How do you benchmark your PC? In this guide, we show you how to measure your gaming frame rates and gauge your PC performance in apps. Knowing how to run a PC benchmark test will enable you to see ...

If you’re still using a computer you bought during the Clinton administration, interesting news: Crystal Dew World, developers of apps like CrystalDiskInfo and CrystalDiskMark, have released an update ...

Resolution scaling is a sneaky trick to know about too. Lowering that scale can give you a decent performance boost without sacrificing too much visual fidelity. Oh, and don't forget to tame those ...

PC bottleneck detection helps pinpoint which component limits performance when games stutter, apps lag, or multitasking feels sluggish. Many slow PC diagnosis issues surface through simple observation ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. If you want to see how Final Fantasy XIV runs on your system, developer Square Enix has just released the official ...

After nearly a decade, the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation, or SPEC, is releasing a new version of its widely-published SPEC CPU benchmark. SPEC CPU 2026, as you probably expect, ...

PCWorld tested laptop battery life across major processor platforms using a new Netflix streaming benchmark with the anime ‘One Piece’ at 1080p resolution. Intel Lunar Lake achieved the longest ...

NVIDIA's new server CPU doesn't win outright in most tests, but it's running very close to AMD's EPYC, which is incredible ...

A week ago, we were discussing the misconception that CPU performance doesn't matter for 4K gaming. We showed that although sometimes it doesn't matter – as you will indeed end up GPU limited – that's ...