Concept: AS-based CPU Speed Checker ??

Among other projects, I'm trying to come up with clever ways of developing scripts that determine the performance capabilities of the end user's local machine.

I would like to develop a script that uses a memory-intensive task to determine how much RAM a computer has, at least in terms of whether or not it possesses enough to carry out memory-intensive tasks without bogging down. Basically a stress utility.

I'm scripting in MX '04 Pro, but I don't know what sort of tasks I would need to throw at a system to get the proper result. Any suggestions, alternatives?

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I don't know about any clean way of gathering this information. And I wouldn't use Flash to benchmark a computer, because if it can't handle it, the whole thing will freeze, and users won't be happy.

Though it's easy to rughly tell the cpu capabilities: just make a loop, test it on a few computers to find out what figures (how much time it takes to complete the loop) different processors produce, and create your own metering system.

Code:

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var st:Number = getTimer();
var x:String = '';
for(var i=0;i<1000;i++) {
    x += 'x';
}
x = '';
delete x;
var et:Number = getTimer();
var lap:Number = et - st; // this value should give you timelap in microseconds;

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Hope this helps,
Ascanio