- Temperatures under load
- Processor and graphics card under sustained load. That shows whether temperatures climb and performance falls away.
- 1% lows, not the average
- The average hides exactly the hitches that bother you. The lowest 1 percent of readings shows them.
- What runs in the background
- Startup programs, overlays and background tasks, and what each of them actually costs.
- Memory speed and profile
- Whether the memory really runs at the speed it was bought for, or at the default below it.
- Storage: space, speed and heat
- How full the drive is, how fast it still is, and whether it falls back once it warms up.
- Monitor and connection
- Refresh rate, cable type, and whether the configured mode matches what the monitor supports.