Stress-testing your CPU can be an excellent way to gauge how powerful it really is. Here are a few tests we think you should check out to maximize performance.

Here are some of the best CPU benchmarking software tools that you can use to test the performance capabilities of your PC.

For all of the following benchmarks, a higher score is better. Benchmark your laptop CPU Cinebench R23 for Windows after testing an Intel Core i3-7100U.

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This leaked Intel Core Ultra 5 225F benchmark shows how this likely budget-focused Arrow Lake processor is geared up to replace the 13400F.

The AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX scores 173,452 in a new benchmark leak, but raw power alone won't make it a great gaming CPU.

We put the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 version of the Galaxy S22 Ultra through its paces in several benchmarks. Here's how it fares.

On the Geekbench 6 multi-core CPU performance test, the Snapdragon X Elite reference devices (Config A and Config B) scored 15,130 and 14,000, respectively.