About the TechRadar Australian PC Awards

The TechRadar Australian PC Awards

The world of technology has never been more exciting – and TechRadar helps up to 30 million people around the globe every month to find and use the tech they love. Our world-class experts live and breathe the latest technology and, like a trusted friend or advisor, they seek to offer clear, unbiased advice.

The Australian PC Awards was launched in 2017 with the goal of leveraging the countless hours of product testing, and our team’s expert knowledge, into a concise selection of the top products and services released each calendar year. Since then, we have appraised thousands of products across dozens of categories. The experience and knowledge of our editorial teams, along with rigorous testing and benchmarking processes, all lead to the selection of the Awards finalists and winners that we are confident in recommending as being the best available.

What it means to be an Australian PC Awards Winner

When a product or service makes our winners list, you’ll know that it has undergone rigorous objective assessment and analysis.

Every product or service we identify for inclusion in the Awards is evaluated against the exact same criteria, regardless of any commercial relationships. There are no smoke-and-mirror assessments. Our goal is simply to determine the best available options in Australia for that particular category.

Only the very best products in each category make the judges’ cut, so whenever you see our Australian PC Awards badge displayed, you can be confident that the product is one of the top contenders in its field.

FAQs

How is a winner determined?

The Australian PC Awards winners are handpicked in a meticulous, multi-stage evaluation process by our expert judges. Product reviews conducted by TechRadar, as well as other PC-related sites within the global Future network, are tabulated and comparatively assessed. These sites include Tom’s Hardware, PC Gamer, Windows Central and Tom’s Guide.

A shortlist of finalists is then produced. Senior editorial team members appraise and discuss all aspects of the products in this list before selecting a winner in each category, as well as noting any Highly Commended runner-up candidates.

What is the judging criteria?

Our judging criteria varies for each category, but every product is evaluated using the same criteria so you can be confident that we’ve assessed each product equally. We publish an overview of each category when the winners are announced. This covers the important technical and market developments through the judging period that contributed to the winners being selected. Key factors include innovation, value and quality.

Do you compare all the products in the market for the Awards?

We certainly aim to include as many products and providers in the market in the Australian PC Awards as we can. However, there may be some categories – such as those where hundreds or thousands of new products are released each year – where it is not feasible to include every product in the market. In these instances, we endeavour to ensure we have included all potential finalist contenders for a given category.