TL;DR: PassMark has crunched its benchmark data and observed a drop in CPU performance so far in 2025, theorizing about whether this might be down to hardware, or software issues (such as bloatware, ...

' PassMark PerformanceTest ' is a benchmark software that performs multiple benchmarks on five items: 'CPU,' '2D graphics,' '3F graphics,' 'memory,' and 'disk speed,' and provides detailed numerical ...

If you head on over to the PassMark Software CPUs benchmarks pages you might be a little surprised to find that the unreleased AMD Ryzen 5 5600X desktop processor features in its tables and charts.

AMD is preparing to launch the final CPU in its X3D family, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. It launched the Ryzen 9 CPUs, the 7950X3D and 7900X3D, but the reason it didn't launch all three seems obvious: The ...