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Benchmark PC Hardware To Diagnose System Issues With Ubuntu Live Disk [Guide]

There are certainly sheer number of benchmarking utilities available for PC, which put primary system components, including CPU, Main Memory, GPU etc., through a diverse range of tests to measure their health, ability and performance. The benchmarking apps are generally built to diagnose PC problems and check the actual ability of a component and its [...] (more…)

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Something is Ready Alerts You When CPU Intensive Application Stops

It can be often hard to determine which application may be resource intensive and when the CPU may be relieved of heavy load. For example, a browser open with a single tab may not consume a lot of resources, however, if there were to be say 12 tabs open, then the system resources, including the [...] (more…)

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AllOff: Auto Shutdown PC When Idle For A Specified Time

Automatic shutdown applications are a great way to save up on your energy bills. Previously, we covered DownOff, which initiates automatic shutdown if the download rate drops and stays below a pre-specified limit for a predefined time. What if you have to leave your PC on for something other than a download? Maybe hard disk [...] (more…)

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Average CPU Cycles: Check Average CPU Usage For Any Windows Process

The average CPU utilization of an application may be different from the current CPU usage. This is so because an application can increase or reduce CPU utilization depending upon its peak usage time. For example, browsers increase resource consumption as new tabs are opened. While the current CPU usage can be assessed from the Task [...] (more…)

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OsTrack: Monitor Mac OS X System Resource Usage With Complete Overview

Unlike Windows, where one can easily find out CPU, Memory and Network bandwidth usage of installed applications, Mac OS X users often struggle to get such information out of their systems. Although, the built-in Mac OS X Activity Monitor displays all the currently running applications and other system and user processes along with their CPU [...] (more…)

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StressMyPC Tests PC Performance Under Extreme Conditions

Gaming enthusiasts and IT professionals are known for spending a large amount of money on computer hardware. But sometimes system from the most well known brands contain faulty parts which do not provided optimum performance. If you have spent a good amount of money on your new system or would simply like to test the [...] (more…)

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Monitor Temperature Of System Components In Ubuntu With Psensor

A number of problems can be caused due to system heat up which can lead to damage to computer components. Overheating can be caused due to several reasons, including a faulty or non-functional fan (system supply), wiring issues and blockage of system ventilation ducts. We have covered some system temperature monitoring tools for Windows like [...] (more…)

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Keep Track Of Your CPU Frequeny With CPU Spy For Android

Overclocking your device to push it to it’s limit is something every true technology enthusiast does and it is a common practice when it comes to Android devices. After overclocking the device though, one would often want to know what is going on with the CPU in the background. Now with free Android app CPU Spy,  you can [...] (more…)

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Display RAM And CPU Usage On Windows 7 Taskbar

RAM CPU Taskbar for Windows 7 is a new lightweight portable application that displays both CPU and RAM usage on Windows 7 Taskbar without disturbing anything on it, making it a better solution than previously recommended Windows 7 Taskbar Monitor. (more…)

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Change Intel Core 2 & Core i3, i5, i7 Default CPU Throttling Scheme With ThrottleStop

You might have heard about CPU overclocking which is, generally, referred to as using full CPU speed and resources to boost CPU processing time up to the highest level attainable. Overclocking is something which has been both lauded and discouraged. The reason being that it increases CPU processing time but consumes more power than normal, [...] (more…)

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QwikMark – Test CPU Speed & FLOPS, RAM And Disk Transfer Rate

Benchmarking tools help user in testing several internal and external peripherals of computer system. Finding one complete benchmark tool which can test all the hardware and software specific capacities is a bit difficult, as many benchmark tools come with a different set of tests and configurations. As far as system testing is concerned, you must [...] (more…)

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Monitor Health Of Upto 10 Servers In Network With Windows Health Monitor

Windows Health Monitor is a powerful monitoring utility which is developed by ManageEngine – famous for developing Enterprise IT Management Software. The free application is designed for large-scale network models, where system administrators are dealing with more than 100 nodes with around 10 servers working simultaneously. While it is compatible with both commonly used Windows [...] (more…)