How we score hardware PC Gamer uses a 100-point scoring system, expressed as a percentage. The descriptions and examples here are meant to clarify what those scores most often mean to us.

Monitor your PC while stress testing to prevent hardware damage & know when to quit if necessary. Download HWMonitor or CoreTemp to check temperatures & CPU-Z/GPU-Z for clock speeds. Be cautious ...

Use these super testing tools to test and track practically everything about your PC--including its hard drive, Internet connections, and inside-the-case hardware.

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Here is a list of PC Stress Test free software to test computer hardware, CPU, GPU, memory, physical disk, optical drive, chipset, ports, printers, sound card, etc.

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HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI helps you diagnose and fix PC memory, disk, etc, problems on Startup. Learn how to use it, install it or disable it.

The basic hardware has already been replaced with a new system including a ridiculously huge cooler. But that’s all in a day’s work for a test bench PC.

On a Windows computer, there are several tools you can use to evaluate your current setup against the newer one you intend to upgrade to.

Wondering what's inside your computer? Here's how to check your PC specs.

However, unless you’re already familiar with your PC and its hardware, you might not know which GPU you have, nor how to find out that information on your own.