PCMark
PCMark is a computer benchmark tool developed by UL to test the performance of a PC at the system and component level. In most cases, the tests in PCMark are designed to represent typical home user workloads. Running PCMark produces a score with higher numbers indicating better performance. Several versions of PCMark have been released. Scores cannot be compared across versions since each includes different tests.Versions
Controversy
In a 2008 Ars Technica article, a VIA Nano gained significant performance after its CPUID changed to Intel. However this could be explained by the way Intel compilers work: optimized code is only applied to Intel CPUs.
