Test comparing Prime95 performance across various cores
Test comparing Prime95 performance across various cores
You can adjust the program's affinity, specifying which CPU cores it utilizes. See the provided guide for details.
That feature is now available in Windows 10. I understand it was present in Windows 7, but I'm on Windows 10.
Setting high priority can improve performance in video games by giving them better resource allocation. Adjusting threads unevenly in Prime95 versus the Task Manager may cause inconsistencies; affinity settings determine how tasks are distributed, so mismatched values could lead to unpredictable behavior. If one thread reports an error, checking the core details in the Task Manager will show which specific core was involved.
It wouldn't seem important for the game, even though it uses the GPU. Regarding p95, I stopped using that app around ten years ago. I currently run Linpack Xtreme.