3Dmark to add support for pcie 4.0 interface this summer
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New graphics cards and motherboards that support the latest generation PCIe 4.0 interface will appear soon. Anticipating this, the popular benchmark software, 3DMark, will soon have a few tests with the PCI Express interface in mind.
3DMark will soon have support for PCIe 4.0
PCI Express (PCIe) is a standard interface that provides high-bandwidth communication between devices on a computer. The new PCIe 4.0 interfaces provide up to twice the bandwidth of PCI Express 3.0. With more bandwidth, games can transfer more data, reduce load times, and support more complex scenes.
The 3DMark feature tests are specialized tests for specific technologies. The 3DMark PCI Express functionality test is designed to measure the bandwidth available on the GPU through the PCIe interface. This will help compare bandwidth across generations of PCIe with a test that is quick and easy to use.
The PCI Express feature test is coming to 3DMark this summer. It will be available as a free upgrade for 3DMark Advanced Edition and 3DMark Professional Edition customers with a valid annual license.
PCIe 4.0 will offer a transfer rate of 16.0 GT / s per line and about 31.5 GB / s at x16. At the moment this interface will only be available with the third generation Ryzen processors and x570 motherboards, which will be available from July 7, so we are less than a month away.
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