Benchmark hypothetical PC build?

[Thomas Puzio]

pcpartpicker is a great website, but I wish it had a way to benchmark your hypothetical system. Is there such a website which allows you to select your components and then receive a performance benchmark score to be compared with other systems?

I'm not interested in a downloadable program because I want to know how a system WILL perform BEFORE I build it.

Rather than looking at separate component benchmarks, can you just "create" a computer and benchmark that?

 

[enemy1g]

I'm uncertain if any sites offer the specific feature you're looking for, but I think the next best thing would be to google, or search forums for people with similar rigs and look for benchmarks.

 

[realchaos]

Not with specific parts. But in a gaming build, the most important part is the gpu. So hypothetically, you could look at GPU benchmarks and find the GPU you wish to buy. That should give you a close estimate of how well your build should be performing, plus or minus some depending on your processor.

 

[obsidiangel1982]

I was wondering the same thing! The only thing I've been able to find so far is messing around with CyberPowerPC's pre-built gaming PCs. You can change pretty much every feature getting it pretty close to what you want it to be and it will show the FPS on the left at the level of whichever game they have available. You didn't mention what you will be using your PC for, but I have to assume that Cyberpower is ideal for gaming, but it could still be good for other things.

It has an option to show the Furmark Benchmark and also shows Starcraft II (med-ultra), Bioshock Infinite (med/high), Tomb Raider (norm/ultra). Please note that you won't be able to see the benchmark for every single rig they have, but I bet you'll be able to find SOMETHING there that comes close to the PC you'd like to build for yourself and like i said before, even if it doesn't come close, you can probably change the components so that it does.

Sidenote: Tomb Raider on Ultra drops ALL frames ridiculously low, it looks like you'll need a minimum $1500 machine for 60fps! Anything less than that, the frames drop to single digits.

I hope this helps because even just looking this stuff up for you has helped me today! My plan is to get as close to what i want as i can on cyberpower, compare it to what i find on pcpartpicker and possibly to what i can find on other websites and go from there.

I wish you the best of luck!