Valve has released a free benchmark on Steam, the SteamVR Performance Test benchmark. It is not meant for virtual reality headsets, but rather tests the performance of your PC to see if it can handle SteamVR and virtual reality.
The benchmark is based on a two-minute sequence from Valve’s Aperture Robot Repair VR demo and checks if the system is capable of running VR at 90 FPS. It also checks if virtual reality content “can tune the visual fidelity up to the recommended level,” according to the description on the Steam page.
The test actually provides three levels of results, “Not ready”, “Capable” and “Ready”, depending on the final score of your system and suggests which component is the actual bottleneck and should be upgraded if you are looking to get a VR-ready system.
It’s a free download directly from Steam, featuring a number of test scenarios which are designed to check your PC is good enough to play VR in a stable manner. Featuring a “robot repair” tech demo set in the labs of Aperture Science, the app will check if your hardware is beefy enough, and will tell you the weak link if it is not.




