Testing generally takes only 1-2 minutes, and produces detailed information and an overall system score.

• Floating Point Test - Tests CPU's floating point arithmetic speed
• Integer Test - Tests CPU's integer arithmetic speed
• MD5 Hashing Speed - General CPU test
• 3D Graphics Test - Tests GPU with a heavily shader dependent 3D scene
• RAM Speed - Tests RAM read and write speed
• Disk Write Speed - Test write speed of primary or selected storage device

Results can be submitted to the NovaBench website for comparison with other systems. All submitted results are verified for authenticity.

Build a profile of your NovaBench results, and link it easily on social networks. You can also create an image for your forum signature, blog, or website.NovaBench lets you test the main components of your Mac quickly.

• Fixed GPU test scoring to bring inline with Windows
• Score submission over SSL
• App is now using OS X sandboxing
• Hard drive size no longer contirbutes to score
• Fixed OS X 10.7 Lion SSD write speed bug
• Message displayed before opening Internet speed test site
• Changed branding from Novatech Network to Novawave Inc.
• New NBR file icon
• Graceful graphics test failure