Computer Performance

Computer Performance

1. Clock speed

   • WHAT?
     • the operating speed of a computer or its microprocessor, expressed in cycles per second (1 GHz =1,000,000,000).
   • HOW?
     • clock speed to try to make their computer run faster
   • WHY?

2. Cores

   • WHY?
     • good for multitasking
   • HOW?
   • WHAT?
     • A core, or CPU core, is the "brain" of a CPU. It receives instructions, and performs calculations, or operations, to satisfy those instructions.

3. Cache

   • WHAT?
   • WHY?
     • Increasing cache memory in your environment might help allocate CPU processes, but it doesn't necessarily result in better performance
   • HOW?