The SPECwpc benchmark measures all key aspects of workstation performance based on diverse professional applications. Their latest update, '2.0', uses Blender to benchmark new hardware in the 'Media and Entertainment' category.
The industry standard SPEC 2.0 Benchmark will prominently use Blender to test performance. https://t.co/M0O0VVOGgm #b3d
— Ton Roosendaal? (@tonroosendaal) November 19, 2015
(And yes, that's a horrible picture for this post. I didn't know what else to use ;-)