When it comes to benchmarking, you have to make sure that you don't measure only one component, but also not every possible component. Therefore, the most important components, especially for gaming, you guessed it, are the CPU and GPU. That is also the reason for thisTop 5 list being heavy on CPU and GPU benchmarks. All tools are free to use and have proven to be reliable and widespread among other users, increasing comparability. Full disclaimer: this video is not sponsored in any form by any of the tools being mentioned. Download links for the tools: ======================== Cinebench R23: https://www.maxon.net/en/downloads Furmark: https://geeks3d.com/furmark/downloads/ 3DMark: https://store.steampowered.com/app/223850/3DMark/ Heaven: https://benchmark.unigine.com/heaven Blender Open Data: https://www.blender.org/download/ Hardware Info: https://www.hwinfo.com/download/ HWMonitor: https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html Prime95: https://www.mersenne.org/download/ How-to videos for the programs: ============================================= Cinebench R23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL1URBIYW0s Furmark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ww8c4cMo0A 3DMark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IruukNDeB8 Heaven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpF4tTz96k4 Blender Open Data: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3an7Qm2bq1c Prime95: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0U7fPKRlVs Further information: ========================= Cinebench R23 comparison results: https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/cpu_benchmark-cinebench_r23_multi_core-16 ============================================= Furmark online results: https://gpuscore.top/furmark/ ============================================= 3DMark: https://www.3dmark.com/search ============================================= Heaven setup recommendations and results: https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/unigine-heaven-4-0-benchmark-scores-part-2.222125/ ============================================= Blender online results: https://opendata.blender.org/benchmarks/query/ ============================================= Timestamps: =========== 0:00 Introduction 0:49 Cinebench R23 1:29 Furmark 2:03 3DMark 2:59 Heaven 3:55 Blender 4:40 Bonus: HWInfo 4:55 Bonus: HWMonitor 5:06 Bonus Prime95 What tools do you recommend? What are must-haves for you? Leave a comment down below with your suggestions. #freebenchmarkpc #freepcbenchmarks #benchmarkpcfree