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Gain insight to guide your software development and unlock valuable program resources by integrating technology-specific Intel® Software Assessment Tools into your development process.
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Select the appropriate Intel® Software Assessment Tool to analyze your application's performance and capabilities for targeted Intel technologies.
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Create a software profile and submit the Tool Report File (.xml) generated by the tool to view your customized Software Assessment Report.
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INTEL® SOFTWARE ASSESSMENT TOOLS
Intel® Concurrency Checker
Measure the parallel performance level of your application with the fast, easy, and free Intel® Concurrency Checker. A Java Runtime Environment is required to run the Intel Concurrency Checker.
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1. Download and Install
Select the tool version from the download area above. Install the tool on an Intel® multi-core technology-based system.
2. Identify Workload
Select a repeatable, CPU-intensive, parallelized section of your application for the workload measurement. The workload should exercise a key feature or use-case of the application and last at least 30 seconds
3. Measure Workload
Start the Intel® Concurrency Checker and follow the on-screen instructions to measure data for the selected workload
4. Submit Results and View Report
Once the Intel® Concurrency Checker measures your data, the tool will produce a Tool Report File. Submit this file and view your detailed Software Assessment Report. The report provides additional information about the assessment results, including recommended actions for further optimization of your code, if applicable. Continue to use the Intel® Concurrency Checker and submit new files as often as you like to monitor your progress.
Application:
Any compiled language, Java* framework, or .NET* Framework version 3.5 or 4.0 application.
Platform:
A system based on Intel® multi-core technology, with 40 MB of free physical memory, and 40 MB of free disk storage space
Operating System:
The operating systems below have been verified with this software release:
Microsoft Windows* XP SP3 (32-bit only)
Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit and 64-bit) with hotfix 932370
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 4.8 and 6.1 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (32-bit)
Other operating systems may or may not function correctly and are not supported
Other:
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) v.6 update 11 (or higher), which can be downloaded fromhttp://www.java.com
*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
Intel® Graphics Checker
Use Intel® Graphics Checker as part of the development process to increase your confidence in the playability of your game on PC’s with Intel® Graphics Technology.
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(v 3.0) (MSI 15.1 MB)
1. Download and Install
Install Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (Intel® GPA) and Intel® Graphics Checker on a desktop or mobile PC with Intel® graphics.
2. Identify Workload
Select a workload that reflects a typical game-play scenario. If the game supports a benchmarking or demo mode, this may be an ideal workload to measure. Otherwise, you should play the game in the same manner as an end-user for the duration of the workload measurement period.
3. Capture Workload
Start the Intel GPA Monitor, launch your application, and use the Intel GPA System Analyzer HUD hot-key combination to capture data into an Intel Graphics Checker trace file.
4. Submit Results and View Report
Start the Intel® Graphics Checker to analyze a specified trace file, view a summary of results, and produce a Tool Report File. Submit this file and view your customized Software Assessment Report.
The report provides additional information about the assessment results, including recommended actions for further optimization of your code (if applicable). Continue to use the Intel® Graphics Checker and submit new files as often as you like to monitor your progress.
Application:
The game to be analyzed must use one of the following Microsoft* DirectX* API's: Microsoft DirectX* 9, Microsoft DirectX* 10.0/DirectX* 10.1, or Microsoft DirectX* 11.
Platform:
Desktop or mobile PC containing the Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (Intel® GMA) 3000 series, Intel GMA 4500 series, or Intel® HD Graphics devices.
Operating System:
Microsoft Windows* XP, Microsoft Windows Vista*, or Microsoft Windows 7.
Additional:
The Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers tool suite must be installed and used on the same system as Intel Graphics Checker.
*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
Intel® Manageability Checker
Be confident your application fully utilizes Intel® Active Management Technology (AMT) by comparing your application's results against expected AMT use cases.
1.Download and Install
Select the tool version from the download area above. Install the tool on the system that will serve as your management console.
2. Capture AMT Packets
Start the Intel® Manageability Checker and follow the on-screen instructions to identify and capture your application's AMT packets to be compared against specific AMT use case(s).
3. Submit Results and View Report
Once the Intel® Manageability Checker captures your data, the checker will produce a Tool Report File. Submit this file to view your detailed Software Assessment Report.
The report provides additional information about the assessment results, including recommended actions for further optimization of your code (if applicable). Continue to use the Intel® Manageability Checker and submit new files as often as you like to monitor the impact of your changes.
Application:
Any Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT) enabled Windows application, capable of providing a service to a remote client system configured with Intel AMT version 7.0 or earlier.
Platform:
An Intel® vPro™ technology branded system supporting Intel® AMT, at least one Ethernet card or WiFi network device installed; Intel® AMT version 7.0 or earlier.
Operating System:
Microsoft Windows* 7 (32-bit or 64-bit), Microsoft Windows Vista* (32-bit or 64-bit) with Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit) with Service Pack 3.
Additional:
It is highly recommended the checker runs on a ''clean'' installation of the Operating System to achieve the most accurate and consistent results. Non-essential applications and services running concurrently with the tool may affect results.
*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
Intel® Power Checker
Quickly evaluate the idle behavior and energy consumption of your application with the Intel® Power Checker. A Java* Runtime Environment is required to run the Intel Power Checker.
1. Download and Install
Select the tool version from the download area above. Install the tool on a system based on a Intel® Core processor, Intel® Atom processor, or Intel® Xeon® processor. Ensure that your system has Java runtime ver. 6 update 11 or newer.
2. Establish Baseline Measurement
To collect a baseline measurement, your system must be idle. Shut down all unnecessary processes and applications such as anti-virus, OS updates, automatic search indexing, email client, web browser, etc. Run the Intel Power Checker while your system is idle to establish a baseline measurement.
3. Identify Workload
Select a section of your application or workload. It should consist of a critical section that will stress your application in a consistent manner (minimum 30 seconds). The Intel® Power Checker tool will measure the power utilization while the application is processing the workload.
4. Measure Idle Behavior
The tool will examine the idle behavior of your application by collecting power-related parameters while your application and the system are idle.
5. Submit Results and View Report
Once the Intel® Power Checker measures your data, the tool will produce a Tool Report File. Submit this file and view your detailed Software Assessment Report. The report will analyze your results and compare them to Intel’s suggested values. It will also provide recommendations and resources for improving your application’s performance and other configuration details. Continue to use the Intel® Power Checker and submit new files as often as you like to monitor your progress.
Your Application:
Any compiled language or Java* framework application.
Platform:
A system based on the Intel® Core™ processor, Intel® Atom™ processor, or Intel® Xeon® processor families.
Operating System:
Microsoft* Windows* XP
Microsoft Windows Vista*
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Additional:
Requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 6 update 11 (or higher) which can be downloaded from http://www.java.com
*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
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