How to run PugetBench in Photoshop

Puget Systems offers a number of different standards for testing your computer using real-world automated tasks in Adobe Creative Cloud. Some of them (like the one for Premiere Pro) are rather complicated and can take a while to get up and running. But one of them – PugetBench for Photoshop – is very simple.

PugetBench for Photoshop measures how quickly your computer can perform various tasks, including mask and gradient optimization, as well as filter tasks such as lens correction and noise reduction. Unlike some other Puget standards, the Photoshop standard requires only one plugin that is quick to setup.

Note: This standard is not yet supported for the original M1 version of Photoshop.

• In the Creative Cloud Desktop app, go to Stock and Market > Plugins.
• Search PugetBench for Photoshop and click Installations. Make sure to close Photoshop before installing the plug-in.
• Once the plug-in is installed, open Photoshop.
• going to Window> Extensions> PugetBench for Photoshop. Enter your license code (if you have one) in the window that appears and configure other parameters of your choice.
• Click on Run the benchmark.

PugetBench will take it from here. Make sure not to move the mouse while it is running.

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Once the benchmark is complete, your results will appear in the PugetBench window. It will also be posted online to the public. PugetBench database (unless you have a paid version). On this page, you can compare your results with those obtained by other computers. Each system has an overall score as well as specific GPU scores and filtering tasks.

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