Software update: PerformanceTest 8.0 build 1034

PassMark Software, known for BurnInTest and WirelessMon, among others, has released an update for version 8.0 of PerformanceTest. This program allows a computer running Windows XP or higher to be subjected to a series of benchmarks. In 32 tests, the five main groups, namely the processor, 2D graphics, 3D graphics, storage and memory, are tested as objectively as possible and graphically compared to a number of other systems. In addition, there are seven extra tests, in which virtualization and the network can be examined, among other things. Since build 1032, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Changes in version 8.0 build 1034

• Added a missing localization text file to the install package, this was causing some system information to be displayed without formatting
• Made a change to fix an issue on some systems where more RAM modules were displayed than was installed in the 3D main window graphic
• Made some changes to how the DX10 test starts to try and avoid some situations where the test will display a blank window and not start the fullscreen test (in multiple monitor situations mainly) until there was some user input (eg a moving the mouse)
• Made some changes to detect and fix invalid baselines when downloading them
• Fixed a bug with baseline date filtering where the “To” date was not being set properly and was using the current date
• Fixed a bug with baseline date filtering where the “To” date was being set to the “From” date when re-opening the “Date & sorting” dialog

Changes in version 8.0 build 1033

• Fixed a crash (bluescreen) that could occur in the 32bit version when reading system information
• Partitions on hard disks with 4KB sectors can now be tested in the advanced disk test, previously only the raw device was displayed.