Code:
CPU-Z Readme file
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Version 1.58
June 2011
Contact : cpuz@cpuid.com
Web page: CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting
Validation page : CPU-Z Validator 3.00
Hall of Fame : CPU-Z Highest Records ! (V1.01)
Forum : CPU-Z Official forum
CPUID SDK : CPUID Developers Corner
Configuration file (cpuz.ini)
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The configuration file must be named cpuz.ini and be present at the same directory level
as cpuz.exe. It contains the following :
[CPU-Z]
TextFontName=Verdana
TextFontSize=13
TextFontColor=000060
LabelFontName=Verdana
LabelFontSize=13
PCI=1
MaxPCIBus=256
DMI=1
Sensor=1
SMBus=1
Display=1
ShowDutyCycles=0
UseDisplayAPI=1
- TextFontName : Font used for the information boxes.
- TextFontSize : Size of the font used for the information boxes.
- TextFontColor : Color of the font used for the information boxes. Value is expressed in hexadecimal, and consists in a classic Red/Green/Blue color code : RRGGBB
- LabelFontName : Font used for the label boxes.
- LabelFontSize : Size of the font used for the label boxes.
- Sensor : Set to OFF (or 0) disables sensor chip detection and voltages measurement. 1 to enable.
- PCI : Set to OFF (or 0) disables the PCI information. This disables chipset, SPD and, depending on the hardware, sensoring information. 1 to enable.
- MaxPCIBus : Sets the maximum PCI bus to scan. Default value is 256.
- DMI : Set to OFF (or 0) disables the DMI (Desktop Management Interface) information. This concerns BIOS vendor and version, motherboard vendor and revision. 1 to enable.
- SMBus : Set to OFF (or 0) disables SMBus information : SPD, and, depending on the hardware, sensoring information. 1 to enable.
- Display : Set to OFF (or 0) disables the video card information reported in the validator. 1 to enable.
- ShowDutyCycles : Set to 1, switches the alternate clock computation method based on duty cycles. 0 to disable.
- UseDisplayAPI : Set to 1, uses the display driver to read the display adapters information.
Parameters
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-txt=filename : Launch CPU-Z in ghost mode (no interface appears) and generates the register dump file (.txt)
in the same directory as the exe file.
-html=filename : Same as "-txt" except it generates the html report.
-core=id : Displays clock speed of core #id (id can be set from 0 to Number of cores minus one).
Keys
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F5 : save the current tab in a bmp file
F6 : save the current tab in the clipboard
F7 : save cvf file in the current directory
Cache Latency Tool
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The cache latency tool can be downloaded at that address : https://www.cpuid.com/medias/files/so...sc/latency.zip
History
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1.58 - June 2011
- AMD FX "Bulldozer" processors family (K15).
- AMD Llano processors family (K12).
- Intel Sandy Bridge-EP processors preliminary support.
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1.57 - February 2011
- Intel Xeon "Westmere-EX" support.
- GPU frequency report on Intel Sandy Bridge processor.
- AMD Zacate/Ontario processors support.
- Report TDP on main page when available.
- Cores clocks on floating menu.
- P67/H67 stepping report.
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1.56 - October 2010
- Intel Core i3/i5/i7 "2000" serie processors (Sandy Bridge) with new logos.
- Intel Core i7 970 "Gulftown".
- Intel P67 chipset.
- AMD Phenom II, Athlon II and Sempron II "Caspian" processors.
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1.55 - July 2010
- VIA VX900/VX900M and VN1000/VN1000M chipsets.
- Intel Core i5-760, Core i7-875K and Core i5-655K processors.
- Intel Core i7-940XM, 840QM, 740QM mobile processors.
- Intel Core i5-450M, 540UM, 430UM, Core i3-370M mobile processors.
- Intel Pentium P6000 processor.
- New parameter in cpuz.ini : UseDisplayAPI
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1.54 - March 2010
- Intel Core i7-880, Core i5-680, Core i3-550 processors.
- Intel Xeon 5600 line (32nm) processors.
- AMD Phenom II X6, Sempron II, Turion II, Turion II Ultra and Athlon II Mobile "Caspian" processors.
- NVIDIA GeForce 320M chipset.
- AMD 870/880G/890GX + SB800/SB850 chipset.
- Introduction of validation rooms.
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1.53 - December 2009
- Fix validation issue with AMD Phenom processors (1.53.1).
- Preliminary support for Intel Pinetrail platform (1.53.1).
- Intel Core i7 930 & 950, Core i7 980X "Gulftown", Xeon W3565.
- Intel Mobile Core i7/i5/i3 "Arrendale" (LV and ULV).
- Intel "Clarkdale" platform improved support.
- AMD Phenom FX-5000, Athlon II X2/X3/X4, Athlon L110.
- AMD AM3 socket detection improved.
- VIA VX800 and VX855 chipsets support.
- ATI Radeon 2100 and Radeon X1250 support.
- DirectX 11 detection fix.
- Hardware virtualization support now reported as instructions set.
- New HTML report with less information.
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1.52 - July 2009
- Fix Core i7 clock bug (1.52.2)
- New design with "Graphics" tab.
- NVIDIA nForce 980a chipset support.
- Intel Core i5 and Core i3 processors.
- Intel Atom Z530, Pentium DC E6300 (2.8GHz) and Core 2 Solo processors.
- Intel P55 and US15W chipsets preliminary support.
- AMD Phenom TWKR support.
- AMD Phenom X2 "Callisto" and Athlon X2 "Regor" processors.
- AMD Opteron 6-core "Istanbul" processor.
- Improved support for Windows 7.
- New Intel logos.
MD5 checksum : please refer to CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting
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1.51 - April 2009
- New version with installer.
- NVIDIA ION platform.
- Intel "Clarkdale" processor preliminary support.
MD5 checksum : please refer to CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting
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1.50 - February 2009
- Improved support for AMD Phenom II processor.
- Support for NVIDIA 740i chipset.
- Several bug fixes.
MD5 cpuz.exe (1.50) : E1C827C54F527404EDDA6D65DA0280D8
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1.49 - December 2008
- AMD Phenom II processor.
- New Intel Core 2 models.
- Improved loading time.
- New online validation process.
MD5 cpuz.exe (1.49) : B836E86B40D7AFAF99D9C512E8CC9FEF
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1.48 - October 2008
- Improved support for Intel Core i7 (Bloomfield & Gainestown).
- Intel Atom dual-core version support.
- AMD Athlon "Kuma" processor support.
- Alternate clock computation method based on "duty cycles" for Intel Core 2 processors (see ShowDutyCycles in cpuz.ini)
MD5 cpuz.exe (1.48) : DB78FBF1F99B7709240B495E59758CCE
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1.47 - August 2008
- Intel Core i7 processor.
- Intel Core 2 Duo S Mobile processors.
- NVIDIA MCP79/7A chipset.
- AMD 790GX / SB750 chipset.
MD5 cpuz.exe (1.47) : A7484EFA3C32BC968C248CB1237FF493
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1.46 - June 2008
- AMD Puma platform (Turion & Turion Ultra "Griffin");
- AMD Black Edition processors.
- Intel Xeon EX "Dunnington".
MD5 cpuz.exe (1.46) : C47432C41EC26156128F7B8E09E884CF
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1.45 - May 2008
- Intel Atom Z500/Z510/Z520/Z530/Z540 processors.
- Intel Core 2 Duo E7x00 processor.
- AMD 45 nm Phenom (Dened & Shanghai) processors.
- Intel P45 chipset.
MD5 cpuz.exe (1.45) : DD4E540C04297CF93DC721166C13446E
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1.44.2 - Mars 2008
- NVIDIA 650i, 680i, 750a/780a, 750i, 780i, 790i chipsets (1.44.2)
- Intel G35 chipset (1.44.2)
- Updated support for VIA chipsets (1.44.2)
- Support for the new validator (1.44.1)
- Preliminary support for VIA Isaiah processor.
- Support for all VIA Model D processors: VIA C7-M, VIA C7-D, VIA Eden, VIA Eden.
- Memory timings on Intel 5400A/B MCH (Skulltrail).
- Fix AMD Phenom detection issue on Windows Vista 64.
MD5 (1.44.2) : 81FB48A6EC7355E8D0DD71ADC2157CF6
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1.43 - January 2008
- Intel Skulltrail platform support (Core 2 Extreme QX9775 + 5400B MCH).
- Intel X48 chipset detection.
- AMD Athlon 64-LE 1600 and 1620 support.
- Fix detection issues on unlocked Phenom (ES/BE).
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1.42 - November 2007
- Intel Wolfdale/Yorkfield/Penryn CPUs support.
- AMD Phenom and Opteron Barcelona support improved.
- Current core selection menu (right click on the CPU page).
- Loading progress.
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1.41 - September 2007
- New CPU voltage monitoring.
- Intel Xeon Tigerton support.
- Intel IA64 CPUs support (Itanium / Itanium2)(special thanks to Rami Radi and Ray Hinchliffe).
- AMD K10 Phenom preliminary support.
- NVIDIA MCP73 support.
- Intel XMP profiles support.
- Memory modules nominal voltage.
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1.40.5 - July 2007
- NVIDIA nForce 560 chipset support.
- Intel Dynamic FSB technology support.
- Athlon 64 X2 BE & Sempron LE (TDP 45W).
- SiS671/FX/DX/MX northbridge support.
- SiS968 southbridge support.
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1.40 - May 2007
- VIA P4M800CE chipset support.
- Preliminary support for Intel Penryn CPUs family (45 nm).
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6x20, Pentium E2140/2160 processors recognition.
- Intel P35, G33, G31, Q35, Q33, X38 chipsets support.
- Intel GL960/GM965/PM965 chipsets support.
- AMD Athlon 64 "Lima" processor support.
- AMD Geode LX processor support.
- NVIDIA nForce 520 chipset support.
- New parameter "-console" to generate output in a command prompt (Windows XP only).
- New icon.
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1.39 - February 2007
- Windows Vista 64 support.
- VIA CX700/VX700 chipset.
- Added Merom XE (X7900/X7800)
- Added "PCI" and "MaxPCIBus" in the ini file to configure PCI scanning.
- Added "-core" parameter to display the clock speed of the specified core.
- Lot of bug fixes.
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1.38 - November 2006
- VIA P4M890 and P4M900 chipsets.
- NVIDIA 650i and 680i chipset.
- AMD Athlon 64 FX-7x processor.
- Core 2 Duo E6850, E6750, E6650 processors.
- socket 775 Xeon processor.
- New parameters "-txt" and "-html" (see above).
- Lot of bug fixes.
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1.37 - October 2006
- Intel Core 2 Quad, Celeron 360, Mobile Core 2 Duo T5200 support.
- Changed SSE4 to SSSE3 (Supplemental SSE3).
- Added VIA VT8237A southbridge.
- New HTML report.
- Several bug fixes.
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1.36 - August 2006
- New processor information display.
- Intel 5000X/P/Z/V SPD support.
- Intel Pentium D 925 & 945.
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1.35 - June 2006
- ATI RS350, RS400, RS480/RX480, RS482, RD580/RX580, RS600/RD600, RS690, RS700 chipsets support.
- ATI SB600 southbridge support.
- Intel P965 chipset support.
- Engineering samples Core based CPUs report.
- Windows Vista product line report.
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1.34.1 - May 2006
- AMD socket AM2/S1/F (rev F.) CPUs support.
- Enhanced Performance Profile (EPP) memory information report.
- Added Trc (bank cycle time) in DDR2 SPD report.
- Added Trc (bank cycle time) on i925, i945, i955, i975 chipsets.
- FB-DIMM DDR2 SPD information report.
- Core 2 Duo names and logos added.
- Turion 64 X2 logo added.
- Several bug fixed.
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1.33.1 - April 2006
- Intel i965 chipset support added.
- Fix SPD detection problem on SiS 964/965/966 southbridges.
- ODC (Odd Divisor Correct) for Athlon64 rev E.
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1.33 - April 2006
- Memory Command Rate timing added.
- Improved support for Intel Conroe/Merom CPUs.
- Celeron M 420/430 Yonah.
- Xeon Dual core Dempsey.
- VIA C7-M CPU detection added.
- VIA PT880, PT880 Pro, K8T900 chipsets support.
- nVidia nForce 550/560/570 (MCP55) chipset support.
- VIA VT8251 southbridge support.
- Fixed HyperTransport information misreports (in dump file).
- Added K6-2 and K6-III logos.
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1.32.1 - March 2006
- New Intel logos.
- Added Pentium D 925, Pentium EE 965.
- Several bugs fixed.
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1.32 - February 2006
- Athlon FX-60 detection added.
- Athlon64 new memory dividers.
- Celeron 35x Cedar Mill, Pentium D 805.
- Core Solo & Core Duo detection improved.
- VIA C7 CPU detection added.
- Intel i975X, i945GT chipsets support.
- ATI RD580 chipset support.
- ULi smbus support improved.
- Fix smbus conflict with ClockGen.
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1.31 - November 2005
- Improved support for ATI RS480/482 chipsets.
- GeForce 6100/6150 (nForce 410/430) chipsets support.
- Intel E7520 chipset support.
- New CPUs support : AMD Opteron socket 939, Intel Pentium 4 Cedar Mill and Presler,
Intel Xeon Paxville, Intel Pentium M Yonah SC & DC.
- Several bug fixed.
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1.30 - August 2005
- Latest Sempron and Turion support improved.
- Intel Xeon Potomac, Pentium M 780 support.
- Improved Windows version report.
- Support for SMBus on latest SiS bridges (964, 965, 966) and ULi bridges.
- Increased clocks refresh rate.
- Several bug fixed.
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1.29 - June 2005
- New PCI devices report.
- Switch for VCore report in .ini file.
- VCore report on some uGuru mainboards.
- Improved clocks computation.
- Improved support for latest AMD CPUs, Celeron D 3x1 (EM64T).
- Improved support for SiS 649, 650 and 656 chipsets, Intel 915PM chipset.
- Improved stability when several instances of CPU-Z are running in the same time.
- Restored html report in ghost mode (see "Parameters" chapter above).
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1.28.6 - March 2005
- Support for Athlon 64 X2 CPUs
- Support for i955X chipset
- Bunch of bugs
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1.28 - March 2005
- Support for SiS chipsets improved : 648FX, 649, 655FX, 655TX, 656
- Support for nVidia nForce4 SLI Intel Edition
- Support for Intel Pentium D, Pentium XE, AMD Turion, Opteron 252
- New F7 key to simplifiy the creation of the validation file
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1.27 - February 2005
- Support for Intel Pentium 4 6xx CPUs.
- New validation system.
- Hundred of bug fixes.
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1.26 - December 2004
- VCore display on Pentium M CPUs.
- New CPU clock computation.
- Improved support of Transmeta CPUs.
- Several bugs fixed.
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1.25 - November 2004
- nVidia nForce4 chipset support
- Intel Pentium 4J support
- New button to refresh memory timings
- Several bugs fixed
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1.24 - September 2004
- AMD Sempron support
- New memory SPD page
- PCI-Express graphic interface support
- Configuration file
- External cache latency tool
- Restored html report
- Fix several bugs
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1.23 - June 2004
- Intel i915P/G, i925X chipsets support
- Intel LGA775 CPUs support
- Intel's CPU number display
- New AMD Athlon 64 steppings
- New report in one file
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1.22 - April 2004
- New CPUs : Xeon Nocona, Celeron Prescott
- DDR2 memory support
- Clock mode when iconized
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1.21 - January 2004
- one file package
- Windows 64 support
- new chipsets support
- new CPU support : Celeron M, Pentium 4 "Prescott"
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1.20a - October 2003
- memory frequency and ratio on nForce2
- KT600 support
- W83627THF VRM mode
- SPD read improvement
- Fix some memory leaks (DMI)
- Fix memory size report
- Fix AGP side band status
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