Benchmark & game-session analysis
See what's holding your PC back, and what to try next.
Unthrottled analyzes a game or benchmark run and points out, in plain English, what's likely limiting your PC, whether that's heat, power, a maxed-out GPU, VRAM, or the frame pacing behind stutter, plus changes worth trying. Capture a run in a couple of clicks with our free Windows app, or upload a sensor log you already have. No spreadsheets to dig through.
What it does
Built for enthusiasts who want to get a little bit more.
Tailored to your build
Save your parts (or let the app detect them) and readings are checked against your real CPU, GPU, cooler, and fans, including rated power, boost clocks, and throttle points where they're known.
Every sensor, any load
Whether the app captures it or you upload a CSV, Unthrottled reads every temperature, clock, power, fan, and voltage, plus FPS and 1% lows when you use the app, then computes min, avg, max, and time over limits.
Explanations, not just scores
Most benchmarks give you a score to compare and stop there. Unthrottled shows you what's likely holding your PC back, whether that's heat, power, a GPU pinned at its limit, VRAM, or the frame pacing behind stutter, and which changes may be worth trying, in plain English.
Compare and track
Unthrottled points out what moved since your last run, better or worse, on its own. Put a whole build side by side with a new one to see whether an upgrade paid off, instead of guessing.
What it catches
The likely cause, not just a number.
Every run is checked against your own hardware. When something looks off, Unthrottled names it in plain English and suggests the lever most likely to move it. A few of the things it flags:
Your fans aren't ramping
Running hot while the fans sat at a fixed low speed. Often that's the fan curve, not the game.
VRAM is nearly full
Textures spilling over to system RAM, a common hidden cause of pop-in and stutter.
Power-limited, not heat
Cool but pinned at its power limit. More cooling is unlikely to help here; more power budget might.
GPU-bound or CPU-bound
Which part seems to be setting your frame rate, so you can see where tuning might pay off.
Something changed since last run
A key reading moved the wrong way versus your last run, flagged automatically.
A drive is overheating
An NVMe throttling under load, which can show up as long loads and hitching.
Uneven frame pacing
The 1% lows behind stutter that your average frame rate quietly hides.
How your overclock held up
And how much headroom this run left, as a rough guide if you're weighing a next step.
Getting your data in
Start with the app. Or bring your own logs.
Either way, you run the benchmark yourself (Heaven, Superposition, Cinebench, a game, a stress test). The only difference is how the sensor data reaches Unthrottled. For almost everyone that's the app: install it once and it handles the logging and upload for you. The manual path is there if you'd rather not install anything and want to see for yourself what leaves your PC, since you export and upload the CSV yourself. Pick one and stick with it for a given build, because the two name their sensors differently and runs recorded each way do not line up against each other.
Unthrottled Agent
Install our small Windows app once and it does the logging for you. It records the run and pushes it straight to your account. Nothing to export, nothing to upload.
- Start, run your benchmark, stop. Name the run and your results open on their own
- Reads every temperature, clock, power, fan and voltage your PC reports, including CPU package temperature and power, through PawnIO, a signed third-party driver it installs with your OK
- Records FPS and 1% lows on its own, with nothing extra to set up
- Can auto-detect your build to set up your parts
- One install and an administrator prompt the first time, so it can read those sensors
Bring your own logs
Prefer to install nothing of ours? Log a run in HWiNFO64, save the CSV, and upload it yourself, so you control what gets sent.
- Nothing of ours runs on your PC, and you choose what gets uploaded
- Scored and analyzed the same way as an app-recorded run
- A few manual steps every time: start logging, run the test, export, upload
- FPS and 1% lows only if you set HWiNFO up to log frame rates
The loop
Four steps, then repeat.
- 01
Set up in a minute
Create a free account and install the Unthrottled app; it pairs to your account and detects your build for you. Prefer not to install anything? Add your parts by hand instead.
- 02
Capture a run
Put your PC under any load, like a benchmark, a game, or normal use. Hit start, run it, hit stop, and the app uploads the run for you. Prefer the manual path? Log it yourself in HWiNFO64 and save the CSV.
- 03
Read the findings
Unthrottled scores the run from 0 to 100, checks the readings against your hardware's limits, and points out what seems to be holding it back: heat, power, or voltage.
- 04
Try a change, then compare
If you'd like to try something, it helps to change one thing at a time and run the same test again. Unthrottled shows what moved since last time, better or worse, on its own.
From real users
What Unthrottled users say.
These come from signed-up Unthrottled users, not anonymous internet reviews. We read every rating we get.
Easy to navigate, run tests, and provides concise information to improve performance.
I've been trying to figure out what was wrong with my fans, and Unthrottled lets me log my fan curves, and I was able to fix it by adding more intake and less exhaust. Super helpful!!
Rated Unthrottled 100/100.
Recommending this to anyone wanting more information about their PC's hardware. Learned a ton about what's happening behind the scenes and how I can improve performance.
Keeps track of all the info I wanted monitored. Uses minimal cpu in the background and the support is phenomenal! Thanks!
Great, simple information
Easy to navigate, run tests, and provides concise information to improve performance.
I've been trying to figure out what was wrong with my fans, and Unthrottled lets me log my fan curves, and I was able to fix it by adding more intake and less exhaust. Super helpful!!
Rated Unthrottled 100/100.
Recommending this to anyone wanting more information about their PC's hardware. Learned a ton about what's happening behind the scenes and how I can improve performance.
Keeps track of all the info I wanted monitored. Uses minimal cpu in the background and the support is phenomenal! Thanks!
Great, simple information
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Unthrottled free?
Yes. Create an account, capture or upload a sensor log, and read your results for free. The optional Windows app is free too.
Do I have to install anything?
Unthrottled works with a Windows PC either way. Install the small Unthrottled app and it captures and uploads your runs for you, which is the easier path and records FPS with no extra setup. Prefer to install nothing of ours? Log a run in HWiNFO64 yourself and upload the CSV from any browser.
Which sensor logs does it read?
The Unthrottled app captures the sensors for you, or you can upload a CSV from HWiNFO. Unthrottled then reads every temperature, clock, power, fan, and voltage, and works out min, average, and max for each, plus how long your temperatures spent over their limits.
What is the health score?
A 0 to 100 read on how the run went against your hardware's real limits, paired with prioritized findings that point out what looks thermal, power, or voltage limited and what you could try, so you get a feel for what limits your system instead of just collecting numbers.
Does it work for games, not just benchmarks?
Yes. Capture a normal gaming session and Unthrottled reports your average FPS and 1% lows, whether you look GPU or CPU bound, how close your VRAM is to full, and the frame pacing behind stutter, then suggests what to try and points out when key readings, like temperatures or average FPS, moved the wrong way since your last run.
Is my data private?
Other users can't see your runs or builds, except averaged figures in community comparisons (which you can switch off) and anything you enter in the Arena. While it's open, the agent reads your sensors and checks in with our server at regular intervals, but live readings stay on your PC. A run is uploaded once you confirm it, and Arena runs upload on their own when their timer ends. The manual path sends only the CSV you choose. The agent section of our privacy policy spells out what the agent sends.
See what your build can really do.
Free account, Windows 10 and 11. Let the app capture a run or bring a sensor log, and see what's worth trying.