Windows 10: Simple realtime lightweight CPU benchmark

I'm looking for the simplest (lightweight, small executable) Windows program to benchmark CPU. I know there are tons of ways to see your CPU core utilization in percentage and you can see your CPU current/maximum MHz setting (for example with Core Temp).

I know that there is Prime95 which utilizes 100% of all cores. I'm basically looking for Prime95 with a very simple graph or number telling me how fast the program is currently calculating (like a realtime FLOPS display).

Why do I want this? Core Temp is good, but I have a situation where I have fluctuating Min/Max MHz (as in what is set in Power Options / Processor power management / Min and Max processor state). And I have fluctuating CPU reserved for other processing. So I want to be able to very quickly check how much pratical processing power I have currently available without having to check the max MHz and the amount of other processes using CPU.

What program does this?

:)

 

Windows Defender realtime scanning will not switch on - it detects another anti-virus product.

Windows Defender realtime scanning will not switch on, and the message suggests there is another anti-virus product present but if there is it does show up in Window 10 UI.

The long story is that I am troubleshooting a problem with application software. The manufacturer suggest removing Bitdefender because there product is incompatible. I thought I would give this a try, if only to element Bitdefender as a cause.

Firstly, I upgraded from Bitdefender 2016 to 2017 to see if that made a difference. The application still failed so I decided to try removal.

• I used the standard uninstall to remove Bitdefender 2017, rebooted but Windows Defender would not start realtime protection because another product was providing realtime protection
• I download the uninstall application for Bitdefender 2017, ran it then rebooted but Windows Defender would not start realtime protection because another product was providing realtime protection
• I checked the file system and all Bitdefender files have been deleted.
• I check the registry and found a couple of references to Bitdefender Wallet, then deleted these.
• I rebooted but Windows Defender would not start realtime protection because another product was providing realtime protection
• I reran the uninstall application for Bitdefender 2017 then rebooted but Windows Defender would not start realtime protection because another product was providing realtime protection.
  

I can find no traces of Bitdefender so I wonder why Windows Defender detects another anti-virus software. I've check other posts but couldn't find additional steps for uninstalling an anti-virus software. Any suggestions?

Moved from Windows 10

 

Lightweight charger

Hi,

Is the ACP 12X the right lightweight charger for a 3310? I have the normal (but heavy) ACP 7X and want a lighter one for backpacking trips etc.. The thing is the 3310 isn't listed on the packaging.

Cheers,

Rich

 

free, no-ad lightweight general purpose benchmarking?


I was hoping to find a sticky about benchmarking in this forum but I can't find one.

I want to compare two laptops I'm thinking of purchasing. I'm interested in the performance on loading applications, including some very large professional music applications, CPU/memory performance as it might be relevant to CPU intensive programs (not graphics, not scientific, just some mathematics), and maybe Windows 10 startup and reboot times.

I looked around for benchmarking programs but most of them are either enormous (multiple GB) or ad-supported. I was hoping to find something free and lightweight that does a good job.

What about the Windows Experience index? I can't find that in the control panel.

Mike