What do people use to benchmark GPU’s these days?

[Guru]

Hi all,

I remember back in the day people used 3dMark I think it was, I’m interested in running a benchmark on my card and I was sure there used to be threads here with other people’s results etc, is that still a thing? And is 3dMark still the go to?

Thanks,

G

 

[Guru]

I found something called TimeSpy which I ran and it said:

My score: 29109
Average score: 30420
Best: 36397

Graphics score: 35734
CPU Score: 14196

This seems a bit underwhelming to be below average

 

[Heisenberg]

JayzTwoCents still uses Heaven

 

[HarryBizzle]

TimeSpy is probably the go to. Otherwise in game benchmarks. Cyberpunk's is often used as you can turn on path tracing and bring pretty much any card to its knees.

 

[VincentHanna]

I don't bother with artificial benchmarks, as they don't really tell me anything.

I tend to use Games like Guardians of the Galaxy and Black Myth: Wukong.

 

[jklc]

JayzTwoCents still uses Heaven

I still use a static scene of Heaven as a first pass when testing custom voltages and clock speeds. Artifacts like the polygons stretched to infinity show easily and pushing too far just closes the program.

 

[andy_mk3]

JayzTwoCents still uses Heaven

I like Heaven as a quick and easy way to check an OC or just general performance.

Time Spy is great for a "proper" benchmark though.

 

[Dreadi]

Heaven is great to use whilst overclocking.
Time spy used to be the go to and it's still there but got superceded by steel nomad...although that doesn't work properly for me and the 3dmark people don't know why

 

[chaparral]

Be better off using games that have a built in benchmark and then comparing the score to reviews of your GPU

 

[GeorgeStorm]

Depends what you're trying to do, something heaven can still be useful whilst overclocking as you can have it open and swap between as you adjust clocks etc to get very quick feedback to get you roughly in the right area at least.

Comparing to other systems is trickier as other components will have an impact, Timespy is a decent bench but will depend on your cpu as there is a cpu test as part of it.

In general the 3dmark suite is still good, range of benchmarks with differing stresses, timespy extreme or firestrike ultra upping the resolution to be more gpu dominant etc.

But in the end if you're wanting game performance then checking in the specific games is the best way as not all games will scale in the same way either.

 

[nthlord]

Games with built in benchmarks like SoTTR, Batman Arkham Knight are always permanently installed so i can compare the % performance uplift with every GPU & CPU upgrade or messing about with overclocks.

 

[Poneros]

The real benchmark these days is called Cyberpunk 2077.

 

[stuie]

Games and my eyes

 

[Guru]

The real benchmark these days is called Cyberpunk 2077.

I’m actually amazed by how good that game looks maxed out, it’s crazzzyyy

 

[Ayahuasca]

Games

 

[maddness]

3D Mark 99 & Final Reality. ...of course

 

[nitram100]

Usually load up the game that I play the most of and crank the graphics.

 

[cosmogenesis]

When I’m playing 128 player bf2042 (no bots) you can feel the fps dropping significantly.

 

[andybird123]

Heaven is useful for testing an overclock on the fly as it will start to artefact before crashing completely. But other than that when I get a new card I just run the games I'm playing as there's often something in there that some of the reviews have also used so I can compare.

 

[willhub]

I rarely do, to determine if truley stable you got to do it for hours, and I don't have that sort of time.