What's new in PCMark 8 2.8.704
Dec 13, 2017
- To avoid the Video Editing test running out of memory, it is now limited to 16 threads on processors with high-core counts. This does not affect the score.
New in PCMark 8 2.7.613 (Apr 14, 2016)
- SystemInfo module updated to 4.45 for improved hardware compatibility.
- Fixed an issue where the Photo Editing tests failed to run when the system path name included non-Latin characters.
New in PCMark 8 2.6.517 (Feb 10, 2016)
- Fixed an issue with Video Editing tests timing out and leaving entry level CPUs unable to finish the Creative conventional benchmark.
New in PCMark 8 2.6.513 (Feb 3, 2016)
- Adobe Applications benchmark:
- Adobe Applications benchmark has been updated to version 2.0. Scores should not be compared with earlier versions.
- The After Effects test output has been changed to uncompressed AVI format as the Adobe Creative Cloud version no longer supports compressed Windows Media Video format.
- Use Compatibility mode to compare scores with historical result data, (also requires an older version of Adobe software that supports Windows Media Video).
- Storage benchmark:
- The Storage benchmark has been updated to version 2.0. Scores should not be compared with earlier versions.
- The tests now provide better support for NVMe drives. Scores from NVMe drives will improve in some cases. The faster the drive, the bigger the difference. Other types of drive are unaffected.
- Improved:
- General stability and error handling have been improved.
- SystemInfo module updated to 4.41 for improved hardware compatibility.
- Fixed:
- Video Chat test now works even when there is no audio device in the system.
- Fixed a bug that could cause PCMark 8 to crash when the SystemInfo module failed.
- Fixed several issues found on non-English language Windows installations.
New in PCMark 8 2.6.512 (Jan 18, 2016)
- Adobe Applications benchmark:
- Adobe Applications benchmark has been updated to version 2.0. Scores should not be compared with earlier versions.
- The After Effects test output has been changed to uncompressed AVI format as the Adobe Creative Cloud version no longer supports compressed Windows Media Video format.
- Use Compatibility mode to compare scores with historical result data, (also requires an older version of Adobe software that supports Windows Media Video).
- Storage benchmark:
- The Storage benchmark has been updated to version 2.0. Scores should not be compared with earlier versions.
- The tests now provide better support for NVMe drives. Scores from NVMe drives will improve in some cases. The faster the drive, the bigger the difference. Other types of drive are unaffected.
- Improved:
- General stability and error handling have been improved.
- SystemInfo module updated to 4.41 for improved hardware compatibility.
- Fixed:
- Video Chat test now works even when there is no audio device in the system.
- Fixed a bug that could cause PCMark 8 to crash when the SystemInfo module failed.
- Fixed several issues found on non-English language Windows installations.
New in PCMark 8 2.5.419 (Sep 8, 2015)
- Improved:
- Results screen now shows benchmark duration and battery consumption in the Benchmark Information section.
- More detailed logging for the Storage test.
- SystemInfo module updated to 4.40 for improved hardware compatibility.
- Fixed:
- When loading a result from a previous version of PCMark 8, the Results screen now correctly shows the application version used rather than the current version.
- Fixed a result creation issue that occurred when SystemInfo was disabled.
New in PCMark 8 2.4.304 (Apr 1, 2015)
- Fixed an issue that prevented PCMark 8 from launching after a recent Steam update.
New in PCMark 8 2.3.293 (Nov 27, 2014)
- SystemInfo module updated to 4.32 for improved hardware compatibility.
New in PCMark 8 2.2.282 (Oct 2, 2014)
- Fixed an Adobe Creative Cloud 2014 compatibility issue that prevented the Adobe After Effects test from running.
New in PCMark 8 2.1.274 (Jul 3, 2014)
- SystemInfo module updated to 4.29 for improved hardware detection.
- Fixed a bug that left the PCMark.exe process running after closing the application.
New in PCMark 8 2.0.228 (Mar 13, 2014)
- SystemInfo module updated to 4.26 for improved hardware detection.
- Fixed an issue that gave an error when choosing to view results online.
- Photo Editing test: fixed the issue with error message, "Init error: System.BadImageFormatException."
- Video Editing test: fixed the issue with error message, "file is too small."