- Support for Microsoft Windows® 10, Windows® 7 (64-bit only)
- New Productivity Scenario which has updated workloads and applications geared towards office centric user activities
- New Creativity Scenario which has updated workloads and applications geared toward media centric user activities
- Revamped Responsiveness Scenario which has updated workloads and applications geared towards user interaction and experience
- New graphical user interface. Streamlined “click and run” design which makes it easy for the user to run the benchmark
- All new updated applications (Microsoft Office 2016, Google Chrome version 65, Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, Adobe Photoshop CC (2018), Cyberlink PowerDirector 15, Adobe Lightroom Classic CC, AutoIT 3.3.14.2)
- Improved results (FDR) formatting. New combined, single results PDF. Automatically generates results as PDF
- Shorter install and run times. Updated system configuration that restores the original user settings
- Localized GUI and documentation for English (US), Chinese (Simplified), German, Russian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Japanese, Spanish, Polish, French
- Allows active Internet connection during benchmark installation and execution
Bonus: Energy Consumption feature (records energy usage in watt-hours during the workloads). Requires a Watts Up Pro meter (sold separately). Compatible meters include: Watts Up PRO, PRO ES, and .NET models. Watts Up Energy Meters available in BAPCo Store soon! Twitter: @SYSmark
Results between SYSmark previous versions are NOT comparable with results from SYSmark 2018.