What is "benchmark"

In computing, benchmark is the act of running a computer program, a set of programs, or other operations in order to evaluate the relative performance of an object, typically running a series of tests and tests on it.

The term "benchmark" is also commonly used for the own (benchmarking) programs developed to run the process. Usually, benchmarking is associated with evaluation of performance characteristics of a computer hardware such as, for example, the performance of a CPU’s floating point operation, but there are circumstances where the technique is also applicable to software. Software benchmarks are done, for example, in compilers or database management systems.