Comparing GeForce GRD releases 527 & 517 for RTX 3070 benchmarks
Comparison of NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver (GRD) releases 527 and 517 for RTX 3070 8 GiB with an Alienware Aurora R12 and Intel Core i9-11900KF.
RTX 3070: 517.66
Processor: Intel Core i9-11900KF @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Alienware 07W25T (1.1.18 BIOS), Memory: 2 x 16384 MB 3600MHz KF3600C16D4, Disk: 1908GB NVMe Micron 3400 NVMe + 954GB NVMe Micron 2200S NVM + 7452GB WDC WD80EAZZ-00BKLB0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8GB, Audio: NVIDIA HD Audio + Steam Streaming Microphone + Realtek Audio + Steam Streaming Speakers, Monitor: LG TV SSCR, Network: Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz Wireless (201NGW) + Killer E3100G 2.5 Gigabit
OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Build 22621, Kernel: 10.0.22621.1105 (x86_64), Display Driver: 517.66 (31.0.15.1766), File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: CPU Microcode: 0000000057000000
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization: Disabled + IBPB: Always + IBRS: Enabled + STIBP: Enabled + KPTI Enabled: Yes + VBS: Disabled
RTX 3070: 527.56
OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Build 22621, Kernel: 10.0.22621.1105 (x86_64), Display Driver: 527.56 (31.0.15.2756), File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
GravityMark
Blender
GravityMark
Blender
GravityMark
Xonotic
This is a benchmark of Xonotic, which is a fork of the DarkPlaces-based Nexuiz game. Development began in March of 2010 on the Xonotic game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Blender
FAHBench
FAHBench is a Folding@Home benchmark on the GPU. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
VkResample
VkResample is a Vulkan-based image upscaling library based on VkFFT. The sample input file is upscaling a 4K image to 8K using Vulkan-based GPU acceleration. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Waifu2x-NCNN Vulkan
Waifu2x-NCNN is an NCNN neural network implementation of the Waifu2x converter project and accelerated using the Vulkan API. NCNN is a high performance neural network inference framework optimized for mobile and other platforms developed by Tencent. This test profile times how long it takes to increase the resolution of a sample image with Vulkan. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
LuxMark
LuxMark is a multi-platform OpenGL benchmark using LuxRender. LuxMark supports targeting different OpenCL devices and has multiple scenes available for rendering. LuxMark is a fully open-source OpenCL program with real-world rendering examples. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Unigine Superposition
This test calculates the average frame-rate within the Superposition demo for the Unigine engine, released in 2017. This engine is extremely demanding on the system's graphics card. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
This is a benchmark of Valve's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive game. The test profile assumes you have a Steam account, have Steam installed for the system, and that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is already installed. This automates the process of executing the game and using a standardized time demo. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Cyberpunk 2077
This is a benchmark of Cyberpunk 2077 running under Steam Play (Proton) on Linux. The test profile assumes you have a Steam account, have Steam installed for the system, and that the game is already purchased/installed. This automates the process of executing the game and using a standardized scene. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Portal
This is a benchmark of Valve's Portal game. The test profile assumes you have a Steam account and have Steam installed for the system. This automates the process of executing the game and using a standardized time demo. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Portal 2
This is a benchmark of Valve's Portal 2 game. The test profile assumes you have a Steam account and have Steam installed for the system. This automates the process of executing the game and using a standardized time demo. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Quake II RTX
NVIDIA's Quake II RTX ray-traced (RTX path-traced global illumination) version of the original Quake II game. Quake II RTX makes use of Vulkan ray-tracing extensions on Windows and Linux. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Ray Tracing In Vulkan
Ray Tracing In Vulkan is a demo/benchmark of Vulkan ray-tracing support by Tanguy Fautre that makes use of Vulkan RT extensions (VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline). Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
RTX 3070: 517.66
Processor: Intel Core i9-11900KF @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Alienware 07W25T (1.1.18 BIOS), Memory: 2 x 16384 MB 3600MHz KF3600C16D4, Disk: 1908GB NVMe Micron 3400 NVMe + 954GB NVMe Micron 2200S NVM + 7452GB WDC WD80EAZZ-00BKLB0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8GB, Audio: NVIDIA HD Audio + Steam Streaming Microphone + Realtek Audio + Steam Streaming Speakers, Monitor: LG TV SSCR, Network: Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz Wireless (201NGW) + Killer E3100G 2.5 Gigabit
OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Build 22621, Kernel: 10.0.22621.1105 (x86_64), Display Driver: 517.66 (31.0.15.1766), File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: CPU Microcode: 0000000057000000
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization: Disabled + IBPB: Always + IBRS: Enabled + STIBP: Enabled + KPTI Enabled: Yes + VBS: Disabled
Testing initiated at 14 January 2023 18:22 by user tad.
RTX 3070: 527.56
Processor: Intel Core i9-11900KF @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Alienware 07W25T (1.1.18 BIOS), Memory: 2 x 16384 MB 3600MHz KF3600C16D4, Disk: 1908GB NVMe Micron 3400 NVMe + 954GB NVMe Micron 2200S NVM + 7452GB WDC WD80EAZZ-00BKLB0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8GB, Audio: NVIDIA HD Audio + Steam Streaming Microphone + Realtek Audio + Steam Streaming Speakers, Monitor: LG TV SSCR, Network: Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz Wireless (201NGW) + Killer E3100G 2.5 Gigabit
OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Build 22621, Kernel: 10.0.22621.1105 (x86_64), Display Driver: 527.56 (31.0.15.2756), File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: CPU Microcode: 0000000057000000
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization: Disabled + IBPB: Always + IBRS: Enabled + STIBP: Enabled + KPTI Enabled: Yes + VBS: Disabled
Testing initiated at 15 January 2023 10:43 by user tad.