Check System Specs on Windows 10

5 Parts:

Check System Information using Settings

Check System Information using the Command Prompt

Check Your Computer's Specifications using System Information

Check System Specs using HWiNFO

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Whether you built your system or purchased it preconfigured, there will undoubtedly come a time when you'll need to find your computer's full list of specifications, such as; CPU, RAM, Hard Disks, Graphics Card, etc. Perhaps you want to ensure you can install a particular piece of software or game, or to perform specific tasks that have minimum hardware requirements, or just for bragging rights between your friends. In any case, being able to pull up your computer's full specs quickly is something all users should know how to do.

There are a few ways to check your computer's specs on Windows 10, and in this VisiHow tutorial, we'll go through each of them. There is also a variety of free and paid applications that will show a PC's specifications that we'll list.

For this article, we used a Clevo Laptop running Windows 10 Professional. If you're running Windows 8, the following steps will work just the same.

You can get a simple list of your computer's specs in the About section via Settings.

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   On your keyboard, press the Windows key + X at the same time.

   

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   When the Quick Link menu appears on the left of the screen, click "Settings".

   

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   From the Settings window, click "System".

   

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   On the System Settings window, click "About".

   

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   In the About section you'll see your system's main specs listed under "Device Specifications".

   

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You can get a more detailed list of your system's specifications via the command prompt.

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   In the Windows search box, type "command prompt" (without the quotes), then right-click "Command Prompt", then select "Run as administrator".

   

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   If you see the following UAC window, click "Yes".

   

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   When the Command Prompt window opens, type "system info" (without the quotes), then press the enter key.

   

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   When the system info command returns, you'll see a detailed list of your computer's specifications.

   

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Using the System information app is another great way to view a much more detailed list of your computer's specs.

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   Using the Windows taskbar search feature, type "msinfo32" (without the quotes), then click "System information" when the results populate.

   
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