PCMark2002 measures generic PC performance in home and office use. It is a small download that is easy to install and run.

The program does not include whole applications for measuring the performance but instead, PCMark measures the computer's performance on a lower level.

The software has a series of benchmarking tests that represent common tasks in home and office activities but does not emulate whole applications.

PCMark2002 also tests memory and hard disk drive performance. The memory tests consist of a series of operations that transfer data to and from the memory in different sizes, as well as performing random-like accesses.

The video memory tests are another part of the memory benchmarks; at the same time the AGP (Advanced Graphics Port) performance is also measured. The system hard drives are tested with a sequence of read, write, and copy operations; the routines are run with the data cached and uncached.

Here are some key features of "PC Mark":

Free version features:
· CPU tests, presenting the total CPU score.
· Memory tests, giving a total Memory score.
· HDD test and a total HDD score.
· System Info, showing your PC hardware and system software in detail.
· Online services. Submit your results and compare them to PCMark2002 results from all over the world.

Registered version features:
· Custom benchmarking, by choosing the desired tests and settings for the benchmark run.
· Detailed result information also offline.
· Results can be exported in text format, suitable for most text editors and spreadsheet applications.

Pro version features:
· Windows XP 2D tests, demonstrating and testing new GDI+ features.
· Video performance tests, including ASF (Advanced Streaming Format) encoding and playback in different resolutions, and DVD playback also in different resolutions.
· Video quality tests, for DVD playback quality measurement.
· Battery test, for measuring battery life and for testing the impact that power saving features have on both usage and system performance. The test is completely customizable to better suit a wider range of laptop battery testing.
· Offline Result Browser. A separate application for managing and comparing larger amounts of results on a local PC. The offline Result Browser also includes additional features, such as comparison chart and graph generation.

Requirements:

· Intel® compatible 400 MHz processor, with MMX support
· 64 MB system memory or more, if the operating system requires it
· AGP graphics accelerator
· Microsoft Windows 98/SE, ME, 2000 or XP operating system
· DirectX 8.1 or later