I'm looking for a free windows xp benchmarking program, ideally to test gaming effectiveness, but one to rate pc as a whole or just measure cpu/gpu loads effectively would be great. Any recommendations?
Benchmarking?
What's wrong with 3d Mark? 
You can try SiSoft Sandra:
SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility. It should provide most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software.
You can evaluate sandra downloading it at:
http://downloads.guru3d.com/SiSoftware-Sandra-2009-(freeware-version)-download-2056.html
SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility. It should provide most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software.
You can evaluate sandra downloading it at:
http://downloads.guru3d.com/SiSoftware-Sandra-2009-(freeware-version)-download-2056.html
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