The benchmark is well designed and covers several core home use scenarios. It focuses on benchmarking home PC use scenarios, and includes the Essentials and Productivity test groups only.
PCMark 10 Express - This benchmark has a shorter run time than the other two benchmarks. It is the most complete benchmark of the application. PCMark 10 Extended - This benchmark expands the main benchmark of PCMark 10 Basic by running gaming tests that measure GPU and CPU performance. These are locked, and become available when you upgrade the program to the Advanced version. The application highlights two additional benchmarks. Since there is no way of saving a result, you may want to capture a screenshot of it if you plan to compare the run to future benchmark runs. The options to load and save the benchmark, and to view it online, are only available in the Advanced version. There is little else that PCMark 10 Basic users can do at this point. You can usually download driver packages from the video card manufacturer’s website, but if the manufacturer doesn’t regularly update the drivers or doesn’t make drivers available for download, you can also download generic reference drivers for AMD- or NVIDIA-based video cards from their respective websites.The benchmark displays a final score, scores for each test group, and scores for each individual test in the end. Save the BIOS settings and restart the computer.ĭownload and install the latest device drivers for your video card. Also, check that your video card slot – AGP, PCI or PCI-Express – isn’t disabled. All motherboard BIOS menus are different, but if your motherboard has an on-board video option, disable it. This will take you into the motherboard’s BIOS settings. Move onto the next step if the video card is still not recognized.Ĭonnect your monitor to the motherboard's onboard video, restart the computer and press the “F2” key when the boot screen appears. Replace the chassis and reconnect the cables. 
Press down on the video card to ensure that it is seated securely in the card slot, with the locking tabs in place. Turn off the computer, unplug all cables and open the computer chassis. Replace the video card cables to ensure that a defective set of cables isn’t the culprit. If the cable detaches from the monitor, check the connections on the monitor’s input port as well.
If the video card uses a VGA or DVI connection, turn the locking screws in to secure it.
Check the cable connections on the video card.
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