What is measured in PC rating?

Answer 1

PC rating is a tool that looks at a set of measurements, including benchmarks (i.e., tests that score performance based on how quickly the computer handles a certain task), processor clock speeds, and even the performance of various components, such as memory or graphics cards, battery life and/or other internal components, as the basis for comparing the relative performance of one PC to another. The rating may report individual measurements and/or an overall rating for the system. This so-called "base score" may be the lowest score given to an individual component, an average of all the individual scores, or some other calculated value based on the individual measures. Examples include the Windows System Performance Rating tool and Business Applications Performance's SYSmark. A PC rating is meant to offer consumers an easy-to-understand differentiation among the kinds of experiences one system can support relative to others, and the performance they might expect for the kinds of applications they run.