Heavensward Benchmark

[Carl the Llama]

So the Heavensward benchmark just came out: Linkage

So I was curious to see what my score would be in DX11 so I ran it and came away with the following results:

Default Settings
FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward Benchmark
Tested on: 5/13/2015 12:43:41 AM
Score: 9708
Average Frame Rate: 75.030
Performance: Extremely High
-Easily capable of running the game on the highest settings.
Loading Times by Scene
Scene #1 4.520 sec
Scene #2 14.112 sec
Scene #3 7.256 sec
Scene #4 7.000 sec
Scene #5 5.715 sec
Scene #6 3.167 sec
Total Loading Time 41.773 sec

DAT:s20150513004341.dat

Screen Size: 1280x720
Screen Mode: Windowed
DirectX Version: 11
Graphics Presets: High (Laptop)
General
-Wet Surface Effects: Enabled
-Occlusion Culling: Enabled
-LOD on Distant Objects: Enabled
-Real-time Reflections: Off
-Edge Smoothing (Anti-aliasing): FXAA
-Transparent Lighting Quality: Normal
-Grass Quality: Normal
-Background Tessellation: High Quality
-Water Tessellation: High Quality
Shadows
-Self: Display
-Other NPCs: Display
Shadow Quality
-LOD on Shadows: Enabled
-Shadow Resolution: Normal - 1024p
-Shadow Cascading: Best
-Shadow Softening: Strong
Texture Detail
-Texture Filtering: Anisotropic
-Anisotropic Filtering: x4
Movement Physics
-Self: Full
-Other NPCs: Full
Effects
-Limb Darkening: Enabled
-Radial Blur: Enabled
-Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: HBAO+: Standard Quality (DirectX 11 Only)
-Glare: Normal
Cinematic Cutscenes
-Depth of Field: Enabled

Custom/Maxed settings
FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward Benchmark
Tested on: 5/13/2015 12:12:16 AM
Score: 4413
Average Frame Rate: 34.093
Performance: High
-Easily capable of running the game. Should perform well, even at higher resolutions.
Loading Times by Scene
Scene #1 5.302 sec
Scene #2 14.727 sec
Scene #3 7.439 sec
Scene #4 7.017 sec
Scene #5 6.010 sec
Scene #6 3.867 sec
Total Loading Time 44.363 sec

DAT:s20150513001216.dat

Screen Size: 1920x1080
Screen Mode: Full Screen
DirectX Version: 11
Graphics Presets: Custom
General
-Wet Surface Effects: Enabled
-Occlusion Culling: Enabled
-LOD on Distant Objects: Enabled
-Real-time Reflections: Highest Quality (DirectX 11 Only)
-Edge Smoothing (Anti-aliasing): FXAA
-Transparent Lighting Quality: High
-Grass Quality: High
-Background Tessellation: High Quality
-Water Tessellation: High Quality
Shadows
-Self: Display
-Other NPCs: Display
Shadow Quality
-LOD on Shadows: Disabled
-Shadow Resolution: High - 2048p
-Shadow Cascading: Best
-Shadow Softening: Strong
Texture Detail
-Texture Filtering: Anisotropic
-Anisotropic Filtering: x4
Movement Physics
-Self: Full
-Other NPCs: Full
Effects
-Limb Darkening: Enabled
-Radial Blur: Enabled
-Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: HBAO+: High Quality (DirectX 11 Only)
-Glare: Normal
Cinematic Cutscenes
-Depth of Field: Enabled

I got nearly 10k on defaulted settings and 75fps, but on maxed I got 4413 and 34 fps. Now I didn't notice any lag or slowdown when I ran it on the capped settings, so I think I will go with that.

What score did you guys get?

[Aulayna]

(SPOILER)FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward Benchmark
Tested on: 27/04/2015 22:41:21
Score: 10823
Average Frame Rate: 83.382
Performance: Extremely High
-Easily capable of running the game on the highest settings.
Loading Times by Scene
Scene #1 0.915 sec
Scene #2 4.010 sec
Scene #3 5.133 sec
Scene #4 4.629 sec
Scene #5 4.316 sec
Scene #6 1.728 sec
Total Loading Time 20.732 sec

DAT:s20150427224121.dat

Screen Size: 1920x1080
Screen Mode: Borderless Windowed
DirectX Version: 11
Graphics Presets: Maximum
General
-Wet Surface Effects: Enabled
-Occlusion Culling: Disabled
-LOD on Distant Objects: Disabled
-Real-time Reflections: Highest Quality (DirectX 11 Only)
-Edge Smoothing (Anti-aliasing): FXAA
-Transparent Lighting Quality: High
-Grass Quality: High
-Background Tessellation: High Quality
-Water Tessellation: High Quality
Shadows
-Self: Display
-Other NPCs: Display
Shadow Quality
-LOD on Shadows: Disabled
-Shadow Resolution: High - 2048p
-Shadow Cascading: Best
-Shadow Softening: Strong
Texture Detail
-Texture Filtering: Anisotropic
-Anisotropic Filtering: x16
Movement Physics
-Self: Full
-Other NPCs: Full
Effects
-Limb Darkening: Enabled
-Radial Blur: Enabled
-Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: HBAO+: High Quality (DirectX 11 Only)
-Glare: Normal
Cinematic Cutscenes
-Depth of Field: Enabled

System
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.150316-1654)
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz
16331.277MB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (VRAM 3072 MB) 9.18.0013.4752

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[escobert]

FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward Benchmark
Tested on: 12/26/2015 12:27:15 AM
Score: 10733
Average Frame Rate: 90.902
Performance: Extremely High
-Easily capable of running the game on the highest settings.
Loading Times by Scene
Scene #1 2.457 sec
Scene #2 6.084 sec
Scene #3 4.993 sec
Scene #4 4.399 sec
Scene #5 4.342 sec
Scene #6 2.464 sec
Total Loading Time 24.742 sec

DAT:s20151226002715.dat

Screen Size: 1360x768
Screen Mode: Full Screen
DirectX Version: 9
Graphics Presets: High (Desktop)
General
-HDR Rendering: Enabled
-Wet Surface Effects: Enabled
-Occlusion Culling: Enabled
-LOD on Distant Objects: Disabled
-LOD Streaming: Disabled
-Real-time Reflections: Normal
-Edge Smoothing (Anti-aliasing): FXAA
-Transparent Lighting Quality: High
-Grass Quality: High
Shadows
-Self: Display
-Other NPCs: Display
Shadow Quality
-LOD on Shadows: Enabled
-Shadow Resolution: High - 2048p
-Shadow Cascading: Best
-Shadow Softening: Strong
Texture Detail
-Texture Filtering: Anisotropic
-Anisotropic Filtering: x8
Movement Physics
-Self: Full
-Other NPCs: Full
Effects
-Limb Darkening: Enabled
-Radial Blur: Enabled
-Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: Strong
-Glare: Normal
Cinematic Cutscenes
-Depth of Field: Enabled

System
Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit (6.2, Build 9200) (9600.winblue_ltsb.150928-1002)
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4360 CPU @ 3.70GHz
8119.988MB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 (VRAM 1484 MB) 10.18.0013.5906