CPU test problem

[liquid..snake]

Hello, pt7 32-bit only recognizes 1 core of my cpu (core i5 2400) and doing the cpu test only uses 25% of it. How can I fix this? thanks

[Richard (PassMark)]

The number of CPU/cores may be limited in the BIOS or your system was "tweaked" to run on a reduce number of cores. Solution can be found in the Sticky post Causes and Solutions for a slow PC (http://www.passmark.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1057&page=2)

[David (PassMark)]

You can also manually adjust the number of processes used by PerformanceTest from the Edit / Preferences window.

[liquid..snake]

Thank you passmark i've solved it :)

[dareck]

Question concerning the CPU test as well.

If a dual core CPU with hyperthreading:
- 1) Is detected to have 4 cores by the Performance Test Software (the software should detect 4 cores? or 2?)
- 2) Is detected to have only 1 core but the OS is able to detect 4 cores

Would there be a vast difference in scores if one were to run the CPU test in both options with the same CPU?

[David (PassMark)]

PerformanceTest will detect and use multiple CPU, multiple cores and hyperthreading, when available.

[dareck]

So if the Performance Test dosen't detect more than 1 core, it would not use the multiple cores during its benchmarking?

[David (PassMark)]

Correct.
But if the BIOS and O/S are setup correctly, and there are less than 64 cores, then there is no cases we know about where the detection fails.