There are two ways to measure the performance of PC components: synthetic benchmarks like 3DMark or PCMark, and real-world benchmarks that test performance in games and various software using ...

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 is made simple using Windows tools to find CPU, GPU, RAM, or storage limits and fix slow PC ...

You can spend money on third-party PC optimization tools to improve performance, but Microsoft PC Manager claims to deliver the same benefits for free. I put it to the test. I've been testing PC and ...

In my experience, Windows PCs have gotten fast enough that I don’t have to worry about running too many apps or opening too many files at once. But there's always room for improvement, especially if ...