Past tense of benchmark; measured or compared something against a standard to evaluate performance or quality.
From 'benchmark' (a reference point) plus the past tense suffix '-ed'. The term became common in business and computing in the late 20th century to describe performance testing.
When tech companies benchmark their processors against competitors, they're doing exactly what 17th-century surveyors did with notches in stone—using fixed reference points to measure progress.
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