News 3DMark gets new DirectStorage benchmark — GDeflate measures transfer rates from NVMe SSD to GPU VRAM

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3DMark adds a DirectStorage feature test benchmark.

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$2.99 for the storage benchmark that includes Direct Storage. Not a big price by any means, but UL Solutions segmenting their benchmark suite into microtransactions is a disgusting practice. Just throw everything into a single package. Steam reviews for their 'DLC' is very negative. Mostly related to WTF are we paying for this when it should be included already, and free / included Windows utilities already provide great insight. It's 100% okay to have an expensive professional version when you use it commercially or for profit, but for all of us tinkerers and enthusiasts, just give us everything for $30 and release new features for free if you paid for the main app already.

Once upon a time, 3DMark was an absolute visual marvel to view. These days, each new release just leaves me wondering what happened to the early days when the benchmark not only pushed your system to the limits, but also looked incredible. Their benchmarks are just silly. And nobody in the review world actually uses it anymore when new hardware is released. They really need to step up their game to stay relevant. As I see it, it's a dying platform that nobody takes seriously. Give us a reason to care about 3DMark.