i know this website isn't to big on the over clocking stuff but i figured i would try to make a post that has a few of the utilities that people use. some are free , and some you have to pay for. i have marked witch ones. i have also provided a link to all the benchmarks.
[U]overclocking CPU
amd over drive
overclocking GPU
msi after burner (free)
riva tuner (free)
amd over drive (free)
ati catalyst driver (free)
nvidia control panel (free)
Evga precision (free)
GPU bios editing
ATI
ati winflash (free)
RBE (free)
Nvidia
NFlash (free)
NFlash for windows (Free)
Validating software
CPU
cpu-z (free)
GPU
GPU-z (free)
Monitoring software
CPU
core temp (free)
performance monitor(individual cores) (free)
TMonitor {individual cores) (free)
GPU
ati catalyst (Free)
nvidia control panel (free)
GPU-Z (free)
msi kombuster (free/comes with afterburner)
General
HW monitor pro (free)
Hw monitor (free)
Amd overdrive (free)
occt (free)
Ram
everest (buy/Trial)
Stability test/benchmarks
CPU
Prime 95 (free)
occt (free)
amd over drive (free)
3d mark 01,03,06,vantage (01,03 is free) (06 and vantage has a trial)
custom pc suite (free)
Gpu
Furmark (free)
amd overdrive (free)
msi after burner (free)
occt (free)
3d mark 01,03,06,vantage (01,03 is free) (06 and vantage has a trial)
heaven benchmark.
many games have benchmarks built into them. such as crysis,just cause 2,half life 2,etc....
i will try to post more when i find them.
if you have something you would like to add please let me know. please try to add a link to the download page and weather it is free or not.