Benchmark may refer to:

Business and economics

Benchmarking Benchmarking is the practice of comparing business processes and performance metrics to industry bests and best practices from other companies. Dimensions typically measured are Project management triangle, quality, time and cost. Benchmarking is ...

, evaluating performance within organizations *

Benchmark price Benchmark price (BP) is the price per unit of quantity in a specific segment of the international marketplace, set by the country or producers' organization that consistently exports the largest quantity or volume in a marketplace such as the Lond ...

Benchmark (crude oil) A benchmark crude or marker crude is a Petroleum, crude oil that serves as a reference price for buyers and sellers of crude oil. There are three primary benchmarks, West Texas Intermediate (WTI), Brent Blend, and Dubai Crude. Other well-known b ...

, oil-specific practices

Science and technology

Experimental benchmarking Experimental benchmarking allows researchers to learn about the accuracy of non-experimental research designs. Specifically, one can compare observational results to experimental findings to calibrate bias. Under ordinary conditions, carrying ou ...

, the act of defining an experimental reference system to compare the accuracy of other non-experimental scientific methods *

Benchmark (surveying) The term benchmark, bench mark, or survey benchmark originates from the chiseled horizontal marks that surveyors made in stone structures, into which an angle iron could be placed to form a "bench" for a leveling rod, thus ensuring that a le ...

, a point of known elevation marked for the purpose of surveying *

Benchmarking (geolocating) A person taking a photo of a located benchmark on a statue Benchmarking, also known as benchmark hunting, is a hobby activity in which participants find benchmarks (also known as survey markers or geodetic control points). The term "benchmar ...

, an activity involving finding benchmarks *

Benchmark (computing) In computing, a benchmark is the act of running a computer program, a set of programs, or other operations, in order to assess the relative performance of an object, normally by running a number of standard tests and trials against it. The term ...

, the result of running a computer program to assess performance * Benchmark, a best-performing, or

gold standard A gold standard is a backed currency, monetary system in which the standard economics, economic unit of account is based on a fixed quantity of gold. The gold standard was the basis for the international monetary system from the 1870s to the ...

test in medicine and statistics

Companies

Benchmark Electronics Benchmark Electronics Inc is an EMS, ODM, and OEM company based in Tempe, Arizona in the Phoenix metropolitan area.Worldwide Locations > The Americas > New Hampshire Benchmark Electronics Official Site Singapore Singapore, officially th ...

, an electronics manufacturer *

Benchmark (venture capital firm) Benchmark is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Bob Kagle, Bruce Dunlevie, Andy Rachleff, Kevin Harvey, and Val Vaden. The firm is known for its equal partnership structure and focus on early-stage investing, typically leading the firs ...

, a venture capital firm *

Benchmark Recordings Benchmark Recordings is a record label that was founded in 2000 by music industry veterans Bill Coben and Denny Bruce. The initial catalog included the first four albums by The Fabulous Thunderbirds, which were originally released in the late 19 ...

, a music label with CDs by the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Mike Bloomfield

Other uses

* ''Benchmarking'' (journal), a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal relating to the field of quality management * McAfee's Benchmark, a brand of bourbon * ''Benchmark'' (game show), on UK Channel 4

Business and economics

Science and technology

Companies

Other uses

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