Computer Benchmarking.

* What is Benchmarking? Benchmarking is a performance test of hardware and/or software. The process evaluates and compares devices or systems. Processors are frequently benchmarked, in the hopes of coming up with a single number that can capture the value of the CPU and let it be easily compared to others. * Why Can Benchmarking Be Useful? The value of benchmarking is that it allows us to compare hardware and/or software. The problem with it …

…Then, fire up your favourite app and put the stopwatch on it to see how long it takes it to do its thing. I know that people will continue using synthetic benchmarks, kernels, and suites as a matter of practicality; most real-world apps don't generate charts, graphs, and numerical scores to tell you how we'll they're performing on your system. But the reality is that you can't find a better benchmark than a real app.