Who/What is Sandra?

SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility. It should provide most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software.

Sandra provides similar level of information to Norton SI, Quarterdeck WinProbe/Manifest, etc. The Win32 version is 32-bit and comes in both ANSI (legacy for Windows 98/Me systems) and native Unicode (Windows NT4/2000/XP/.Net) formats. The Win64 version is 64-bit and comes in native Unicode format.

Legal Stuff: Sandra is an acronym and has no connection whatsoever express or implied with anything or anyone, living or deceased in the past, present or future. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.

BTW, don't search for the name Sandra on a WWW search engine. You'll get at least half a million hits and none will reference this page. Search for SiSoftware Sandra.

General Sandra Information

Here are the version types, in line with industry standards:

• Sandra Standard (free for personal/educational use - no nag screens, time limit, etc.)
• Sandra Advanced (free, registration required)
• Sandra Professional (commercial)

SiSoftware Sandra Standard Information

• 58 total Information, Benchmarking, Listing & Testing/Diagnostic Modules.
• Multi-threaded Wizards for all tasks (e.g. Create various reports).
• Multi-processor designed (multi-threaded) benchmarks - up to 64 CPUs.
• Full 32-bit code; uses Windows 2000/XP extensions (32-bit Sandra).
• Native Windows NT4/2000/XP format (UNICODE Sandra).
• Full 64-bit code; uses Windows .Net extensions (64-bit Sandra).
• Still get information on the 16-bit subsystem (ANSI Sandra).
• Plug-and-Play support.
• DMI/SMBIOS support.
• Supports AGP, PCI, PCI64/66, VESA (ANSI Sandra), EISA (ANSI Sandra), MCA (ANSI Sandra), PCMCIA, CardBus.
• DirectX (DirectDraw, Direct 3D, DSound, DMusic, DPlay, DInput), OpenGL support and information.
• Detects new CPUs including the Intel Pentium III/4, Celeron, Xeon III/4; VIA C3; AMD Athlon 4/XP/MP, Duron XP/MP (32-bit Sandra).
• Detects new CPUs including the Intel Itanium, McKinley (64-bit Sandra).
• Detects and uses MMX (Enhanced), 3DNow! (Enhanced/Professional), SSE/SSE2 instruction sets (32-bit Sandra).
• Advanced settings information on modern CPUs.
• Detects Intel, AMD, ALi, SiS, VIA and all other chipsets on the market.
• Network & Internet information.
• Can save, print, fax, e-mail, post and upload a report.
• Can export a SMS report for Microsoft SMS management system.
• Can export a RPT (hierarchical) report that can be imported into most programs.
• Can export a XML report for electronic data interchange.
• Can export a HTML report directly (with CSS support) or display one dynamically from the XML using XSL & CSS.
• Can upload a report to a FTP/HTTP server and account.
• Can insert a report into any ADO, OLEDB or ODBC supported database with the correct schema.
• InstallShield Install/UnInstall wizard.
• Looks better in HiColour/TrueColour (16/24/32-bit) modes.
• See Compatibility List for more information.

SiSoftware Sandra Advanced Information

Same capabilities as the Standard, and:

• 68 total modules.
• More hardware info (CMOS, DosDev (ANSI Sandra), Font, Modem, etc.)
• Hardware Resources support (IRQ, I/O, DMA, Memory, etc.)
• Software info (File types, Installed applications/programs, etc.)
• See Compatibility List for more information.

SiSoftware Sandra Professional Information

Same capabilities as the Standard/Advanced, and:

• 80 total modules.
• Power Management (APM (ANSI Sandra), ACPI).
• Network support (IPX/SPX, TCP/IP).
• Database support (ADO, OLEDB, ODBC).
• Storage Data support (SCSI, ATA, ATAPI).
• Windows Event Logs.
• See Compatibility List for more information.

List of SiSoftware Sandra Modules

Here is a list of current modules.

• System Summary
• CPU/BIOS Info (inc. voltage/temperature)
• Mainboard/Chipset/System Monitors Info
• APM & ACPI (Advanced Power Management) Info (Prof. Only)
• PCI & AGP bus and devices Info
• Video Information (monitor, card, video bios, caps, etc.)
• OpenGL Information
• DirectX (DirectDraw, Direct3D, DirectSound (3D), DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectInput) Info
• Keyboard Info
• Mouse Info
• Sound Card (wave, midi, aux, mix) Info
• MCI Devices (mpeg, avi, seq, vcr, video-disc, wave) Info
• Joystick Info
• Printers Info
• DOS Memory Info (base, HMA, UMB, XMS, EMS, DPMI, VCPI) (ANSI Sandra Only)
• Windows Memory Info
• Windows (& DOS SubSystem (ANSI Sandra Only)) Info
• Font (Raster, Vector, TrueType, OpenType) Information (Adv/Prof. Only)
• Modem/ISDN TA Information (Adv/Prof. Only)
• Network Information (Prof. Only)
• IP Network Information (Prof. Only)
• WinSock (Internet) Information
• Drives Information (Removable Hard Disks, CD-ROM/DVD, RamDrives, etc.)
• Ports (Serial/Parallel) Info
• Remote Access Service Connections (Dial-Up, Internet)
• OLE objects/servers Info (Prof. Only)
• Processes (Tasks) & Threads Info
• Modules (DLL, DRV) Info (Prof. Only)
• Services & Device Drivers (SYS) Info
• DOS Device Drivers Info (Adv/Prof. Only) (ANSI Sandra Only)
• SCSI Information (Prof. Only)
• ATA/ATAPI Information (Prof. Only)
• ODBC Sources Information (Prof. Only)
• CMOS/RTC Information (Adv/Prof. Only) (Win32 Sandra Only)

• CPU Arithmetic Benchmark (MP/MT support)
• CPU Multi-Media Benchmark (including MMX, MMX Enh, 3DNow!, 3DNow! Enh, SSE(2)) (MP/MT support)
• Video (2D/3D) Benchmark (Deprecated)
• File System (Removable, Hard Disks, Network, RamDrives) Benchmark
• CD-ROM/DVD Benchmark
• Memory Bandwidth Benchmark (MP/MT support)
• Cache/Memory Bandwidth Benchmark (MP/MT support)
• Network/LAN Bandwidth Benchmark

• Hardware Interrupts Usage (Adv/Prof. Only)
• Software Interrupts Real-Mode (DOS SubSystem) Handlers (ANSI Sandra Only)
• Software Interrupts Protected-Mode (Windows) Handlers (Prof. Only) (ANSI Sandra Only)
• DMA Channel Usage (Adv/Prof. Only)
• I/O Ports Usage (Adv/Prof. Only)
• Memory Range Usage (Adv/Prof. Only)
• Plug & Play Enumerator (Prof. Only)
• Hardware registry settings
• Environment settings
• Registered File Types
• Installed Applications (Adv/Prof. Only)
• Installed Programs (Adv/Prof. Only)
• Windows System Event Logs (Prof. Only)

• Listings of system files (.ini, .sys, .bat)
• Add new/delete module Wizard
• Burn-in Wizard
• Create a report or script Wizard (save, print, fax or e-mail in CIM (SMS/DMI), HTML, XML, RPT or TEXT format)
• Performance Enhancing Tips
• Performance Tune-Up Wizard
• Register Wizard
• WebUpdate Wizard for automatic version updating

• Tip of the day
• Extensive help file documenting over 450 tips
• Extensive on-line documentation (HTML) with Q & A knowledge base