Any Performance Indicator for MBPr

[Charlaux]

Hi,
As a previous user of Windows,the performance tool was handy for me to see how's going on my computer,like If everything is going okay but while in macbook I just keep guessing about the things that happens,like there was once an unexpected shutdown (after the fan update,annoying fan noise and shut down,later totally fine ) So I was wondering If there are any easy tools that I can use as a check up ?

Thanks

 

[jafingi]

Geekbench.

Edit: And iStat to monitor temperature and fanspeeds etc.

 

[leman]

You have Activity Monitor which gives you stats about CPU/RAM/network usage, you have the Console which shows you the logs of system messages (if you experience some problem with the system, look here) - these are the easiest to use.

 

[wonderspark]

I think that Intel® Power Gadget is really informative. For example, here is a shot of what my MacBook Pro is running like when CPU use is a steady 700% while running my folding program.