It is helpful to have detailed information regarding CPU, mainboard, memory that can be referred to when upgrading the system or for simply troubleshooting.
CPU-Z is a cool freeware app that shows detailed info about all these very quickly. Download it from here.
There is nothing much to install, simply run the executable file that is CPU-Z. Click on various tabs and all the detailed info regarding CPU type and it’s details, memory, mainboard, graphics card etc will be listed. Select the appropriate tabs as shown below for listing detailed inf about each of the component.
Click on the About tab and select the report format (text file or HTML) for reference.
Pretty useful app to have.