title: Benchmark
text: Benchmark may refer to:
  
  Business and economics
   Benchmarking, evaluating performance within organizations
   Benchmark price
   Benchmark (crude oil), oil-specific practices
  
  Science and technology
   Benchmark (surveying), a point of known elevation marked for the purpose of surveying
   Benchmarking (geolocating), an activity involving finding benchmarks
   Benchmark (computing), the result of running a computer program to assess performance
   Benchmark, a best-performing, or gold standard test in medicine and statistics
  
  Companies
   Benchmark Electronics, an electronics manufacturer
   Benchmark (venture capital firm), a venture capital firm
   Benchmark Recordings, a music label with CDs by the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Mike Bloomfield
  
  Other uses
   Benchmarking (journal), a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal relating to the field of quality management
   McAfee's Benchmark, a brand of bourbon
   Benchmark (game show), on UK Channel 4
  
  See also
   Specification (technical standard)