Processors Performance

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Factors that processor performance depends on

Processor speed is the main factor in computer performance. While the clock speed is used when measuring CPU performance, there are other things to consider. Elements such as the front side bus and cache also play an important role in CPU speed.

Clock Speed

It is the most common measure of CPU speed and is measured in GHz and MHz. One GHz equals 1.000 MHz, so a speed of 2.4 GHz can be expressed as 2.400 MHz. The higher the clock speed, the more transactions the CPU processes per second. Clock speed isn’t the only factor. Differences in chip architecture can also affect CPU speed.

Multi-Core Technology

Some processors are “dual core” or “quad core”. These Show the usage of multiple CPUs in a single circuit.

Front Side Bus and Cache

With any processor, front side bus and the cache play an important role in speed. CPU and front side bus work together. That’s why they need to work at the same speed, so they don’t slow each other down. The cache is memory accessible by the CPU. The larger the cache, the higher the CPU performance.

How do we measure the processor?

For Windows 10, right-click “this PC” app and select the properties tab. On the system page that appears here, find the part that says processor and the clock speed unit at the end. The speed for each core is here. So how do we find out how many cores are there? Open the dialog box by entering Win + R on the keyboard, then type ‘dxdiag’, press enter and mark yes on the resulting page. Find the processor entry in the system tab that opens. The expression in parentheses after speed indicates how many cores our computer has. (such as 8 CPUs). Each core usually runs at the same speed.

Another way to do this is to enter the task manager and view the performance tab. While the clock speed is at most 1 GHz while doing daily work, this screenshot shows e clock speed when I downloaded a game.

Are there software that measure processor performance?

It is possible to measure processor performance with software. A few apps that do this process;

Cinebench R20

Cinebench is a free application available for Windows and Mac OS. Used to measure CPU and GPU performance. A test scenario is created to measure CPU performance, in which it creates a realistic 3D photo scene. This scene uses many algorithms. Emphasis is placed on all processor cores.

Cinebench link: https://www.maxon.net/en/products/cinebench-r20-overview/

BurnInTest

Offering a 30-day trial period, BurnInTest is used for load and stress testing on Windows computers. With this application, we can test all subsystems of the computer at the same time. It can perform tests for CPU, Hard drives, SSDs, RAM and Optical drives, Sound Cards, Graphics Cards, Network Ports and Printers.

BurnInTest link: https://www.passmark.com/products/burnintest/index.php

Many more software such as these software can be found.

The Software We Will Use to Compare Processor Performance

When measuring processor performance, we can make comparisons by looking at the parameters. In addition, there are ready-made software for this process. We can irectly compare up to 5 different CPUs on the website called PassMark Software.

PassMark link: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleCompare.php