When comparing SYSmark 2018 vs UserBenchmark, the Slant community recommends UserBenchmark for most people. In the question“What are the best tools for benchmarking a Windows PC?” UserBenchmark is ranked 8th while SYSmark 2018 is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose UserBenchmark is:
Online database with millions of test results. Beware: when running the tool the results are sent immediately to the website without your consent.
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Pros
Pro Includes all the apps Chrome, Office, etc. Real World and not synthetic benchmark
Pro Online database
Online database with millions of test results. Beware: when running the tool the results are sent immediately to the website without your consent.
Pro A lot of information
Gives a lot of advice for low performance - users report cases where UserBenchmark guidance let them identify settings throttling their GPU, and helping them increase FPS from 30 to 100.
Pro Not biased towards any one brand
Unlike other benchmarks, this one isn't biased towards any one brand.
Cons
Con Biased benchmarking results
Con Not fool proof
A Dell gaming laptop with NVidia 1050 GPU scored badly as a gaming PC, which was probably caused by the power management setting being throttled.