AlertSite Market Index

AlertSite Computer Benchmarks


Week of Monday, 08/25/2008 through Sunday, 08/31/2008

Computer
Response Time
Measures how quickly the home page is presented, in seconds.
 
RankSiteResponse
Time
Rank Last Week
1Apple2.87641
2HP2.94452
3Dell3.32553
 Benchmark Average4.5913 
4Microsoft6.41295
5IBM7.39704

Elapsed time for all objects including images, JavaScript, Flash and third party objects. Collected from geographically dispersed locations and aggregated.

Computer
Percent Available
Measures percent of time website is accessible by users.
 
RankSitePercent
Available
Rank Last Week
1HP100.003
1IBM100.004
1Microsoft100.001
4Dell99.951
 Benchmark Average99.92 
5Apple99.655

Measure includes accessibility from multiple global locations. Complete page must be rendered in less than 60 seconds without error.

Computer
Stability (Standard Deviation)
Measures consistency and uniformity of customer experience.
 
RankSiteStability(Standard Deviation)Rank Last Week
1HP1.77112
2Apple2.40421
 Benchmark Average3.1589 
3Microsoft3.45675
4IBM3.93444
5Dell4.22823

Measures how widely spread are the response time values for the week. Websites should attempt to reach the lowest number possible here as an indicator of a more stable web site.