What's there to say? It's the industry standard.

If you just want a PCMark 10 score, don't waste your money. Just get the free Basic Edition instead.
The free edition allows you to run the standard test and gives you a score.

Only buy this (Advanced Edition) if you actually need the extra features: Express and Extended test, hw monitoring, custom settings, comparing results in the app and saving results offline.
That's it, nothing more to it. If you need any of those extra features then buy, if not then don't.

P.S. It seems like a lot of people think this is a benchmark targeted for gaming PC's or workstations.
I mean, why are people actually buying this if they have no clue, what-so-ever, about what they're buying? Why haven't they tried the free edition first when it is more than good enough for 99% of users out there?
tl;dr Read the darn "about this software" to understand what you're buying before buying and whining.

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Dear Futuremark:

you seriously need to re-do the monitoring aspect of the compare results feature.
Since release and as of writing this review, the side by side comparison of monitoring data is basically useless.
Monitoring details un-checked: do what for example Afterburner does. When mousing over, highlight + show data on both result charts! And scale them the same way on both axis.
Monitoring details checked: Pretty much the same as above, scale both results the same (!!!) regardless of data on both axis and highlight + show data on all charts! Also, don't stack the stuff like you do right now. Do MHz A MHz B Temp A Temp B instead so that I don't have to scroll up down up down when I'm trying to compare them.

You should also introduce some way to sanitize the monitoring data. Either automagically or manually.
I have a Celsius H920 (3720QM, K3000M) Extended test result and during Photo Editing the monitoring claims to have briefly seen: 5914.33MHz and 156.78*C on the CPU, 1218.88Mhz (VRAM) and 106.32*C on GPU, 69W on CPU and 174% battery..
Are those even possible? Some maybe but at least couple definitely no.
Clearly those data points could have and should have been automagically discarded.

The extended benchmark is, as of 2022, the best tool to measure performance of HPDT and multi-core PCs. It also gives you immeadiate assurance after a new build because you can compare your exact hardware and benchmark results with thousands of other user around the world. This together with 3DMark will give you the two essential benchmarks/torture tests needed for 99% of all people.

It is also a good way to see what kind of real world permance a new computer has given you. You can easily run it on almost any computer you own.

Most people complaining they can't finish the test or don't get a score only need to remove their unstable overclock and try again. PCMark has always been picky. If a system is stable for normal apps, then it will run.

Pro tip: if you have a problem where the benchmark run ends prematurely (during video conferencing or chat) it is most likely software running in the background interfering with the task. Shut down programs like RivaTuner and CapFrameX and you should be able to complete the run.

This is a good app and it works just fine. It does what it is suppose to. No problems on my end for the most part. I use the full version.

On that note: If you get a zero score then the test failed for some reason. Try to rerun it a few times before getting irate and even in that case post a comment in the discussions if you can't figure out how to fix it yourself. You will most likely get a response pretty quickly within reason.

The issues that I have had with this program, 3DMark, and VR Mark were due to running 3rd party overclocking utilities, drivers updates (in this case resetting the drivers or changing one thing in the NVIDIA control panel fixed the issue for me), or having hardware monitoring selected in the options of the 3Dmark app itself.

I have been running these benchmarks for weeks and months and these apps work just fine outside the things I just said which were not actually the apps fault.

The negative reviews are bogus.

Nice-to-have simple tool for benchmarking your Windows PC. It measures your computer's performance against everyday tasks like web browsing, spreadsheet use, video playback, etc. It's not really appropriate for gaming benchmarks but for that there is 3DMark.

I use this to check on the health and performance of my PC from time to time. It gives me insight into whether my machines are deteriorating in performance. Also makes it easier to test out software or hardware changes. The results are stored online so it's very convenient to compare benchmark results.

I've used this on multiple computers and it has helped me keep my fleet in tip top shape. Definitely a tool worth keeping in your toolbox.

It's pretty sad there are no battery tests in this version. Absolutely love the mobile version of PCMark, battery test is essential for me. So the PC version feels kinda... incomplete. Still great thing though. Highly recommend.

A useful software for comparing different PCs, especially in these times of deceptive marketing (I'm looking at you, laptops!). The default test is quite long, but I guess that's what the Express test is for.

It would be nice if this had achievements, but I don't know what they'd be. It would also be nice if there were some more granular kinds of tests. Maybe they should just put the PCMark stuff inside 3DMark and call it a day.

BEST TOOL FOR TESTING OVERALL STABILITY

Good for getting an over-all idea of what a system can do...

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Puts your PC through some typical every-day use-case scenarios. Like 3DMark for office PCs. Good for laptops you intend to use for work and to test video decoding and such for your off-time. Nothing intensive but will get your fans spinning when it comes to rendering video in 4k and rendering 3D scenes. Uses common paid software alternatives such as LibreOffice and POV-Ray, so you can get a real idea of how these things will perform. Not by any stretch worth the full price, wait for a sale.