Catzilla: ALLBenchmark

For some people, performance means a lot when it comes to video games and computers. However, others go even further than that and try to attach a score to the notion of performance and make a competition out of it, using overclocking techniques and the most expensive gear money can buy. For those people, special tools have been designed, which do exactly that and can be used to brag on the Internet.

Catzilla: ALLBenchmark says it all in the name, because it’s quite literally a benchmark test featuring huge cats that fire lasers out of their eyes, like in the old Godzilla movie. Obviously, what actually happens on the screen is of no concern to you, but it helps to stay entertained while the test is running. Hence, watching household felines demolish an entire neighborhood is certainly preferable to anything else.

Despite its silly approach, the tool is quite serious underneath all that cat fur. In essence, it allows you to see whether your computer can handle a variety of graphic effects, as well as a wide selection of tough physics simulations. Thus, you need a really powerful computer to be able to run the benchmark without problems, especially if you choose the higher presets, such as Full-HD resolutions and beyond.

In case you really want to go overboard and push your GPU to the limit, there are custom options you can toy around with, which allow you to activate various effects. Naturally, your computer must be pretty capable of dealing with whatever you happen to throw at it, because otherwise you are stuck watching the test at miserable frame rates.

There are multiple tests you can run, depending on what you are interested in. Hence, the classic benchmark puts a lot of stress on your GPU, because that’s the most important component for video games. On the other hand, advanced physics require more CPU power, so you can test that as well by simulating a few building demolitions or short fluid simulations.

In the end, Catzilla: ALLBenchmark delivers on its promises, and it can make your computer sweat in no time. Not only that, but a global high score system is available as well, which makes it that much easier to spread the news about your latest overclock achievements.