factors affecting CPU performance

Question 1

what factors affect CPU performance?

Answer 1

clock speed, cache size, number of cores

Question 2

how does clock speed affect CPU performance

Answer 2

CPU clocks can sometimes be sped up slightly by the user known as over clocking. Overclocking can cause long term damage to the CPU as it is working harder and producing more heat

Question 3

how does cache size affect the CPU performance?

Answer 3

the bigger the cache, the less time a processor has to wait for instructions to be fetched