PCMark® Vantage Help

Running the default benchmark

1. Launch the benchmark, and select your preferred edition by clicking on the desired "Purchase" button
   
2. Purchase online Basic, Advanced, Professional Edition or request for a one time only Basic Edition Trial key
   
3. Enter your registration code which you should have received by e-mail, and click on the "Register" button
   
4. Click "Run Benchmark" to start the testing process
   

Viewing and analyzing your results

Click "Submit Results" to send your results to Futuremark's servers for analysis and reporting

Benchmarking guidelines

• Restart the computer before running the benchmark.
• Exit all other programs.
• Under the Windows operating systems, other tasks can preemptively run during the tests, thus affecting the results. You will want to eliminate as many of these types of tasks as possible, such as automatic updates in operating systems, e-mail clients or other tasks from your Startup folder. This action also maximizes your available memory.
• Disable all file sharing and possibly also all network connections. Background network activity may affect results. You can submit your results even if you run the benchmark without network connection: Save your results in the default format (.pcr) and restart your system with network connection after the benchmark run. Run PCMark Vantage and submit your saved result by selecting the 'Submit saved result' item in the right click menu (open the right click menu by right clicking the PCMark Vantage main window).
• Follow a standard testing procedure each time you run the tests. Run the tests at least three times to verify that the results are reproducible.
• It is recommended to defragment your system hard drive to receive most accurate results.

• We recommend that you benchmark on a "clean" system with all latest Windows Updates installed, including the optional hardware updates.
• Make sure that you have all latest graphics card, CPU, motherboard chipset and any other drivers installed.

Advanced and Professional Features

Selecting Test Suites

Changing Settings

SystemInfo

Help & Support Resources

• See the FAQ
• Forums
• Technical Support (Professional Edition Only)