A Guide to Efficient Performance Testing for Enterprise IT

Enterprise IT performance challenges

Testing and defining enterprise-grade laptop performance is often complex and time‑consuming. IT managers and procurement specialists must not only establish reliable real‑world performance, but also specify it in a practical, accessible way that enables fair comparisons and competitive supplier offers.

Common challenges include:

• Standardizing enterprise-grade laptop purchasing decisions based on measurable performance
• Clearly specifying performance requirements for procurement and vendor evaluation
• Validating new hardware and Windows configurations for stability
• Quantifying the impact of OS images and application updates
• Identifying poorly performing systems
• Measuring real‑world PC performance against established baselines
• Standardized performance testing and reporting help simplify these challenges — making benchmarking a critical tool for modern enterprise IT.

What’s included in this guide

In this complimentary UL Solutions guide, we explore how benchmarking can help enterprises define, measure and manage enterprise-grade laptop performance more effectively. Topics include:

• The essential qualities of a reliable, enterprise‑ready benchmark
• Using benchmarks at scale across enterprise IT environments
• Establishing reference benchmark scores for RFPs and procurement
• The value of vendor‑neutral benchmarking
• Specifying PC performance clearly and consistently with benchmarks
• Saving time and reducing costs through standardized benchmarking
• Supporting consistent, repeatable performance testing
• Turning test results into actionable insights through analysis and reporting
• An overview of our Procyon® benchmarking suite

Procyon benchmarks provide independent performance-proof points and useful cross-platform comparisons for Windows and Mac. We work closely with industry partners to confirm that every Procyon benchmark is accurate, relevant and impartial, and the suite now encompasses a wide variety of tests measuring battery life, artificial intelligence (AI), productivity and creative workloads.

Download the guide to learn how Procyon benchmarking, part of the ULTRUS software portfolio, can help your organization save time, reduce costs and make more confident PC performance decisions.