Is there a good way to figure out how much performance is best suited? I’m considering an upgrade to my 2013 MBP retina and it would be great to know how diffe

Is there a good way to figure out how much performance is best suited? I’m considering an upgrade to my 2013 MBP retina and it would be great to know how different configurations play out in terms of speed and battery life. Typical benchmarks are quite difficult to translate to real life usage.