Software update: Passmark PerformanceTest 7.0 build 1016

PassMark Software, known for BurnInTest and WirelessMon, among others, released version 7.0 build 1016 of PerformanceTest on Friday. This program allows a computer running Windows 2000 or later to be subjected to a series of benchmarks. In 28 tests, the six main groups, namely the processor, 2D graphics, 3D graphics, hard disk, memory and CD/DVD drive, are tested as objectively as possible and graphically compared to a number of other systems. Since the previous entry in the Meuktracker, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Changes in version 7.0 build 1016:

• Fixed 3D DX10 Test bug that could cause a crash on certain systems (seen on some systems with dual Xeon CPUs on 64bit Window).
• Pentium/Celeron M CPU speed detection improved.
• Refined memory limits on Visualized Physics Test and improved out of memory error case handling. Should be much harder to crash the application now when using this tool. As a result however the limits may now be lower on some systems, especially 32-bit systems.
• Fixed problem where copied system information was missing newlines when pasted into certain applications, in particular Notepad.
• Allowed use of Return key in the license key text entry field for entering new lines. However, it is still recommended that users copy and paste license keys rather than trying to type them manually.

Changes in version 7.0 build 1015:

• Improved Advanced Memory Test. The tests were optimized to be tighter loops and should now return higher bandwidth results, making the steps from level 1 to level 2 cache to main RAM much more obvious.
• Improved CPU Speed ​​Detection on newer CPUs with turbo mode. Should provide a better indication of if a machine is overclocked than in previous builds.
• Fixed corrupt icon graphics in system tab when the software was running on high DPI displays.
• Fixed possible rare DX9 3D test crash in the “complex 3D test” were the test might crash after completion, during cleanup.
• There was a suspected out of memory crash fixed. We suspect some people forced a high number of CPU test threads on low end systems. The number of test threads is now limited by available RAM. 50MB of RAM is now required per test thread, (after the initial 2 threads).
• Added a function to collect mini dumps in the case of crashes. This should make it easier to diagnose faults if people can send us the mini dumps.

The following downloads are available:
PassMark PerformanceTest 7.0 build 1016 (32bit)
PassMark PerformanceTest 7.0 build 1016 (64bit)