I'm gonna get flamed, but I think using those benchmark apps and sites is a curse.
It tells you nothing useful. Zero, nada. If you actually feel that your computer is acting slower in some regards, that's one thing. In that case you want to figure out why it's happening. Open activity monitor and do a thorough analysis of what you see: processes, IO, memory, network - go over each and every tab and section and check if anything looks off. An arbitrary benchmark score tells you very little about what your personal subjective experience will be, as it does not take into account what you are doing with your computer.
Sure, maybe some of you may think that when you pay $XXXX for a computer, you want it to break all benchmark records, but you should at least realize, subconsciously maybe, that a computer like that was not made to be running those tests. Accessing email, website? Yes. Editing videos, photos, audio recordings? Yes. Playing movies, music, showing pictures to friends? Yes. Running a scientific simulation of planetary formations? Maybe. Running random benchmark tests? I highly doubt that's what the designers and engineers had in mind.
It tells you nothing useful. Zero, nada. If you actually feel that your computer is acting slower in some regards, that's one thing. In that case you want to figure out why it's happening. Open activity monitor and do a thorough analysis of what you see: processes, IO, memory, network - go over each and every tab and section and check if anything looks off. An arbitrary benchmark score tells you very little about what your personal subjective experience will be, as it does not take into account what you are doing with your computer.
Sure, maybe some of you may think that when you pay $XXXX for a computer, you want it to break all benchmark records, but you should at least realize, subconsciously maybe, that a computer like that was not made to be running those tests. Accessing email, website? Yes. Editing videos, photos, audio recordings? Yes. Playing movies, music, showing pictures to friends? Yes. Running a scientific simulation of planetary formations? Maybe. Running random benchmark tests? I highly doubt that's what the designers and engineers had in mind.
