IT benchmarking is a technique to test the performance of a system or component.
Types of Benchmarking
Types of IT benchmarks:
- Real-world benchmark
- Synthetic benchmark
A real-world benchmark is measured in a real-world environment.
A synthetic benchmark is designed to measure the performance of an individual component in a controlled an specific environment. It is frequently used to test the maximum performance of a system.
Some synthetic benchmark tools are Dhrystone and Whetstone.
Web Benchmarking
You can read this post about web benchmarking.
POS Benchmarking
You can read this post about POS benchmarking.