How are computer speeds measured?

Answer 1

Bits and Bytes are terms for hard drive space. Computer speed is measured in Mhz (Megahertz, Slowest) and Ghz (Gigahertz, Fastest). Say if you have a 500Mhz computer, and a 2.6Ghz computer. the 2.6Ghz computer would be much faster.

Answer 2

CPU speed, or Processor speed, is measured in MIPS nowadays, since the processing power is a lot better. MIPS stands for Millions of instructions per second.

For example, Intel Core i7 Extreme 965EE processor is measured at 76,383 MIPS.

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_speed

Answer 3

yes, usually x32 or x64 (32bit, 64bit)

Computer speed is not measured in bits per second (bps). Throughput is the measure of transfer speed of data, which uses bps. The "speed" of an internet connection or a hard drive is often measured using this metric. The speed of a computer itself is hard to measure. Some people (incorrectly) use the clock speed of the CPU to determine what computers are "fast," but this only works when comparing CPUs in the same family. Another common way to measure the speed of a computer is to measure how much work it can do in a given time. Artificial benchmarks or real world observation can be used to get a decent gauge on how much data your computer can process or how many instructions it can execute over a period of time.

Answer 4

Mainly true, but partly false. There are two bits in a computer that supply speed: The processor (measured in hertz eg. 2Ghz Processor) and RAM (bits and bytes eg 2GB of RAM). The processor is more to do withthe speed programs run and load at, and RAM let's you use lots of memory intensive programs at the same time, although this also comes down to the processor and vice versa. Hope I helped :)

Answer 5

in giga hertz or mega hertz,mostly in giga hertz

Answer 6

True