Whether you’ve purchased a pre-built gaming rig and want to measure its performance, or you want to see just how far you can push your custom-built gaming machine, benchmark software is crucial to understanding the power of your gaming rig.<\/p>\n
Benchmarks are used to test the effect of overclocks, relative gaming performance, and the power of both graphics cards and processors.<\/p>\n
We’ve put together some basic information to get you started on measuring the power and capabilities of your hardware.<\/p>\n
Synthetic Benchmarks<\/strong><\/p>\n Synthetic benchmarks refer to standalone software designed to give you a standardised measure of performance against other hardware.<\/p>\n This software is built to measure performance across a variety of factors and gives a detailed analysis of your hardware’s advantages and bottlenecks.<\/p>\n 3DMark <\/a><\/strong>and Unigine Heaven<\/a><\/strong> are two of the most popular synthetic benchmark tools.<\/p>\n Real-world Benchmarks<\/strong><\/p>\n Gamers can also make use of in-game benchmark tools to measure real-world gaming performance in frames-per-second.<\/p>\n Below are some of the games which feature dedicated benchmarks:<\/p>\n There are also dedicated processor benchmarks for hardcore gamers or overclockers who wish to measure their CPU performance.<\/p>\n These CPU benchmarks provide a more in-depth\u00a0concept\u00a0of a processor’s performance than 3D benchmarks and can measure the many different factors\u00a0of processor power.<\/p>\n Below are a few of the more popular processor benchmarks:<\/p>\n Pokemon GO developer explains why tracking features were removed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n South Africa\u2019s massive Pokemon GO community and where to find them<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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