It is no secret I am not a big believer in benchmark scores. That said, I do occasionally find them interesting if you want to get some raw numbers on theoretical performance. On that note, I was recently pointed to a "real world" benchmark on browser JavaScript performance. This test takes about 5 minutes to run and is pretty CPU intensive. At the end...

Full disclosure: I personally subscribe to the philosophy that “benchmark = lie”, simply because there are so many factors which can influence results and typically the benchmark results have little bearing on actual practical use. That said, I know a lot of readers probably do not share my opinion and enjoy reading about – and performing...

An anonymous reader on Slashdot wrote that based on exhaustive benchmark testing, the upcoming v8.10 of Ubuntu Linux is noticeably slower in some areas compared to previous releases (namely v7.04). "Linux" and "Slower" never fall within the same sentence, but they do now. To calm the masses out there, no, Ubuntu 8.10 will not be a crawling...

When it comes to diagnostic and benchmarking programs, there is certainly no shortage. So why not point you to another one? Fresh Diagnose is just that. The description from their website says: Fresh Diagnose is a utility designed to analyze and benchmark your computer system. It can analyze and benchmark many kinds of hardware, such as CPU performance, hard...