Futuremark
Oy was a Finnish
software development
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company that produced
computer benchmark
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applications for home, business, and press use. Futuremark was acquired by
UL on 31 October 2014,
and was formally merged into the company on 23 April 2018.
History
Prior to Futuremark, the founding team developed Final Reality, a
benchmarking
Benchmarking is the practice of comparing business processes and performance metrics to industry bests and best practices from other companies. Dimensions typically measured are Project management triangle, quality, time and cost.
Benchmarking is ...
tool, at
Remedy Entertainment, in cooperation with
VNU European Labs. Following the tool's release, Futuremark was founded in
Espoo
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in November 1997 and formally launched on 27 February 1998.
Soon after being founded the company altered its trading name to "MadOnion.com" until finally settling on "Futuremark Corporation" in 2002.
The
3DMark series has been the company's most popular and successful to date.
Futuremark's applications are distributed via the Internet as well as offline media. In addition to its benchmarking software, the company has also provided services such as IHV/ISV customised benchmarks, 3D demos as well as online and data services.
In March 2007, Futuremark launched a website specialising in news and reviews of PC games, called YouGamers.
In January 2008, Futuremark announced the formation of the Futuremark Games Studio. In August 2008, at the Leipzig Games Convention, Futuremark Games Studio announced details of its first game, ''
Shattered Horizon''.
In December 2009, Futuremark's mobile and embedded business unit was spun off and renamed
Rightware.
In March 2012, Futuremark sold its game development division to
Rovio Entertainment (developer of the ''
Angry Birds
''Angry Birds'' is a Finnish media franchise created by Rovio Entertainment, and owned by Sega. The game series focuses on the titular flock of colorful angry birds who try to save their eggs from green-colored pigs. Inspired by the game ''Cr ...
'' franchise) for an undisclosed sum. The sale was intended to allow the company to focus on its benchmarking software.
On 31 October 2014,
Futuremark was acquired by
UL for an undisclosed sum.
On 23 April 2018, Futuremark was rebranded as
UL Benchmarks.
The Futuremark website was closed, and its content was moved to a new UL Benchmarks website. Despite the acquisition and rebranding, UL Benchmarks retains its headquarters and R&D operations in Espoo, Finland.
Products
PC benchmarks
*
3DMark
*
PCMark
PCMark is a computer benchmark tool developed by UL (formerly Futuremark) to test the performance of a PC at the system and component level. In most cases, the tests in PCMark are designed to represent typical home user workloads. Running PCMar ...
* Powermark
* Servermark
* VRMark
Smartphone and tablet benchmarks
*
3DMark
* PCMark for Android
Cellphone benchmarks
* 3DMarkMobile
* VGMark
* SimulationMark
* SPMark
Video games
*
Shattered Horizon (PC)
*
Hungribles (
iOS
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)
*
Unstoppable Gorg (PC, Mac, iPad)
Other products
*
Peacekeeper, web browser benchmark
* XL-R8R, based on 3DMark2000
* Video2000, video performance benchmark
References
External links
UL BenchmarksUL
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Companies based in Espoo
Software companies of Finland
2014 mergers and acquisitions
Defunct video game companies of Finland