Futuremark Adds to its Mobile Portfolio with PCMark, Now Available for Android

It’s been about a year-and-a-half since Futuremark released its popular 3DMark benchmark for Android (download here), and in that time, the company has updated it on more than one occasion to keep the results as accurate possible. Now, it’s time to test your Android device for it’s all-around use, and that of course means that a mobile PCMark has landed.

Similar to 3DMark, there’s just one main test in PCMark at the moment, called “Work”. It’s a two-part test; one part is for performance-testing, while the other is to test for battery-life. Here are some perks of the app, as per Futuremark:

• Measure the performance of the whole device, not isolated components.
• Tests based on everyday activities, not abstract algorithms.
• Scores reflect real-world performance, not unachievable maximums.
• Tests use real applications and native APIs whenever possible.
• See every test in action instead of staring at progress bars.
• Our guide tells you exactly what is being measured and how scores are calculated.
• 100% free. No ads. No in-app purchases. No restrictions.

Those interested in digging deep can refer to the technical guide (right-click, download). Like 3DMark, PCMark for Android is completely free, so I’d highly encourage you to give it a download and submit your results – even if your device is aged. The more results there are for any one device, the more accurate they’ll be. If only a couple of people submit for a particular device, variances can sometimes be huge. I think that because of this, Futuremark should really specify how many submissions any of the listed devices have had. Hopefully that’ll come in time.

If you’re interested in checking out the devices already submitted, head here. Currently, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 tops the list, although the top five are really quite close.