20 Programs to Analyze and Benchmark Your Hardware

guest · Apr 18, 2020

20 Programs to Analyze and Benchmark Your Hardware
April 18, 2020
https://www.techspot.com/article/2009-monitoring-analysis-benchmarking-software-apps/

You've just bought a new gaming desktop, or a laptop for the office. Maybe you've upgraded your computer with a new CPU and motherboard. You might be into overclocking and tweaking your system to make it run as fast as it can. But do you know exactly what you've got? Has your machine got the parts it's supposed to have? How well is that PC actually working? These are really important questions!

The software applications below will scan your device, check various bits of software for information about the hardware contained within. Some focus on very specific parts, whereas others give a full overview. Most of the ones we like and use regularly are completely free, although a few only unlock their full potential with a purchase. In no particular order, let's get on with the list.
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Part 1: Programs to Analyze and Monitor your PC

CPU-Z

GPU-Z

HWinfo

Speccy

AIDA64

HWMonitor

Open HWM

I-Nex

You've now got all the monitoring tools you need, but how do you know if your device is performing exactly as it should do? That's one of the reasons why we benchmark.
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Part 2: Programs to Benchmark and Stress Test Your Hardware

Sandra 20/20

PCMark 10

3DMark

Cinebench 20

Basemark GPU

OCCT

Geekbench 5

Novabench

Phoronix Test Suite

Unigine Superposition

CrystalDiskMark

PerformanceTEST

Wrap Up
So there you go, plenty of recommended software to analyze, monitor, benchmark, and stress test your computing devices. There are plenty more out there, but we think these will suit almost everybody's needs.

We also think it's important to point out that benchmarking a computer can often put it under a load that it may not be stable with. So before testing, always ensure you've backed up all of your data, and if things start to look very unusual (e.g. very high temperatures, odd pixels on the screen), then stop the program immediately.
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