How to run Cinebench to test your PC
We here at The Verge use benchmark utilities a lot to compare computers to each other and figure out which ones are the most powerful. But that’s not their only purpose. You may also want to run them just to see how your own PC stacks up to the competition and make sure it’s running as well as it’s supposed to.
One of the easiest utilities for beginners to run is Cinebench R23. This program uses your CPU to render a 3D image and evaluates how well it does that. It’s free and only takes 10 minutes to run.
Here’s how to do it.
If you’re using a Mac, search for Cinebench in the App Store. If you’re on Windows, you can find it in the Microsoft Store. Users of either platform can also download it from Maxon’s website directly.
If you’re running Windows 10 or 11, your system needs to have an Intel or AMD 64-bit CPU with SSE3 support and at least 4GB of RAM in order to run Cinebench. If you’re a Mac user, you need to be running macOS 10.13.16 or higher; you also need a 640bit CPU and at least 4GB of RAM.
Note: you may find different versions of Cinebench floating around, but as of this date, Cinebench R23 is the most recent one and the best one to use.
Once you’ve got the program downloaded, open it up. You’ll see two Start buttons in the top left corner. Click the one next to CPU (Multi Core) to test your system’s multi-core capabilities and CPU (Single Core) to test its single-core capabilities. Both of these tests will take around 10 minutes.
You can also run the tests for as long as 30 minutes if you want to see whether your system can keep up its performance over a longer period of time. To set that up, go to File > Advanced Benchmark. A drop-down menu will pop up on the left side labeled Minimum Test Duration. From
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