As we do from time to time, it is again time to upgrade the CPU cooler test rig, long past due! Not that we did not have a lot of fun testing coolers and keeping charts with over seventy CPU coolers, ...

The time has come for yet another system upgrade in which we will bench CPU coolers for the next couple of years. With Intel Kaby Lake just around the corner, we would have loved to wait it out and ...

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 ...

The process of reviewing desktop CPUs at PCMag carries on core traditions that date back to the establishment of PC Labs in 1984: We compare each CPU in its category based on price, features, upgrades ...

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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 ...

CPU went to around 33% and stayed there at call it 4.35ghz for certainly longer than 10 mins while I was watching. Memory usage went to 99% but did a drop down to 85% for maybe a couple minutes after ...

If you’re buying or building a new gaming PC for Windows 10 and DirectX 12, your priority should be as many “real” CPU cores you can afford, running at high clock speeds. At least, that’s the ...

After spending several days with Intel’s newest consumer CPU designs, we have some surprising news: they’re faster than AMD’s latest Ryzens on both single-threaded and most multithreaded benchmarks.