Your computer's performance determines not only how smooth your computing experience is, but also what types of software and games you can run. If you're confused about how your computer is performing ...

T here are two ways to measure the performance of PC components: synthetic benchmarks like 3DMark or PCMark, and real-world ...

What Are Disk Speed Test Apps? Disk speed test apps help measure the overall speed and performance of a hard drive or solid-state drive (SSD) (internal or external) connected to a computer system.

In this article, we will see how to test Hard Drive speed on a Windows 11/10 computer. Hard Drive is among the crucial components of a computer. It is a storage device, also called a non-volatile ...

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 ...

Running a CPU stress test tool is a great way to break in a new processor, test an overclock, see how capable your cooling is, or just make sure your PC is running as well as it should. There are a ...

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 ...

Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" ...

Today we're taking a look at CPU performance in Battlefield 2042 and this may well be the most difficult benchmark we've ever done. The problem faced when trying to test a multiplayer game like ...

Given that Crysis 2 is a DX9 title, we thought it would be interesting to see how some older cards perform, such as the Radeon HD 4850 and GeForce GTX 260. In total we have tested 25 graphics cards ...

A computer scientist at Amherst College has performed the first ever head-to-head speed test between a conventional and quantum computer -- and, you'll be glad to hear that the quantum computer won.