Introducing Bench 2.0 — a revamped benchmark analyzer, exclusively for Tom's Hardware Premium subscribers
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Because details matter, and we know that Tom’s Hardware readers value that data.So for the launch of Tom’s Hardware Premium, we built a new tool called Bench, which offered one-stop access to all of that data. Bench 2.0 has tons of new features designed to make the data easier to understand, easier to sort through, and far more usable.
- ▪When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
- ▪Because details matter, and we know that Tom’s Hardware readers value that data.So for the launch of Tom’s Hardware Premium, we built a new tool called Bench, which offered one-stop access to all of that data.
- ▪Bench 2.0 has tons of new features designed to make the data easier to understand, easier to sort through, and far more usable.
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| Publication time | Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:27:12 +0000 |
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PC Components Introducing Bench 2.0 — a revamped benchmark analyzer, exclusively for Tom's Hardware Premium subscribers News By Jeremy Kaplan Published 7 August 2026 New features, new data, hundreds of benchmarks. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Future Publishing) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Tom’s Hardware is renowned for the benchmark tests and performance data we collect on every CPU, GPU, SSD, laptop, and more that runs through our labs — hundreds of products every year, thousands of tests, tens of thousands of data points.
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