The overall performance of a computer system depends on the performance of several of its subsystems, especially the central processing unit itself. Whether you're checking for reliability problems or ...

The process of reviewing desktop CPUs at PCMag carries on core traditions that date back to the establishment of PC Labs in 1984: We compare each CPU in its category based on price, features, upgrades ...

I've been watching and reading CPU reviews for quite a while. For the past few CPU generations, it seems like reviewers have added several useful workloads (e.g. tile-based rendering and video ...

For those who have been following hardware news and reviews for a long time, the concept of testing a processor at low resolution is not something new, it has almost become a habit to see CPUs being ...

If you have built a new computer and wanted to test it, or if you need to identify hardware faults on your existing system, you will want to consider subjecting your computer to a PC Stress Test. A PC ...

A month ago, AMD announced the arrival of the Zen 3 desktop CPU architecture. The announcement included new AMD internal benchmarks that implied Intel had lost its last desktop performance trophy—pure ...

A new AMD Ryzen CPU benchmark leak has just appeared, and it shows the potentially awesome power of the company's new Threadripper CPUs for multi-threading work. This new leak appears to show the raw ...

Just nine months after Intel released its 7th-generation desktop CPUs, the company is at it again with the 8th-generation Coffee Lake processors. They're essentially refreshes of the Kaby Lake ...

Is your Mac’s performance not as good as it once was? Wondering if there might be a problem with your software or if one of the components has failed? Or perhaps it’s your web connection that’s ...

A CPU-Z processor benchmark run has been shared that has got some hot under the collar. Twitter tech enthusiast HXL (via TechPowerUp) has shared a screenshot of a purported CPU-Z benchmark run of a ...

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