Understanding PC performance can seem a bit like peering into a black box – you’ve got a gut feel for your PC’s speed, but you can’t quite see what’s really going on. That’s where the science of benchmarking comes in – it allows you to measure in a repeatable way where your device performance is up to. Benchmarks aren’t perfect, but having designed and used them in 20 years of lab work, I’m looking this month at how benchmarks work and how to get the most out of them.
"No matter which benchmarks you use, the first step to improving your PC’s performance is always to know what it’s doing right now, what you call your ‘ground
