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CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS

CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS
Windows
Mostly Positive · 74% of 11,430
DeveloperSmorb Software
Price verdict · US updated yesterday
Why this verdict
All-time low $16.99 · 22d ago
Player reviews 74% positive of 11,430
Quality score 74/100

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About this game

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Maximize your FPS :: Use CPUCores to isolate and constrain OS + non-game processes and dedicate CPU resources to be used exclusively for your games! CPUCores fully integrates with all Steam games!

Just Updated

  • 1 Click "START RANDOM GAME" functionality!
  • Works extremely well with Battle Royale games!
  • CPUCores fully supports VR-based games!
  • Fully supports Steam-based games as well as non-Steam games and applications!


About the Software

CPUCores ADVANCED is a cutting-edge Windows-based software built--by gamers, for gamers--with one thing in mind: MAXIMIZE YOUR FPS! CPUCores ADVANCED does this better than ever before by micromanaging your Windows OS and non-essential applications to deliver maximum CPU to your game!

1) DIRECT STEAM INTEGRATION

  • CPUCores automatically detect all of your Steam games.

2) OS OPTIMIZATION

  • To start, CPUCores will isolate your entire OS to your first core.

  • Secondly, CPUCores examines and constrains key Windows services that are not essential and known to hog CPU resources.

  • Third, CPUCores examines and isolate key Windows processes to ensure a perfect balance of CPU savings without starving key Windows processes.

3) GAME OPTIMIZATION

  • CPUCores will isolate and dedicate processing cores to be exclusively used by your game.

  • CPUCores will allow game-specific hyper-thread disabling/enabling.

4) BACKGROUND / NON-GAME OPTIMIZATIONS

  • CPUCores examines what non-OS and non-game operations your PC is running. It will do things such as constrain non-game programs to your first processing core.

5) EXTRAS

  • Ability to "START RANDOM GAME" with 1 button click!

  • Fully supporting VR games!

  • Support for non-Steam games

  • Support for general, non-game applications like video editing, graphic design and more!

  • Convenient game sorting options makes large Steam libraries manageable

  • Incredible community surrounding the software!

  • Direct contact with the developer for suggestions on feature updates!

The impact of how CPUCores will help with FPS depends on essentially 2 things:

#1 Your PC Hardware

#2 The game itself

Here are some benchmarks we've recently seen from our test system:

  • ARMA III - 17.5% FPS Increase!

  • Team Fortress 2 - 58% FPS Increase!

  • TombRaider - 6.3% FPS Increase

  • Left4Dead2 - 14% FPS Increase

The CPUCores application identifies dozens of Windows programs, background processes, and non-gaming applications, and immediately controls and isolates them to a subsection of your total CPU resources.

CPUCores will then free up a block of CPU resources and dedicated it specifically for a game. You can then launch a Steam game, or any game/program, directly via the CPUCores application. This enables CPUCores to control the processor usage for that game/program and ensure it has dedicated usage to processing cores. Your game no longer has to share resources with the OS / other applications.

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Price history

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Historical lows
All-time low ATL $16.99 2026-06-25
3-month low $16.99
12-month low $16.99
Current $16.99
Price events From the accepted price history
Jun 25, 2026
New all-time low $16.99

CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS price history and current deals

CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS for PC currently sells from $16.99 at authorized stores. Its all-time low is $16.99, set on 2026-06-25.

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Steam reviews Mostly Positive · 74%
74% positive of 11,430
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Requirements
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Minimum
Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 11 64-bit
  • Processor: Any dual core CPU or higher. Low/Medium/Medium-High 4/8/16 core CPU systems preferred.
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: CPUCores was designed for system ranging between medium-low to medium-high end PC systems. CPUs that are in the 2 core (dual core) to 4 core (quad core) range, as well as some 6 core CPUs, This systems that have the best results would typically be (low end) E8400/Q9600, AMD FX, Core2Duo, and medium-high end i7 and i9s.
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Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 11, 64-bit
  • Processor: Any dual core CPU or higher. Low/Medium/Medium-High 4/8/16 core CPU systems preferred.
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: CPUCores was designed for system ranging between medium-low to medium-high end PC systems. CPUs that are in the 2 core (dual core) to 4 core (quad core) range, as well as some 6 core CPUs, This systems that have the best results would typically be (low end) E8400/Q9600, AMD FX, Core2Duo, and medium-high end i5 and i7s.
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          Achievements (28)
          1 CPU Core
          1 CPU Core

          Your system has 1 or more CPU Cores

          2 CPU Cores
          2 CPU Cores

          Your system has 2 or more CPU Cores

          4 CPU Cores
          4 CPU Cores

          Your system has 4 or more CPU Cores

          6 CPU Cores
          6 CPU Cores

          Your system has 6 or more CPU Cores

          8 CPU Cores
          8 CPU Cores

          Your system has 8 or more CPU Cores

          Launch a Game using CPUCores
          Launch a Game using CPUCores

          Launch your First Game Using the CPUCores Launch Button

          CPUCores Hours Used: 100
          CPUCores Hours Used: 100

          You've used CPUCores to boost your FPS for this many hours: 100

          CPUCores Hours Used: 1000
          CPUCores Hours Used: 1000

          You've used CPUCores to boost your FPS for this many hours: 1000

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