PassMark PerformanceTest evaluates the speed and stability of your computer hardware through a series of objective benchmarks. This diagnostic tool runs extensive stress tests on your CPU, graphics card, memory, and storage drives to calculate a unique "PassMark Rating" for your system. By assigning a tangible score to your hardware's capabilities, it allows you to instantly see how your PC stacks up against millions of other computers in a global baseline database.
Key Features
- Standard Test Suite: Executes 32 specialized tests across four main categories, including Integer Math and Floating Point calculations for the CPU, 2D/3D graphics rendering (DirectX 9 through DirectX 12), disk read/write speeds, and memory latency checks.
- Advanced Baseline Comparison: Compares your benchmark results against a massive searchable database of user-submitted systems, helping you verify if your components are performing within their expected percentile.
- Customizable Scenarios: Allows experienced users to configure advanced tests with specific parameters, such as adjusting file block sizes for disk testing or changing network packet loads to simulate unique workload conditions.
- Portable USB Execution: Runs directly from a USB flash drive without requiring a full installation on the target machine, making it ideal for technicians diagnosing multiple systems in the field.
- PassMark Rating System: Synthesizes complex technical data into a single, easy-to-understand overall score, while also providing granular sub-scores for individual components like the Physics CPU mark or 3D Graphics mark.
Use Cases
System builders and hardware enthusiasts use this tool to validate that new components are functioning correctly and delivering advertised speeds before finalizing a build. It is also essential for overclockers who need to verify performance gains and ensure system stability after tweaking voltage or clock speeds on Windows 10 or Windows 11 machines.
PerformanceTest offers a reliable, data-driven method to diagnose hardware bottlenecks and confirm your PC gives you the performance you paid for.
Version 11.1 Build 1008 — November 2025
- Added support for gathering temperature data from Nvidia GPUs operating in TCC (Tesla Compute Cluster) mode.
- Fixed a bug that caused an "evaluation has expired" warning to appear erroneously after completing the full test suite.
