Every so often, we find ourselves comfortably sitting back in our leather chairs to enjoy a complete run of Futuremark's popular 3DMark benchmarking utility. 

Nevertheless, the anticipation that builds for the final point score to display on the desktop is exciting for some (Not really. sub.ed.). Yet with so many PC gamers, hardware enthusiasts and extreme overclocking teams rapidly competing for point dominance, we are left wondering just how large the increasing online benchmark data has grown to be.

Today, Futuremark Corporation has proudly announced that its online ORB database has reached a milestone of 30 million 3DMark and PCMark benchmark results.  According to recent statistics, one new benchmarking result is added to the company's online results database every 4 seconds on average, making it the world’s largest source of PC system comparison data.  The ORB, as it is known, has been collecting scores since March 2001.

Nevertheless, the long lasting popularity of 3DMark signifies its importance of performance PC testing to explore the limits of hardware and software.  "We’re very proud to celebrate 10 years of our flagship product by reaching this milestone of 30 million results," said Tero Sarkkinen, the company's CEO.  Moreover, it can be expected that Futuremark is working on a next generation of benchmarking tools to keep its ORB database the world leader in comparative PC benchmarking.