Make your mini gaming PC GPU sweat with 3DMark's new ray tracing benchmark

A new mini gaming PC benchmarking tool has just been released, and it's designed to push your hardware to its limits. Featuring five times the ray tracing demands of its predecessor, the new 3DMark Solar Bay Extreme benchmark tool is now free for all 3DMark users who want to thoroughly test the performance of devices with integrated GPUs, including mini PCs, handhelds, and budget gaming laptops.

Running at 1440p with some seriously demanding special effects, this 3DMark tool will push PC games hardware to its limits. That said, developers UL Benchmarks have designed this tool for "lightweight" devices, so you don’t necessarily need a top spec GPU from our best graphics card guide to have any hope of running it properly.