PCMark is a

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tool developed by UL (formerly Futuremark) to test the performance of a PC at the system and component level. In most cases, the tests in PCMark are designed to represent typical home user workloads. Running PCMark produces a score with higher numbers indicating better performance. Several versions of PCMark have been released. Scores cannot be compared across versions since each includes different tests.

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compilers create conditional code that uses more advanced instructions for CPUs that identify as Intel.

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PCMark benchmarks

Unsupported PCMark benchmarks (PCMark2002 - 7)

UL Benchmarks
Benchmarks (computing) Software developed in Finland

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