Is there a website available to see if the computer I had built is as good as promised?

Question

I overheard a guy at woork say that he tested his computer on the net and it gave him some sort of a rating. I would like to test speed and other perameters to see just how long I can hold out before I have to upgrade.

Answer 1

http://www.pcpitstop.com/
free tests and suggestions. Registration is free, and you can save your test results.

http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/
Test speed here.

http://www.grc.com/intro.htm
Check security here, among other things.

For a profile of your computer (components, etc.), go to
http://www.belarc.com

Answer 2

I suggest using Dr. Hardware. It can perform benchmarks on your hardware and tell you how it measures up to other hardware available.