The Custom PC Benchmarks Suite 2007 was written by Andrew ‘Spode’ Miller. Andrew has been an IT Journalist since 1999 and a benchmarker ever since. He has worked and written for many of the UK's leading publications (including Custom PC!) and written other benchmarking solutions along the way.
Although the main benchmarking application is the sole work of Andrew Miller, the tests it performs take advantage of many open source technologies. We'd like to credit the following:
GIMP - http://www.gimp.org
GTK+ - http://www.gtk.org/
mplayer - http://www.mplayerhq.hu/
7-Zip - http://www.7-zip.org/
HandBrake - http://handbrake.m0k.org/
All of these programs can be downloaded and used today, free of charge and won't interfere with the Benchmarks Suite. Although the source code is included with this suite, it is recommended to download the latest versions from their respective websites.
Disclaimer
The Custom PC Benchmarks Suite 2007 was designed principally to allow the editorial teams of Custom PC magazine and www.custompc.co.uk to accurately performance test PCs, laptops and component hardware. For this reason, running the benchmarks on your PC will put the components in your system under heavy stress, which may result in damage and/or the loss of data. Custom PC and Dennis Publishing Ltd accept no responsibility for any loss or damage sustained as a result of running these benchmarks. Installing and/or running the Custom PC Benchmarks Suite 2007 signifies acceptance of these terms.