[Geeks3D HowTo] Know FurMark’s Command Line Parameters



FurMark has a GUI or Graphical User Interface but also offers command line parameters. With command line parameters you can control more precisely how FurMark is launched and most of all you can launch multiple times FurMark with different paramaters and log all results in a single result file. This feature is useful for graphics cards reviews and graphics drivers tests.

That said, let’s see the parameters.

  • /nogui : does not display the startup GUI.
  • /nomenubar : does not display the menu bar in windowed mode.
  • /noscore: does not display the final score box
  • /fullscreen: starts FurMark in fullscreen mode
  • /width : specifies the screen width – Default: 1280
  • /height : specifies the screen height – Default: 1024
  • /msaa : specifies the MSAA level – Default: 0
  • /run_mode : specifies the run mode: 1 for benchmark, and 2 for stability test – Default: 1
  • /contest_mode : 1 to enable the contest mode or 0 to disable it – Default: 0 – Contest mode allows an online score submission.
  • /max_time : specifies the benchmark max time (run_mode=1) in milliseconds – Default: 60000
  • /max_frames : specifies the benchmark max number of frames (run_mode=1) – Default: -1 (-1 means that max_frames is not used).
  • /app_process_priority : specifies FurMark process priority – Default: 32 (NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS) – See Win32 API for possible values.
  • /app_cpu_affinity : specifies FurMark main thread CPU affinity – Default: 1 (first CPU core)
  • /rendering_cpu_affinity : specifies FurMark rendering thread CPU affinity – Default: 2 (second CPU core).
  • /xtreme_burning : sets FurMarks in a mode that overburns the GPU…
  • /log_temperature: writes GPU temperature to file (gpu-temperature.xml). This feature is useful for overclocking. FurMark 1.5.0+
  • /log_score : writes benchmak’s result to file (FurMark-Score.txt). FurMark 1.5.0+
  • /disable_catalyst_warning : disable warning message box when Catalyst 8.8+ is detected. See here and here for more information. FurMark 1.5.0+

As you can see, there are many parameters allowing a quite fine tuning. Need an example? Ok. The follwing example starts several times FurMark with different resolutions and log results in FurMark-Scores.txt:

@echo off
echo Call Test 1...
call FurMark.exe /width=640 /height=480 /msaa=4 /max_time=60000 
/nogui /nomenubar /noscore /run_mode=1 /log_score 
/disable_catalyst_warning
echo Test 1 complete OK.
echo Call Test 2...
call FurMark.exe /width=1024 /height=768 /msaa=4 /max_time=60000 
/nogui /nomenubar /noscore /run_mode=1 /log_score 
/disable_catalyst_warning
echo Test 2 complete OK.
echo Call Test 3...
call FurMark.exe /width=1280 /height=1024 /msaa=4 /max_time=60000 
/fullscreen /nogui /nomenubar /noscore /run_mode=1 /log_score 
/disable_catalyst_warning
echo Test 3 complete OK.
pause

This example comes from the file Run-Multiple-Tests.bat in FurMark’s folder (version 1.5.0+).

For french readers only: Connaitre les Paramètres en Ligne de Commande de FurMark @ Geeks3D VF

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7 thoughts on “[Geeks3D HowTo] Know FurMark’s Command Line Parameters”

  2. JeGX Post Author

    Just start an dosbox in FurMark’s folder.
    To start a dosbox: Start > Run… > cmd > [OK]
    You should have a dos box. Now type the next command to jump onto FurMark’s folder:
    c:
    cd \
    cd program files
    cd ozone3d
    cd benchmarks
    cd furmark_v1.5.0

    Now you’re into FurMark’s home!

    I hope this will help you mate!

  3. Daniel

    Is there also a commandline to only extract FurMark binaries and NOT install them?

    I often keep tools (like sysinternals, vlc) on my USB memory stick. Those programs don’t need to be installed but rather can be extracted to a folder. One can run them directly out of this folder. Is this possible with FurMark, too?

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  6. dave

    I’ve tried multiple versions (1.6.5 & 1.7.0), but no temp is detected or logged. My GPU is a Mobility Radeon HD 3450 & temp can be seen using HW Monitor, but i was hoping this one tool could stress & record my GPU temp. Any ideas?

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