The 5 best benchmarks to test your PC's performance

Do you actually know what performance from your computer? Often, just knowing which peripherals are in your setup (processor, video card, RAM memory) do not generate an effective answer as to what the real power of your computer is, be it personal, a gaming PC or even a notebook.

Following this line of reasoning, the benchmarks are essential tests to measure the real power of your machine. And its purpose is nothing more than obtaining results according to web browsing, productivity, content creation or consumption, and even gamer performance.

The advantage of using a benchmarking is that the tests are excellent both for common users and for sites that perform hardware reviews. Also, it is important to measure real situations, with real programs and benchmark tests do this function very efficiently.

Knowing more about benchmarks

It is a term that originally appeared in the corporate world and in banks, migrating over time to the computer environment. Even being migrated to the digital environment, the word has not changed its meaning, which is to compare two or more elements with similar standards and tests.

The tests in the field of computing aim to analyze the hardware of a computer, from the processor, RAM memory and video card to compare with other hardware available on the market. The program that performs the comparison will provide various information and criteria that were established in the tests, and finally an index corresponding to the general or specific performance of the analyzed hardware will be generated.

However, you may ask yourself: what is the goal of the benchmarks? They serve to compare and evaluate the most of your computer in a detailed way, if any part of your hardware is wanting you will know exactly what to improve on your computer.

It is recommended that the user be careful when carrying out the process of benchmarking, as the programs use the maximum amount of hardware and may, in an eventuality, cause damage to your computer if it does not comply with the usage requirements of each program. It is worth remembering that this observation is directed in case you have an old PC.

Furthermore, it is highly recommended not to use the computer during the testing process, avoiding leaving any program open, as the benchmark program will need all the resources of the computer.

Having said all that, check out the 5 best apps for benchmarking.

SYSmark

The program is a benchmarking based on applications that are used in areas of productivity, creativity and corporate. It is recommended to measure the performance of each program individually, as Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Chrome, Firefox, among other programs, making it possible to compare the results with other processors.

O SYSmark It can even analyze the pain points in the user experience when performing common activities such as program startup time, file launch, web browsing, multitasking, etc. However, to use the program it will be necessary to buy a license for the amount of US$ 895,00, in version Small Business Basic.

Os minimum requirements to run the SYSmark include:

• CPU: processor AMD ou Intel dual-core 1,5Ghz;
• RAM: 4 GB;
• HDD or SSD: 25 GB of free space on the main drive;
• Operational system: Windows 10 64 bit or Windows 7 64-bit;
• Resolution: 1280×800 or 1366×768;
• Video card: Compatible with DirectX 10.

MobileMark 2018

O MobileMark is a program based on benchmarking also used for the commercial environment, in the areas of productivity, creativity and web browsing. It has the same tools as the SYSmark, the only difference is that it is also used to test batteries, recommended for notebook users.

To use the program it is also necessary to buy a license for the amount of US$ 895,00, in version Small Business Basic.

The minimum requirements to run the MobileMark 2018 include:

• CPU: processor AMD ou Intel dual-core 1,5Ghz;
• RAM: 4 GB;
• HDD or SSD: 25 GB of free space on the main drive;
• Operational system: Windows 10 64 bit or Windows 7 64-bit;
• Resolution: 1280×800 or 1366×768;
• Video card: Compatible with DirectX 10.

If you are interested in purchasing both programs to carry out benchmarks on your institution's computers, we recommend that you purchase the package that includes the two applications mentioned above, the SYSmark e MobileMark 2018, which can be purchased on the website BAPCo, for the amount of US$ 1.295,00, in version Small Business Basic.

Web XPRT 3

Unlike the others, the Web XPRT 3 is an benchmarking to test web browsing performance, and works on virtually all web-connected devices such as computers, notebooks and smartphones.

The test will analyze several functions that use HTML 5 e JavaScript, being the most recommended for the Web environment, and can be used directly in your browser. The only requirement is that you have a stable internet connection.

The test is free and based on 42 different runs, lasting a maximum of 10 minutes, analyzing various routine office activities that can be done in the web browser. After the test is over, the result will be displayed, containing:

• Photo Enhancement (photo enhancement): the result of how long it will take to edit photos for example in an online editor, the time will be displayed as ms, millisecond.
• Organize Album using AI (organize albums using Artificial Intelligence): calculates the time taken to detect faces and classify images using the neural network library ConvNetJS.
• Stock Option Pricing (Stock Options Price, in free translation): serves to calculate and display the graphical views of a stock portfolio using Canvas, SVG (elements present in the language HTML) and dygraphs.js (element JavaScript).
• Encrypt Notes and OCR Scan (Encrypt Annotations and OCR Scanning): Criteria established for how long the web browser will take to encrypt annotations to local storage and scan an image using OCR (tool that allows information within an image to be converted into editable text).
• Sales Graphs (Sales Graph): used to know the waiting time to display various sales graphs and calculations using InfoVis and d3.js (graphic tools in JavaScript).
• Online Homework: checks how long it will take to do remote activities like science work using automatic spell checking.

UserBenchmark

Recommended especially for users of PC gamer, this program benchmarking is considered the best for computers Gamers with a higher setup. It is possible to analyze different areas of your computer such as processor, video card, RAM memory, HD or SSD.

The reports generated by UserBenchmark they are very complete and are compared with other computers of the same or similar level as the user, being possible to save the test results. In addition, the program has the function of comparing the performance of your video card (GPU) with others and performing a simulation to evaluate which games run well according to the power of your video card.

The program does not require minimum requirements to run the tests, however we recommend that you do not have any other applications open while the tests are being carried out, as it may affect the performance of your computer. In addition, an internet connection will be required, as the UserBenchmark will redirect the test result to a webpage.

After redirecting to the web page, the test result will be displayed in which the processor, video card, HD, and RAM memory were evaluated. Within each hardware will be displayed various information such as the score, the speed of each hardware and a graph showing whether your peripheral is performing very bad, bad, average, good or great. In addition, the tool will also give you which points should be improved in your setup and will indicate which is the best for your computer.

3DMARK

This program of benchmarking is used to measure the performance of your graphics card (GPU), the test will measure the power of the GPU to handle 3D applications, whether in games or editing programs. Thus, it is recommended to use for PC gamer users, both for professionals who use photo and video editing software.

The downside is that the complete version of the program is payment, however, there is also the free version which tests some interesting features. There are no major requirements to run the tests, however, you will need to create an account on the platform Steam, famous PC gaming platform, install the program from Steam, and so install the 3DMARK by the platform.

With the free version of the test it will be possible to evaluate several elements with the tool Night raid, the test lasts an average of 15 minutes and will simulate a real game situation with depth, rotation, 3D shapes, among others. As 3DMARK you will know how many FPS (Frames Per Second) your GPU will do in certain 3D applications.

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