3D06 Viewer

3D06 Viewer is a straightforward piece of software that you can use to compare results files compiled with 3DMark06 (versions 1.1 and 1.2), a benchmarking tool that gives you the possibility to test your hardware's capabilities.

The application's not wrapped in a setup kit so you can drop the downloaded executable file on any part of the hard drive or even on a thumb drive to effortlessly launch it on any computer. Just make sure that .NET Framework is installed or it won't work properly.

The interface is user-friendly, made from a window with two tabs where you can open and separately inspect two 3DMark06 results files when it comes to system information (motherboard, graphics, processor, memory, OS, running processes) and benchmark settings (resolution, anti-aliasing, texture filtering, VS and PS profiles, fixed frame rate, force full precision, disable HW shadow mapping and post-processing, force software vertex shader and FP filtering, color mipmaps).

After comparing the two files, differences are listed on the bottom part of the window, where you can check out the 3DMark, SM2.0, HDR/SM3.0, CPU and game scores, including details (such as HDR1 - Canyon Flight and HDR2 - Deep Freeze for HDR/SM3.0 graphics tests). The comparison results can be exported to file.

As far as program options are concerned, you can hide the tooltip descriptions on options, disable update notifications, exclude the system information or benchmark settings from the exported results, as well as include the empty fields.

The tool worked smoothly on Windows 10 in our tests and had minimal impact on the computer's performance. Unfortunately, 3D06 Viewer hasn't received updates for a long time and doesn't support newer 3Dmark versions. Otherwise, it offers a simple solution for comparing benchmark result files.