🔍 Time Spy Revisited: Unpacking 3DMark's Early DX12 Benchmarks

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Published on June 2, 2024 12:13:38 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik2DDD3B_uc

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3DMark (2022)

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In this video, we explore the advanced technology behind 3DMark's benchmarks: the Time Spy DX12 demo from 2016, the DX12 Night Raid benchmark for integrated graphics from 2018, and the CPU Profile benchmark from 2021. We'll dive into the scaling capabilities of the CPU benchmark, designed to handle the latest multi-core CPUs from 2017 onwards, and uncover references these benchmarks make to previous versions. Join us as we examine how these tools pushed the boundaries of gaming hardware of the time.

My previous video on 3DMarks latest benchmark, Steel Nomad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpoByv9lRZg

Info on Time Spy:
🔗 https://support.benchmarks.ul.com/support/solutions/articles/44002136075-overview-of-3dmark-time-spy-benchmark

Info on Night Raid:
🔗 https://support.benchmarks.ul.com/support/solutions/articles/44002135985-overview-of-3dmark-night-raid-benchmark

Info on the CPU Profile test:
🔗 https://support.benchmarks.ul.com/support/solutions/articles/44002223574-overview-of-the-3dmark-cpu-profile-benchmark

Info on LOD:
🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_of_detail_(computer_graphics)

Info on the A-Buffer:
🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-buffer

Info on CPU x86 extensions:
🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSSE3
🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Vector_Extensions

Info on Umbra tech:
🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbra_(3D_technology_company)

Info on DescriptorHeap:
🔗 https://github.com/microsoft/DirectXTK12/wiki/DescriptorHeap

Info on Adaptive Transparency:
🔗 https://www.intel.com/content/dam/develop/external/us/en/documents/37944-adaptive-transparency-hpg11.pdf

Paper on Weighted Blended Order-Independent Transparency:
🔗 https://jcgt.org/published/0002/02/09/

Info on Boids:
🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boids

My own Artifical Life project:
https://www.hackster.io/314reactor/artificial-life-2-49274a

Portal Reloaded:
🔗 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1255980/Portal_Reloaded/

Info on DirectSR:
🔗 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/directsr-preview/

Digital Foundry's video on Frame Gen for consoles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVCK1j7F5sg

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

3DMark Legacy Benchmarks:
🔗 https://benchmarks.ul.com/legacy-benchmarks

3DMark History:
🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DMark

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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