When you’re looking for a new computer – whether you’re planning on building your own or purchasing from an existing supplier – you tend to find out as much as you can about current models, peripherals and the components that you need for your machine. This information includes extensive information about the CPU you’re intending to install and the motherboard required to support the CPU.

However, many of us keep our PCs for at least a couple of years. After this team we choose to either upgrade our existing computer or make a new purchase. If we’re upgrading our PC, we need to work out what’s installed on the PC before we can purchase a better CPU and other components, if required. Can you really remember the CPU installed in your computer that you built a couple of years ago?

CPU-Z is a system tool that will enable you to find extensive information about the CPU installed in your computer. I’ll will give you speed info, installed cache details and more. You can also find out information about components that affect your CPU, such as the motherboard revision, installed memory and more.