Let’s say you’ve bought a new computer or upgraded it. You need to use testing software to overclock your system or measure its stability. It may even be useful to learn the details of your hardware before this testing process. In this article, we have compiled various testing and analysis software for you, our readers, to get information about your system features and to understand whether your computer is working as it should.
First, we will take a look at the analysis programs to take a closer look at the characteristics of the various hardware in our computer. You can find the download links under the title.
Programs to Analyze Your Computer
CPU-Z
If you are a computer user, you may have heard of CPU-Zhas been in our lives for over 20 years. Allowing us to learn a lot of information such as the brand, model, number of cores and speed of the processor in the system, cache levels, CPU-Z can also display similar detailed information about the motherboard, graphics card and system memory. The application also includes a simple stress test; you have the chance to share your results here in any way you want.
GPU-Z
Next up is another variant of CPU-Z, GPU-Z There is. GPU-Z, which was released in 2007 by the Techpowerup team, one of the few sites on computer hardware, can provide detailed information about the features of your graphics card. Although this tool does not include a stress test, it provides real-time outputs such as clock speed, temperature, voltage and usage level, and we can say that it provides more output about the graphics card in the system in connection with Techpowerup’s GPU database.
HWinfo
The next program on our list, HWinfo, takes the opposite approach to CPU-Z and hosts information about all the components on your computer. It offers comprehensive data in three main windows: system summary, detailed report, and sensor status, and you can also examine it as visualized statistics. HWinfo has been around for over 20 years and is updated almost every month. The developer of the tool, Martin Malík, supports this long-term project on 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows, and there is even a HWinfo version for DOS.
Speccy
If HWinfo shows too much detail for you, then you can consider Speccy. This small tool from the developers of CCleaner basically gives a simple summary of the current status of the system. Although it does not receive many updates compared to the other three software we have mentioned so far, we can say that it has a user-friendly and understandable structure.
AIDA64
One of the software that we cannot fail to mention among the testing and learning system features software is definitely AIDA64. The standard version AIDA64 Extremeis very similar to HWinfo but is not free. The software has a 30-day trial version that restricts various outputs as shown below. AIDA64 is among today’s current products, with the same detailed information as HWinfo, plus stress testing and diagnostic capabilities.
HWMonitor
Another software from the developers of CPU-Z, HWMonitoris a small, completely free tool of 1 MB size that displays data obtained from your hardware sensors to users in real time.
Programs to Test Your Computer
Now that we’ve talked about programs that allow you to monitor system features and current status, we can move on to testing software that will be used to see if your computer is working as it should.
You know that there are many benchmark programs and games that have benchmark features in the market. Games are a great way to test your graphics card, but in this article we have selected software that is commonly used in hardware reviews and provides additional testing features that games cannot.
Cinebench
Did you know that the much-heard-about Cinebench benchmark tool is actually a version of Maxon’s Cinema 4D rendering program? When you run it, it puts the CPU to work at full speed to produce a single image using the latest ray tracing techniques. The GPU is not used in this test except to send the output to the monitor, but Cinebench is perfect for seeing how well the CPU manages threads and memory.
Working with similar logic to Cinebench Corona Benchmark Let us note that you can also use the software.
SiSoft Sandra
One of the most comprehensive system testing and analysis tools on the market SiSoft Sandra At first glance, it seems to offer the same features as HWinfo and AIDA64, but unlike these programs, it comes with a set of testing tools. The list of tests is extensive, but most of them are based on the mathematics behind image processing. Instead of dealing with these complex tests, there is also a general computer test in the software, but we should warn you that this test keeps the system under heavy load for a very long time, and your computer may give unexpected reactions such as the screen going black, the fans working erratically during the test.
For system administrators and experienced users, Sandra is very comprehensive in every aspect; however, for end users, it is a bit complicated.
PCMark 10
A general testing software that tests your Windows computer for everyday usage scenarios such as office applications, video streaming, gaming, etc. PCMark10is one of the indispensable programs of many technology publications. Although the basic version of PCMark 10, which provides test outputs that provide more understandable answers to questions that users have about a device, is free, you have to pay for extra features such as battery life, storage performance and certain application tests.
3DMark
Has been in our lives for 20 years 3DMarkWe can say that ‘s accepted as one of the standard ways to test graphics cards all over the world. Although it is not as dominant as it used to be due to the benchmark feature added to AAA games today, it is among the first methods we use to measure the performance of graphics cards.
However, let us note that the FurMark tool is frequently used to observe the stability of graphics cards under heavy stress.
Basemark GPU
Although Basemark looks like a 3DMark clone (some of the developers worked on the old 3DMark), this graphics test has a significant advantage over its competitor: it is available for Windows, Linux, MacOS, Android and iOS. Basemark is one of the first choices if you want to perform performance tests on multiple platforms and also supports the three main graphics APIs: DirectX 12, OpenGL and Vulkan.
OCCT
If you are interested in overclocking or want to build a new system and test how stable it is under heavy load OCCTWe can say that (Overclock Checking Tool) is one of the most popular options for this job. Although there are not many different tests in the application, it fulfills its main responsibility: It loads the three main components of the computer, such as the CPU, GPU or RAM, and presents the results to the users in a summary form.
Blender Benchmark
Blender is an open source software widely used for 3D modeling, rendering, animation and post-production purposes. Blender Benchmark is a test application based on this software. You can try Blender Benchmark to learn about the computer’s performance, especially in special workloads such as 3D modeling.
Geekbench
Another popular testing tool is Geekbench, developed by Primate Labs. This software has a very simple interface and displays the results as a simple list of scores after running the test on several workloads.
CrystalDiskMark
Unlike tests that focus on the GPU, such as 3DMark and FurMark, CrystalDiskMark is one of the small tools we often use, allowing you to test the read and write speeds of storage units. We have benefited from it a lot, especially during the period when fake SSDs became widespread.
PerformanceTEST
A product of PassMark Software PerformanceTEST The software provides a nice environment to get an overview of your computer in terms of scores and to compare it with other users who have performed these tests. PerformanceTEST, which has been criticized from time to time for allegedly giving incorrect scores on the processor side, shows various metrics in a clear way after running tests for CPU, GPU, RAM and storage.
Conclusion
In this article, we have discussed with our readers the tools that you can use to learn the features of your hardware in detail and the test software that you can use to test your computer. Do not forget that you can get support from Technopat Social and the comments section for the problems you experience and the questions you have in mind.
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