Download PCMark05 1.0.1

Futuremark has just released a new version of PCMark called PCMark05. The new-fangled version is via this page from various mirror servers. It is also possible to download the 2005 version via BitTorrent, click here to download the torrent from our file server. PCMark05 is a benchmark program to test the overall performance of a computer. For example, not only the graphics card is subjected to a test (for that you take 3DMark for example), but the processor, hard drives and working memory are tested. In addition, the system is put to work: video is encoded and sound is converted to another format. Below are the release notes of PCMark05:

Key User Benefits of PCMark05:

• Easy to Use: Easy to use for both novice users, benchmarking professionals, industry vendors and press labs;
• Complete Benchmarking Cycle: Benchmark a PC, view the resulting benchmark details, compare the results to those of others, and finally analyze how to improve the PC’s performance;
• System and Component Performance: Expose both overall system performance as well as isolate performance of individual PC components;
• Integrated Online ResultBrowser: Instantly compare results to the world’s largest database of performance data with global validation.

PCMark05 Test Suites:

• System Test Suite: Extensive collection of application-based tests that are relevant in typical home use of a PC; tasks include hard disk drive access, video encoding, audio compression, 2D user interface tasks, 2D graphics memory access, web page rendering, file decryption and encryption, memory access and text editing.
• CPU Test Suite: Includes tests that isolate the performance of the CPU; tasks include file compression and decompression, file encryption and decryption, audio compression and decompression and image decompression;
• Memory Performance Testing: Tests measure the performance of the memory subsystem; these tasks include reading, writing and copying access to data blocks in the L1 cache, L2 cache, and main memory as well as latency tests;
• Graphics Test Suite: Tests measure both 2D and 3D graphics performance of the PC. 2D tasks measure moving and transparent 2D dialog performance, graphics memory performance and video playback performance. 3D tasks exercise pixel shader, vertex shader, fill rate and polygon throughput capabilities for the graphics subsystem;
• Hard Disk Drive Test Suite: Uses disk activity traces from real-life tasks; these tests isolate the performance of the hard disk drive. Disk activities measured include Windows® XP startup, application loading, file writing, virus scanning and general disk usage.