1% lows / 0.1% lows
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What it means
The average of your worst frames — the number that actually measures stutter. Average FPS is your highlight reel; 1% lows are your bad days.
More detail
The 1% low is the average of your slowest 1% of frames; the 0.1% low zooms in on the worst 0.1%. Two PCs can both say "144 FPS average" while one feels silky and one feels like a slideshow with good PR — the lows are the difference. …
In the Blackbook
The deeper explanation continues inside the app. The Blackbook publishes its verdicts here — the full write-ups stay in the book, on your rig, next to your own measurements.
The Compy Blackbook holds 191 graded entries like this one, judged against your hardware — and every change it does make is reversible, with the receipt to prove it.
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