Wccftech Bench-a-Thon 2025: 3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Results Are In
Yes, it took a little longer than usual to publish the final leaderboard, but there was a good reason. We wanted to give the community time to refine their overclocks, re-run benchmarks, and submit the best possible 3DMark Solar Bay Extreme scores. Judging by the final entries, that extra time paid off.
What makes this community special is the sheer range of PC enthusiasts who showed up. From hardcore PC gaming veterans to casual tinkerers, submissions spanned a wide mix of hardware. We even saw an Arc B580 make the cut, which was a pleasant surprise. Many participants kept pushing for better numbers with multiple resubmissions, and we factored that in when compiling the results.
How we verified entries was simple and transparent. Only submissions with valid 3DMark links were counted so scores could be confirmed. If someone posted a higher score using the same rig, we updated their entry to reflect the best result. Multi-GPU entries from the same user were also included, though there weren’t enough to justify a separate category. The full leaderboard has been compiled in a results sheet available on our platform.
Now for the part everyone’s been waiting for. NVIDIA’s flagship took the crown, as expected. The RTX 5090 led the pack at Solar Bay Extreme, and here’s a fun twist: the top two scores belonged to the same user, but only their best performance qualified for the top spot.
Blackwell and Ada Lovelace GPUs dominated the standings overall. On the flip side, it was a little disappointing not to see AMD in the top ranks this time, especially with RDNA 4 targeting segments outside the ultra-high-end tier. Still, across the board, the competition was fierce and the tuning effort was obvious.
To everyone who participated: thank you. Your passion for PC hardware, benchmarking, and the broader PC gaming community made this event a blast. If you didn’t land in the top three, don’t sweat it—there’s always another round, and more opportunities to climb the leaderboard.
We want your feedback to make the next Bench-a-Thon even better. Tell us what you’d change about the evaluation criteria, what new categories you’d like to see, or whether we should spin up a separate event focused on different tests or hardware classes. Drop your suggestions and we’ll be reading and responding.
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