3Dmark – the Gamer's Benchmark
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Technical Guide Updated January 14, 2021 Page 1 of 153 3DMark – The Gamer's Benchmark .............................................................................. 5 3DMark benchmarks at a glance .................................................................................... 7 3DMark features by edition ............................................................................................. 8 Test compatibility ............................................................................................................ 10 Legacy benchmark tests ................................................................................................ 11 Good testing guide ......................................................................................................... 13 Options ............................................................................................................................. 14 Guide to 3DMark results ................................................................................................ 17 Custom Benchmark settings ......................................................................................... 20 Notes on DirectX 11.1..................................................................................................... 21 Time Spy ......................................................................................................................... 23 DirectX 12 ......................................................................................................................... 24 Direct3D feature levels ................................................................................................... 25 System requirements ..................................................................................................... 26 Graphics test 1 ................................................................................................................ 27 Graphics test 2 ................................................................................................................ 28 Time Spy CPU test ........................................................................................................... 29 Time Spy Extreme CPU test ........................................................................................... 30 Scoring .............................................................................................................................. 32 DirectX 12 features in Time Spy .................................................................................... 35 Time Spy engine .............................................................................................................. 43 Post-processing ............................................................................................................... 48 Time Spy version history ................................................................................................ 49 Port Royal ....................................................................................................................... 51 Microsoft DirectX Raytracing ......................................................................................... 52 How to measure ray tracing performance .................................................................. 53 System requirements ..................................................................................................... 54 Graphics test ................................................................................................................... 55 Scoring .............................................................................................................................. 56 Port Royal engine ............................................................................................................ 57 Port Royal version history .............................................................................................. 66 Night Raid ...................................................................................................................... 68 Native Support for Windows 10 on ARM ..................................................................... 69 System requirements ..................................................................................................... 70 Graphics test 1 ................................................................................................................ 71 Page 2 of 153 Graphics test 2 ................................................................................................................ 72 CPU test ............................................................................................................................ 73 Scoring .............................................................................................................................. 74 Night Raid engine............................................................................................................ 76 Night Raid version history ............................................................................................. 81 Wild Life.......................................................................................................................... 83 System requirements ..................................................................................................... 84 Wild Life ............................................................................................................................ 85 Graphics test ................................................................................................................... 86 Scoring .............................................................................................................................. 87 Wild Life engine ............................................................................................................... 88 Wild Life version history ................................................................................................. 90 Fire Strike ....................................................................................................................... 92 System requirements ..................................................................................................... 93 Default settings ............................................................................................................... 94 Graphics test 1 ................................................................................................................ 95 Graphics test 2 ................................................................................................................ 96 Physics test ...................................................................................................................... 97 Combined test ................................................................................................................. 98 Scoring .............................................................................................................................. 99 Fire Strike engine .......................................................................................................... 101 Post-processing ............................................................................................................. 104 Fire Strike version history ............................................................................................ 106 DirectX Raytracing feature test ................................................................................. 108 System requirements ................................................................................................... 109 Technical details ............................................................................................................ 110 Scoring ............................................................................................................................ 112 Interactive mode ........................................................................................................... 113 DirectX Raytracing feature test history ...................................................................... 114 PCI Express feature test ............................................................................................. 116 System requirements ................................................................................................... 117 Technical details ............................................................................................................ 118 Scoring ............................................................................................................................ 119 PCI Express feature test history .................................................................................. 120 VRS feature test........................................................................................................... 122 Page 3 of 153 System requirements ................................................................................................... 123 Variable-Rate Shading .................................................................................................. 124 Technical details ............................................................................................................ 125 Scoring ............................................................................................................................ 127 Interactive mode