Cpukiller Alternatives

Cpukiller is described as 'CPUKILLER is a software capable of slowing down your computer up to 99% permitting you to run old software' and is an app in the gaming software category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Cpukiller for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Android, Cinnamon and GNOME apps. The best Cpukiller alternative is Prime95, which is free. Other great apps like Cpukiller are CPU Frequency Selector, SetCPU, HeavyLoad and Auto-CPUFreq.

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    Prime95

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    Prime95 is a program that searches for new Mersenne prime numbers. It is commonly used as a stability test for overclocked computers.

    24 Prime95 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    SetCPU

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    SetCPU is a tool for changing the CPU settings (capable of overclock and underclock) on a rooted Android device, to improve performance or save battery.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
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  5. HeavyLoad icon

    HeavyLoad

     7 likes

    The individual test methods employed by HeavyLoad can be customized to fit your needs. Can stress test CPU, hard disk, memory and GPU.

    29 HeavyLoad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Auto-CPUFreq

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    An automatic CPU speed and power optimizer for Linux that helps to improve battery life in laptops.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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    cpulimit

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    CPU Usage Limiter for Linux - cpulimit is a simple program which attempts to limit the cpu usage of a process (expressed in percentage, not in cpu time). This is useful to control batch jobs, when you don't want them to eat too much cpu.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    CPU Limiter

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    Limits CPU power to applications based on percentage CPU limit (per target process) ou or suspend target processes. The program permit add process using wildcard and actions triggered.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Qt
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
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  10. No-frills CPU Control icon

    No-frills CPU Control

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    No-frills CPU Control is a tool you can use on your rooted device to quickly set the CPU frequencies and governor to use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
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    Ananicy

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    Ananicy (ANother Auto NICe daemon) — is a shell daemon created to manage processes' IO and CPU priorities, with community-driven set of rules for popular applications (anyone may add their own rule via github's pull request mechanism). It's mainly for desktop usage.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    StressMyPC

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    StressMyPC is stress testing software, to do a PC stability test ergo computer stress test at fully load of the hardware.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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