How to Check Your PC Specs on Windows

You need to know what is inside the PC before buying RAM, checking a game's requirements, or opening a support ticket. Windows shows all of it without extra software.

Check the basics in Settings

Press Windows + I and go to System, About. Under Device specifications you get the processor, installed RAM, and whether the system is 64-bit. Under Windows specifications you get the edition, version, and OS build. Click the Copy button next to either section to paste the details into an email. Windows 10 has the same page under Settings, System, About.

Check the graphics card with dxdiag

Press Windows + R, type dxdiag, and press Enter. The System tab repeats the processor and memory and adds the BIOS version and DirectX version. The Display tab shows the graphics card name, its display memory (VRAM), and the driver version. A laptop with two GPUs shows Display 1 and Display 2 tabs. Click Save All Information to export everything to a text file.

See everything with System Information

Press Windows + R, type msinfo32, and press Enter. System Summary lists the system model, BaseBoard Manufacturer and BaseBoard Product (the motherboard), BIOS version and date, and installed physical memory. Expand Components on the left for display, sound, and network adapters, and Components, Storage, Drives for disks. Use File, Export to save it all as text.

Watch live usage in Task Manager

Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc and open Performance. CPU shows the model name, cores, and current speed. Memory shows speed, slots used, and form factor, which tells you whether you can add a module. GPU shows the model and dedicated memory. Each disk entry shows the drive model and whether it is an SSD or HDD.

For storage space. Go to Settings, System, Storage to see how much of each drive is used and what is taking up room.

For a quick command-line read. Press Windows + R, type cmd, press Enter, and run:

systeminfo

It prints the model, BIOS, processor, memory, and Windows install date in one list.