3DMark News

This is a minor update. Benchmark scores are not affected.

Fixed

• Improved the search filter for the benchmarks page.
  
• Minor updates to German localization.
  

This is a minor update. Benchmark scores are not affected.

Fixed

• Fixed compatibility check of Solar Bay Extreme; Older GPUs that are unable to run the test are properly shown as incompatible.
  
• Fixed GPU and monitor configuration detection, UI now properly shows if monitor is attached to the GPU in all scenarios.
  
• Fixed DLSS3 and DLSS4 feature tests not correctly detecting DLSS support on machines with multiple NVIDIA cards
  
• Fixed an issue where Steel Nomad test could incorrectly recompile shaders if a dxcompiler.dll file was found in system path. Precompiled shaders are now used at all times.
  

UL benchmarks use a component called SystemInfo to identify the hardware in your system. This patch updates SystemInfo to version 5.88.
[h2]SystemInfo 5.88[/h2]

• Updated CPUID module to improve compatibility with latest hardware.
  

[p]Since the original Solar Bay Benchmark launched on Android, iOS, and Windows, hundreds of thousands of gamers around the world have run it to see how their devices might handle the next generation of games developed for mobile devices and lightweight computers.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]However, gaming technology moves fast, and just over the horizon are always new processors with the capability to run even more realistic lighting in games at minimal battery drain.[/p][p]To be ready for these, we think now is the time to clock things up with an extreme version of Solar Bay. It significantly increases the existing raytracing workload with additional raytracing implementations such as ray-traced specular reflections for all surfaces and glass reflections, and ray-traced soft shadows for directional light. [/p][p]This time is a little different from previous extreme benchmarks of ours - not only have we turned up the scene heaviness with new raytracing techniques, but we’ve expanded the scene with an additional assembly bay. where a rival team is competing to build their solar array faster.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Solar Bay Extreme is a free update for everyone who owns 3DMark and supports Windows, Windows on Arm, macOS, iOS, and Android.[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][h2]3DMark for Windows 2.32.8426 [/h2][p]Added[/p]

• [p]Added the 3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Benchmark[/p]
• [p]Added the 3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Stress Test[/p]

[p] [/p][p]Updated[/p]

• [p]Fixed an issue where Steel Nomad and Steel Nomad Light could fail with a dxcompiler.dll error[/p]
• [p]Minor bug fixes to the following benchmarks, scores are not affected.[/p]
  • [p]Steel Nomad[/p]
  • [p]Steel Nomad Light[/p]
  • [p]Solar Bay[/p]
  • [p]Wild Life[/p]
  • [p]Wild Life Extreme[/p]
  • [p]Port Royal[/p]

[p] [/p][p]Known Issues:[/p]

• [p]The Solar Bay Extreme Benchmark will not run on some Windows on Arm devices due to a driver issue. If you experience this issue, please update using the Windows Update function or contact your device manufacturer for the latest driver version.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]3DMark for macOS 1.1.266[/h2][p]Added[/p]

• [p]Added the 3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Benchmark[/p]
• [p]Added the 3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Stress Test[/p]

[p]Updated[/p]

• [p]Optimized all macOS benchmarks to reduce the CPU overhead. Scores are unaffected in most scenarios, but may improve for lighter tests run on Macs with very high-end SoCs. [/p]

UL benchmarks use a component called SystemInfo to identify the hardware in your system. This patch updates SystemInfo to version 5.86.
[h2]SystemInfo 5.86[/h2]

• Updated GPU detection module to fix an issue that caused a crash on Windows Arm devices.