Heaven Benchmark

{{Short description|Type of benchmarking software}}

{{Infobox software

| title = Heaven Benchmark

| logo = Unigine corp logo.png

| developer = UNIGINE Company

| released = {{Start date and age|2009|10|22}}

| latest release version = 4.0

| engine = UNIGINE Engine

| operating system = Windows, Mac, Linux

| platform = PC

| language = English, Russian

| license = Proprietary Freeware/Shareware

| website = https://benchmark.unigine.com/heaven

}}

Heaven Benchmark is benchmarking software based on the UNIGINE Engine. The benchmark was developed and published by UNIGINE Company in 2009. The main purpose of software is performance and stability testing for GPUs. Users can choose a workload preset, Basic or Extreme, or set the parameters by custom. The benchmark 3D scene is a steampunk-style city on flying islands in the middle of the clouds. The scene is GPU-intensive because of tessellation used for all the surfaces, dynamic sky with volumetric clouds and day-night cycle, real-time global illumination, and screen-space ambient occlusion.

Heaven and other benchmarks by UNIGINE Company are often used by hardware reviewers to compare performance of GPUs{{Cite web|date=2021-07-06|title=ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3070 Ti AMP Holo Review|url=https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/9845/zotac-gaming-geforce-rtx-3070-ti-amp-holo/index.html|access-date=2021-09-16|website=TweakTown|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Chiappetta|first=Marco|date=2016-08-04|title=AMD Radeon RX 470 Review: Polaris Gets Even More Affordable - Page 2|url=https://hothardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-rx-470-review-with-asus-strix|access-date=2021-09-16|website=HotHardware|language=en-us}}{{Cite web|title=EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 Ultra Review|url=https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/evga_geforce_rtx_3080_ti_ftw3_ultra_review,1.html|access-date=2021-09-16|website=Guru3D.com|language=en-us}} and by overclockers for online and offline competitions in GPU overclocking.{{Cite web|title=***Official Unigine Heaven DX11 3.0 Benchmark Scores***|url=https://overclockers.co.uk/forums/threads/official-unigine-heaven-dx11-3-0-benchmark-scores.18386056/|access-date=2021-09-16|website=Overclockers UK Forums|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|title=[OFFICIAL] Top 30 Heaven Benchmark 4.0 Scores|url=https://www.overclock.net/threads/official-top-30-heaven-benchmark-4-0-scores.1235557/|access-date=2021-09-16|website=Overclock.net|language=en-US}} Running Heaven (or another benchmark by UNIGINE Company) produces a performance score: the higher the numbers, the better the performance. Heaven Benchmark was shipped with Zotac GPUs.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theoverclocker.com/zotac-supercharges-the-titan/|title=ZOTAC Supercharges The TITAN|date=2013-05-02|website=TheOverclocker|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-08}}{{Cite web|url=https://unigine.com/en/|title=UNIGINE's Heaven Benchmark Bundled with New, Ultra High-end ZOTAC GeForce GTX TITAN and Beyond {{!}} UNIGINE: Professional VR Platform for Business|website=unigine.com|language=en-us|access-date=2020-02-08}} Included in Phoronix Test Suite.{{Cite web|url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=unigine_20_performance&num=1|title=Unigine Heaven 2.0 Linux Performance - Phoronix|website=www.phoronix.com|access-date=2020-02-08}}

Heaven Benchmark is claimed to be the first DirectX 11 benchmark.{{Cite web|date=2009-10-31|title=Unigine 'Heaven' - The First DirectX 11 Benchmark|url=https://www.legitreviews.com/unigine-heaven-the-first-directx-11-benchmark_1117|access-date=2021-09-17|website=Legit Reviews|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2009-10-23|title=DirectX 11 benchmark goes up for download|url=https://techreport.com/news/17821/directx-11-benchmark-goes-up-for-download/|access-date=2021-09-17|website=The Tech Report|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=The first DirectX 11 benchmark released on the basis of Unigine engine|url=https://unigine.com/news/2009/the-first-directx-11-benchmark-released-on-the-basis-of-unigine-engine|access-date=2021-09-17|website=unigine.com}} It was officially introduced at the Windows 7 presentation on October 22, 2009.