Terms of Service
These terms govern your use of PCBench and outline the rights and responsibilities for both users and our platform.
Effective Date: July 28, 2025
Last Updated: July 28, 2025
Agreement Overview
By accessing or using PCBench ("we," "us," or "our"), you ("user" or "you") agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you disagree with any part of these terms, please do not use our service.
PCBench is a free to use platform with no registration required that provides community-driven content for PC gaming enthusiasts.
What You Can Do
- • Use our benchmarking data for personal hardware decisions
- • Share links to our content on social media and forums
- • Compare hardware performance for research purposes
- • Provide feedback and suggestions for improvement
- • Reference our data in non-commercial content with attribution
What You Cannot Do
- • Scrape, copy, or redistribute our data without permission
- • Use automated tools to overwhelm our servers
- • Attempt to reverse engineer our benchmarking methodologies
- • Submit false or misleading information
- • Use our service for illegal or harmful activities
Service Availability & Limitations
Service Uptime: We strive for 99.9% uptime but cannot guarantee uninterrupted service due to planned maintenance windows, emergency security updates, infrastructure improvements, and third-party service dependencies.
Data Accuracy: Benchmarks are provided "as-is" based on our testing methodologies. Results may vary by system configuration, driver versions, game updates, and hardware variations.
Content Updates: We regularly update benchmarks but cannot guarantee immediate updates for all hardware. New hardware testing takes time, game updates require re-testing, popular hardware gets priority, and community requests are considered.
Intellectual Property Rights
PCBench owns all rights to our original content, including but not limited to our website design, benchmarking methodologies, data analysis, reviews, and proprietary performance metrics. This content is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.
Protected Content: Benchmark databases and results, performance analysis and insights, website design and user interface, comparison algorithms and methodologies.
Fair Use Guidelines: Attribution required for references, no commercial redistribution, educational use permitted. Contact us for licensing inquiries.
Third-Party Content: Game names, hardware model names, company logos, and trademarks belong to their respective owners. We use these for identification and comparison purposes only under fair use principles.
Disclaimers & Limitations
Important Notice
PCBench provides benchmarking data and hardware comparisons for informational purposes only. We make no warranties, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, completeness, or suitability of our content for any particular purpose.
Performance Variations: Results may vary by system configuration, environmental factors affect performance, software versions impact results, and manufacturing tolerances exist.
Purchase Decisions: Verify specifications before purchasing, consider your specific use case, check compatibility requirements, and review return policies with retailers.
Liability Limitations
Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, PCBench shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of profits, data, or business opportunities, arising from your use of our service.
User Responsibility: You acknowledge that any reliance on our benchmarking data is at your own risk. You are responsible for verifying compatibility before making purchases, understanding your specific performance requirements, considering factors beyond benchmark scores, and making informed decisions based on multiple sources.
Service Changes & Updates
We may modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of our service at any time, including feature updates and improvements, changes to benchmarking methodologies, addition or removal of hardware coverage, and user interface modifications.
We may update these Terms of Service from time to time. We'll provide notice of significant changes, clearly state the effective date, and continued use implies acceptance. Historical versions are available on request.
Contact & Legal
If you have any questions about these Terms of Service or need clarification on any policies, please don't hesitate to contact us. We're here to help ensure you understand your rights and responsibilities.