The ultimate guide to understanding laptop benchmarks for creatives

A creative looks at laptop benchmarks on a laptop screen
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If you're a digital creative whose productivity depends on your laptop setup keeping up with your workflow, chances are you pore over reviews and test results when it comes choosing a device. But picking through all the detail can be a challenge, particularly when you're confronted by a barrage of laptop benchmarks.

Here at Creative Bloq, we use laptop benchmarking tests as a crucial part of our own review process since we think they help to provide a more objective view of how well a laptop performs against other options on the market. However, we're aware that when we quote the results in our reviews, the numbers might not mean a lot to anyone who hasn't performed their own tests.

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Joe Foley

Joe is a regular freelance journalist and editor at Creative Bloq. He writes news, features and buying guides and keeps track of the best equipment and software for creatives, from video editing programs to monitors and accessories. A veteran news writer and photographer, he now works as a project manager at the London and Buenos Aires-based design, production and branding agency Hermana Creatives. There he manages a team of designers, photographers and video editors who specialise in producing visual content and design assets for the hospitality sector. He also dances Argentine tango.

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