#Computer benchmark tool install
#Computer benchmark tool pro

Honestly, we think everyone should run PAT! However, if you’ve been working away in ArcGIS Pro and have never given performance a second thought, maybe there is no need for you to run PAT. In summary, it gives you an easy way to understand whether ArcGIS Pro is performing optimally on your machine.

#Computer benchmark tool install

Delivering these tests and data as a self-contained package that you can install and “click a button” to generate a result, allows you to compare ArcGIS Pro performance on your machine and in your environment to our published benchmarks. Running a scripted set of commands on common data allows us to provide users with a reproducible benchmark that is, a point of reference against which things may be compared or assessed. Because of this complexity, before we can even ask, “ Why is it slow?” we must first ask, “ Is it slow?” Performance can be affected both positively as well as negatively by changes in any one or combination of the above factors. Factors that contribute to the performance experience include things like hardware, data format, structure, and location, network bandwidth, display and visualization settings, and analysis complexity, among others. Performance is an important part of the user experience when it comes to working with software. Benchmarking is not a new practice in the hardware/software world, and when it comes to ArcGIS specifically, it is something that we have had requested periodically. We have already explained what PAT is, so let’s move on to why it was created. With its medieval reference and geographic significance, I was hoping it would draw you in. Now you will understand why I led with an image of a physical benchmark. You can use it to investigate a perceived performance issue on its own or with the help of Esri Technical Support. The ArcGIS Pro Performance Assessment Tool (PAT) is a set of tests that assesses a computer’s ability to run key ArcGIS Pro workflows. Well, a more modern definition of benchmark offered by Lexico is, “A standard or point of reference against which things may be compared or assessed.” Or, “A test designed to evaluate or compare the performance of computer hardware or software.”Īh yes, so now this is starting to make sense. But what does this have to do with a performance assessment tool for ArcGIS Pro? Image and description from (used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license)Ĭool, right? And very pertinent to geography.

This statue stands at the former location of the medieval Charing Cross, and marks the notional centre of London from which mileages are measured. Ordnance Survey benchmark visible on the plinth of the statue of King Charles I in Trafalgar Square, London.