SiSoftware Sandra 20/21 (2021) Released!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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SiSoftware Sandra 20/21 Released:
Brand-new benchmarks & modules

Updates: R1x, R2x, R3, R5, R6, R7a, R8z, R91-x, R9z, R10a, R11, R12, R13x, R14c, R15, R16a, R17, R18, R19, R20, R21, R22, R25, R26.

London, UK, March 3rd, 2021 – We are pleased to announce the launch of SiSoftware Sandra 20/21, the latest version of our award-winning utility, which includes remote analysis, benchmarking and diagnostic features for PCs, servers, mobile devices and networks.

As SiSoftware operates a “just-in-time” release cycle, some features were introduced in Sandra 20/20 service packs: in Sandra 20/21 they have been updated and enhanced based on all the feedback received.

Broad Operating System Support All current versions supported: Windows Client 11/10; Server 2022/2019/2016 All current platforms supported: x86*, x64, ARM*, Arm64

Brand new benchmarks: “Crypto-Processor (TPM) Cryptography”, “Internet DNS”, “Overall Internet”, “Overall Software VM (SVM) Java/.Net” benchmarks.

	Crypto-Processor (TPM) Benchmark Benchmark the cryptographic performance of the crypto-processor (TPM). Measure the random number generator, hashing (SHA, etc.), encryption/decryption (AES) bandwidth. See our recent article: Crypto-processor (TPM) Benchmarking: Discrete vs. internal AMD, Intel.
	Internet DNS Benchmark Benchmark the performance of the DNS service. Measure the latency of both cached and un-cached DNS queries to local and remote DNS servers.
	Internet Overall Score A combined performance index all Internet benchmarks (Connection (Bandwidth/Latency), Peerage (Bandwidth/Latency) and DNS (cached/un-cached Query Latency). Rate the overall performance of your Internet connection.
	Overall Software VM (.Net/Java) Score A combined performance index all software VM engine benchmarks, .Net (CLR) Arithmetic, Multi-Media and Java (JVM) Arimetic and Multi-Media. Rate the overall software VM (.NET/Java) performance of your processor(s)

Brand-new hardware information modules: “Crypto-Processor (TPM)”, “Biometrics” (fingerprint, etc. sensors, “Virtual Machines” (Hyper-V), “Storage Spaces” (software RAID), “SQL Servers” (database servers).

	Crypto-Processor (TPM) Information about the crypto-processor installed in your computer.
	Biometrics Information about the biometric identification devices connected to your computer.
	Storage Spaces (Direct) Information about the storage clusters, nodes, pools (software RAID) and the virtual disks connected to your computer.
	Virtual Machine Computers Information about the virtual machine (VM) guests hosted by your computer (MS Hyper-V, VmWare Workstation)

Brand-new “dark-mode” using native operating system (Windows 11/10, Server 2022/2019 LTSC) theme and colours, with automatic “light/dark” switch based on schedule. The Official SiSoftware Ranker has also been “dark-mode” enabled with theme selected based on web-browser setting.

Dark-Mode Tip of the Day	Dark-Mode Benchmark
Storage Spaces (Direct)	Internet Overall Score Benchmark
Crypto-Processor (TPM)	Biometrics (Fingerprint)

Brand-new hardware support and optimisations for brand-new CPU & GP-GPU architectures:

• AMD
  • AMD Ryzen CPU 7000-series (Zen4) “Raphael”
  • AMD Ryzen CPU 5000-series (Zen3) “Vermeer”
  • AMD Ryzen CPU 5000-3D V-Cache (Zen3-3D) “Vermeer 3D”
  • AMD Radeon RX 6000 GP-GPU (RDNA2, Navi2)
  • Hygon C86 CPU (Zen) [co-AMD]
  • AMD Platform Security Processor (PSP) / firmware-TPM
• ARM
  • ARM Cortex AArch64 A7X, A5X, X1 [R9 and later]
• Apple
  • Apple Mac M1 (thru Virtualization/Parallels) [R9 and later]
• Broadcom
  • Raspberry Pi 3B, 3B+, 4B [R9 and later]
• Qualcomm
  • Snapdragon 7c, 8cx / Kryo [R9z and later]
• Microsoft
  • Microsoft SQ1, SQ2 (Surface X) [R9z and later]
• Intel
  • Intel Core Gen 13 (“Raptor Lake” RPL)
  • Intel Xeon Gen 4 “Sapphire Rapids” SPL
  • Intel Xeon Gen 3 (“Ice Lake” ICL-SP)
  • Intel Core Gen 12 (“Alder Lake” ADL)
  • Intel Core Gen 11 (“Rocket Lake” RKL)
  • Intel Core Gen 11  (“Tiger Lake” TGL), Iris Xe (Gen12) graphics
  • Intel DG1 (Iris Xe Max) dedicated graphics
  • Intel Management Engine (ME) PTT / firmware-TPM
• nVidia
  • nVidia GeForce RTX 3000-series (Ampere) CUDA 8.x
• Zhaoxin/Centaur
  • ZHAOXIN KaiXian KX-6000, KX-5000

Key features of Sandra 20/21

• 4 native architectures support (x86*, x64, ARM*, Arm64)
• Huge official hardware support through technology partners (AMD, nVidia, Intel).
• 4 native (GP)GPU/APU platforms support (OpenCL 2.1+, CUDA 11.x+, DirectX Compute Shader 12/11/10+, OpenGL Compute 4.5+, Vulkan 1.x+).
• 4 native Graphics platforms support (DirectX 12/11/10, OpenGL 4.3+, Vulkan 1.x+).
• 9 language versions (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese (Traditional, Simplified), Russian) in a single installer.
• Enhanced Sandra Lite (Evaluation) version (free for personal/educational use, evaluation for other uses)

Articles & Benchmarks

For more details, please see the following articles:

• SiSoftware
  • Processor Multi-Core Efficiency: Inter-Thread Latency & Bandwidth Benchmarking
  • Crypto-processor (TPM) Benchmarking: Discrete vs. internal AMD, Intel
• Microsoft / Qualcomm
  • Microsoft Surface Pro X – Windows Arm64 on Microsoft SQ2 Performance
  • Windows 11 Arm64 WoW – x64 Emulation Performance
  • Windows 10 Arm64 WoW – x86 Emulation Performance
• Raspberry Pi / Broadcom
  • Raspberry Pi 4B Review: Windows Arm64 on Broadcom BCM2711
  • Raspberry Pi 3B+ Review: Windows Arm64 on Broadcom BCM2837
• nVidia
  • nVidia 3090, 3080 RTX: Ampere GP-GPU performance in CUDA and OpenCL
• AMD
  • AMD Ryzen 7 7800X-3D (Zen4 V-Cache) Review & Benchmarks – VCache for the Win!
  • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X-3D (Zen4 V-Cache) Review & Benchmarks – A hybrid cache too far
  • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X (Zen4 Raphael) Review & Benchmarks – AVX512 Top-End Domination
  • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X (Zen4 Raphael) Review & Benchmarks – AVX512 Mainstream Performance
  • AMD Ryzen 5 7600X (Zen4 Raphael) Review & Benchmarks – Value AVX512 Performance
  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X-3D (Zen3 V-Cache) Review & Benchmarks – CPU Performance
  • AMD Radeon RX 6900XT (RDNA2, Navi2X) Review & Benchmarks – GP-GPU Performance
  • AMD Radeon RX 6800 (RDNA2, Navi2L) Review & Benchmarks – GP-GPU Performance
  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (Zen3) Review & Benchmarks – CPU 16-core/32-thread Performance
  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (Zen3) Review & Benchmarks – CPU 8-core/16-thread Performance
  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (Zen3) Review & Benchmarks – CPU 6-core/12-thread Performance
• Intel
  • Intel 12th Gen Core AlderLake Mobile (i7-12700H) Review & Benchmarks – big/LITTLE Performance
  • Intel ARC (“Alchemist”) A380 GP-GPU Graphics – OpenCL Performance
  • Intel 12th Gen Core AlderLake (i9-12900K) Review & Benchmarks – big/LITTLE Performance
  • big/Performance Core Performance Analysis – Intel 12th Gen Core AlderLake (i9-12900K(F))
  • Intel 11th Gen Core RocketLake – Cache & Memory Performance (2x DDR4-3200)
  • Intel 11th Gen Core RocketLake AVX512 Performance Improvement vs. AVX2/FMA3
  • Intel 11th Gen Core RocketLake (i9-11900K) Review & Benchmarks – CPU AVX512 Performance
  • Intel 11th Gen Core RocketLake (i7-11700K) Review & Benchmarks – CPU AVX512 Performance
  • Intel Iris Gen 12 Rocketlake (i7-11700K) Review & Benchmarks – GP-GPU Performance
  • Intel DG1 Discrete (Iris Xe Max Gen12) Review & Benchmarks – GP-GPU Performance
• Benchmark Ranking
  • SiSoftware Official Live Ranker

Purchasing

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Updating or Upgrading

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Downloading

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Reviewers and Editors

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About SiSoftware

SiSoftware, founded in 1995, is one of the leading providers of computer analysis, diagnostic and benchmarking software. The flagship product, known as “SANDRA”, was launched in 1997 and has become one of the most widely used products in its field. Many worldwide IT publications, magazines and review sites use SANDRA to analyse the performance of today’s computers. Thousands on-line reviews of computer hardware that use SANDRA are catalogued on our website alone.

Since launch, SiSoftware has always been at the forefront of the technology arena, being among the first providers of benchmarks that show the power of emerging new technologies such as multi-core, GP-GPU, OpenCL, OpenGL, DirectCompute, Vulkan, x64 (AMD64/EM64T), ARM (AArch64, AArch32), Hybrid (big/LITTLE, DynamIQ), SMT (Hyper-Threading), SVE2/SVE, AVX10, AVX512, AVX2/FMA3, AVX, NEON, SSE4, SSE2, Java and .NET.

SiSoftware is located in London, UK. For more information, please visit www.sisoftware.net, www.sisoftware.eu, or www.sisoftware.co.uk