Benchmark with your actual workflow.

Run real tasks. Open your heaviest project or application, time how long it takes to load, process, or export. That’s your before. After the upgrade, run the same exact task. That’s your after.

Synthetic benchmarks like Cinebench or Geekbench mostly test CPU and GPU speed. They won’t show a RAM capacity improvement unless you were already hitting the wall—and then the scores barely move. The real gain is in how your system handles multi-tasking or large files. Use your normal apps: Photoshop, a big spreadsheet, a VM, a dev environment. Time exports, tab reloads, compile times.

If you want numbers for the heck of it, run PCMark 10’s application tests or just watch Task Manager’s memory graph. But honestly