Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

If you are looking for CPU and GPU monitoring software to benchmark programs because you got a new CPU or you decided to overclock your GPU, then this post is sure to interest you. We’ve chosen to ...

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 ...

In this piece, I explain with data why when testing a CPU's gaming prowess, we pair powerful flagship tier graphics cards, like an RTX 4090, and run them at lower resolutions like 1080p or 720p. For ...

Stress testing your CPU is a great way to ensure that your overclock is stable, check that your cooling is powerful enough, or run in some new heat paste that you've applied to your processor. But ...

The Cinebench benchmark will now measure your GPU in addition to your CPU and also brings a new interface. The Cinebench benchmark will now measure your GPU in addition to your CPU and also brings a ...

If you're a professional gamer, you must be aware that every second and move counts in games, especially in online co-op games. If your computer is "just" fulfilling the minimum requirement of the ...

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Last August after much demand I locked myself away for a few days to benchmark... Just to be clear, no one requested I had to be locked away, but that's just what it took in order to get all 900 ...

Modern smartphones are essentially miniaturized computers with various processing components. You likely already know about the Central Processing Unit (CPU) from computers, but between the Graphics ...