Since its inception in August 1992, the Test Center has supplied PC World with invaluable information, based on tests developed and conducted by analysts at our San Francisco facility. The Test Center provides the results and data analysis for all major hardware categories, including desktops, laptops, digital cameras, printers, monitors, televisions, and more. These results are reported in our reviews and are a critical part of the scoring that determines a product's rating.
PC World's test methodologies are also distributed worldwide to our partner PC World magazines in over 80 countries. These publications are free to use and modify our test plans and scripts to evaluate products available in their own markets.
The PC World Test Center also developed WorldBench 5, the independent, industry-leading applications-based PC performance benchmark.