• Find out if your PC is performing at its best.
• Compare the performance of your machine to similar machines.
• Measure the effect of configuration changes and upgrades.
• Avoid paying big bucks for poor performance.
• Make objective independent measurements on which to base your
  purchasing decision.
• Use the advanced tests to create you own benchmark scenarios

Twenty-eight standard benchmark tests are available in six test suites plus there are seven advanced testing windows for custom benchmarking.

Standard test suites

• CPU tests Mathematical operations, compression, encryption, SSE, 3DNow! instructions and more
• 2D graphics tests Drawing lines, bitmaps, fonts, text, and GUI elements
• 3D graphics tests Simple to complex DirectX 3D graphics and animations
  
• Disk tests Reading, writing and seeking within disk files
• Memory tests Allocating and accessing memory speed and efficiency
• CD / DVD test Test the speed of your CD or DVD drive