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Editors’ Review

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Super PI is a single-threaded Windows benchmark tool designed to calculate pi up to 32 million digits. It rigorously tests x86 floating-point performance and CPU/RAM stability, making it popular for overclocking communities.
  • Pros

    • Calculates pi up to 32 million digits.
    • Benchmarks pure single-threaded x86 floating-point performance.
    • Indicates CPU capability relevant to computer gaming.
    • Globally recognized tool for hardware overclocking.
    • Confirms CPU and RAM stability under load.
  • Cons

    • Primarily single-threaded, not optimized for modern multi-core CPUs.
    • Does not leverage modern instruction sets.
    • Not the fastest available pi calculation tool.

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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
1.9
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows XP
Additional Requirements
None
POPULARITY
Total Downloads
2,547
Downloads Last Week
4

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Developer’s Description

Calculate pi to a specified number of digits up to 32 million.

Super PI is a single threaded benchmark that calculates pi to a specific number of digits. It uses the Gauss-Legendre algorithm and is a Windows port of a program used by Yasumasa Kanada in 1995 to compute pi to 232 digits.

Super PI is a single threaded benchmark ideal for testing pure, single threaded x86 floating point performance and while most of the computing market has shifted towards multithreaded applications and more modern instruction sets, Super PI still remains quite indicative of CPU capability in specific applications such as computer gaming.

Super PI is used by overclocking communities worldwide to test the performance and stability of their computers. If a machine is capable to calculate pi to the 32 millionth place without a mistake, it can be considered to be moderately stable for RAM/CPU. Although not the fastest pi calculator, it remains very popular with hardware overclockers.


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