Benchmark

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