| Category | Tool | Preflight | Pre RTX | Post RTX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DPC Latency | LatencyMon | 616µs | 112µs | 140µs |
| CPU Clocking | Cinebench | 1941 pts | 7823 pts | 7728 pts |
| GPU | Cinebench | NA | NA | 34686 pts |
| Random 4K I/O | CrystalDiskMark | Read 62.6 MB/s | Read 79 MB/s | 74.2 MB/s |
| Write 43.3 MB/s | Write 143.1 MB/s | 142.0 MB/s |
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LatencyMon (Free Home Edition)
Scroll down to the System Monitoring Tools section and look for LatencyMon 7.31 (or newer). Click Download Free Home Edition.
This site runs ads that look like download buttons. Ensure you click the small, gray/blue buttons specifically in the Standard Edition row.
- Under CrystalDiskMark, look for the Standard Edition.
- Click the button labeled ZIP (XP-) or INSTALLER.
High latency results in audio pops and viewport stuttering, regardless of GPU power.
Here, high spikes in wdf01000.sys or ndis.sys confirms a need to target background telemetry and Dell support drivers.
Tool: LatencyMon
Method: 2-minute text with PC idle
Metric: Highest reported DPC routine execution time
Target: Spikes < 500µs, no red bars in the interface
Preflight: 616.664776µs, no red bars
Pre RTX: 112.511604µs
Post RTX:
Verifies if the Windows power plan is correctly unparking P-cores on the Core Ultra 7 265K.
A fail here is usually caused by a lazy power plan that's throttling boost clocks.
Tool: Cinebench 2024
Test: CPU (Multi Core)
Method: Run test, monitor fans for first 30 seconds
Target: Fans ramp up immediately.
Score averages ~2000-2200 pts
Preflight: 1941 pts
Pre RTX:
Post RTX:
With 32GB RAM, DaVinci Resolve Fusion will heavily utilize the Page File. We must ensure the NVMe is not a bottleneck.
Low scores here indicate that virtual memory swapping will cause significant lag in the node graph.
Tool: CrystalDiskMark
Method: Default 1GiB run
Metric: Random 4K Q1T1 (Read)
Target: > 60 MB/s
Preflight: Random Read 62.6 MB/s
Random Write 43.3 MB/s
Pre RTX:
Post RTX: