Now these benchmarks are synthetic and may not represent “real world” experiences. You normally would want to run the same benchmark a few times and calculate the average. The scores are then used to compare between different systems. The software sends instructions to the computer and it measures its performance with a score. So what exactly does Aida64 do? Well, it’s a benchmarking software. Also in the screenshot, you will notice that not all the information is available during the trial but you are still given a lot of functionality. I used to have to install CPU-Z to get such information, now I don’t have to since it’s included with Aida64. Here it shows different attributes of my CPU. On the screenshot above, I am displaying the CPU information under the Motherboard menu. Each section in the menu has a triangle to expand and reveal additional features. I was able to find things as well as things I didn’t even know it could do. In fact, it felt just like any other software.

I myself don’t do much benchmarking on a regular basis nor am I highly experienced with it, but the interface is not intimidating at all. Some of my screenshots will have “Trial” watermarks to show limitations of the trial versus a licensed copy. I first started playing with the trial, but ended up getting a license. Many of the bloggers and Youtube users I follow use it. What should I use? My search lead me to Finalwire’s Aida64. I recently built a new PC on the X99 platform.

Windows 10 aida64