Picture-Level Benchmark Report
© Copyright 1996, Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation


First, you'll find a table showing the single figure of merit numbers for 3D wireframe (PLBwire93) and 3D surface (PLBsurf93) categories, along with a list of the eight standard benchmark files available for graphics performance testing under the Picture-Level Benchmark (PLB). These files are divided into three categories: 3D Wireframe, 3D Surface, and "Other."

"Normalizing Factor" is the scaling factor used to keep numbers from becoming too unwieldy, and the PLBlit and PLBopt columns give the reported PLBmark scores for each test. A section within the PLB overview called "The Method for Reporting Results" contains an explanation of the number reporting system.

Vendor and System Name
Graphics Adapter
API

Composite PLBmarks

PLBwire93

PLBwire93 score

PLBsurf93

PLBsurf93 score

Benchmark Name

Normalizing Factor

PLBmarks

PLBlit

PLBopt

3D Wireframe

1. sys_chassis

N

lit

opt

2. race_car

N

lit

opt

3. seafloor

N

lit

opt

3D Surface

4. cyl_head

N

lit

opt

5. head

N

lit

opt

6. shuttle

N

lit

opt

7. studio

N

lit

opt

Other

8. oceantopo

N

lit

opt

Next, you'll find a listing of optimizations for each standard benchmark file for which a PLBopt number is reported.

Optimizations

Benchmark Used

A. Description of first optimization

benchmark numbers

B. Description of second optimization

benchmark numbers

C. . . .

. . .

This is followed by a description of the system used to achieve the graphics performance results reported on the page, with a section for listing technical notes pertinent to the graphics performance tests.

GRAPHICS HARDWARE CONFIGURATION

SYSTEM HARDWARE CONFIGURATION

SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION

Graphics Accelerator

name

Processor Type

name

Operating System

O/S

Total Graphics Memory

## MB

Number of CPUs

#

Window System

name

Image Buffer

size

Floating Point

type

API

name

Overlay/Underlay Buffer

size

Primary Cache (KB)

## KB

API Version

id

Depth Buffer

size

Secondary Cache (KB)

## KB

API Vendor

name

Stencil Buffer

size

Memory (MB)

## MB

PLB Version

id

Accumulation Buffer

size

Disk (MB)

### MB

Driver Version

id

Auxiliary Buffer

size

Other Buffer

size

Comments

Display List Memory

description

Technical notes pertinent to the graphics performance tests.

Texture Memory

description

Display Manufacturer/ Model*

description -- *Consult vendor literature for actual viewable size of monitor.

Display Resolution

width x height

Display Size/Type

description

Display Refresh Rate

## Hz

Swap on Vertical Retrace

yes/no

Finally, a table gives the price and availability of the system described. "Test Date" refers to the data when the reported performance tests were run. "General Availability" is the vendor's estimate of when the system reported on was made available or will become available.

List Price (as of mm/dd/yy)

price

Test Date

mm/yy

General Availability

mm/yy