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Basically, there are available programs that can stress every part of your computer system and give a report... the programs measure the "stress" for you. You run the program and watch temperatures, system speed and calculation meters, see if your system is stable after tweaking, and you should get one or more numbers to use as comparison of how fast your computer is. If your computer locks up, then you back down and start all over again. It can take days, weeks or months to optimize. AMD has an optimizer for my computer to do this automatically... it locks the computer every time!
Doing all of this manually, you can tweak memory and cpu voltages, cycles, and stuff you never - ever want to do without knowing what you are doing. At the same time, the best way to learn is a bit of research and a bit of system tweaking. It can be fun... and frustrating when you actually fry something. I haven't actually "fried" anything in years.
Caveat - ALWAYS have a backup! Umm... I usually do... usually.