How to run the Shadow of the Tomb Raider benchmark

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If you’ve just acquired a new game and you’re not sure what settings or resolution your PC can run it at without stutter and lag, a benchmark is a good way to try out various profiles before you dive in. Shadow of the Tomb Raider is one title with a built-in benchmark that’s easy to run.

This benchmark is also a very common test that reviewers run on laptops to put their GPUs to the test. Shadow of the Tomb Raider has ray tracing, so it’s a particularly good way to see how well a gaming rig can handle ray tracing. If you want to see how your GPU stacks up to other systems around the internet, the Tomb Raider benchmark is one of the best ways to do that.

Here’s how to run it.

To get started, you’ll need to make sure you have Shadow of the Tomb Raideron your system. The game currently costs $22 on Steam (and tends to change often), but a free demo is also available.

Once it’s downloaded, the Download button will turn into a Play button. Click that to boot up the game.

Note: the default display and graphics settings will depend on the power of your system.

Your computer will automatically play through various scenarios in the game. You don’t need to do anything. You’ll see the frame rates reflected in real time on the screen. When the benchmark has concluded, you’ll be shown your average, minimum, and maximum frame rates. The game doesn’t save this screen, so make sure you take a picture or screenshot if you want to save the results.

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