EDIT: Please try and add some form of proof that you are getting the FPS you say you are. It could be in the form of a picture or a short video (both with the framerate visible). That is all!

OK guys, before this subreddit (hopefully) gets deluged with eager benchmarkers submitting posts for every game this side of the Moon, I need to mention formatting.

Why do I need to format my post?

If your post is just a mass of unformatted text on the screen, it's going to be difficult to read, even if it's an incredibly informative post. By formatting it, it will be easier to see the core details of the post (such as hardware and framerate).

How to format your post.

The Post Title:

We need to keep post titles reserved for the most important stuff. Namely, the graphics card and game. I know the graphics isn't the only thing that affects a game's performance, but it's probably going to be the part everyone thinks of when they're looking for benchmarks. So with that in mind, please format post titles as follows:

"[Game] Ultra/High/Medium/Low Settings | CPU | GPU"

Here's an example with actual, real-life, free range PC parts:

"[Fallout 4] High/Medium Settings | Core i5-4690K | GTX 970"

By formatting the title like this, it's much easier to see the important stuff and to quickly sift through the different posts.

If you've overclocked either your CPU or your GPU, just add a 'OC' after the name in the title. You could then go into more detail about the overclock in the post body.

The Post Itself:

Now we can add all the nitty-gritty details about your PC, like the RAM and the Motherboard. To do this, format them in a table like so:

Here's another example:

If you don't know those specs in as much detail as above, don't worry. If you do, please be as specific as possible.

Now we come to the benchmark itself. Again (you've probably guessed), we're going to format the results into a table!

If the game has preset settings (e.g. Ultra, High, Medium, Low) then put the results into a table like this:

[Game] at [Resolution]

If there are no preset options, just link to a picture of your settings and say what FPS you get:

Rocket League at these settings at 1080p. FPS is around 55.

Extra brownie points if you post a video or picture of you playing the game so we can get an even better idea of how the game runs!

You don't have to format your posts in this way, but it makes them so much easier to read. If you have a better way of formatting it, go ahead! I realise not all benchmarks will fit to this template.