UL benchmarks use a component called SystemInfo to identify the hardware in your system. This patch updates SystemInfo to version 5.71.

• Updated CPUID module to improve compatibility with latest hardware and to fix a compatibility issue with Threadripper 7000 series systems.
  
• Fixed issue that could cause the scan to hang on some systems.

UL benchmarks use a component called SystemInfo to identify the hardware in your system. This patch updates SystemInfo to version 5.70.

• Updated GPU detection module to improve compatibility with latest hardware.
  
• Updated CPUID module to improve compatibility with latest hardware

Last month, we introduced you to 3DMark Steel Nomad, our cross-platform successor to Time Spy and Time Spy Extreme as our recommended non-raytracing benchmark.

We’re happy to announce that Steel Nomad will be a free update for all 3DMark users.

Games and PC hardware have changed significantly since Time Spy launched, and recent high-end hardware is starting to reach the limit of what Time Spy is able to give relevant scores for.

To appropriately measure the performance of such a wide range of devices, 3DMark Steel Nomad will include two benchmarks:

Steel Nomad will be our recommended benchmark for measuring the non-raytraced gaming performance of high-end computers running Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Steel Nomad Light will be our recommended benchmark for measuring the performance of Lightweight devices, such as Windows laptops with integrated graphics, Windows-on-Arm devices, Apple Silicon Macs, iOS, and Android devices.

3DMark Steel Nomad will launch in the first quarter of next year for devices running Windows and Windows-on-Arm on Steam, the Epic Games Store, or direct from UL Solutions. Steel Nomad and Steel Nomad Light for macOS and Linux, and Steel Nomad Light for Android and iOS devices, will launch later in 2024.

We want 3DMark to provide gamers, overclockers, hardware reviewers and those in industry with a set of gaming benchmarks relevant to real-world gaming performance. With many games featuring a range of ray tracing workloads, a range of benchmarks are also required for a true measurement of a PC’s performance.


Steel Nomad and Steel Nomad Light are designed to sit alongside our three ray tracing benchmarks, Speed Way, Port Royal and Solar Bay, to give you the best understanding of your PC’s gaming performance from a single application.

• Speed Way is a DirectX 12 Ultimate ray-traced benchmark — and our heaviest benchmark. It will stay our recommended test for those of you looking to measure the full capabilities of the very best hardware available for Windows PC gamers.
  
• Solar Bay is our lightest ray-traced benchmark, and our recommendation for those looking to measure the ray tracing performance of lightweight Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android devices.
  
• Port Royal is a Windows raytracing benchmark that sits between Speed Way and Solar Bay and helps you build a complete overview of a PC’s raytraced gaming performance.
  
• Steel Nomad will be our heaviest non-raytraced benchmark, designed to run on the latest high-end gaming hardware.
  
• Steel Nomad Light will be the recommended benchmark for non-raytraced performance on lightweight devices.

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This is a minor update. Benchmark scores will not be affected.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue with 3DMark Time Spy, Night Raid, and Port Royal where the borderless full screen custom run option behaved the same as exclusive full screen.

The 3DMark team wishes you all Happy Holidays!

UL benchmarks use a component called SystemInfo to identify the hardware in your system. This patch updates SystemInfo to version 5.69.

• Updated GPU detection module to improve compatibility with latest hardware.

This is a minor update. Benchmark scores will not be affected.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where the 3DMark Storage Benchmark results screen would display results in an incorrect order.

On Oct. 26, 2023, 3DMark turned 25 years old. Looking back, it’s amazing how far graphics have come, and we’re very excited to see what the next 25 years bring.

Now, it’s time to share a sneak peek of what’s coming next. Here are some preview screenshots for 3DMark Steel Nomad, our successor to 3DMark Time Spy. It’s been more than seven years since we launched Time Spy, and after more than 42 million submitted results, we think it’s time for a new heavy non-ray-tracing benchmark.

Steel Nomad will be our most demanding non-ray-tracing benchmark and will not only support Windows using DirectX 12, but also macOS and iOS using Metal, Android using Vulkan, and Linux using Vulkan for Enterprise and reviewers.

To celebrate 3DMark’s 25th year, the scene will feature some callbacks to many of our previous benchmarks. We hope you have fun finding them all! We'll share more details about 3DMark Steel Nomad when it is closer to launching.

This is a minor update. 3DMark Port Royal scores may vary slightly depending on GPU architecture. For reliable comparison of hardware, we recommend comparing scores from only the latest version of Port Royal.

New

• Added updated results screen for feature tests and stress tests.

Updated

• Updated Port Royal to v1.3.1.1
  
• Updated Speed Way to v1.0.8.1

Port Royal v1.3.1.1
3DMark Port Royal scores may vary slightly depending on GPU architecture. For reliable comparison of hardware, we recommend comparing scores from only the latest version of Port Royal.

• Fixed an issue where shadows would sometimes flicker during benchmark runs.
  
• Fixed some issues where the test would sometimes fail without presenting an error.
  
• Fixed an issue in the TAA pass that occasionally caused visual artifacts.

Speed Way 1.0.8.1
This is a minor update. Benchmark results are not affected.

• Fixed an issue where the test would use incorrect flags for ByteAddressBuffer shader resource views, causing the test to render incorrectly on some hardware.

On 26th October 2023, 3DMark reached 25 years old.

Thank you to the 3DMark community, who have joined us in discovering what the cutting edge of PC hardware can do over this last quarter of a century. The gamers, overclockers, hardware reviewers, tech-heads, and those in the industry using our benchmarks.

3DMark99 - our first benchmark, built with DirectX 6.

We love seeing the results roll in when we release a new benchmark, and we're astonished every time by the lengths members of the community go to snag the top spots in the 3DMark Hall of Fame.

Thank you to the members of our benchmark development program, who we work with to make sure each benchmark shows off the very best of new technologies for games and that our implementation is fair and balanced across all hardware.

And thank you to the members of the media, who use our benchmarks for hours on end while gathering data for their hardware reviews.

3DMark Speed Way, our most demanding benchmark so far.

It blows our minds how far PC graphics have come, and we’re very excited to see what the next 25 years bring.

- The Benchmarks team at UL Solutions

UL benchmarks use a component called SystemInfo to identify the hardware in your system. This patch updates SystemInfo to version 5.68.

• Updated CPUID module to improve compatibility with latest hardware and to fix an issue that could cause the SystemInfo scan to hang.