What is this benchmark test i keep hearing about?

[socom2playa]

?

 

[sunsider]

take your pick

http://majorgeeks.com/downloads4.html

 

[socom2playa]

wow thanks

 

[Apokalipse]

benchmarks are programs that test the speed of your computer. some will depend more on graphics cards (like the popular 3dmark series and aquamark) and some depend mroe on CPU power (like SuperPI)