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 ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. There’s a new Cinebench test in town, and you can download it right this very second. There’s a new Cinebench ...

3DMark06's built-in CPU test is a multi-threaded DirectX gaming metric that's useful for comparing relative performance between similarly equipped systems. This test consists of two different 3D ...

...without being run in Windows? I have a bootable USB drive with the latest Hiren's on it, and I'll be running memtest86+ overnight to test my RAM, but I don't know of any program for stress testing ...

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 ...

AMD’s 3D V-Cache strikes again with an impressive CPU for gaming. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. is a senior editor and author of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some leaked Cinebench R23 results are giving an early look at Intel’s upcoming Panther Lake laptop chips—and not everyone is impressed. The mid-range Core Ultra X7 358H reportedly hits around 20,000 ...