Introduction
Version History
Version 5.6.1 (11/14/2025)
- This is a Windows-only release
- Improves hardware detection and compatibility
- Fixed issue preventing Novabench from starting for some users
- This is a Windows-only release
- Improves hardware detection and compatibility
- Fixed issue preventing Novabench from starting for some users
Version 5.6.0 (10/06/2025)
- Improves hardware detection and compatibility
- Improves local database compatibility with future Novabench versions
- Minor updates and improvements
- Improves hardware detection and compatibility
- Improves local database compatibility with future Novabench versions
- Minor updates and improvements
Version 5.5.4 (12/11/2024)
- [Windows] Improves component and sensor detection
- [Mac] Improves Apple M4 frequency detection
- Minor updates and improvements
- [Windows] Improves component and sensor detection
- [Mac] Improves Apple M4 frequency detection
- Minor updates and improvements
Version 5.5.3 (10/06/2024)
- Adds custom name flag to test CLI
- Fixes visual artifacts on 3D test
- UI enhancements
- [macOS] Adds core count to GPUs to improve comparison accuracy
- [macOS] Improves 3D test compatibility with M3 Macs
- Adds custom name flag to test CLI
- Fixes visual artifacts on 3D test
- UI enhancements
- [macOS] Adds core count to GPUs to improve comparison accuracy
- [macOS] Improves 3D test compatibility with M3 Macs
Version 5.5.1 (24/03/2024)
- Fixes an issue where the storage score may be negative in rare cases
- Minor polish and improvements throughout
- Fixes an issue where the storage score may be negative in rare cases
- Minor polish and improvements throughout
Version 5.5.0 (20/03/2024)
- Adds Test Report with Pass/Warn/Fail checklist
- System Rank: Comparative percentile ranking of your system against all tested systems
- CPU Performance: Assessment of CPU score, clock speed, temperature, and power consumption
- GPU Performance: Evaluation of GPU score, potential bottlenecks, frame stuttering, temperature, and power consumption
- Adds Test Report with Pass/Warn/Fail checklist
- System Rank: Comparative percentile ranking of your system against all tested systems
- CPU Performance: Assessment of CPU score, clock speed, temperature, and power consumption
- GPU Performance: Evaluation of GPU score, potential bottlenecks, frame stuttering, temperature, and power consumption
Version 5.4.4 (22/02/2024)
- Bug fix release to address minor user experience issues reported by some users
- Bug fix release to address minor user experience issues reported by some users
Version 5.4.3 (04/02/2024)
- Improves detection of GPUs in certain configurations
- Improves account sign-in
- Minor bug fixes and polish
- Improves detection of GPUs in certain configurations
- Improves account sign-in
- Minor bug fixes and polish
Version 5.4.2 (26/01/2024)
- Improves display of online results database and part information for easier comparison
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
- Improves display of online results database and part information for easier comparison
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 5.4.1 (10/12/2023)
- UI improvements throughout
- Improved scheduled test and sensor logging config on Mac & Linux
- Fixes sensor readings on macOS 14.1.1+
- UI improvements throughout
- Improved scheduled test and sensor logging config on Mac & Linux
- Fixes sensor readings on macOS 14.1.1+
Version 5.4.0 (02/10/2023)
- 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
- 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
Version 5.3.0 (30/07/2023)
- Adds CPU stress test utility
- Adds sensor (temperature/power/battery) command to CLI
- Adds CPU stress test utility
- Adds sensor (temperature/power/battery) command to CLI
Version 5.2.4 (27/05/2023)
- [Windows only] Fixes an issue with sensor logging showing an error message on some systems
- [Windows only] Fixes an issue with sensor logging showing an error message on some systems
Version 5.2.3 (14/05/2023)
- Add custom names and notes to your results
- Improves storage test compatibility
- Updates documentation
- Add custom names and notes to your results
- Improves storage test compatibility
- Updates documentation
Version 5.2.2 (08/05/2023)
- Adds CPU and GPU efficiency metrics to test results
- Adds new System Info page
- Adds CPU and GPU efficiency metrics to test results
- Adds new System Info page
Version 5.2.1 (06/05/2023)
- This update focuses on increasing the accuracy and reliability of the benchmark results based on user 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
- This update focuses on increasing the accuracy and reliability of the benchmark results based on user 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
Version 5.2.0 (23/04/2023)
- Adds temperature, power, and usage logs and charts
- Adds battery health logs and charts
- Adds online temperature comparison
- Adds temperature, power, and usage logs and charts
- Adds battery health logs and charts
- Adds online temperature comparison
Version 5.1.1 (06/04/2023)
- Further improves GPU compatibility
- Fixes issues searching for certain CPUs in the database
- Further improves GPU compatibility
- Fixes issues searching for certain CPUs in the database
Version 5.1.0 (29/03/2023)
- 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 improvements - thank you for your feedback!
- 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 improvements - thank you for your feedback!
Version 5.0.1 to 5.0.6 (20/02/2023)
- Ongoing improvements to hardware compatibility, including improvements to GPU measurement
- 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
- Ongoing improvements to hardware compatibility, including improvements to GPU measurement
- 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
Version 5.0.0 (03/02/2023)
- Completely rebuilt and redesigned
- Score calculation has changed to better reflect the performance of newer hardware
- Direct comparison to Novabench 4 scores may not be meaningful
- CPU test updates: Updates to SIMD and scalar test instruction sets, new compression and cryptography tests
- GPU test updates: New 3D test scene, new Vulkan-based compute test (falls back to OpenCL if Vulkan is not available), new GPU memory transfer tests
- Storage test updates: Improves the accuracy of sequential read/write tests on newer storage devices, new random-access read/write tests
- Memory test updates: New memory access latency test
- Other updates: Improved hardware temperature sensor compatibility, sensors are recorded during testing (Plus), added Bottleneck test, CLI now supports all commands possible from GUI
- Completely rebuilt and redesigned
- Score calculation has changed to better reflect the performance of newer hardware
- Direct comparison to Novabench 4 scores may not be meaningful
- CPU test updates: Updates to SIMD and scalar test instruction sets, new compression and cryptography tests
- GPU test updates: New 3D test scene, new Vulkan-based compute test (falls back to OpenCL if Vulkan is not available), new GPU memory transfer tests
- Storage test updates: Improves the accuracy of sequential read/write tests on newer storage devices, new random-access read/write tests
- Memory test updates: New memory access latency test
- Other updates: Improved hardware temperature sensor compatibility, sensors are recorded during testing (Plus), added Bottleneck test, CLI now supports all commands possible from GUI
