i7 Turbo

i7 Turbo is a small-sized and portable piece of software that you can use to run benchmarks on your computer in order to test the Turbo throttling. It does not come equipped with too many features or configuration settings, so you can quickly work with it.

Portability advantages

Since there is no installation involved, you can save the program files to a custom location on the disk and just click the executable to launch i7 Turbo. There is also the possibility to save it to a pen drive or other mass storage device, to be able to run it on any machine with minimum effort and no previous installers.
More importantly, it does not modify Windows registry settings or create extra files on the disk without your consent, thus leaving no traces behind after its removal.

Simple interface and options

The GUI is user-friendly, made from a single window with a plain and simple structure, where the app automatically starts monitoring the computer at initialization.
So, you can view the calculated multiplier and multiplier thread along with the C0 state percent and average C0 state, as well as change the default load filter. Information can be logged to file and exported to a CSV file. What's more, the minimum and maximum values can be reset.

Evaluation and conclusion

There were no stability issues during our tests, since the tool did not hang, crash or pop up error messages. It has a good response time and minimal impact on computer performance. All in all, i7 Turbo delivers a simple solution to test the Turbo throttling of machines.