NovaBench

What's new in this version:

NovaBench 5.4.4
- This is a bug fix release to address minor user experience issues reported by some users


NovaBench 5.4.3
- Improves detection of GPUs in certain configurations
- Improves account sign-in
- Minor bug fixes and polish


NovaBench 5.4.2
- Improves display of online results database and part information for easier comparison
- Minor bug fixes and improvements


NovaBench 5.4.1
- UI improvements throughout
- Improved scheduled test and sensor logging config on Mac & Linux
- Fixes sensor readings on macOS 14.1.1+


NovaBench 5.4.0
- Adds local comparison tool to easily see the difference between test results
- Improves sensor compatibility with new processor models
- Fixes sensor results on macOS Sonoma
- Minor updates and improvements


NovaBench 5.3.0
- Adds CPU stress test utility
- Adds sensor (temperature/power/battery) command to CLI
- Minor updates and improvements


NovaBench 5.2.4
- This release is for Windows only
- Fixes an issue with sensor logging showing an error message on some systems


NovaBench 5.2.3
- Add custom names and notes to your results
- Improves storage test compatibility
- Updates documentation


NovaBench 5.2.2
- Adds CPU and GPU efficiency metrics to test results
- Adds new System Info page


NovaBench 5.2.1
- This update focuses on increasing the accuracy and reliability of the benchmark results, based on your valuable feedback
- Fixes an issue with specific GPU/driver combinations, where the compute test could terminate early, resulting in an incomplete GPU score
- Improves the sequential read/write accuracy of the storage test for specific NVMe devices
- Users with impacted configurations may notice a slight increase in GPU or Storage scores with this version


NovaBench 5.2.0
Added:
- temperature, power, and usage logs and charts
- battery health logs and charts
- online temperature comparison

- Small bug fixes and improvements


NovaBench 5.1.1
- Further improves GPU compatibility
- Fixes issues searching for certain CPUs in the database


NovaBench 5.1.0
- Adds Advisor, a new way to understand your benchmark results
- Improves online comparison tools
- Improves hardware detection and compatibility
- Fixes stalled tests on some system configurations
- Various bug fixes and improvement


NovaBench 5.0.6
- Ongoing improvements to hardware compatibility, including improvements to GPU measurement
- We appreciate your feedback, please reach out if you're experiencing any issues
- On Windows versions before 5.0.5, if Novabench 4 was already installed, its start menu icon may have been removed while installing Novabench 5. v4 remains installed alongside v5, and can be accessed from the Program Files folder.


NovaBench 5.0.0
- Completely redesigned and rebuiltVersion 4.0.9 (10/01/2021)
- Fixed issue submitting scores to Novabench.com


NovaBench 4.0.9
- Fixed issue submitting scores to Novabench.com


NovaBench 4.0.8
- Minor bug fixes and improvements


NovaBench 4.0.7
- Added temperature support for new processors
- Improved hardware detection on some systems
- Improved graphics test stability on some devices
- Improved Pro charts performance
- Minor bug fixes and improvements


NovaBench 4.0.6
- Fixed service error on some Windows locales
- Added custom test name to CSV/Excel exports (Pro)
- Bug fixes and improvements


NovaBench 4.0.5
- Improved Pro charts performance
- Improved GPU detection on some systems
- Bug fixes and improvements


NovaBench 4.0.4
- Added temperature support for new CPUs
- Improved OpenCL test compatibility
- Security issue in installer addressed by upstream vendor
- Bug fixes and improvements


NovaBench 4.0.3
- Fixed installer error on some configurations
- Improved battery compatibility (Pro)


NovaBench 4.0.2
- Added Battery Wear History feature (Pro)
- Added GPU Compute to CLI (Pro)
- Bug fixes and improvements


NovaBench 4.0.1
- Bug fixes and improvements


NovaBench 4.0.0
- Redesigned interface
- CPU tests updated for new processor features
- New Direct3D 11 graphics test
- New OpenCL GPU compute test
- New disk read speed test
- Score comparison site improved
- New .NBR file format
- New Pro features


NovaBench 3.0.4
- Score submissions are now done over SSL
- Improved clock speed accuracy in some cases


NovaBench 3.0.3
- Changed branding from Novatech Network to Novawave Inc.
- Fixed possible overflow bug


NovaBench 3.0.2
- Fixed graphics asset extraction bug
- Fixed various minor bugs
- Uninstaller is now code signed


NovaBench 3.0.1
- Fixed score submission error experienced on some systems
- Fixed Aero glass disabling on some systems


NovaBench 3.0
- All tests rewritten for cross-platform compatibility
- Added Direct3D 9 and RAM Speed tests
- Interface improvements
- .NBR file structure changed to XML
- Online score database improvements


NovaBench 2.0.1
- Unicode bugfix
- Processor name support improvement


NovaBench 2.0
- Online score submission improvements
- Interface improvements


NovaBench 1.0
- Initial Release