Benchmarking software developer PassMark publishes the average results of all Windows PC tests across the globe every two weeks in a line graph. In line with what many enthusiasts might expect, the ...

TL;DR: PassMark has crunched its benchmark data and observed a drop in CPU performance so far in 2025, theorizing about whether this might be down to hardware, or software issues (such as bloatware, ...

' PassMark PerformanceTest ' is a benchmark software that performs multiple benchmarks on five items: 'CPU,' '2D graphics,' '3F graphics,' 'memory,' and 'disk speed,' and provides detailed numerical ...

Intel places seven CPUs in PassMark's top ten price performance rankings AMD leads only through discounted Ryzen 5 clearance entries Value favors Intel across widely available desktop CPUs Intel ...

AMD is about to release its new Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series CPUs, and early benchmark numbers are starting to appear. One model in particular, the Threadripper 9980X, is grabbing attention because ...

TL;DR: PassMark has been aggregating CPU performance data for nearly two decades based on collective scores recorded through its benchmarking software. For the first time in 20 years, however, the ...

Year after year, CPUs get faster. Even a midrange chip from today's PCs can run circles around the fastest processors from a decade ago. But last year? That's debatable. According to the makers of ...

'PassMark PerformanceTest ' is a benchmark software that performs multiple benchmarks for each of the five items of 'CPU', '2D graphics', '3F graphics', 'memory', and 'disk speed' to perform detailed ...

A new PassMark database entry is giving us another early look at Intel’s rumored Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus, a flagship-class Arrow Lake Refresh mobile CPU that still hasn’t been formally introduced.