headquarters espoo finland website www.futuremark.com futuremark is a finnish software development company that produces computer benchmark applications for home users and businesses . its headquarters and r & d department are located in espoo finland trading as futuremark oy . the company has a sales office in campbell california operating as futuremark corporation . in october 2014 futuremark was acquired by ul 9 . contents 1 history 2 products 2.1 pc benchmarks 2.2 smartphone and tablet benchmarks 2.3 cellphone benchmarks 2.4 video games 2.5 other products 3 references 4 external links history edit founded in 1997 as futuremark by members of the former demoscene group future crew the company is the leading producer of computer benchmark applications in the world . its software is used by over 250 computer magazines and has been equally successful within the gaming community ; high scores in its 3dmark benchmarks are considered as bragging rights among computer gamers who use it as a way to gauge their computer s performance relative to that of others . soon after being founded the company altered its trading name to madonion.com 1 until finally settling on futuremark corporation in 2002 . 2 the 3dmark series has been the most popular and successful to date . futuremark s applications are distributed via the internet as well as offline media ; in addition to the above benchmarks the company also provides services such as ihv isv customised benchmarks 3d demos as well as online and data services . during march 2007 futuremark launched a website specialising in pc games called yougamers . 3 aside from features typical of gaming review websites yougamers also provides an assessment service called the game o meter ; this online only tool estimates a pc s performance relative to the type of pc suggested by a game s publisher . 4 this allows the end user to judge whether their pc will be able to play the tested game or not . in january 2008 futuremark announced the formation of the futuremark games studio . 5 in august 2008 at the leipzig games convention futuremark games studio announced details of its first game shattered horizon . 6 in december 2009 futuremark s mobile and embedded business unit was spun off and renamed rightware . in march 2012 futuremark sold its game development division to rovio entertainment developer of the angry birds franchise for an undisclosed sum . 7 the sale was intended to allow the company to focus on its benchmarking software . 8 on october 31 2014 9 futuremark was acquired by ul for an undisclosed sum . 10 products edit pc benchmarks edit 3dmark pcmark powermark smartphone and tablet benchmarks edit 3dmark pcmark for android cellphone benchmarks edit 3dmarkmobile vgmark simulationmark spmark video games edit shattered horizon pc hungribles ios unstoppable gorg pc mac ipad other products edit peacekeeper web browser benchmark xl r8r based on 3dmark2000 video2000 video performance benchmark references edit futuremark press release nov 9th 1999 madonion press release dec 11th 2002 futuremark press release mar 7th 2007 game o meter faq futuremark press release jan 29th 2008 futuremark press release aug 19th 2008 angry birds creator acquires games developer visited 3 april 2012 ratcliffe chris 27 march 2012 . angry birds creator adds futuremark game studio s team to fleet of talent . bloomberg . retrieved 28 march 2012 . ul signals strategic expansion into performance benchmarking services with futuremark acquisition . november 3 2014 . hartley darleen november 3 2014 . futuremark acquired by underwriters laboratories . bright side of news . external links edit futuremark 3dmark peacekeeper ul retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title futuremark & oldid 736448541 categories companies based in espoosoftware companies of finlandcompanies of finlandannounced technology acquisitions navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais magyar polski suomi edit links this page was last modified on 27 august 2016 at 15 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view