When testing, you aim to measure the impact of a single change. If you change more than one thing at a time, then you cannot be sure which one has made the difference.
The aim is to minimize the effects of any other changes apart from the one you are interested in. This means keeping external factors as static as possible and performing multiple tests, taking the average result.
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