gHacks technology news » browser benchmark http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:31:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Internet Browser Benchmark PeaceKeeper http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/03/internet-browser-benchmark-peacekeeper/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/03/internet-browser-benchmark-peacekeeper/#comments Sun, 03 May 2009 14:50:30 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/03/internet-browser-benchmark-peacekeeper/ futuremarkBenchmarks can be an appropriate method of comparing different products against each other. Internet browser benchmarks usually calculate the processing speed of web browsers using JavaScript. This method is a good indicator of the speed of a web browser. It fails however to test other important factors like usability, security or correct code interpretations. A browser that excels in JavaScript calculations and executions does not therefor need to be the best in other areas. Still, a speedy Internet browser is something that most users desire and strive after.

Peacekeeper is a new Internet browser benchmark by Futuremark which are probably best known for their video graphics benchmarks 3DMark and PCMark. The benchmark is compatible will all web browsers that support Java and JavaScript. It will extract general information from the computer system including its cpu, computer memory and operating system before starting the benchmark.

The benchmark itself is a series of tests that are conducted in the same browser window. The result is displayed in the end which would not make that much sense unless there would be some sort of comparison available. Probably the most interesting aspect of the Internet browser benchmark is the chart in the end that is displaying the performance of several web browsers when run on four different computer systems.

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The chart displays the performance of ten web browsers, including both final versions like Internet Explorer 8 or Safari 4 and beta versions like Opera 10 or Firefox 3.1b3, on four different computer systems. Two Intel computer systems running the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E8400 and Intel Core i7 Processor 920 plus two AMD systems running the AMD Athlon 64 3800+ and AMD Phenom II X4 940. It is therefor possible to analyse the performance of a web browser running on a local computer system with those run by other users who took the benchmark.

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