UL Benchmarks Launches 3DMark Speedway DirectX 12 Ultimate Benchmark

[btarunr]

UL Solutions is excited to announce that our new DirectX 12 Ultimate Benchmark 3DMark Speed Way is now available to download and buy on Steam and on the UL Solutions website. 3DMark Speed Way is sponsored by Lenovo Legion. Developed with input from AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, and other leading technology companies, Speed Way is an ideal benchmark for comparing the DirectX 12 Ultimate performance of the latest graphics cards.

DirectX 12 Ultimate is the next-generation application programming interface (API) for gaming graphics. It adds powerful new capabilities to DirectX 12, helping game developers improve visual quality, boost frame rates, reduce loading times and create vast, detailed worlds. 3DMark Speed Way's engine demonstrates what the latest DirectX API brings to ray-traced gaming, using DirectX Raytracing tier 1.1 for real-time global illumination and real-time ray-traced reflections, coupled with new performance optimizations like mesh shaders.



VS. mode
The new VS. mode lets you see and compare how your PC performs during a Speed Way benchmark run. Add another Speed Way result for comparison and benchmark against friends, 3DMark Hall of Famers, or community members with the latest gaming hardware.

Interactive mode
Freely explore the Speed Way scene in interactive mode. You can adjust camera focus settings, change the lighting settings and use the built-in capture tool to compare how the latest ray tracing techniques affect visuals.

Available now
3DMark Speed Way is available now in 3DMark Advanced Edition and 3DMark Professional Edition. Speed Way does not run in 3DMark Basic Edition or the 3DMark Demo on Steam.

To run Speed Way, you'll need Windows 11 or Windows 10, 64-bit version 21H2 or later. You'll also need a graphics card with at least 6 GB of video memory and drivers that support DirectX 12 Ultimate.

3DMark Advanced Edition - New price from October 12 - $34.99 (USD)
From October 12 onward, Speed Way will be included in the price when you buy 3DMark from Steam or from the UL Solutions website.

Since Time Spy launched in 2016, 3DMark users have enjoyed many free updates, including Wild Life, the 3DMark CPU Profile, and multiple tests demonstrating new DirectX features. With the addition of Speed Way, the price of 3DMark on Steam and 3DMark Advanced Edition will go up from $29.99 to $34.99.

3DMark Speed Way Upgrade, $4.99 (USD)
If you already own 3DMark on Steam or the 3DMark Advanced Edition, you can unlock Speed Way by purchasing the Speed Way upgrade, available October 12 for $4.99 (USD).

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[damric]

$5 for 5 minutes of fun.

 

[Chrispy_]

There are videos up on Youtube already.

There's no racing in this, it's just another room with some stuff in it that barely moves and the camera pans around. One of the student modellers at work could have knocked this up in a couple of weekends using UE5.

Also, it appears to run like absolute shit on a 3070, and it doesn't even look that good.

 

[human_error]

Runs pretty well on my 6900XT - I like that it's a relatively short benchmark as you can keep tweaking and re-running much faster than with time spy or port royal.

Seems less demanding than port royal as it's not pushing the RT cores as hard - can clock considerably higher on the GPU and lower my voltage without it crashing.

 

[Prime2515102]

If it's sponsored, why are they charging for it? pfff...

 

[Chrispy_]

If it's sponsored, why are they charging for it? pfff...

I was going to comment on that, but then though better of it;
We pay to watch movies in the cinema that are absolutely brimming with sponsored products, so being charged to watch something sponsored is a decades-old, widely-accepted practice.

 

[igralec84]

For science...
5600X + 3080Ti FTW3 OC'd = 58.37 FPS
5900X + 4090 (probably OC'd) = 106.05 FPS

 

[Dr. Dro]

If it's sponsored, why are they charging for it? pfff...

Time Spy was sponsored by Galax, for example. 3DMark 11 if I'm not mistaken had MSI brand advertisements.

UL/Futuremark has always done these deals.

I've picked the upgrade up yesterday. My 3090 comes *this* close to running it at 60 fps, and seems like the RTX 4090 scores just shy of 10000 points - looks like that will be reserved for the RTX 4090 Ti.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Ultimate damn now I am feeling that oL GPU pain.
Not that I would pay a diver, I totally just lied, if it worked my ass would be onit, I'm a 3dmark gimp 350+ hours apparently wtaf.

I need help.

 

[Garrus]

Well if you just wasted $2500 CAD on a single video card, what is $5? lol... gotta find something to do with it.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Well if you just wasted $2500 CAD on a single video card, what is $5? lol... gotta find something to do with it.

So from a certain perspective I just saved a loot of money, noice.

Still wanna play now and can't, tut.

 

[Crackong]

Is there a 'Sponsored by Nvidia' logo in the opening ?

 

[Mistral]

Is there a 'Sponsored by Nvidia' logo in the opening ?

You think they would want to be that obvious?

 

[Crackong]

You think they would want to be that obvious?

Why not?
Those who actually uses 3DMark knew it anyway.

 

[ZoneDymo]

If it's sponsored, why are they charging for it? pfff...

Because there are levels of sponsor....ism....ness.....

I mean big N supports them financially but does not pay for all the expenses, they just contribute.
Maybe without it it would be 8 bucks or so.

That said I think its reaaaally bad for a gpu test program to be sponsored by a gpu vendor...talk about conflict of interest

 

[ModEl4]

There are videos up on Youtube already.

There's no racing in this, it's just another room with some stuff in it that barely moves and the camera pans around. One of the student modellers at work could have knocked this up in a couple of weekends using UE5.

Also, it appears to run like absolute shit on a 3070, and it doesn't even look that good.

Speaking of UE5:

SER Improves UE5 Lumen’s Hardware RT Performance on GeForce RTX 4000 GPUs, Says NVIDIA!

 

[lightning70]

My 3070 3810 Points 38.7 FPS Average score in test not bad.

 

[Robin Seina]

No new supported technologies, this is just their way to quickly grab some cash.

 

[mouacyk]

RTX 3080 10GB, 4887 Score, http://www.3dmark.com/sw/21396

 

[Mussels]

I still use unigine heaven for my basic testing because installing DRM and signing into accounts is not what i want to do when testing other peoples systems...