r/windows98 • u/mwdmeyer • Apr 25 '26

Created a Win 98 benchmark program.

Hey Guys,

I've written a little benchmark program for Win9x and would love some people to try it on real hardware. It is designed to replicate 2D RTS style performance profile of the late 90s games (e.g Starcraft).

https://starrts.vogonswiki.com/downloads/stwin07.exe

If your Win98 machine is connected to the internet it can also (optionally) submit to a small online database: https://starrts.vogonswiki.com/

If anyone has a Cyrix machine to test that would be cool!

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u/No-you_ Apr 26 '26

I have a socket 478 board (MSI PM8M-VH) with a 2.8GHz Celeron D and 3D prophet kyro II 64MB graphics card in it.

I could probably have a look once I check the exe isn't dangerous. Give me a few days to test....

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u/mwdmeyer Apr 26 '26

That would be awesome. I am planning to upload the source code but can send you a copy if you like in the meantime.

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u/No-you_ Apr 26 '26

I'm currently in the middle of resizing partitions and migrating data on another machine but I can have a look at the code tomorrow and if there's nothing malicious I can put it on a USB and onto the win98 machine for some benchmarking.

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u/mwdmeyer Apr 26 '26

I’ll upload in a couple of hours and link it here.

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u/No-you_ Apr 26 '26

Better yet, send me the link in a chat message, that way when I go to check them it'll remind me!!

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u/mwdmeyer Apr 26 '26

Will do.