Browser Performance Test

Hi I am wanting to find out how to perform a test of each browser on my Macbook Pro

1. Modle: October 2011 13"
2. Software: OS X 10.8.4 (12E55)
3. Processor: 2.5GHz Intel Core i5
4. Memory: 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3
5. Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB
6. HDD: 500GB
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Browsers I want to test

1. Safari
2. Chrome
3. FireFox
4. Opera

I am wanting to know what tools i can use, such as benchmarking, to find the difference between Speed, memory usage, performance, multiple tab performance, and any other tests that can be run so i can determine the best browser to run on my own computer. and so i can learn how to run these tests for other apps as well.

Please feel free to point to any tutorials you know of and share your experiences. I appreciate any help you can give me on this.

 

Yes i agree. the preferred browser is what the particular user likes.

the link you sent is great but i also want to know how they did the tests and what tools they actually used.