Technical Guide Updated June 4, 2018 Page 1 of 134 3DMark – The Gamer's Benchmark .............................................................................. 5 3DMark benchmarks at a glance .................................................................................... 7 3DMark edition features .................................................................................................. 9 Latest version numbers ................................................................................................. 11 Test compatibility ............................................................................................................ 12 Good testing guide ......................................................................................................... 13 Options ............................................................................................................................. 14 Benchmark custom settings .......................................................................................... 16 Notes on DirectX 11.1..................................................................................................... 17 Time Spy ......................................................................................................................... 19 DirectX 12 ......................................................................................................................... 20 Direct3D feature levels ................................................................................................... 21 System requirements ..................................................................................................... 22 Graphics test 1 ................................................................................................................ 23 Graphics test 2 ................................................................................................................ 24 Time Spy CPU test ........................................................................................................... 25 Time Spy Extreme CPU test ........................................................................................... 26 Scoring .............................................................................................................................. 28 DirectX 12 features in Time Spy .................................................................................... 31 Time Spy engine .............................................................................................................. 39 Post-processing ............................................................................................................... 44 Time Spy version history ................................................................................................ 45 Fire Strike ....................................................................................................................... 47 System requirements ..................................................................................................... 48 Default settings ............................................................................................................... 49 Graphics test 1 ................................................................................................................ 50 Graphics test 2 ................................................................................................................ 51 Physics test ...................................................................................................................... 52 Combined test ................................................................................................................. 53 Scoring .............................................................................................................................. 54 Fire Strike engine ............................................................................................................ 56 Post-processing ............................................................................................................... 59 Fire Strike version history .............................................................................................. 61 Sky Diver ........................................................................................................................ 63 System requirements ..................................................................................................... 64 Page 2 of 134 Default settings ............................................................................................................... 65 Graphics test 1 ................................................................................................................ 66 Graphics test 2 ................................................................................................................ 67 Physics test ...................................................................................................................... 68 Combined test ................................................................................................................. 69 Scoring .............................................................................................................................. 70 Sky Diver engine.............................................................................................................. 74 Post-processing ............................................................................................................... 76 Sky Diver version history ............................................................................................... 77 Cloud Gate ..................................................................................................................... 79 System requirements ..................................................................................................... 80 Default settings ............................................................................................................... 81 Graphics test 1 ................................................................................................................ 82 Graphics test 2 ................................................................................................................ 83 Physics test ...................................................................................................................... 84 Scoring .............................................................................................................................. 85 Cloud Gate engine .......................................................................................................... 87 Cloud Gate version history ............................................................................................ 88 Ice Storm ........................................................................................................................ 90 System requirements ..................................................................................................... 91 Ice Storm .......................................................................................................................... 92 Ice Storm Extreme .......................................................................................................... 93 Graphics test 1 ................................................................................................................ 94 Graphics test 2 ................................................................................................................ 95 Physics test ...................................................................................................................... 96 Scoring .............................................................................................................................. 97 Ice Storm engine ............................................................................................................. 99 Ice Storm version history ............................................................................................. 100 API Overhead feature test ......................................................................................... 102 Correct use of the API Overhead feature test ........................................................... 104 System requirements ................................................................................................... 105 Windows settings .......................................................................................................... 106 Technical details ............................................................................................................ 107 DirectX 12 path .............................................................................................................. 109 DirectX 11 path .............................................................................................................. 110 Page 3 of 134 Vulkan path .................................................................................................................... 111 Mantle path ................................................................................................................... 112 Scoring ............................................................................................................................ 113 API Overhead version history.....................................................................................