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Month: February 2018

WebXPRT 3 is here!

Justin Greene
By Justin Greene
on February 27, 2018

We’re excited to announce that WebXPRT 3 is now available to the public. BenchmarkXPRT Development Community members have been using a community preview for several weeks, but now anyone can run WebXPRT 3 and publish their results.

As we mentioned on the blog, WebXPRT 3 has a completely new UI, updated workloads, and new test content. We carried over several features from WebXPRT 2015 including automation, the option to run individual workloads, and language options for English, German, and Simplified Chinese.

We believe WebXPRT 3 will be as relevant and reliable as WebXPRT 2013 and 2015. After trying it out, please submit your scores and feel free to let us know what you think. We look forward to seeing new results submissions!

Posted in BenchmarkXPRT development community, Browser-based benchmarks, Community Preview, Cross-platform benchmarks, German, Performance benchmarking, Simplified Chinese, Web-based testing, WebXPRT, WebXPRT 3 |

Principled Technologies and the BenchmarkXPRT Development Community release WebXPRT 3, a free online performance evaluation tool for web-enabled devices

Justin Greene
By Justin Greene
on February 27, 2018

Durham, NC — Principled Technologies and the BenchmarkXPRT Development Community have released WebXPRT 3, a free online tool that gives objective information about how well a laptop, tablet, smartphone, or any other web-enabled device handles common web tasks. Anyone can go to WebXPRT.com and compare existing performance evaluation results on a variety of devices or run a simple evaluation test on their own.

WebXPRT 3 contains six HTML5- and JavaScript-based scenarios created to mirror common web browser tasks: Photo Enhancement, Organize Album Using AI, Stock Option Pricing, Encrypt Notes and OCR Scan, Sales Graphs, and Online Homework.

“WebXPRT is a popular, easy-to-use benchmark run by manufacturers, tech journalists, and consumers all around the world,” said Bill Catchings, co-founder of Principled Technologies, which administers the BenchmarkXPRT Development Community. “We believe that WebXPRT 3 is a great addition to WebXPRT’s legacy of providing relevant and reliable performance data for a wide range of devices.”

WebXPRT is one of the BenchmarkXPRT suite of performance evaluation tools. Other tools include MobileXPRT, TouchXPRT, CrXPRT, BatteryXPRT, and HDXPRT. The XPRTs help users get the facts before they buy, use, or evaluate tech products such as computers, tablets, and phones.

To learn more about and join the BenchmarkXPRT Development Community, go to www.BenchmarkXPRT.com.

About Principled Technologies, Inc.
Principled Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of technology marketing and learning & development services. It administers the BenchmarkXPRT Development Community.

Principled Technologies, Inc. is located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. For more information, please visit www.PrincipledTechnologies.com.

Company Contact
Justin Greene
BenchmarkXPRT Development Community
Principled Technologies, Inc.
1007 Slater Road, Ste. 300
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BenchmarkXPRTsupport@PrincipledTechnologies.com

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WebXPRT 3 arrives next week!

Justin Greene
By Justin Greene
on February 22, 2018

After much development work and testing, we’re happy to report that we’ll be releasing WebXPRT 3 early next week!

Here are the final workload names and descriptions.

1) Photo Enhancement: Applies three effects to two photos each using Canvas.
2) Organize Album Using AI: Detects faces and classifies images using the ConvNetJS neural network library.
3) Stock Option Pricing: Calculates and displays graphics views of a stock portfolio using Canvas, SVG, and dygraphs.js.
4) Encrypt Notes and OCR Scan: Encrypts notes in local storage and scans a receipt using optical character recognition.
5) Sales Graphs: Calculates and displays multiple views of sales data using InfoVis and d3.js.
6) Online Homework: Performs science and English homework using Web Workers and Typo.js spell check.

As we mentioned in an earlier blog post, the updated photo workloads contain new images and a deep learning task. We also added an optical character recognition task to the Local Notes workload and combined part of the DNA Sequence Analysis scenario with a writing sample/spell check scenario to simulate online homework in the new Online Homework workload.

Longtime WebXPRT users will immediately notice a completely new UI. We worked to improve the UI’s appearance on smaller devices such as phones and we think testers will find it easier to navigate.

Testers can still choose to run individual workloads and we’re once again offering English, German, and Simplified Chinese language options.

Below my sig, I’ve included pictures of WebXPRT 3’s start test and results pages, as well as an in-test screen capture.

We’re thankful for all the interest in WebXPRT 3 so far and believe the new version of WebXPRT will be as relevant and reliable as WebXPRT 2013 and 2015—and easier to use. We look forward to seeing new results submissions next week!

Justin

WebXPRT 3 start page

WebXPRT 3 in test

Results page

Posted in BenchmarkXPRT development community, Browser-based benchmarks, Collaborative benchmark development, Cross-platform benchmarks, Performance benchmarking, WebXPRT, WebXPRT 2015, WebXPRT 3 |

A smooth transition

Justin Greene
By Justin Greene
on February 15, 2018

We want to thank Andrei Frumusanu of AnandTech for mentioning WebXPRT 3 in the System Performance section of their Snapdragon 845 review. For testing labs and tech media, incorporating a new benchmark into a test suite can be daunting, and they don’t make the decision to do so lightly. Once a new benchmark is in play, the score database used for comparisons is suddenly empty, and a lot of testing needs to happen before anyone can compare devices on a large scale.

In the BenchmarkXPRT Development Community, we’ve designed our development and release system to minimize the stress involved in adopting new benchmark tools. A key part of that strategy is releasing community previews to members several weeks before the general release. When we release a community preview, we include no publication restrictions and we work to make sure that preview results will be comparable to results from the general release. Between a community preview and a general release, we may still tweak the UI or fix issues with non-workload-related features, but you can be sure that the results will still be good after the general release.

The community preview system allows us to solicit feedback from an expanded base of pre-release testers, but it also allows labs to backfill results for legacy devices and get a head start on incorporating the new benchmark into their testing suites.

Speaking of previews, WebXPRT 3 community preview testing is going well and we’re excited about the upcoming release. If you’d like to learn more about our development community and how you can join, send us your questions and we’ll be happy to help.

Justin

Posted in Benchmarking, BenchmarkXPRT development community, Browser-based benchmarks, Collaborative benchmark development, Community Preview, WebXPRT, WebXPRT 3 |

WebXPRT 3, Mobile World Congress, and the next HDXPRT

Justin Greene
By Justin Greene
on February 8, 2018

We’re excited about everything that’s in store for the XPRTs, and we want to update community members on what to expect in the next few months.

The next major development is likely to be the WebXPRT 3 general release. We’re currently refining the UI and conducting extensive testing with the community preview build. We’re not ready to announce a firm release date, but hope to do so over the next few weeks. Please try the community preview and give us your feedback, if you haven’t already.

During the last week of February, Mark will be at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. Each year, MWC offers a great opportunity to examine the new trends and technologies that will shape mobile technology in the years to come. We look forward to sharing Mark’s thoughts on this year’s hot topics. Will you be attending MWC this year? If so, let us know!

In addition, we’re hoping to have a community preview of the next HDXPRT ready in the spring. As we mentioned a few months ago, we’re updating the workloads, applications, and UI. For the converting photos scenario, we’re considering incorporating new Adobe Photoshop tools such as the “Open Closed Eyes” feature and an automatic fix for pictures that are out of focus due to handheld camera shake. For the converting videos scenario, we’re including 4K GoPro footage that represents the quality of video captured by today’s “prosumer” demographic.

What features would you like to see in the next HDXPRT? Let us know!

Justin

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New features for the WebXPRT Processor Comparison Chart

Justin Greene
By Justin Greene
on February 1, 2018

We’re excited that the WebXPRT 2015 Processor Comparison Chart is becoming a valuable resource for community members and visitors interested in comparing web-browsing performance scores. When we introduced the chart, we mentioned that the first iteration was only the beginning. We planned to add additional capabilities on a regular basis, and today we’re happy to announce some new features.

The chart now offers a drop-down menu for displaying more than 20 results per page. (You can choose 20, 50, 100, or all.) When you click on a system to view the details of its score, you will see that we added a column displaying browser information. If the “Browser” column entry shows as “Unknown,” this means we can’t find browser information for a specific test result.

We’re also working on adding a drop-down menu for filtering scores by device type (laptop, tablet, etc.).

We hope these features will prove to be helpful. We want the chart to continue to be a great asset for its users, so if you have ideas for features and types of data you’d like to see, let us know!

Justin

Posted in BenchmarkXPRT, BenchmarkXPRT development community, Browser-based benchmarks, Cross-platform benchmarks, Performance benchmarking |

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