4 ways to check your PC specs on Windows 10

Publish date: 2024-06-17

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You can see your PC's basic specs on Windows 10 using the Control Panel and Settings app.
To see more detailed specs, including info about your video card, check the System Information app.
Further specs for your video and sound cards are available in the DirectX Diagnostic Tool app.

Whether you built a custom Windows computer, selecting every component for maximum performance, or just bought an off-the-shelf laptop, you may occasionally need to know specific details about what's under the hood.

Windows gives you the tools to learn your computer specs — details about your processor, video card, memory, and more. Unfortunately, that information is scattered around Windows in a number of seemingly random places.

Here are all the ways you can find your computer specs in Windows 10.

How to find your computer specs in Windows 10

Here are all the ways you can find your computer specs in Windows 10.

Find basic system information in the Control Panel

You can see information about your processor, how much memory is installed, and the version of Windows you are running with just a couple of clicks.

1. Click the Start button and type Control in the search box.

Type "Control" in the search box. Dave Johnson/Insider

2. Click Control Panel in the search results.

3. Click System and Security.

4. Click System.

Go to the system settings in Control Panel. Stefan Ionescu/Insider

Quick tip: You can also use the keyboard shortcut Windows key + Pause Break key to open the Control Panel page.

Find basic system information in Settings

You can see similar information (with some added details about the version of Windows you are running) in Settings.

1. Click the Start button and choose Settings (it's the gear-shaped icon above the power icon).

2. Click System.

3. Click About.

Go to the about page of the system settings in the Settings app. Stefan Ionescu/Insider

Find detailed specs in System Information

Windows catalogs much more detailed information about your computer in Windows' System Information.

1. Click the Start button and type System Information.

2. Select System Information in the search results.

3. You can find most of the details you need on the first page, in the System Summary node. You can also expand each node in the left pane for additional information.

Detailed specs are available in the System Information app. Dave Johnson/Insider

4. To see details about your video card, click Components and then click Display.

Find details about video and sound in DirectX Diagnostic Tool

Finally, Windows has a utility called the DirectX Diagnostic Tool, or DxDiag, for providing detailed information about the video card and sound devices installed on your computer.

1. Click the Start button and type dxdiag.

2. Click DxDiag in the search results.

3. Click the Display tab to see detailed video card specs. You can also click the Sound tabs to see your sound card information. The System tab contains the same information available in other locations.

The "Display" tab of the DXDiag app contains detailed video card specs. Dave Johnson/Insider Dave Johnson Freelance Writer Dave Johnson is a technology journalist who writes about consumer tech and how the industry is transforming the speculative world of science fiction into modern-day real life. Dave grew up in New Jersey before entering the Air Force to operate satellites, teach space operations, and do space launch planning. He then spent eight years as a content lead on the Windows team at Microsoft. As a photographer, Dave has photographed wolves in their natural environment; he's also a scuba instructor and co-host of several podcasts. Dave is the author of more than two dozen books and has contributed to many sites and publications including CNET, Forbes, PC World, How To Geek, and Insider. Read more Read less