bpo-40197: Better describe the benchmark results table (GH-19386)

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
index 18fb2e07ed77a2711ffb0a64e73d85d86d0b4324..6d2b0d905ff06e885c489cacc5fb59f849e74443 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
@@ -2208,7 +2208,13 @@ Here's a summary of performance improvements since Python 3.3:
     Timing loop:
         loop_overhead                    0.3     0.5     0.6     0.4     0.3     0.3
 
-    (Measured from the macOS 64-bit builds found at python.org)
+The benchmarks were measured on an
+`Intel® Core™ i7-4960HQ processor
+<https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/76088/intel-core-i7-4960hq-processor-6m-cache-up-to-3-80-ghz.html>`_
+running the macOS 64-bit builds found at
+`python.org <https://www.python.org/downloads/mac-osx/>`_.
+The benchmark script displays timings in nanoseconds.
+
 
 Notable changes in Python 3.8.1
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