Sky High Performance: 3DMark Sky Diver & DX12 API Overhead Benchmarks
10In this video, we dive into the latest 3DMark benchmark and explore two of its older tests: Sky Diver and the DirectX 12 API Overhead feature test. We'll take a detailed look at how Sky Diver assesses GPU and CPU performance in mid-range PCs, and then we'll revisit the groundbreaking API Overhead test from 2015, which highlighted the significant improvements in draw call performance between DirectX 11, DirectX 12, and Vulkan. Join us as we examine how these benchmarks have evolved and their impact on modern gaming performance.
Info on 3DMark:
🔗 https://s3.amazonaws.com/download-aws.futuremark.com/3dmark-technical-guide.pdf (2021 technical guide)
🔗 https://s3.amazonaws.com/download-aws.futuremark.com/3DMark_Technical_Guide.pdf (2018 technical guide)
🔗 https://www.anandtech.com/show/6726/3dmark-for-windows-launches-we-test-it-with-various-laptops
Links to the benchmarks on Steam:
🔗 https://store.steampowered.com/app/393480/3DMark_Sky_Diver_benchmark/
🔗 https://store.steampowered.com/app/407080/3DMark_API_Overhead_feature_test/
Articles from UL (Futuremark):
🔗 https://benchmarks.ul.com/news/3dmark-sky-diver-has-landed
🔗 https://support.benchmarks.ul.com/support/solutions/articles/44002142683-api-overhead-feature-test-unsupported-
Analysis articles on the API overhead test:
🔗 https://www.anandtech.com/show/9112/exploring-dx12-3dmark-api-overhead-feature-test/
🔗 https://www.guru3d.com/story/quick-test-futuremark-3dmark-v2-3-3663-vulkan-api-overhead-benchmarks
🔗 https://www.techpowerup.com/276037/ul-announces-end-of-support-for-3dmark-sky-diver-api-overhead-test-pcmark-8-vrmark-for-android-benchmarks
Info on Featherstone's algorithm:
🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Featherstone%27s_algorithm
Info on the Mantle API from AMD:
🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantle_(API)
🔗 https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/anton-shilov/amd-vulkan-absorbed-best-and-brightest-parts-of-mantle/
3DMark Legacy Benchmarks:
🔗 https://benchmarks.ul.com/legacy-benchmarks
3DMark History:
🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DMark
Previous video on 3DMark:
https://youtu.be/WnaVHiAkK0A
Info on Tessellation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqRMNrvu6TE
🔗 https://developer.nvidia.com/content/dynamic-hardware-tessellation-basics
🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessellation_(computer_graphics)
🔗 https://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/2018/what-is-tessellation-in-computer-graphics
🔗 https://www.khronos.org/opengl/wiki/Tessellation
🔗 https://learnopengl.com/Guest-Articles/2021/Tessellation/Tessellation
Further info on Tessellation and Domain + Hull shaders:
🔗 https://developer.download.nvidia.com/presentations/2009/GDC/GDC09_D3D11Tessellation.pdf
🔗 https://www.reedbeta.com/blog/tess-quick-ref/
🔗 https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/112243/what-are-hull-domain-and-geometry-shaders-used-for
🔗 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/graphics-concepts/domain-shader-stage--ds-
🔗 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/graphics-concepts/hull-shader-stage--hs-
Info on DirectX11:
🔗 https://developer.nvidia.com/content/walk-through-direct3d-sdk-11
🔗 https://d29g4g2dyqv443.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/akamai/gameworks/events/gdc14/GDC_14_From%20Terrain%20to%20Godrays%20-%20Better%20Use%20of%20DirectX11CantlayTatarinov.pdf
History of DirectX:
🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX
Info on Deferred Shading:
🔗 https://learnopengl.com/Advanced-Lighting/Deferred-Shading
🔗 https://docs.nvidia.com/gameworks/content/gameworkslibrary/graphicssamples/d3d_samples/antialiaseddeferredrendering.htm
FFT Bloom details:
🔗 https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/RenderingAndGraphics/PostProcessEffects/Bloom/
🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Fourier_transform
My Gaming Rig:
🖥️ CPU: AMD Ryzen 7700X
🌀 Cooler: Noctua NH-U12A
🔥 RAM: Kingston FURY Beast 32GB DDR5
📀 SSD1: WD Black SN770 2TB
📀 SSD2: Crucial P2 2TB
🔌 Motherboard: Gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX
🎮 GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4090 24GB VRAM
⚡ PSU: ASUS ROG STRIX 1000W 80 Plus Gold
🌌 Case: Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic Razer Edition
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