How To Simulate Lower CPU Processor Machines For Browser Testing

Question

We have some users which are using lower-CPU powered machines and they\'re encountering slow response times using our web application. Is there any way for me to do testing

Answer 1

Another big difference between high-performance and low-performance CPUs is the number of cores available. This can realistically differ by a factor of 4, way more than the difference in clock frequency you're likely to encounter.

You can solve this by setting the thread affinity. Even IE6 will use 13 threads just to show google.com. That means it will benefit from a multi-core CPU. But if you set the thread affinity to one core only, all 13 IE threads will have to share that one core.