Hopefully, this will discourage other websites of the following suit. But communities like r/AMD have taken a good step in protecting newbie system builders by warning against unreliable sources. We’ll never know why UserBenchmark chose to show botched result and chose to respond the way they did.The difference is transparent testing method and comparison. Even review websites and Youtubers do the same. Typically such websites earn money from advertisements and Amazon Affiliation sale. While some may show results as the way performance is, UsernBenchmark traps novice users with little-to-know knowledge of components performance. From there onwards, its intention varies from site-to-site. Ratings like UserBenchmark rely on aggressive search-engine optimization to stay on top of the search results- and it is very good at doing that. I am saying this i a terrible and unprofessional way to do it. I am not saying nobody has tried to pull a fast one. AMD, Nvidia and Intel have been on a receiving end of that practise from time-to-time. While it seems that way to a lot of people, I seriously doubt if Intel will engage in this mud fight just to score a brownie point in fanboy wars. Some suggest UserBenchmark is receiving remuneration from Intel in exchange for botched results.Many questions and theories with no answers.
TweakTown, Techspot, TomsHardware and others have called out UserBenchmark’s shenanigans since its change., pointing its biasedness towards Intel. UserBenchmark’s shenanigans are well documented.A post from the Automod educates the user of the problem with the results displayed in the website and the way it chose to respond. Ignoring it with a casual ‘take a health pinch of salt’ message doesn’t help people who seek advice and take the reference link’s word for it. Personally, this is the best way forward as having a blanket ban does not help to explain the problem. This comment has NOT been removed – this is just a notice. The organization that runs it also lies and accuses critics of being “anonymous call center shills”. UserBenchmark is a terrible source for benchmarks, as they’re not representative of real-world performance. The AutoMod will post the following message: Instead of banning or inaction about the information from UserBenchmark, it has an AutoMod command warning people from taking its recommendations. R/AMD seem to have taken a balanced and healthier approach. The link comes with an auto disclaimer in r/AMD Meanwhile, r/Intel that’s also community-driven subreddit, has banned UserBenchmark.Despite many readers demanding to ban UserBenchmark from r/buildapc, the moderators said that readers should just any websites that claim to benchmark and rank components with a healthy pinch of salt and compare with multiple sources before making a purchase decision. Other subreddit communities have taken some action, while some have decided to maintain a status quo stand. Posts linking to, or discussing UserBenchmark, will be removed in the future. This thread will be the last thread in which discussion of UB will be allowed. The reason? Between calling their critics “an army of shills” and picking fights with prominent reviewers, posts involving UserBenchmark aren’t producing any discussions of value. Having discussed the issue of UserBenchmark amongst our moderation team, we have decided to ban UserBenchmark from r/hardware. Popular subreddit r/hardware with over 1 million members, have banned UserBenchmark from being used as a reference in any of its discussion. With no end of squabbling or score re-evaluation, many took precautionary measures to stop this misinformation from manipulating unsuspecting users in its community. Naturally, anyone will expect a crowdsourced backlash. UserBenchmark had an ‘Amy Baking Company’ level meltdown and resorted to namecalling.
Some were amused by the scoring system that contradicts itself. The criticism came from the community and many reviews/ news websites. While adjustments are needed from time-to-time, UserBenchmark stopped displaying real-world performance.
#User benchmark series#
UserBenchmark adjusted its ranking system when Ryzen 3000 series CPUs was launch.
It also becomes a problem as people used its scores to win a fanboy war in multiple threads where people ask for a piece of purchase advice. This is due to its inaccurate benchmark and rating system which misguided many unsuspecting readers, therefore ending not able to make the best purchase decision.
#User benchmark Pc#
PC component rating website ‘UserBenchmark’ faces a near-universal backlash from multiple DIY PC subreddits and its moderators.
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