CPU and system performance Flashcards
1
Q
What affects the performance of a CPU?
A
Clock speed
Number of cores
Cache size
2
Q
What does clock speed mean?
A
Number of instructions a single processor core cam carry out per second.
3
Q
Average instructions per second for a desktop computer?
A
3GHz or 3.5 billion
4
Q
What does increasing the clocks speed do?
A
Increases the amount of instructions carried out per second
5
Q
What does it mean if a CPU is over-clocked?
A
Run at higher clock speeds than the factory set rate
