Benchmark Explained

Benchmark may refer to:

Business and economics

• Benchmarking, evaluating performance within organizations
• Benchmark price
• Benchmark (crude oil), oil-specific practices

Science and technology

• Experimental benchmarking, the act of defining an experimental reference system to compare the accuracy of other non-experimental scientific methods
• Benchmark (surveying), a point of known elevation marked for the purpose of surveying
• Benchmarking (geolocating), an activity involving finding benchmarks
• Benchmark (computing), the result of running a computer program to assess performance
• Benchmark, a best-performing, or gold standard test in medicine and statistics

Companies

• Benchmark Electronics, an electronics manufacturer
• Benchmark (venture capital firm), a venture capital firm
• Benchmark Recordings, a music label with CDs by the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Mike Bloomfield

Other uses

• Benchmarking (journal), a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal relating to the field of quality management
• McAfee's Benchmark, a brand of bourbon
• Benchmark (game show), on UK Channel 4

See also

• Specification (technical standard)