Geoff Spick13 May 2009, 1:15 PM
Futuremark is a company synonymous with performance testing of video cards and systems, its latest tool is here to help you decide which browser really is the best.
3DMark and PCMark from
Futuremark are common tools in the battle for PC performance. Peacekeeper is the company's latest release, emerging from beta to help you decide on the fastest browser. With a
huge choice of browsers, finding out which is the fastest might help you save time on your favourite sites.
Who's the daddy among browsers on your desktop?Running in a browser and using Java, you'll need to shut down everything else to get a fair score. The application grabs your system stats and runs a series of six tests that takes around five minutes to complete. The tests include:
- Rendering to test graphical performance
- Social networking to test typical web functions
- Complex graphics to test advanced Canvas graphics
- Data tests Java page and data performance
- Document Object Model tests dynamic performance
- Test Parsing checks filtering and validation speeds
As with previous Futuremark programs, you get to see some pretty visuals as the tests run. The final score can be compared against other browsers on your system, or against other users' computers. Obviously, you need to install each browser to test it, but finding and trying new programs is never a bad thing.