Best PC benchmark

[SerbianBoy_Mylo]

I was wondering, which benchmark is the best? Which one gives the best picture about computer?

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[dmroeder]

Sandra seems alright. It gives you all kinds of info.

 

[joefriday]

Personally, I preferr real application benchmarks, as most synthetic benchmarks don't accurately report the true performance difference between two cpus 100% of the time. Take for example Sisoft Sandra, as mentioned in the post above. It is a VERY informative tool, as it can tell you all sorts of information about your computer's components, but it cannot accurately take into account L2 cache size of cpu processors. Therefore the presented results of sisoft Sandra must not be taken as gosple, lest you want to believe a 3.0 ghz Northwood celeron is equilivant to a hyperthreading 3.0 GHz Pentium 4. 8O

If you game, look at benchmarks of the games you like to play. If you like to burn cds and dvds, then look at the encoding benchmarks. If you like to surf the web, play mp3's, make emails, watch dvds, play solitare, and make word docs and powerpoint presentations, then buy a Pentium II or K6-2.