With the release of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn imminently approaching mere weeks away, prospective players may be wondering how their computer will fare with the MMO with all of the changes made since the last benchmark. Well your curiosity can be sated: the Square-Enix development team has released a brand new official benchmark.

You can download the new benchmark program at the following links:
-Benchmark for NA players
-Benchmark for EU players

The benchmark program involves the playing of a cutscene, where the program will analyze how your computer is handling the scenes, and then gives out a final performance score. The scoring system is similar to the last benchmark, with a score under 1000 meaning your computer is insufficient to run FFXIV, and over 9000 7000 meaning you are easily capable of running to game at max settings. A recommended score to run the game at the default settings is between 2000-2499, but lower scores above 1000 will still be able to run the game on lower settings. You can lower or raise the settings in the benchmark program to see how your computer will handle it.


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What is your benchmark score?


But wait, there’s more!

The benchmark software also includes FFXIV’s character creation program. You can import character data from the beta, or create whole new characters. You can then customize your characters just like you will be able to for the actual game. The new character data you create can then be saved for later use in the full version of A Realm Reborn!


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Save your character data for use in the actual game!


So what is your new benchmark score? And more importantly, what silly characters are you creating due to beta withdrawal?