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March-April 2013

[30.04.2013]StatWin Professional 9.0 has been released!

[28.04.2013]DVDInfoPro 7.108 is available for download!

D3DGear 4.19 build 1808 is available for download!

[26.04.2013]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.85.2430 beta is available for download! Changes include: special support for Crucial M500 SSDs, identification of AMD A4/A6 (aka Weatherford), improved support for AMD Kabini, Temash APUs, Intel Processor Number detection for Celeron 1020E, 1047UE, Pentium 2020M, 2117U, 2127U and Xeon E3-12xx v3, preliminary support for L4 cache, detection of AMD Catalyst 13.4 driver, GPU information for AMD Radeon HD 7990 (Malta), extended reference OpenGL Extensions list (for ForceWare 320.00), sensor support for Dell SMI of OptiPlex 380, ATI SB600+ PM2 fan sensor support, motherboard specific sensor info for Apple Mac mini 6.1 (Late 2012), Intel D53427RKE, D73537KK and MSI MS-7836, bugfixes.
CrystalDiskInfo 5.6.2 is available for download!

[25.04.2013]SiSoftware Sandra 2013 SP3a (2013.05.19.44) has been released! This update adds further hardware and software support (Windows 8.1/Blue) as well as minor optimisations for existing benchmarks.

PassMark PerformanceTest 8.0 build 1020 is available for download!

CPU-Z 1.64 has been released! New features include: support for Intel Atom "Cloverview" and Ivy Bridge-E/EP/EX CPUs, support for AMD Richland APUs.

[23.04.2013]HWMonitor 1.22 has been released! New features include: Intel Pentium & Celeron "Ivy Bridge" CPUs support, Intel Ivy-Bridge-E/EP/EX and Haswell CPUs support, AMD Richland CPUs support, support for ITE IT8732 LPCIO chip, uncore power report on Intel Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge processors.

[22.04.2013]CrystalDiskInfo 5.6.1 is available for download! Changes include: improved support for Intel SSD DC S3700, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[21.04.2013]PassMark DiskCheckup 3.1 Build 1006 is available for download!

[20.04.2013]D3DGear 4.19 build 1807 is available for download!

[19.04.2013]Futuremark has released minor updates for 3DMark 11 and 3DMark Vantage! The changes are mostly small bug fixes and improved compatibility with Windows 8 and the latest hardware. Benchmark scores are not affected.

[18.04.2013]GPU-Z 0.7.0 has been released! New features include: support for AMD Radeon HD 7990, HD 8550M, HD 7340, HD 7290, HD 8670D, support for NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M, 680MX, 675MX, GT218 based 9400 GT, bugfixes.

[17.04.2013]Geekbench 2.4.3 is available for download!

[16.04.2013]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.85.2419 beta is available for download! Changes include: Intel Processor Number detection for Celeron 1005M, 1017U, extended chipset information for Intel Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, Haswell, GPU sensor information for CHiL CHL8203, CHL8212, CHL8213 (ATI), improved GPU sensor information for CHiL CHL8266, CHL8318 (nVIDIA), motherboard specific sensor info for Gigabyte B75M-HD3, H77M-HD3, H77N-WiFi, bugfixes.
[15.04.2013]CrystalDiskInfo 5.6.0 is available for download! Changes include: Micron/Crucial M500 support, new command line options, updated language files, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[14.04.2013]SIV 4.36 has been released! New features include: GPU % Load plots for Intel Core i3/i5/i7 HD Graphics Controllers and similar for Windows 7/8 systems, current GPU memory usage for AMD/ATI and many other GPUs for Windows 7/8 systems, updated Sandy Bridge-E DIMM Temperature reading and added initial Haswell-E support, reporting of per CPU System Agent Power usage (CPU-n SA Core Power), minor improvements, bugfixes, etc.

[12.04.2013]3DMark Android Edition v1.0.1-949 is available for download! This is a bugfix release. Benchmark scores are not affected by this update. Download 3DMark from the Google Play store.

Speccy 1.21 has been released!

[11.04.2013]HWiNFO32 4.16 has been released! New features include: support for AMD Radeon HD 7790 and nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost, support for nVidia GF119, GK104, GK106, GK107, GK110 and GK208 based cards, improved hardware monitoring, updated device database, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[10.04.2013]PassMark PerformanceTest 8.0 build 1019 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.85.2412 beta is available for download! Changes include: extended reference OpenCL Extensions list, Intel Processor Number detection for Core i3-3250, 3250T, GPU information for nVIDIA GeForce 705M (GF119M), GT 730M (GK208M), GT 735M (GK208M), GT 740M (GK107M), GT 740M (GK208M), GT 745M (GK107M), GTX Titan LE (GK110), K2 USM (GK104), K340 USM (GK107), GRID K340 (GK107GL), GRID K520 (GK104GL), NVS 1000 (GK107), NVS K1 USM (GK107), NVS K2 USM (GK104), Quadro K1 USM (GK107GL), Quadro K2 USM (GK104GL), Tesla K1 USM (GK107GL), K2 USM (GK104GL), K20 (GK110GL) and K20X (GK110GL), motherboard specific sensor info for Asus M5A78L-M/USB3, Gigabyte F2A55-DS3, F2A55M-DS2, F2A55M-HD2, F2A75M-D3H, F2A75M-HD2, F2A85X-D3H, F2A85XM-D3H, F2A85XM-HD3, MSI MS-7383, bugfixes.
[09.04.2013]EVGA Precision X 4.1.0 has been released! New features include: On-Screen Display server version 5.0.1 (now it comes with own installer and can be optionally installed when necessary), updated EVGA Voltage Tuner, EVGA Bridge and EVGA PixelClock utilities, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[08.04.2013]CrystalDiskInfo 5.5.1 is available for download! Changes include: improved support for Samsung SSD, support for Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate (USB Memory), updated language files.

[07.04.2013]D3DGear 4.18 build 1806 is available for download!

[05.04.2013]GPU Shark 0.6.10 is available for download!

[04.04.2013]MSI Afterburner 3.0.0 beta 9 is available for download!

Futuremark logo [03.04.2013]Futuremark has released 3DMark for Android devices! It includes everything you need to accurately benchmark the performance of Android smartphones and tablets. Developed in cooperation with Broadcom, Imagination Technologies, Intel, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, and other world-class companies, 3DMark is the ideal modern benchmark for over 1,000 Android devices. What's more, 3DMark scores can be compared across platforms. You can use 3DMark to test and compare the performance of devices running Android, iOS (coming soon), Windows and Windows RT, and help you better understand how new devices compare with the alternatives. The Android edition of 3DMark includes two benchmarks, both based on OpenGL ES 2.0. Learn more and download.

AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.85.2406 beta is available for download! Changes include: Intel Processor Number detection for Core i7-4820K, 4930K, 4960X, improved and fixed GPU information for AMD Bonaire, Saturn, Hainan, Sun, GPU sensor information for ON NCP81022 (ATI), improved Apple SMC sensor support, bugfixes.
Happy Birthday!

[02.04.2013]We are celebrating our 14th birthday today! Happy birthday, BenchmarkHQ!

NVIDIA Inspector 1.9.7.1 is available for download!

[01.04.2013]Find MAC Address 3.9.0 has been released!

CrystalDiskMark 3.0.2f has been released!

[31.03.2013]PerfMonitor 2.0 has been released! This is a completely rewritten version of the utility. The new interface of PerfMonitor2 is largely inspired by the Windows task manager. In addition to the performance related data, the new PerfMonitor2 adds monitoring data like temperatures, powers, and mixes them to report data like performance per watt. This version supports the latest x86 processors generations, including Intel Nehalem, Westmere, Clarkdale, Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, Haswell, Clover View, CedarView, and AMD Bulldozer, Vishera, Trinity, Richland.

CrystalDiskInfo 5.5.0 is available for download!

[30.03.2013]PassMark RAMMon 1.0 build 1009 is available for download!

Belarc Advisor has been updated to version 8.3.2.0!

[29.03.2013]GPU Caps Viewer 1.18.0 has been released! New features include: support for GeForce GTX Titan, GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST and Radeon HD 7790, monitoring of OpenGL GPU memory when available, list of supported OpenCL image formats, a batch file to start an OpenCL demo on a particular OpenCL device, VRAM type detection for Radeon cards (if available), minor improvements.

FurMark OpenGL Benchmark 1.10.6 has been released! Here's what's new: support for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST and Radeon HD 7790, new 16/9 resolutions (one, double and triple HD/WHQD monitors), GPU Shark 0.6.10 and GPU-Z 0.6.9, ZoomGPU 1.8.13 (GPU monitoring library).

[28.03.2013]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.85.2401 beta is available for download! Changes include: Intel Processor Number detection for Xeon E5-1603, bugfixes.
ASTRA 6.03 is available for download! Here's what's new: detection of Intel Pentium Mobile (Ivy Bridge), Intel Celeron Mobile (Ivy Bridge), Intel Atom (Centerton), Intel Atom (Penwell), AMD A series (Richland) processors, preliminary support for Intel Ivy Bridge-E, Intel Haswell, AMD Jaguar processors, detection of new processors features: Time Stamp Counter Adjust, RDSEED Instruction, ADCX/ADOX Instructions, CLAC/STAC Instructions, updated device database, bugfixes, etc.

ASTRA32 3.03 has been released! New features include: detection of Intel Pentium Mobile (Ivy Bridge), Intel Celeron Mobile (Ivy Bridge), Intel Atom (Centerton), Intel Atom (Penwell), AMD A series (Richland) processors, preliminary support for Intel Ivy Bridge-E, Intel Haswell, AMD Jaguar processors, detection of new processors features: Time Stamp Counter Adjust, RDSEED Instruction, ADCX/ADOX Instructions, CLAC/STAC Instructions, updated Brazilian Portuguese translation, updated device database, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[27.03.2013]SiSoftware Sandra 2013 SP3 (2013.05.19.40) has been released! Changes include: new GP (GPU/APU/CPU) Financial Analysis and CPU Financial Analysis benchmarks, updated CPU and GP (GPU/APU/CPU) Crypto benchmarks.

AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.85 has been released! New features include: optimized 64-bit benchmarks for AMD A-Series "Richland" APU, improved support for AMD "Kabini", "Temash" and "Kaveri" APUs, improved support for Intel "Haswell" and "Valleyview" processors, preliminary support for AMD "Beema" APU, preliminary support for Intel "Avoton" SoC, "Crystal Well" CPU, "Haswell-E" CPU, "Haswell-ULT" SoC, "Ivy Bridge-E" CPU, "Lynx Point-LP" PCH, "Wellsburg" PCH, preliminary support for DDR4 memory modules and GDDR5 system memory, GPU details for AMD Radeon HD 8000 Series and nVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan.

[26.03.2013]Thaiphoon Burner 8.0.0.1 build 0222 Final has been released!

[25.03.2013]SetFSB 2.3.178.134 is available for download! This release adds support for ICS950227AF (Intel D845GERG2) and ICS9LPRS482AGLF (ASUS 1215B) clock generators, as well as ATI RS690/RS690M chipset.

[24.03.2013]GIGABYTE EasyTune 6 B13.0324.1 is available for download!

[23.03.2013]D3DGear 4.18 build 1805 is available for download!

HMonitor 4.5.3.4 has been released! Changes include: support for Intel series 7 chipsets, support for Nuvoton NCT6779D sensor chip, Asrock double CPU fans mainboards: 4pin CPU fan monitoring support, support for BCM MX67QM mainboard.

[22.03.2013]Advanced HostMonitor 9.46 has been released!

[21.03.2013]Phoronix Media has released Phoronix Test Suite 4.4.1!
[20.03.2013]OCCT Perestroika 4.4.0 Final has been released! Changes include: updated monitoring engine, ability to specify how many thread CPU:OCCT will use, complete rewrite of GPU:3D in DX11, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[19.03.2013]GPU-Z 0.6.9 has been released! New features include: support for AMD Radeon HD 8870M, support for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost, GT 415, GT 750M, minor improvements and bugfixes.

Memtest86 4.20 has been released! This update fixes a number of bugs.

[18.03.2013]OpenGL Extension Viewer 4.10 has been released!

[17.03.2013]MemTest86+ 5.00 beta 6 is available for download!
[16.03.2013]SpeedFan 4.49 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

[15.03.2013]D3DGear 4.18 build 1802 is available for download!

SpeedFan 4.48 has been released! Here's what's new: full support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, minor improvements and bugfixes.

SIV 4.35 has been released! New features include: initial Haswell-ULT and Lynx Point-LP support, ASRock X79 Extreme3 motherboard support, initial Microsoft Surface Pro sensor reporting support, Fintek F71869A and F71889A sensor support, AMD RS400/133 Host Bridge support, minor improvements, bugfixes, etc.

[14.03.2013]PassMark PerformanceTest 8.0 build 1018 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

[13.03.2013]HWiNFO32 4.14 has been released! New features include: reporting of Max CPU/Thread Usage, monitoring of FPS via FRAPS, support for nVidia GeForce GT 625 OEM, Tesla K20Xm, K20c, K20s, K20m and GeForce GTX Titan, improved hardware monitoring, updated device database, minor improvements and bugfixes.

PassMark BurnInTest 7.1 build 1001 is available for download!

PassMark PerformanceTest 8.0 build 1017 is available for download!

[12.03.2013]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.80.2341 beta is available for download! Changes include: extended CPUID features, Intel Processor Number detection for Pentium G2030, G2030T, G2120T, G2140, physical CPU information for AMD Richland, microcode update revision detection for VIA Nano, AMD K10+, improved original clock detection for VIA Nano processors, bugfixes.
[11.03.2013]OCCT Perestroika 4.4.0 beta 5 is available for download!
[10.03.2013]MemTest86+ 5.00 beta 4 is available for download!
Hard Drive Inspector 4.13 has been released! This version adds support for NexStar CX USB enclosures.

NVIDIA Inspector 1.9.7.0 is available for download!

[09.03.2013]HDD Health 4.2.0.112 is available for download!

GPU-Z 0.6.8 has been released! New features include: support for GeForce GTX Titan, GeForce 505 (GT216), GT 640M, GTX 675MX, Quadro K2000, K3000, support for AMD Radeon HD 7480D, FirePro W8000, V8700, fake HD 6850 (based on HD 6450), detection of Intel GMA, improved GPU load monitoring on AMD cards, minor improvements and bugfixes.

AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.80.2338 beta is available for download! Changes include: improved support for SanDisk SSDs, improved support for Intel Valleyview SoC, preliminary support for Intel Avoton and Haswell-ULT SoC, identification of AMD Athlon X2 3xx and X4 7xx (aka Trinity), identification of Intel Atom S12xx (aka Briarwood), Intel Processor Number detection for Celeron 1019Y, G470 and Core i3-3245, SMBus support for Intel Avoton SoC, Intel Centerton/Briarwood and Intel Valleyview SoC, extended reference OpenGL Extensions list (for nVIDIA GK110), GPU sensor information for SMSC EMC2103, EMC2104, EMC2105, EMC2106 sensor chips, motherboard specific sensor info for Zotac ZBox AD06 Series, bugfixes.
FurMark OpenGL Benchmark 1.10.5 has been released! It includes the latest versions of GPU-Z and GPU Shark, as well as the latest iteration of ZoomGPU v1.8.12 with support for NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan and some mobile GPUs (GTX 6xxM, GT 6xxM, GT 5xxM).

GPU Shark 0.6.9 is available for download!

[08.03.2013]Geekbench 2.4.2 is available for download!

[07.03.2013]Atrise Lutcurve 1.8.0 has been released!

[06.03.2013]CrystalDiskInfo 5.4.2 is available for download!

[05.03.2013]DU Meter 6.20 has been released! Here's what's new: command-linesupport (it is now possible to operate DU Meter's stopwatch from scripts and batch files), ability to clear the DU Meter graph with just one click, Italian translation, minor changes and bugfixes.

AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.80.2334 beta is available for download! Changes include: improved support for AMD Richland, Kabini, Kaveri, Beema APUs, improved original clock detection for AMD processors, chipset information for AMD Bolton, Yangtze, improved support for LAMD LM87800 based SSDs, motherboard specific sensor info for Asus F2A85-M, Gigabyte Z77M-D3H Series and MSI MS-7774, bugfixes.
[04.03.2013]Futuremark Corporation has released PCMark 7 1.4.0 and PCMark Vantage 1.2.0! These updates bring Windows 8 compatibility and fix a few issues. Please note that PCMark 7 scores ARE affected by the changes in this update and cannot be compared with any previous version.PCMark Vantage scores are not affected by the update to v1.2.0.

[03.03.2013]CrystalDiskInfo 5.4.1 is available for download!

[02.03.2013]SiSoftware Sandra 2013 SP2 (2013.04.19.35) has been released! New features include: updated GPGPU support and performance, updated remote execution and benchmarking, Internet engines communication update.

Intel has released the Processor Identification Utility 4.60!

[01.03.2013]CoreTemp 1.0 RC5 is available for download!

3DMark 11 has been updated to version 1.0.4! It makes the benchmark fully compatible with Windows 8. The update also addresses other compatibility issues and a few uncommon bugs. Benchmark scores are not affected and scores from this new version can be compared with scores from the previous version 3DMark 11 v1.0.3.

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