Computer Performance

Computer Performance

1. Clock Speed

   • What?
     • Clock speed is the number of fetch decode execute cycles a CPU can perform per second.
   • How?
     • The higher the clock speed, the more executed per second so the performance of the computer

2. Cores

   • How
     • If there are more cores the CPU's will execute more instructions every second so the computers performance will be improved.
   • What
     • The number of independent processors in the CPU which run the fetch decode execute cycle simultaneously.

3. Cache

   • What?
     • A cache is a special storage space for temporary files that make a device, browser,or app run faster and efficently
   • How?

4. RAM

   • How?
     • The bigger the amount of RAM, the more instructions and data can be stored while a program is running.
   • What?
     • Stores the programs , parts of the opperating system and the files currently being used.