I look forward to the day when that fucked up site is not taken seriously enough to be given exposure on respectable sites like tomshardware.
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I once was reading a review on UserBenchmark comparing NVIDIA and Intel GPUs, and the summary had a rant disparaging AMD GPUs... Like chill, they weren't even in this...
Userbenchmark always has been and always will be trash. They lack reputable metrics and methodology.
For the uninitiated, UserBenchmark (UB) is infamous in the tech landscape for its radical perspectives versus AMD
I don't think this captures the extent or absurdity of the BS they are pulling.
They will always conclude AMD is worse if not straight up bad. They did this to a point where people started questioning whether they are paid by Intel. They intentionally manipulate results to portray AMD in the worst way possible. If there is no (semi-)subtle way to do so, they just make random stuff up.
Do not even visit this site. Their testing is bad, their conclusions are wrong, seemingly all they want to do is mislead you. The way to avoid this is to avoid them.
Userbenchmark is only good for comparing component performance with people with the exact same SKU (to see if something is really wrong).
You should never use them for comparison across companies or even SKU families.
I'd argue there are MUCH better alternatives (cine, pass, 3Dmark, hwbot, cpuz, et al) for that that are equally if not easier to use. Furthermore, installing anything on a machine from these nutties is begging to be hacked (best case scenario).
One useful thing about userbench is that you can benchmark all components at the same time to identify a massive discrepancy between median performance for your component and what you're seeing in your build.
I treat userbench less as a benchmark and more as a high level validation system. Just to make sure there are no critical issues that are messing up my new build.
Passmark has this feature as well, and is much more reputable.
Ooh, nice, I've been looking for a replacement ever since UserBenchmark locked the benchmark behind a paywall and a ridiculous timewaster captcha.
It was a handy way to just make sure everything was working properly - like my BIOS is being a dumbass and deciding to run my RAM at half speed for some unknown reason, and not letting the new CPU boost to full potential.
M8, c'mon, people are taking their time to recommend you actual benchmarks that are somewhat transparent, reputable and provide all the functions that userbenchmark is supposed to have. Shit, even Aida64 is better than userbench. The least you could do is not spread complete asinine takes and have people install literal spyware from a bunch of loons that clearly make a buck out of fooling idiots to install their software and selling their data. FFS