If you want to benchmark the CPU, then the CPU has to be the limiting factor performance-wise, meaning you don't want to be GPU bound. It's usually easier to g

If you want to benchmark the CPU, then the CPU has to be the limiting factor performance-wise, meaning you don't want to be GPU bound. It's usually easier to get to that point on older games. How this benchmark maps to real-world experience is, of course, a different matter.