computer perfomace

computer perfomace

1. cores

   • the brain of the cpu it receives

2. clock speed

   • Why?
     • minimum specification for software not being met
     • devices may be slow at loading programs/applications and files
   • how
     • programs will load faster as more instructions can be processed per second
   • what
     • meausured in hz
       • 1ghz-1,000,000,000 instructions per seconds
       • 1hz-1 instruction/cycle per second
     • cycles per second

3. cache

4. ram