Futuremark® Corporation announced today the immediate availability of a software patch to its PCMark(TM)04, the latest version in the popular PCMark benchmark series. PCMark04 is a state-of-the-art benchmarking tool and has been widely adopted; over 2 million copies have been distributed since its launch in November 2003.

Available immediately, this free downloadable software patch provides expanded functionality for Pro and Business licensees and fixes some reported bugs while improving overall stability for all license versions - including the free evaluation package. The patch will not affect any current benchmark scores.

PCMark04 builds on Futuremark's strong benchmark development experience and provides a sophisticated tool for measuring PC performance for home usage. PCMark04 supports the complete benchmark cycle - allowing you to benchmark your PC, view the resulting benchmark details, compare your results to those of others, and finally analyze how to improve your PC performance. It produces highly reliable and detailed benchmarking results with a simple, intuitive user interface. An integrated Online ResultBrowser allows instant results comparison against more than 10 million benchmark results in Futuremark's ever increasing performance database.

Technical Details associated with the PCMark04 Patch (Build 110):

Hard Disk Tests now work also on Windows 2000;

Command line optionshave been added for the Pro version (enables automated test runs based on self developed scripts);

WMV Compression test stability has been improved;

All reported and reproduced minor issues have been fixed.

Program Information Category: Patches and updates Type: Freeware Version: Build 110 Size: 2.6MB Works on: Windows Product page: here