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How to enable large/huge memory pages in Windows

Category: Benchmarking & Results

Under Windows, huge pages (1GB) are not supported - yet! To use large pages (2-4MB) pages you specifically need to give your user the "lock pages in memory" privilege using Local Security Policy. Note...

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Sandra Portable (run Sandra off a CD/DVD/USB Disk/without install)

Category: Hardware & Software Support

Sandra Engineer Portable version is also available in a portable format: Optical media (CD/DVD/etc.) Removable media (USB Flash Disk/U3 Disk) Network shared path Please see SiSoftwa...

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Ranking Engine: How to Create an Account, How to Join a Team

Category: Ranking

How to Create an Account @ Ranking Engine Ranker: Select the rank engine you would like to use. Name: Enter a user name (pseudonym, nickname, etc.) in the User Name box. Please keep it clean, do not ...

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Ranking Engine: Options

Category: Ranking

Ranking Options Here are the options supported by the ranking engines in Sandra: Enable Rank Engine: disables the whole functionality completely, i.e. your results will not be uploaded/ranked/backed-...

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Ranking Engine: Why use it?

Category: Ranking

What are the benefits of Sandra's Live Benchmark Ranking? Here are the main features of the Ranking Engine: It is FREE, for all versions! Score Certification: By performing statistical analysis on th...

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GPGPU / Graphics (OpenCL, CUDA, DirectX CS, Vulkan, etc.) support

Category: Benchmarking & Results

In order to run the graphics (GPGPU) modules and benchmarks, your system must meet the hardware and software requirements: Sandra: Sandra Platinum/2017, Titanium/2018 and later: support OpenCL 2.x, Di...

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"Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection" and Sandra's Kernel Driver

Category: Problems & Troubleshooting

hen running Sandra on recent Windows 11 versions and hardware you may receive a pop-up stating that "Sandra.sys (aka the kernel driver) cannot be loaded on this device due to a security feature called...

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Windows Defender Core Isolation features and Sandra’s Kernel Driver

Category: Problems & Troubleshooting

Microsoft has started to ask Windows users to enable additional security features that may not be compatible Sandra's kernel driver (Sandra.sys). As this driver must run in kernel space and directly i...

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Cannot install after being detected as Heur.AdvML.B. Is it a virus?

Category: Downloading & Installation (General)

No, it is simply when Norton products determine a file has a "low reputation". This is normal for a new file, after all it cannot have a high reputation before it is even being used! Norton's explana...

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Install VC redistributables manually (VC****.dll)

Category: Downloading & Installation

The Microsoft Visual Studio redistributables are installed through their own, official installer. The main setup runs these installers automatically upon installation. If their installation fails, ple...

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Information is displayed as asterisks (***)

Category: Problems & Troubleshooting

For privacy reasons - as some people copy and paste reports online - sensitive information (serial numbers, keys, codes, etc.) is not fully displayed. Some of it is blanked out with asterisks (***) bu...

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Cannot install after being detected as WS.Reputation.1! Is it a virus?

Category: Downloading & Installation (General)

No, it is simply when Symantec products determine a file has a "low reputation". This is normal for a new file, after all it cannot have a high reputation before it is even being used! Note that the ...

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