Welcome to PCMark™04

Congratulations on installing PCMark04, the latest version of the PC performance benchmark program from Futuremark Corporation. This unique program provides an accurate and consistent assessment of the performance of your PC in general home environment usage. PCMark04 can be easily obtained and it is easy to install and run. The program utilizes mostly public code, but some commercial applications are also included in measuring computer performance.

By using PCMark04 and the Online ResultBrowser, you can get:

Introduction to PCMark™04

PCMark04 is an analytical tool for measuring the overall performance of PCs in a home environment usage, for today and tomorrow. Its ease of use and availability, make it an essential program for any PC user to own! Beginners and experts alike can use PCMark04 - the default benchmark is activated with a single click, but it also contains various testing options and tools.

Professional testers and reviewers often need to examine specific functions of the PC, such as memory subsystem, or hard disk performance. PCMark04 contains the extra tools needed by such users; a simple online purchase is all that is required to obtain full functionality of PCMark04.

PCMark04 highlights:

Note: The results and scores of PCMark04 are not comparable with PCMark2002 or any other Futuremark benchmarks.

PCMark04 tests stress the following:

System Requirements

PCMark04 is a benchmark tool used to examine PC systems for their ability to run tests that represent common home use of a PC. Therefore, older systems may not have the functions or power needed.

Minimum system requirements are as follows:

Futuremark recommends that for the best possible benchmarking experience, the system should at least be:

PCMark04 Features

PCMark04 comes in three versions: PCMark04 Free, PCMark04 Professional and PCMark04 Business Edition. The Free version is available (without charge) to download and install but it has only limited functionality. The Professional Edition can be purchased from our internet shop and it has the full functionality of PCMark04. The Business Edition has the features of the Pro version but allows business use of the benchmark. Please read the license agreement for details on licensing.

The features in PCMark04 Free are:

The features in PCMark04 Professional and Business Edition are:

PCMark04 was built using the following third party software components:

Other Futuremark Benchmarks

3DMark03
3DMark®03 Pro is the latest version of the highly favoured 3DMark series. By combining full DirectX®9.0a support with completely new tests and graphics, 3DMark03 Pro continues the legacy of being the 3D industry's standard benchmark.

PCMark2002
PCMark2002 is the first version of the PCMark series for testing all kinds of PCs, from laptops to high-end workstations. PCMark2002 is designed to assess the performance of a PC under normal home and office PC usage.

BAPCo/Futuremark SYSmark2002
BAPCo/Futuremark's SYSmark2002 is the industry standard application-based benchmark, testing your system's ability to run today's leading edge software applications for Internet Content Creation and Office Productivity. SYSmark2002's standardized testing and reporting guidelines ensure reliable and repeatable results.

BAPCo/Futuremark Mobilemark2002
BAPCo/Futuremark's Mobilemark2002 is an application-based benchmark like SYSmark, but designed for notebook computer performance measurement. The primary purpose of this benchmark is to measure how long a mobile computer can run on a single battery charge. The user has the choice of running MobileMark under a Productivity workload or a Reader workload, which simulate two different usage models.

The above products are available for purchase at www.futuremark.com/products.

Futuremark's On-Line Services

Online ResultBrowser
The Online ResultBrowser (ORB) lets you review your results in detail on-line and compares your scores with results from PC users all over the world. The ORB also gives you valuable insight on ways you can improve your computer's performance.