Well maybe it's me (it surely is) but I like my AutoIT code when it's FAST. So here's a little program I whipped up in about an hour. AutoIT_Speed.au3 Updated 19Aug2007 with more comments and more test results It will execute commands of your choice through two loops, 20 packs of 9999 iterations to be precise. Making two loops increased the reliability of the reading (since it seems the first iteration is really slow because of cache issues and what not). For example, you could compare $Val