There is no standalone permission called "frame rate." A useful audit instead follows the assets around frame-rate testing: the benchmark tool, test configuration, executable build, capture hotkeys, log directory, analysis workbook, dashboard, and published report. Identify who can run tests, alter conditions, edit raw evidence, approve conclusions, and share results, then reduce each permission to the minimum needed.
Define the benchmark evidence chain
List the application or game build, graphics driver, test scene, resolution, quality settings, frame cap, capture duration, and measurement tool. NVIDIA describes FrameView as measuring frame rates and frame times and writing detailed metrics to log files. Its current FrameView overview explains the logged measurement capability, and the FrameView user guide documents benchmark logs and the settings recorded with a run. Those files and settings are the evidence that permissions must protect.
Inventory people and machine identities
For every system in the chain, record owners, local users, shared accounts, groups, service accounts, scheduled tasks, continuous-integration jobs, remote-support users, and dashboard publishers. Separate permission to install or update the capture tool from permission to run a defined test. Separate permission to append a new log from permission to overwrite, delete, or replace old logs. Include the folder or repository holding the test script and the destination that publishes charts or conclusions.
Apply least privilege and preserve raw data
NIST defines least privilege as limiting each user or process to the minimum authorizations and resources needed for its function. OWASP also recommends denying access by default, validating permissions on every request, and periodically reviewing them for privilege creep. Use the NIST definition and OWASP's Authorization Cheat Sheet as control criteria. Test runners may need to create logs but not approve reports; analysts may need read access to raw logs but not permission to replace them; publishers may need approved summaries but not tool-administration access.
Retain immutable or versioned copies of raw captures, configuration, and build identifiers. Do not use a shared administrator account to make the workflow convenient, because it removes attribution. Remove dormant accounts and tokens, and document any exception with an owner and expiry date.
Verify positive and negative access
Test representative runner, analyst, approver, publisher, and unauthorized roles. Confirm each approved action works and each unapproved edit, deletion, or publication attempt is blocked. Run one controlled benchmark, trace the resulting log into the analysis output, and confirm its identity is preserved. The audit is complete when the live access settings match the responsibility matrix and the evidence chain can be reproduced without granting broader access.
Sources
- FrameView App — NVIDIA
- FrameView 1.4 User Guide — NVIDIA
- Least Privilege - CSRC Glossary — National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Authorization Cheat Sheet — OWASP Foundation