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canned benchmark

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Noun

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canned benchmark (plural canned benchmarks)

  1. (computing, video games) A computer program designed for the sole purpose of benchmarking the hardware it's being run on.
  2. (by extension, video games) An automated benchmark sequence built into a video game.

Usage notes

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  • The term has a negative connotation due to canned benchmarks historically being inaccurate and not representative of real-world performance. Some hardware manufacturers have also been caught cheating in canned benchmarks by changing the hardware's behavior when a canned benchmark program is being run.[1]

References

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  1. ^ “Huawei & Honor's Recent Benchmarking Behaviour: A Cheating Headache”, in AnandTech.com[1], 2018 September 4