{"id":2894,"date":"2022-08-15T09:23:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T09:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ai.nero.com\/blog\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2023-08-21T09:53:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T09:53:46","slug":"pc-benchmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ai.nero.com\/blog\/pc-benchmark\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best PC Benchmark Software (Free\/Paid\uff09"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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I am sure whenever you open a YouTube channel about hardware or gaming reviews, Youtubers are going to use a pack of fancy charts to convince you that this computer is extremely powerful compared with other competitive products. Usually, benchmark results are shown in the form of bar charts and numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n

 But benchmarks are more than a tool to help content creators or tell you what Graphic card you should buy.<\/span> For those who are still wondering which benchmarks to use. We reviewed some of the market’s most widely used benchmarks based on personal user experience. But before we dive into that, there are some essential pieces of knowledge you should know about the PC benchmark.<\/p>\n

1. What is benchmark?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

First of all, what is benchmark? Benchmark is a test or set of tests created to push your system’s or component’s performance to the limit and see its true potential. And this typically refers to a video game scene with loads of visuals or one that might be in a video game for graphics cards. The latter is referred to as a synthetic benchmark, and there are many options, including PassMark<\/b><\/a>, 3DMark<\/a>, and Unigine Heaven<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

And each of the benchmarks serves different areas of specialties, some are better for testing gaming performance, and some are designed to do the stress test. Therefore, each benchmark will target different PC parts to challenge their performance.<\/p>\n

Typically, a pc benchmark tests four parts of your PC: the CPU, GPU, RAM, and hard drives, for these are the key components that determine a PC’s performance.<\/p>\n

2. Why would you run a benchmark?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Most people run benchmarks for a simple reason – to test their PC and see if they can run specific games or not. After all, not everyone owns top-tier hardware like RTX<\/a> graphic cards or intel’s new CPU chips. So most gamers have to run benchmarks to ensure their PC has the best system performance.<\/p>\n

However, a simple number or ranking can not indicate everything. There are more reasons why you should run a benchmark on your PC as a gamer.<\/p>\n