Futuremark just provided a new build of 3DMark Time Spy Extreme to media. The download binaries cannot be released just yet but they will update the benchmark with an Ultra HD test of Time Spy.
Time Spy Extreme is the world’s first 4K DirectX 12 benchmark test. You don’t need a 4K monitor to run it, though you will need a GPU with at least 4 GB of dedicated memory. DirectX 12 is a low-level graphics API that reduces processor overhead. With less overhead and better utilization of modern GPU hardware, DirectX 12 game engines can draw more objects, textures and effects to the screen. Keeping CPU overhead to a minimum is essential when stepping up from Full HD to 4K Ultra HD resolution.
Radeon RX Vega 64 (ASUS STRIX)
GeForce GTX 1080 (Founders edition)
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Founders edition)
The CPU test is new and has been redesigned to let processors with 8 or more cores perform to their full potential. Compared with Time Spy, the Extreme CPU test is three times more demanding. It also lets processors use more advanced instructions sets up to AVX2 when supported. it is pretty much the same test, just in UHD. Time Spy Extreme will be available to the public on October 11 as a free update for 3DMark Advanced Edition and 3DMark Professional Edition licenses purchased after July 14, 2016.
