Download PerformanceTest 8.0 build 1017

PassMark Software, known for BurnInTest and WirelessMon, among others, has released an update for version 8.0 of PerformanceTest. This program allows a computer running Windows XP or higher to be subjected to a series of benchmarks. In 32 tests, the five main groups, namely the processor, 2D graphics, 3D graphics, storage and memory, are tested as objectively as possible and graphically compared to a number of other systems. In addition, there are seven additional tests, in which virtualization and the network can be examined, among other things. Since build 1013, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Changes in version 8.0 build 1017:

• Fixed bug preventing correct testing of more than 64 logical processors. In previous releases we relied on the O/S to distribute processes evenly between processor groups. It turns out this doesn’t always work & we had to write code to explicitly assign processes to groups of CPUs to get a better load distribution.
• Bug fixes for DirectX 10 test relating to failure to enter full screen mode. This warning message has been removed (after being added in build 1016). But in it’s place is a better (automatic) method of selecting the best monitor in a multi-GPU multi-monitor setup. We hope this will prevent some problems getting into full screen mode.
• Fixed flashing splash screen at startup.

Changes in version 8.0 build 1016:

• Fixed crash when trying to save baseline.
• Stopped DirectX 11 testing falling back to software rendering mode.
• Changed DirectX 10 test to abort if it failed to initialize fullscreen mode.
• Fixed a bug preventing the advanced disk test from doing raw access.

Changes in version 8.0 build 1015:

• Fixed a bug incorrectly identifying bad system clock measurements.
• Fixed a bug causing a failure to save which drive was tested for later viewing in the graphs.

Changes in version 8.0 build 1014:

• Fixed a bug causing the DirectX 10 test to crash when the primary desktop monitor was not monitor 1.