benchmark
To give certain results in a benchmark testTo measure the performance or quality of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.: To give certain results in a benchmark test.
» Without a good benchmark, it's hard to tell which software is faster.
Ohne eine gute Benchmark ist es schwer zu sagen, welches Programm schneller ist. — Yorwba
Без хорошего теста на производительность трудно сказать, какая программа работает быстрее. — odexed
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2 sensesTo measure the performance or quality of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.
(intransitive, transitive)To give certain results in a benchmark test.
(ambitransitive, transitive)To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.
Examples
6 sentencesWithout a good benchmark, it's hard to tell which software is faster.
ruБез хорошего теста на производительность трудно сказать, какая программа работает быстрее. — odexed
deOhne eine gute Benchmark ist es schwer zu sagen, welches Programm schneller ist. — Yorwba
She thinks that happiness and health should be the benchmarks for success.
deSie findet, dass Glück und Gesundheit die Maßstäbe des Erfolgs sein sollten. — Yorwba
Its performance on the benchmark test suite shows that this is one of the fastest computer processors in existence.
A benchmark is a test used to evaluate and compare the performance of one software with that of other software.
The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark discount rate to an 18-year low.
deDie Bundesbank senkte ihren Diskontsatz auf ein 18-Jahres-Tief. — samueldora
Origin
From bench + mark. First use appears c. 1842. Originally a mark cut into a stone by land sFrom bench + mark. First use appears c. 1842. Originally a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench (from land surveying jargon in the 19th century, meaning a type of bracket), to mount measuring equipment. The figurative sense first appears c. 1884.
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Forms
benchmarks, benchmarking, benchmarked, benchmarked| Base form | benchmark · to benchmark |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | benchmarks |
| Present participle | benchmarking |
| Past simple | benchmarked |
| Past participle | benchmarked |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle