That's why it strikes me as
> unreliable.
>
> Executing the CPUID instruction may be helpful if you can figure out how
> these guys are using it:
>    http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

Good point. I'm not sure where to start, but I may give it a whack
tomorrow if things stay quiet.

Thanks,

Mike