3DMark Professional Edition stands as the industry-standard benchmark suite for evaluating hardware performance, stability, and system capabilities in a commercial environment. Developed by UL Solutions, this comprehensive toolkit goes beyond simple score generation, offering automation and detailed analysis for hardware manufacturers, quality assurance labs, and technology reviewers. With the inclusion of the new Steel Nomad and Solar Bay Extreme tests, it provides a rigorous assessment of modern graphics cards and processors under heavy DirectX 12 and ray-tracing workloads.
Key Features
- Steel Nomad Benchmark: Replaces Time Spy as the primary non-ray-traced stress test, pushing DirectX 12 hardware to its absolute limit at 4K resolution to verify rasterization performance without CPU bottlenecks.
- Command Line Automation: Enables engineers to script and automate complex testing routines via command line interface (CLI), streamlining the validation process for large batches of systems.
- Solar Bay Extreme: A demanding cross-platform ray-tracing test introduced in late 2025 to evaluate heavy workloads on high-performance Windows 10 and Windows 11 GPUs.
- Private Offline Results: By default, this edition keeps all benchmark data local and offline, ensuring confidentiality for unreleased hardware prototypes and trade secrets.
- Storage Benchmark: specifically measures the gaming performance of SSDs by simulating real-world activities like loading games, saving progress, and installing update files.
- Image Quality Tool: Allows deep technical analysis by rendering frames pixel-by-pixel to inspect rendering accuracy and visual fidelity across different driver versions.
Use Cases This software is essential for hardware vendors conducting pre-release validation, enterprise IT departments stress-testing workstations, and professional media outlets requiring accurate, repeatable data for reviews. It serves as the primary tool for verifying system stability after assembly or ensuring component reliability during burn-in phases.
For commercial entities requiring detailed performance metrics and automated testing workflows, 3DMark Professional Edition remains the definitive solution for hardware verification on Windows systems.
Version 2.32.8743 — December 2025
- Added a dedicated button to all benchmark and feature test result pages for directly exporting results as PDF (Professional Edition).
- Improved the functionality of the search filter located on the benchmarks selection page.
- Updated and refined the German language localization within the application.
