Check CPU Speed in Real-Time: For a more dynamic assessment, you can check how fast your CPU is running in real-time. Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open the Task Manager.

How to Check Computer Speed Boost Clocks A third-party program is necessary to see the typical clock speed and maximum clock speed (s) that your CPU can run at.

An AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Geekbench score shows what the new gaming handheld CPU can do, but gaming frame rate remains a mystery for now.

Intel smashed through another speed record with the announcement of the forthcoming Core i9-14900K CPU. The desktop processor reaches 6.2GHz without overclocking.

And, of course, a slow computer has plenty of other explanations aside from bottlenecking. So, here's how to tell if your PC has a CPU bottleneck and what to do about it.

Facing a power wall and the limit of physics, chip makers are in a constant battle to reengineer and re-evaluate ways to build a better CPU.