ASME PTC为性能测试结果的规划、准备、执行和报告提供了统一的规则和程序。测试结果为被测试设备、系统和设备的性能提供了数值特征。性能测试是一种工程设置和评估，在受控环境下对关键参数进行测量，为计算提供输入。这些结果可用于基准测试或确定特定时间的性能，并可指示指定设备的性能与既定设计、预测标准或之前的测试结果相比有多好。 在整个ASME PTC 1中，当术语“设备”用于性能测试的对象时，它可以指特定的设备、系统或整个工厂。

ASME PTCs provide uniform rules and procedures for the planning, preparation, execution, and reporting of performance test results. Test results provide numerical characteristics to the performance of equipment, systems, and plants being tested. A performance test is an engineering setup and evaluation where measurements of key parameters are taken under controlled circumstances to provide inputs to calculations. These results can be used to benchmark or ascertain performance at a particular time and can indicate how well the performance of the specified equipment compares to an established design, predicted criteria, or previous test results. Throughout ASME PTC 1, when the term "equipment" is used with reference to the object of a performance test, it can refer to specific equipment, systems, or entire plants.