FAR CRY: NEW DAWN, DX11 Benchmark Last Change: 06/Aug/2020, 1807hrs. Whoami: Ian Mapleson http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/sgi.html http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/sgidepot/ Here I present collated results for a range of different systems for the built-in Far Cry New Dawn DX11 benchmark, testing with LOW and ULTRA presets. See after the tables for various observations. Key (all GPU clocks are given as 'Core/Shader/RAM' or 'Core/Boost/RAM'; a single number refers to just the core clock): RX 580 = PowerColor Red Devil RX 580 8GB, default 1190/2000 core/RAM. GTX 780 Ti = EVGA GTX 780 Ti 3GB (Reference cooler), stock @ 980/1046/1750 core/boost/RAM (stabilises under load at around 1125MHz). GTX 1060 = Gigabyte GTX 1060 6GB Windforce, stock @ 1557/1772/2002 core/boost/RAM (stabilises under load at around 1924MHz). GTX 1080 Ti = Palit GameRock GTX 1080 Ti 11GB, stock @ 1595/1709/1376 core/boost/RAM (stabilises under load at around 1974MHz). Tables are shown in order of AVG FPS; if there's a tie then the next priority is 1% LOW. 1080p, HIGH: Total GPU GPU Cores / Clock VRAM Core RAM CF/ AVG MIN MAX 1% .1% GPU CPU Threads Speed HT GPU(s) MB MHz MHz SLI FPS FPS FPS LOW LOW Manufac. Motherboard Model Drivers PCIe RAM Configuration Notes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryzen5 3600 6 / 12 4000 ON GTX 1060 6144 1557 2002 NO 75.3 61.5 90.2 61.2 58.6 Asrock B450M Pro4 451.67 3.0 16GB DDR4/3200 CL16 Win10/Pro/64, 1c boost = 4.2GHz, all-core boost = 4GHz. i7 6850K 6 / 12 4400 ON GTX 1080 Ti 11264 1595 1376 NO ASUS Rampage V Extreme 441.66 3.0 32GB DDR4/3000 CL15 Win7/Pro/64 i7 870 4 / 8 4308 ON GTX 1080 Ti 11264 1595 1376 NO ASUS P7P55 WS Supercomputer 445.87 2.0 16GB DDR3/2154 CL9 Win7/Pro/64 i7 870 4 / 8 4308 ON GTX 1080 Ti 11264 1595 1376 NO ASUS P7P55 WS Supercomputer 445.87 2.0 16GB DDR3/2154 CL9 Win10/Pro/64 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 441.87 2.0 16GB DDR3/2133 CL9 Win7/Pro/64 i7 2700K 4 / 8 4000 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 441.66 2.0 16GB DDR3/2133 CL9 Win7/Pro/64 i7 2700K 4 / 4 5000 OFF GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 411.70 2.0 16GB DDR3/2133 CL9 Win7/Pro/64 XEON E5 2420 v2 6 / 12 2500 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO Huananzhi X9D 411.70 3.0 16GB DDR3/1600 CL11 Win7/Pro/64 Max Turbos: 1c = 2.7GHz, 2c = 2.6GHz, 3+ cores = 2.5GHz. Idle = 1.2GHz. 2x XEON E5 2640 12 / 24 2800 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO Kllisre E5 M2L-8D, Dual-S2011 411.70 2.0 32GB DDR3/1866 CL13 NUMA ON, Win7/Pro/64 Max Turbos: 1c/2c = 3GHz, 3c/4c = 2.9GHz, 5c/6c = 2.8GHz. Idle = 1.2GHz. 2x XEON E5 2640 12 / 24 2800 ON RX 580 8192 1190 2000 NO Kllisre E5 M2L-8D, Dual-S2011 19.12.2 2.0 64GB DDR3/1866 CL13 NUMA OFF, Win7/Pro/64 Max Turbos: 1c/2c = 3GHz, 3c/4c = 2.9GHz, 5c/6c = 2.8GHz. Idle = 1.2GHz. 2x XEON E5 2640 12 / 24 2800 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO Kllisre E5 M2L-8D, Dual-S2011 411.70 2.0 64GB DDR3/1866 CL13 NUMA OFF, Win7/Pro/64 Max Turbos: 1c/2c = 3GHz, 3c/4c = 2.9GHz, 5c/6c = 2.8GHz. Idle = 1.2GHz. 2x XEON E5 2640 12 / 24 2800 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO Kllisre E5 M2L-8D, Dual-S2011 441.66 2.0 64GB DDR3/1866 CL13 NUMA OFF, Win10/Pro/64 Max Turbos: 1c/2c = 3GHz, 3c/4c = 2.9GHz, 5c/6c = 2.8GHz. Idle = 1.2GHz. 2x XEON E5 2640 12 / 24 2800 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO Kllisre E5 M2L-8D, Dual-S2011 441.66 2.0 64GB DDR3/1866 CL13 NUMA ON, Win10/Pro/64 Max Turbos: 1c/2c = 3GHz, 3c/4c = 2.9GHz, 5c/6c = 2.8GHz. Idle = 1.2GHz. 2x XEON E5 2640 12 / 24 2800 ON RX 580 8192 1190 2000 NO Kllisre E5 M2L-8D, Dual-S2011 19.12.2 2.0 64GB DDR3/1866 CL13 NUMA OFF, Win10/Pro/64 Max Turbos: 1c/2c = 3GHz, 3c/4c = 2.9GHz, 5c/6c = 2.8GHz. Idle = 1.2GHz. Core2Quad Q9550 4 / 4 2830 - RX 580 8192 1190 2000 NO ASUS P5Q3 19.7.1 2.0 16GB DDR3/1333 CL9 Win7/Pro/64 Stock config, C-States active, CPU runs at 2GHz when idle. ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 1440p, HIGH: Total GPU GPU Cores / Clock VRAM Core RAM CF/ AVG MIN MAX 1% .1% GPU CPU Threads Speed HT GPU(s) MB MHz MHz SLI FPS FPS FPS LOW LOW Manufac. Motherboard Model Drivers PCIe RAM Configuration Notes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryzen5 3600 6 / 12 4000 ON GTX 1060 6144 1557 2002 NO 54.0 45.5 65.3 45.4 44.0 Asrock B450M Pro4 451.67 3.0 16GB DDR4/3200 CL16 Win10/Pro/64, 1c boost = 4.2GHz, all-core boost = 4GHz. i7 6850K 6 / 12 4400 ON GTX 1080 Ti 11264 1595 1376 NO ASUS Rampage V Extreme 441.66 3.0 32GB DDR4/3000 CL15 Win7/Pro/64 i7 870 4 / 8 4308 ON GTX 1080 Ti 11264 1595 1376 NO ASUS P7P55 WS Supercomputer 445.87 2.0 16GB DDR3/2154 CL9 Win7/Pro/64 i7 870 4 / 8 4308 ON GTX 1080 Ti 11264 1595 1376 NO ASUS P7P55 WS Supercomputer 445.87 2.0 16GB DDR3/2154 CL9 Win10/Pro/64 2x XEON E5 2640 12 / 24 2800 ON RX 580 8192 1190 2000 NO Kllisre E5 M2L-8D, Dual-S2011 19.12.2 2.0 64GB DDR3/1866 CL13 NUMA OFF, Win7/Pro/64 Max Turbos: 1c/2c = 3GHz, 3c/4c = 2.9GHz, 5c/6c = 2.8GHz. Idle = 1.2GHz. 2x XEON E5 2640 12 / 24 2800 ON RX 580 8192 1190 2000 NO Kllisre E5 M2L-8D, Dual-S2011 19.12.2 2.0 64GB DDR3/1866 CL13 NUMA OFF, Win10/Pro/64 Max Turbos: 1c/2c = 3GHz, 3c/4c = 2.9GHz, 5c/6c = 2.8GHz. Idle = 1.2GHz. i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 441.87 2.0 16GB DDR3/2133 CL9 Win7/Pro/64 i7 2700K 4 / 8 4000 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 441.66 2.0 16GB DDR3/2133 CL9 Win7/Pro/64 XEON E5 2420 v2 6 / 12 2500 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO Huananzhi X9D 411.70 3.0 16GB DDR3/1600 CL11 Win7/Pro/64 Max Turbos: 1c = 2.7GHz, 2c = 2.6GHz, 3+ cores = 2.5GHz. Idle = 1.2GHz. 2x XEON E5 2640 12 / 24 2800 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO Kllisre E5 M2L-8D, Dual-S2011 441.66 2.0 64GB DDR3/1866 CL13 NUMA ON, Win10/Pro/64 Max Turbos: 1c/2c = 3GHz, 3c/4c = 2.9GHz, 5c/6c = 2.8GHz. Idle = 1.2GHz. i7 2700K 4 / 4 5000 OFF GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 411.70 2.0 16GB DDR3/2133 CL9 Win7/Pro/64 2x XEON E5 2640 12 / 24 2800 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO Kllisre E5 M2L-8D, Dual-S2011 441.66 2.0 64GB DDR3/1866 CL13 NUMA OFF, Win10/Pro/64 Max Turbos: 1c/2c = 3GHz, 3c/4c = 2.9GHz, 5c/6c = 2.8GHz. Idle = 1.2GHz. 2x XEON E5 2640 12 / 24 2800 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO Kllisre E5 M2L-8D, Dual-S2011 411.70 2.0 64GB DDR3/1866 CL13 NUMA OFF, Win7/Pro/64 Max Turbos: 1c/2c = 3GHz, 3c/4c = 2.9GHz, 5c/6c = 2.8GHz. Idle = 1.2GHz. 2x XEON E5 2640 12 / 24 2800 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO Kllisre E5 M2L-8D, Dual-S2011 411.70 2.0 32GB DDR3/1866 CL13 NUMA ON, Win7/Pro/64 Max Turbos: 1c/2c = 3GHz, 3c/4c = 2.9GHz, 5c/6c = 2.8GHz. Idle = 1.2GHz. Core2Quad Q9550 4 / 4 2830 - RX 580 8192 1190 2000 NO ASUS P5Q3 19.7.1 2.0 16GB DDR3/1333 CL9 Win7/Pro/64 Stock config, C-States active, CPU runs at 2GHz when idle. ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 4K, HIGH: Total GPU GPU Cores / Clock VRAM Core RAM CF/ AVG MIN MAX 1% .1% GPU CPU Threads Speed HT GPU(s) MB MHz MHz SLI FPS FPS FPS LOW LOW Manufac. Motherboard Model Drivers PCIe RAM Configuration Notes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i7 2700K 4 / 8 4000 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 441.66 2.0 16GB DDR3/2133 CL9 Win7/Pro/64 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 391.35 2.0 16GB DDR3/2133 CL9 Win7/Pro/64 ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** VRAM usage (tested using a GTX 1060 6GB): 1080p: LOW: 2360MB NORM: 2465MB HIGH: 2559MB ULTRA: 2642MB 1440p: LOW: 2614MB NORM: 2744MB HIGH: 2857MB ULTRA: 2948MB Performance variance for avg fps based on detail level, Ryzen 3600 and GTX 1060 6GB: 1080p: LOW: 89.4 NORM: 80.8 HIGH: 75.3 ULTRA: 69.1 1440p: LOW: 62.9 NORM: 57.1 HIGH: 54.0 ULTRA: 50.0 THIS WAS ALL FOR FC5: CPU usage was typically about 50% with the 2700K + 780 Ti, with 6 to 8 threads active, but it did spike at times to 90%. However, running at 5GHz instead of 4GHz hasn't helped frame rates much, except just maybe the 0.1% lows at 1080p. The 2700K result with no SMT suggests one needs more than 4 threads for this game, whether that's real cores or SMT (the stuttering was pretty bad at times), so traditional 4-core i5 CPUs will probably fare quiet badly (I can test later with a 2500K). VRAM usage ranges from 2040MB at 1080p/LOW to 2640MB at 1440p/Ultra. Interesting that the VRAM increase isn't that much. Having now tested the Q9550, indeed CPU usage was intense, basically 100% in every test. Though this doesn't seem to harm averages that much, it definitely hammers the Lows. Win10 reduced performance slightly on the dual-2640 system at 1080p/LOW, though it seemed to help with the Lows and it's better at 1440p. For the other three test modes performance was much the same. Testing with NUMA off made little difference, but from now on all dual-CPU tests for this game will be under Win10 with NUMA off. Interesting how the dual-2640 system with an RX 580 is quite low down the table at 1080p; it was very noticeable that a single thread was always spiking during the test to about 90% to 97%, presumably holding back the GPU which was showing as only being about 40% used sometimes. By contrast, at 1440p the dual-2640 with RX 580 is faster than all the 780 Ti configs, showing how the load has moved to the GPU. ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* CPU-Zs: i7 2700K @ 5.0: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2334534 XEON E5 2420 v2: http://valid.x86.fr/wd97e9 Q9550 @ 2.83 stock: http://valid.x86.fr/yma3su 2x XEON E5 2640: http://valid.x86.fr/4wp69g i7 870 @ 4308MHz: http://valid.x86.fr/n40mdc Ryzen5 3600 @ 4GHz: http://valid.x86.fr/n9t6wt