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This is actually a very complicated question to answer as there are so many different (and often contradictory) ways to define and measure the speed of a computer. Because of this people often get confused and misinterpret the term. The following answer is obviously incomplete, but should help you understand some of the issues and give you ideas for other information to research.
- clock speed, measures raw clock signal in Hz - easiest to measure but least informative, especially with modern CPUs having multiple heavily pipelined execution units running in parallel
- OPS, measures operations per second - typically a measure of ALU speed only and ignores overhead that can slow speed below this figure (sometimes OPS and IPS are used interchangeably and both mean instructions executed per second, which does include the overhead)
- IPS, measures instructions executed per second - however in CISC computers some instructions take much longer than others to execute while in RISC computers almost all instructions take about the same amount of time, causing RISC computers to usually score higher than CISC computers even if both have similar real world performance
- FLOPS, measures floating point operations per second - for floating point computation intensive applications this gives an excellent measure of the speed, but if the application uses little or no floating point calculations it is useless
- benchmark programs, measures various synthetic but standardized performance parameters - these measurements are usually based on known critical sections of typical real application programs but can be run under more controlled conditions
- application programs, measures real world performance but needs the real application - hardest to measure (especially if the application has yet to be written when the computer must be selected) but it gives the most informative results
You can speed up your computer in a number of ways. For instance you can clean your Windows registry through an efficient Registry Cleaner and PC Optimizer such as Reginout.
Similarly you can uninstall unwanted softwares and disable unused programs. Keeping a shorter list of start up programs helps to speed up your computer start up.
The relevant "speed" is basically, how quickly the computer can get work done. There is no precise way to define this; but one measure that is often used is called "flops" - floating-point operations per second. That means additions, subtractions, multiplications, or divisions.
As an example, in 2016, the #1 supercomputer (according to the "Top 500" list) can do approximately 93 petaflops - that is 93 x 10 to the power 15 operations per second.
The speed of a computer is dependent on 2 things
1. age/quality of hardware
the older you computer is the slower it will run.
2.software
simple as really new software is designed to run on new systems meaning it is more demanding on the hardware.
providing that you maintain your computer correctly you should only need a hardware update once every 3 years.
The speed of a computer depends on the age of the computer. Old computers run up to 50 times slower than the newest computer.
it depends on the type of processor you have and how many you have
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What is the latest speed of computer?
The latest speed of computer is 4.1GHZ processor
How do you set idle speed on a 300m chrysler?
Idle speed is computer controlled and is not adjustable.Idle speed is computer controlled and is not adjustable.
How do you adjust the idle speed on a 2006 Chrysler sebring?
Idle speed is computer controlled and is not adjustable.Idle speed is computer controlled and is not adjustable.
Which computer is fast a computer with prossesor speed of 550Mhz and 128Mb RAM or computer with processor speed of 550Mhz and 256Mb RAM?
computer with prossesor speed of 550Mh and 128Mb RAM
What word describes the speed of a computer?
the computer's speed is measured in gigahertz (GHZ)
Where can I get a computer speed test done?
You can visit speedtest.com to get a computer speed test done. It measures the speed between your computer and the Internet but does not measure the speed between the Network Interface Device.
Is there a computer chip that will speed up a computer and were can you buy them?
You can buy more RAM for your computer. It can speed up your computer depending on your memory usage. You can buy it at a local electronics store. RAM only improves a computer's speed to a certain point, at which motherboard components and processor speed limit computer performance. So the question is oversimplified as computer speed is governed by motherboard chipsets, processor core numbers and speed, RAM volume, hard drive writing speed, etc.
What is the speed of a microcomputers?
speed of micro computer
Will the computer speed test tell me what needs to be done to speed up my computer?
No. They only telling you how fast is your internet connection. Sometimes , there are some tips that you could bear on what to do to speed up your computer's speed.
Does a 1994 88 lss Oldsmobile has a speed governor or does the speed control by computer?
Computer controlled.
What does it mean if you have a computer speed of 513MHz?
this means your computer have a processor with 513 MHz processing speed.
What is the speed of a computer?
The speed of a computer is a lot of things. The speed is how fast your computer can get data off your Hard Drive, How much Ram or Memory you have, and how fast your processor is. Most people say that the speed is the number on the processor. But That is not always true.
