7 Benchmarking Software for the Nerds!
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7 Benchmarking Software for the Nerds!
Introduction: yesterday, I had a short email from a friend. He asked me to write an article for those who likes to benchmark and test their computer.
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When you are using your computer for a long time, you will need to keep a record of your system temperature and their consumption. Without these tools, you may not know if your system / hardware is overheating or taking up system resources. So, my best advice is to use one of these monitoring software and check often.
Secondly, if you want to collect information that is related to your operating systems or hardware, then you can use some of these recomended software to fetch data.
Have Fun!
CPUMon
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This software is small and absolutely robust! It can monitor ‘Dual Core’ and ‘Quad Core’ processors without problems. Nevertheless, it will also provide real – time statistic that can output CPU consumption and calculations as percentages.
From the other hand, this little gadget, it can run by itself when your computer is booting into Windows. So, there is no need to execute the application manually after boot!
Notes: this tool is customizable. However, if you are unsure about the “Extended” settings, please leave it alone. If you made a mistake. Here is the default setting.
Update Rates: 500
Graph Length: 80
Alpha Blending: 200
Link *1: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/CPUMon.shtml
Link *2: http://majorgeeks.com/CPUMon_d4608.html
Real Temp
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This application can be use on any portable devices and it doesn’t need any installation. Therefore, you don’t have to do anything, usually the hard way. All you need to do is extract the compressed file (if it exists) and put it in a new folder. After that, you can monitor your CPU resources and consumption by clicking on the executable file.
For the latest updates and downloads, please use this website and report any bugs / glitches / issues to the administrator.
Application Website: http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/
Support Forum: http://forums.techpowerup.com/
CPU-Z
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This application is for benchmarking. It can also collect various hardware information and give you a full report on your processors, system caches, motherboard (mainboard), memory and graphic’s card (GPU – Graphics Processing Unit).
For the latest updates and downloads, please use this website and report any bugs / glitches / issues to the administrator.
Application Website: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
Support Area: http://www.cpuid.com/contacts.php
GPU-Z (TechPowerUp)
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This application is similar to CPU-Z. However, it will only collect information regarding your Video Card (GPU – Graphics Processing Unit). But, you can take a snapshot and upload your specifications and show it to the world. Not bad…
Application Website: http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/
Support Forum: http://forums.techpowerup.com/
CPU-ID (Hardware Monitor)
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This application is simple and user friendly. All it does is monitor your HDD temperature, CPU temperature, CPI temperature, system power consumption and voltages. However, there is a lack of settings and modification. So, don’t get all hype and give the application the big whistle!
Application Website: http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php
Support Area: http://www.cpuid.com/contacts.php
Tweaknow PowerPack (Free)
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This application can perform many tasks! It can collect information about your computer hardware, defrag your system, clean your registry and many more! Give it a try!
Application Website: http://www.tweaknow.com/powerPack.php
Support Area: http://www.tweaknow.com/contact.php
HWiNFO32
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This tool is similar to “Tweaknow” products. However, it doesn’t have all of the features that enable you to defrag your registry and tweak windows to your preferred settings. In other words, this application is only use to collect system information and for benchmarking.
Application Website: http://www.hwinfo.com/
Support Area: http://www.hwinfo.com/contact.html
Link *1: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/HWiNFO.shtml
Link *2: http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/
Notes: this application can also export information into different format for benchmarking, testing or to show off your computer performance!
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