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3DMark introduces a storage bench mark Eastern Samoa DLC

3dmark storage test benchmark screenshot

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3DMark, the healthy-noted benchmark wont to bar the performance of graphics card game, has been updated to include a storage benchmark. It uses literal human race workloads that assess the storage capabilities of a system more accurately than would be the case if the tests were simple synthetic tests.

The new benchmark is designed to accurately measure and compare all kinds of storage devices, all the way from PCIe 4.0 NVMe drives to SATA drives and even good grey mechanical hard drives. The tests include measuring the load multiplication of several popular games including Battlefield V, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and Overwatch. In that location's also a trial of recording a 1080p gameplay video at 60 FPS with OBS (Open Spreader Software) while playing Overwatch, on with a game saving measurement and a Indian file copy test.

SSD performance is an underrated role of the gaming experience. It's not just loading multiplication, but things like level transitions, saving and minimising in-game asset popups, non to mention all the random things the OS is doing in the background that could take away from your game. then a benchmark like this is very much welcome.

We gave the benchmark a run on a 12th Gen i9-12900K system equipped with a PCIe 4.0 Adata XPG Gammix S70 2TB drive. A scotch of 2410 looks to be a good score, but that's with a up end PCIe 4.0 crusade. A rusty spinster won't look so good. If you've been thinking about upgrading your memory board, it's worth checking out our top gaming SSD picks.

Note that the test requires a passabl hefty 30GB of space to be given, though the data is deleted at the end of the benchmark run. The Storage Benchmark DLC is available now for USD $2.99 (AU $4.50) on Steam or via the UL Benchmarks website.

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