FFXIV ARR Benchmark Scores: Now with Character Creation

**Sign** · 2013-02-22 18:04

Just a heads up, the scores are still fucked up from when I mentioned it last night. My score shows as 435 when it was originally posted as a 4126. I can correct my score but that means someone else probably has my score due to the fucked sorting. It also means a lot of other peoples are wrong as well.

**Gilgameshx** · 2013-02-22 18:04

So ran the benchmark a few more times while tweaking my system. My original score with an i5-2500k @ 4.1 and my gtx 670 was a score of 7772.

I upgraded my drivers from 310 to 314 and my score dropped to the 7500s. I ran again right after and my score increased to 7802.

I then OC'd my gtx 670 from gpu boost 1137 to 1359 and mem clock from 6000 to 8000. Got a score in the 7500s. Again, immediately ran again and I got 7809.

No idea why the fluctuation of scores.

**Sign** · 2013-02-22 18:06

Double post since it was at bottom of last page and want to make sure that those that are managing the sheet see this.

Just a heads up, the scores are still fucked up from when I mentioned it last night. My score shows as 435 when it was originally posted as a 4126. I can correct my score but that means someone else probably has my score due to the fucked sorting. It also means a lot of other peoples are wrong as well

**Sithel** · 2013-02-22 18:19

I have an older i7 930 OC to 3.3 with a stock Geforce gtx 470. Ran it about 4-5 times all with a score between 4916-4954. This is with an old driver 306.97.

I then upgraded the driver to the latest 314.07 and even tried the beta driver 313.96. Ran both of those 4-5 times and every score was spread all over from 4500-4700, still much lower then this old Oct driver I had on there. To test I installed the old driver back 306.97 and score went back to 4954. So for me it seems the latest driver is not the best for me.

**Eyedea-Seraph** · 2013-02-22 18:39

Originally Posted by nayaminfenrir

I dont see how you can go wrong with a Titan. Not only do you have more power than a GTX690, but its whisper quiet which is the xsex.

its not stronger than a 690, http://www.anandtech.com/show/6774/n...mance-unveiled

Don't get em wrong i would rather a Titan over a 690 but not because its stronger, more so because its the strongest SINGLE card solution out there and i have never been a fan of SLI/Crossfire driver issues.

**Adajer** · 2013-02-22 18:50

Originally Posted by Prothescar

no, it's at 4.8. wish I could OC my gpu a bit higher to get closer to 9k

my maximum is 1202/3105 on both cards. cant really justify getting a 3770k either

It's a single GPU solution that's just about as powerful as one of the highest end dual GPU solutions out there. There's nothing more efficient than that on the market atm. A single GPU isn't subject to the scaling issues and poor software support of multi-GPU setups to nearly the same extent.

To those of you getting in the high 8000s into the 9000s, what's your GPU running at? What model/manufacturers? Getting ready to disown EVGA

I am using MSI Power Edition. I have been advising people away from EVGA for a while but people are always swooned by their warranty. If they make a good product, you shouldn't need their warranty. EVGA cooling solutions suck. They use reference style vacuum cooler on almost all their cards. ASUS > MSI > Gigabyte IMO for Nvidia cards. Depending on the model, one may be better than the other from those three.

**Adajer** · 2013-02-22 18:53

I added a storage device column. Seemed like a good idea.

**Prothescar** · 2013-02-22 18:53

Originally Posted by Adajer

I am using MSI Power Edition. I have been advising people away from EVGA for a while but people are always swooned by their warranty. If they make a good product, you shouldn't need their warranty. EVGA cooling solutions suck. They use reference style vacuum cooler on almost all their cards. ASUS > MSI > Gigabyte IMO for Nvidia cards. Depending on the model, one may be better than the other from those three.

I've never had good experience with OC headroom on my EVGA cards :\ I like their customer service but other than that I'm not very happy with them. I think next time I buy a card it'll be ASUS or MSI, probably ASUS since they make all the coolest shit (MARS, ARES)

**kmexe** · 2013-02-22 19:34

Originally Posted by Sithel

I have an older i7 930 OC to 3.3 with a stock Geforce gtx 470. Ran it about 4-5 times all with a score between 4916-4954. This is with an old driver 306.97.

I then upgraded the driver to the latest 314.07 and even tried the beta driver 313.96. Ran both of those 4-5 times and every score was spread all over from 4500-4700, still much lower then this old Oct driver I had on there. To test I installed the old driver back 306.97 and score went back to 4954. So for me it seems the latest driver is not the best for me.

I had this same experience with my GT 650M, stayed on 306.97 (I tested 310 too with same results as 314).

**Thesuspect** · 2013-02-22 20:09

FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Official Benchmark (Exploration)
Tested on:2/22/2013 7:58:36 PM
Score:5277
Average Framerate:44.154
Performance:Very High
-Easily capable of running the game. Should perform exceptionally well, even at higher resolutions.

Screen Size: 1024x768
Graphics Presets: Maximum
General
-Improve overall graphic quality. : Enabled
-Disable rendering of objects when not visible. (Occlusion Culling) : Disabled
-Use low-detail models on distant objects to increase performance. (LOD) : Disabled
-Cache LOD data only when necessary. (LOD Streaming) : Disabled
-Smooth edges. (Anti-aliasing) : Enabled
-Increase transparent lighting quality. : Enabled
-Grass Quality : High
Shadows
-Use low-detail models on shadows to increase performance. (LOD) : Disabled
-Display : All
-Shadow Resolution : High: 2048 pixels
-Shadow Cascading : High
-Shadow Softening : High
Texture Detail
-Texture Filtering : High
-Anisotropic Filtering : High
Effects
-Naturally darken the edges of the screen. (Limb Darkening) : Enabled
-Blur the graphics around an object in motion. (Radial Blur) : Enabled
-Effects While in Motion : Display All
-Screen Space Ambient Occlusion : High
-Glare : Normal
Cinematic Cutscenes
-Enable depth of field. : Enabled

System:
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130104-1431)
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz
8151.918MB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M(VRAM 4042 MB) 9.18.0013.1070

**Nitsuki** · 2013-02-22 21:02

Ran some more stable OCing on my nvidia, highest score i got was 8526 now, i'm not on my pc to post it, but i like the 3 average fps increase and 300 more points in the benchmark.

**Chrian** · 2013-02-22 21:10

FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Official Benchmark (Exploration)
Tested on:2/22/2013 5:52:01 PM
Score:5268
Average Framerate:43.175
Performance:Very High
-Easily capable of running the game. Should perform exceptionally well, even at higher resolutions.

Screen Size: 1280x780
Graphics Presets: Maximum
General
-Improve overall graphic quality. : Enabled
-Disable rendering of objects when not visible. (Occlusion Culling) : Disabled
-Use low-detail models on distant objects to increase performance. (LOD) : Disabled
-Cache LOD data only when necessary. (LOD Streaming) : Disabled
-Smooth edges. (Anti-aliasing) : Enabled
-Increase transparent lighting quality. : Enabled
-Grass Quality : High
Shadows
-Use low-detail models on shadows to increase performance. (LOD) : Disabled
-Display : All
-Shadow Resolution : High: 2048 pixels
-Shadow Cascading : High
-Shadow Softening : High
Texture Detail
-Texture Filtering : High
-Anisotropic Filtering : High
Effects
-Naturally darken the edges of the screen. (Limb Darkening) : Enabled
-Blur the graphics around an object in motion. (Radial Blur) : Enabled
-Effects While in Motion : Display All
-Screen Space Ambient Occlusion : High
-Glare : Normal
Cinematic Cutscenes
-Enable depth of field. : Enabled

System:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2120 CPU @ 3.30GHz
8140.824MB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti(VRAM 4049 MB) 9.18.0013.0623

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**Prothescar** · 2013-02-22 21:49

Spoiler: show

Definitely done now. Close enough.

**Xanthe** · 2013-02-22 22:20

Originally Posted by Prothescar

To those of you getting in the high 8000s into the 9000s, what's your GPU running at? What model/manufacturers? Getting ready to disown EVGA

I'm running a SAPPHIRE AMD Radeon HD 7970 3 GB OC Edition at 1125MHz GPU/1575MHz memory. I've overclocked using AMD OverDrive and that is as far as the tool will let you overclock. Honestly there isn't much need for me to push it further with 3rd-party tools as I'm maximized on realizable performance. The game doesn't go higher than 60fps, so there no reason to go beyond where I'm at.

**Kryssan** · 2013-02-22 23:32

Hm. I'm guessing that my GPU is my bottleneck. For my testing purposes, I ran the benchmark off my ram disk to ensure the only things that would hold it back really were CPU and GPU.

Stock Everything:

Score: 5710

Spoiler: show

Stock Everything w/ CPU @ 4.65Ghz

Score: 5844

Spoiler: show

I've got a GTX680 4GB card en route, we'll see if it handles any better. Looking at the GDocs spreadsheet, it seems that everyone with higher scores is using the newer generation of cards; be it AMD or NV. I'm long overdue for an NV card, so we'll see how it does in relation.

Edit: For ease of not clicking on spoilers and / or scrolling, system specs: Intel i7-3960X, ASUS Sabertooth x79, XFX 6950 2GB, & 32GB Corsair Vengeance RAM. As earlier stated, a ram disk was used to run the benchmark ( though typically I have setup instead ram caching on my Samsung F4 HDDs. Intel 520 SSD for boot. ) TBF, the difference between using a 2GB ram disk and the 16GB ram cache on the F4s was minimal ( less than 50 points MAX ).

**Jamison** · 2013-02-22 23:42

By the way, shiftwindow does make the benchmark (fake) fullscreen, if you want to for the pretties.

**Eanae** · 2013-02-23 00:36

FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Official Benchmark (Exploration)
Tested on:2/23/2013 12:34:38 AM
Score:7785
Average Framerate:66.415
Performance:Extremely High

System:
Windows 8 Pro 64-bit (6.2, Build 9200) (9200.win8_gdr.130108-1504)
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz
16335.781MB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670(VRAM 4095 MB) 9.18.0013.1090

Edit: With out of date drivers

Spoiler: show

**Guitarman** · 2013-02-23 00:54

score: 6621 with everything on maximum, 1920x1080, "Very High" rating

Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130104-1431)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 08/02/11 14:36:59 Ver: 08.00.15
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 960 @ 3.20GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 24576MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 24568MB RAM
Page File: 3600MB used, 45531MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11

Thought I could pump out better numbers than that honestly.

**Celeras** · 2013-02-23 01:40

Originally Posted by Eyedea-Seraph

Yeah I tryed, but i think i maxed out at 8936, But that 680 should go further! Is that a reference card or aftermarket cooler?

Reference. I'm unable to get any higher too, so curses @ guy with 9500.

**Shinso** · 2013-02-23 01:51

Either this benchmark is poorly optimized, or there is some kind of driver issue. These scores don't make any sense.

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