Der PCMark05 ist ein System-Benchmark von Futuremark. Anders als beim 3DMark05 wird diesmal nicht nur die Grafik-Performance eures Rechners getestet, sondern die Gesamtleistung des PCs ermittelt. Den PCMark05 gibt es in drei Versionen (Basic, Advanced und Professional), wobei die Basic Edition komplett kostenlos ist, aber längst nicht alle Tests zur Verfügung stellt. Basic Edition features: Advanced Edition features: Professional Edition features (in addition to above): Required Software To run all the tests in PCMark05 and in order to receive scores, the system should have the following software installed: Key Features of PCMark05 • Unparalleled ease-of-use: One click benchmarking
• Unified benchmarking for desktop and laptop PCs and workstations
• Cross-platform performance comparisons across supported Windows operating systems
• System Information tool that displays advance system configuration information
• Test scenarios and support for latest CPU technologies, including Hyper-Threading and multicore CPUs
• Digital video encoding and decoding, file compression and decompression, encryption, decryption, internet browsing, physics, 3D, text editing, audio conversion and image processing performance tests
• System, CPU, memory, 2D & 3D graphics and hard disk drive test suites