So its really grating that products such as this do not list the BASE processing speed. If it automatically "boosts" when u start up a game, it only makes it so you can technically run that game. It takes a while to load it up (we are talking just sims 3 here too!) and fps is 30 max. Idk the actual base ghz but others have said 1.0 something. Cant do anything with that. Just using the internet is slow as well. Just because all the pieces are there, doesnt mean they actually cohesively work together. It seemed like such a cool laptop but just wasnt working very well.