PCMark 8 is designed to test the performance of all types of PC, from tablets to desktops. With five separate benchmark tests plus battery life testing, PCMark 8 helps you find the devices that offer the perfect combination of efficiency and performance. It's the complete PC benchmark for home and business.PCMark 8 includes a variety of benchmark tests reflecting the different ways people use their computers. Each test can be run individually allowing you to choose the benchmark that best matches your own situation or the main purpose of your system. Each benchmark produces a score. Higher is better. Scores are not comparable across tests, nor are scores from PCMark 8 comparable with results from other versions of PCMark. * The industry standard PC benchmark test for Windows 8 and Windows 7.* Combines performance testing with new battery life measurement tools.* Includes new tests using popular applications from Microsoft and Adobe.* Ideal for testing the performance of SSDs and hybrid storage devices.There are three versions with different pricing levels. Basic Edition - Free- Complete performance measurement for your PC.- Includes Home, Creative and Work benchmarks.- Test everything from tablets to desktop PCs.- Easy to use, no technical know-how needed.- Free online account to manage your results.- A professional level tool now available for free!Advanced Edition - $49.95- All the tests and tools you need to benchmark your system for power and performance.- Benchmark with Adobe & Microsoft applications.*- Test your SSDs and HDDs with the Storage test.- Measure the battery life of your tablet or notebook.- Run individual workloads to fine-tune your system.- Get in-depth hardware monitoring graphs.- Automatically save your results offline.Professional Edition - $1495.00- Licensed for business use.- Command line automation.- Additional Storage tests (coming soon)- Private offline results option.- Export results as XML.- Priority customer support.Min Requirements:- IE 10- Microsoft Windows 7- Dual core processor- 2 GB Memory- DirectX 9.0c compatible display with 1366x768 resolution- Storage 30 GB free hard disk spaceNew in PCMark 8 version 2.0.191 This is a major update that adds new tests and workloads. Scores from the Home, Creative and Work benchmarks in PCMark 8 v2.0.191 are not comparable with scores from v1.2.157 or other previous versions. This update adds a new Compatibility Mode setting to the Professional and Advanced Editions that enables you to run older versions of each test for times when you need to compare scores with historical benchmark results. Home benchmark? Home updated to version 3.0. Scores should not be compared with previous versions.? New Photo Editing test using the open source ImageMagick library and a wider variety of image processing operations.? Video Chat test now features improved face detection and performance. The test has been updated to use OpenCV 2.4.7. Creative benchmark? Creative updated to version 3.0. Scores should not be compared with previous versions.? Photo Editing test using the open source ImageMagick library and a wider variety of image processing operations.? Video Editing part 2 now uses source material in 4K UHD resolution (3840x2160).? Video Group Chat test now features improved face detection and performance. The test has been updated to use OpenCV 2.4.7. Work benchmark? Work updated to version 2.0. Scores should not be compared with previous versions.? Work version 2.0 adds a new Spreadsheet test and includes the Video Chat test to provide more varied and representative workloads for office and enterprise use. ? New Spreadsheet test using LibreOffice Calc, a part of the open-source productivity suite from The Document Foundation.? Added Video Chat test to the benchmark. Storage benchmark? Storage updated to version 1.1. Scores are comparable with previous versions.? Added Expanded Storage tests for specialist analysis of drive performance, (PCMark 8 Professional Edition only). Compatibility Mode? Compatibility Mode enables you to run the Home, Creative and Work benchmarks from version 1.2.157 for instances when you need to compare scores against historical result data, (PCMark 8 Professional and Advanced Editions only).