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westrock2000
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Basic question really and wasn't sure where to put it. When you see online (or even magazine) reviewers show benchmarks of various tests for CPU's and such they usually have stuff measured in time. For example Toms Hardware shows how long it takes to encode a segment of DVD.
My question is, is there like a benchmark suite that these guys use that load a particular test and then get the time it took to processes, or does someone sit there with a stop watch and measure iTunes or whatever program it happens to be?
I know, for many of us we are forced to use something like the stopwatch meathod when trying to do our benchmarks, but I didn't know if the "pro's" have an actual standard suite that does all that stuff.
My question is, is there like a benchmark suite that these guys use that load a particular test and then get the time it took to processes, or does someone sit there with a stop watch and measure iTunes or whatever program it happens to be?
I know, for many of us we are forced to use something like the stopwatch meathod when trying to do our benchmarks, but I didn't know if the "pro's" have an actual standard suite that does all that stuff.