3DMark Vantage

CALCULATING THE SCORES

The final 3DMark score is calculated according to specific formulas taking in account each subscore. The GPU Score is formed by taking a weighted arithmetic mean of the raw scores of the two graphics tests. The CPU score is formed by taking a weighted arithmetic mean of the raw scores of the two CPU tests.

While the subscores are calculated the same for all the presets, the 3DMark scores are calculated differently. The idea is that each preset represents a certain performance category. For example – the Entry preset simulates the graphics load at the entry-level.

So how are the scores calculated? Let us first look at the Graphics Tests:

The Graphics score is calculated with this formula where C is two scaling constants used to bring down the score in line with traditional 3Dmark scores at launch. F are the frames per second for each Graphics test. The Graphics score is calculated with the same weight for each preset and thus you can compare the scores regardless of chosen preset or custom settings.

The CPU score is calculated in the same way:

C are scaling constants and O are the operations per second for each CPU-test. The CPU score is calculated with the same weight for each preset and thus you can compare the scores regardless of chosen preset or custom settings.

The 3DMark score however, while using the same formula for all presets, has different values for the weights while, as we mentioned above, the scaling constants remain the same for all presets.

From the values it is obvious that the CPU score affects the Entry and Performance preset more than it does the High and Extreme presets.