Si Soft for dummies

 
I got curious and downloaded the free lite version of SiSoft.
 
I like the things I like about it, but I found installing it seemed confusing.
 
My system is offline and it seems like Sisoft expects that you are online.
 
It tried to install a "Bing Bar"... geez, charge me $5 and let me skip that... please. :-)
 
It also seems preoccupied with shopping, pricing, bench marking to a budget, and real time news feeds... uh, I use Chrome for that. ;-)
 
 
The thing that really threw me for a loop was the question about restarting and the graphics processor choices stuff. I checked "ok".
 
???
 
I got a feeling I'm going to use a disk image restore and make the SiSoft go away.
 
Is there any actual reason for me to use it after I turned off all those seemingly silly features?
 
 
 
I have a mild fascination with watching my DPC latenecy flutter between 2uSec and 30uSec on a constant rhythmic basis. back and forth, back and forth. It doesn't do that on my old/current DAW, which just sits at 3uSec for the most part but does spike to 30 ever now and then.
 
I had this fantasy that some tool in SiSoft might let me see what driver is using the 30uSec. I don't know why, but it seems so regular and distinct that I thought I might figure it out and maybe get a better driver or an alternative peripheral.
 
I'm letting a general purpose test run and I'm curious to see what info I can learn from it.
 
Right now I feel like my curiosity just led me to waste a few more hours... and dodging all the opt outs choices seemed to emphasize how this app may be for someone with different interest than mine.
 
If anyone can put this in perspective for me I'll be appreciative.
 
Thank You!
 
all the best,
mike
 
 
 
 

first I turn off all that crap and there Is a check mark to NOT install bing
 
it compares your numbers with systems on file they have (both your processor etc and different ones)
also give you  a huge amount of info