Benchmark your GPU like APC
Last issue, we showed you how to benchmark your CPU just like the system-testing impresarios here on APC. Never let it be said that we can’t follow a theme; this time, we’ll be running through the tests we often use to benchmark GPUs, for both builds and reviews.
Unlike our CPU benchmarking process, some of this software isn’t available for free. Free trials are available for certain programs, but GPU testing ideally uses multiple gaming benchmarks, which could cost you. We’ll go through some of the games we use for testing later on, but if you don’t have any of those you may want to look into whether any of the titles you already own include a benchmark. Plenty of games have one nestled away in the graphical settings to let you double-check you’re getting optimal performance from your machine.
It’s worth noting that the following benchmarking tests are ones we primarily use for testing on discrete GPUs, not integrated graphics on CPUs. Many of these tests can be run on modern IGPUs without issue – albeit generating very low scores – but take care if you do
