It's been years since I last heard Sandra Lite referenced. Thought I would check it out. Looked like a pretty thorough program. I downloaded the latest version, installed it, and ran it, and darn if you weren't right. I configured the program to save the results to a file. It ran for a good 15 minutes, checking one thing after another and showing each test successfully completed. I found the report file, which consisted of a long list of headings. No results, just headings. It did contain some detail--error messages indicating that certain things it looked for weren't there to test. My recollection is that I tried this program years ago on another computer (probably an XP), and got similar non-results.
To answer your question, yes, Sandra Lite does still provide free reports, and they are worth every penny.
To answer your other question, see the Resources tab on this web site. CPU-Z will give you an overview of your computer.