[geriatricpollywog]

I'm pleased to host the Shadow of the Tomb Raider benchmark competition. SoTR is an excellent way to test how your memory overclock translates to gaming performance. It's also a useful tool for comparing DDR4 to DDR5.

Rules:
-Entries will be ranked by average FPS.
-Must self-report system info in spreadsheet below.
-Post a screenshot using the same settings as the screenshot below.
-Use full version of the game (not the demo) with any build version.
-Must not exit the benchmark early to boost average FPS. It will be obvious if you do.

Suggestions:
-Disable e-cores
-Disable hyperthreading
-Disable RE-Bar
-This is not a stability competition, so run those clocks as high as you can.

Average FPS

Rank	User	FPS	CPU	Motherboard	Core Speed	DDR4/DDR5	RAM Kit	RAM Speed	RAM Timings	GPU
1	Simzak	391	12900K	Asus Tuf D4	5300	DDR4	G.Skill F4-3600C16D-32GTR	4000	15-16-16-28-328	6900XT
2	geriatricpollywog	373	12900K	Asus Strix D4	5734	DDR4	G.Skill F4-4000C14D-32GTEG	4293	14-15-15-28-240	3090
3	matique	368	12900K	Z690i Unify	5500	DDR5	Kingston 6000c40 (Hynix)	7000	30-41-41-28	3090
4	Arni90	361	12900K	Z690 Unify-X	5520	DDR5	Corsair CMT32GX5M2X6200C36	6827	30-39-41-30-2T	3090
5	Domdtxdissar	353	5950X	Unify X MAX	~5000	DDR4	G.Skill F4-4000C14-16GTZR	3800	13-14-12-22-34-224	3090
6	Simzak	341	10900K	MSI Gaming Carbon	5200	DDR4	G.Skill F4-3600C16D-32GTR	4400	16-16-16-28-288	6900XT
7	Theo164	313	5900X	Asus Xhair VIII Hero	5000	DDR4	G.Skill F4-3600C16Q-32GTZR	3733	16-16-16-32-259	3080ti
8	sugi0lover	311	11900K	Asus Z590 Apex	5400	DDR4	G.Skill F4-4000C14D-32GTRG	4010	13-14-14-28-224	3090
9	zebra_hun	302	10850K	Asus Z490 Apex	5400	DDR4	G.Skill F4-3200C14D-32GTZR	4400	17-17-17-37-341	3080
10	techenth	301	10900K	MWI Tomahawk	5300	DDR4	G.Skill F4-4266C17D-32GTZRB	4400	16-17-17-36-320	3080
11	Luggage	300	58000X	MSI X570 Unify	5050 PBO	DDR4	G.Skill F4-3600C14-32GVKA	3800	14-15-14-26-240	2080ti
12	kryptonfly	256	6950X	Asus X99 Strix	4646	DDR4	G.Skill F4-3000C14Q-32GTZR	3400	13-12-13-26-220	3090
13	Taraquin	250	5600X	GB B550m S2H	~4600	DDR4	Patriot Viper 4400cl19 2x8	4000	16-16-16-29-280	3060ti
14	JSHamlet234	249	5960X	ASUS X99-A	4625	DDR4	G.Skill F4-3733C17-8GTZSW	3333	13-13-13-26-234	2 x 980ti

Average CPU Game FPS

Rank	User	CPU Game FPS
1	Simzak	391
2	geriatricpollywog	373
3	Domdtxdissar	353
4	Simzak	341
5	Theo164	313
6	sugi0lover	311
7	Luggage	308
8	zebra_hun	302
9	techenth	291
10	Taraquin	265
11	kryptonfly	256
12	JSHamlet234	252

 

[Simzak]

Not a record breaking run or anything but I think this is really good for an average 10900k

Rank	User	FPS	CPU	Motherboard	Core Speed	DDR4/DDR5	RAM Kit	RAM Speed	RAM Timings	GPU
	Simzak	341	10900K	MSI Gaming Carbon	5200	DDR4	Gskill F4-3600C16D-32GTRS	4400	16-16-16-28-288	6900XT

 

[geriatricpollywog]

Not a record breaking run or anything but I think this is really good for an average 10900k

Rank	User	FPS	CPU	Motherboard	Core Speed	DDR4/DDR5	RAM Kit	RAM Speed	RAM Timings	GPU
	Simzak	341	10900K	MSI Gaming Carbon	5200	DDR4	Gskill F4-3600C16D-32GTRS	4400	16-16-16-28-288	6900XT

View attachment 2548440

341 is fantastic for any CPU, let alone one that’s 2 years old. With cold water and 5.5 all core you would probably hit 355+.

I see you are using the latest non-beta build. I just tested this build and got 372 fps so it seems build version doesn’t matter anymore.

 

[xmanrigger]

Why not use the demo? That is all I have.

 

[geriatricpollywog]

Why not use the demo? That is all I have.

The demo is not up to date with recent optimizations and your framerate would be much lower than on the full version.

 

[JSHamlet234]

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[domdtxdissar]

My old benchrun:

Rank	User	FPS	CPU	Motherboard	Core Speed	DDR4/DDR5	RAM Kit	RAM Speed	RAM Timings	GPU
	Domdtxdissar	350	5950X	Unify X MAX	~5000	DDR4	G.Skill F4-4000C14-16GTZR	3800	13-14-12-22-34-224	3090

Recorded video of the run and settings:

edit changed my table from 353fps to 350fps as i first thought we were ranking cpu average fps. (was running gfx at stock clocks for this bench)

 

[geriatricpollywog]

Rank	User	FPS	CPU	Motherboard	Core Speed	DDR4/DDR5	RAM Kit	RAM Speed	RAM Timings	GPU
	JSHamlet234	244	5960X	ASUS X99-A	4500	DDR4	G.Skill F4-3733C17-8GTZSW	3333	13-13-13-26-234	2X 980TI

EDIT: It looks like I forgot to turn off TAA and enable exclusive fullscreen. I doubt either of those would significantly affect the CPU Game numbers.
View attachment 2548480

The screenshot shows 213 but the table says 244

 

[JSHamlet234]

The screenshot shows 213 but the table says 244

I thought we were using CPU Game. In any event, I'll run it again with the correct settings and re-submit.

Rank	User	FPS	CPU	Motherboard	Core Speed	DDR4/DDR5	RAM Kit	RAM Speed	RAM Timings	GPU
	JSHamlet234	249	5960X	ASUS X99-A	4625	DDR4	G.Skill F4-3733C17-8GTZSW	3333	13-13-13-26-234	2X 980TI

 

[8051]

@JSHamlet234

Can U show your SLI benchmark run as well? If possible could you please run the SLI benchmark at both 1080p and 1440p with maxed graphics settings and show us the results?

 

[JSHamlet234]

Can U show your SLI benchmark run as well? If possible could you please run the SLI benchmark at both 1080p and 1440p with maxed graphics settings and show us the results?

That run was with SLI enabled. I'll run it at the highest preset and post results later on. It should be around 150fps at 1080P and 100fps at 1440P.

 

[8051]

That run was with SLI enabled. I'll run it at the highest preset and post results later on. It should be around 150fps at 1080P and 100fps at 1440P.

Could you also please run a 4K benchmark? Do you ever have any lack of VRAM problems cropping up?

Double thumbs up for sticking with SLI!

 

[geriatricpollywog]

Please reserve the thread for benchmark results and PM eachother for other topics.

 

[Taraquin]

Suggestion: If you want to compare DDR4 vs DDR5 use the CPU Game avg\min, not total avg as this is much more dependent on what GPU you use If you look at my result you see that you need a 3080+ GPU to avoid being GPU bound. I can re-run with TAA disabled later and OC GPU if total avg fps is what you want

 

[geriatricpollywog]

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Suggestion: If you want to compare DDR4 vs DDR5 use the CPU Game avg\min, not total avg as this is much more dependent on what GPU you use If you look at my result you see that you need a 3080+ GPU to avoid being GPU bound. I can re-run with TAA disabled later and OC GPU if total avg fps is what you want

Average CPU Render doesn't 100% correlate with better average FPS when there is no GPU limit. Here my average CPU render is higher than my run in the original post, but average FPS is lower. My CPU and ram were clocked higher in the original post.

And yes, please run with TAA disabled if you want me to add results to the table. I want to keep the settings constant.

 

[Taraquin]

Average CPU Render doesn't 100% correlate with better average FPS when there is no GPU limit. Here my average CPU render is higher than my run in the original post, but average FPS is lower. My CPU and ram were clocked higher in the original post.

And yes, please run with TAA disabled if you want me to add results to the table. I want to keep the settings constant.

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I said CPU Game, not CPU render. Look at your CPU Game: 345fps, look at your avg fps: 345fps CPU Game is the fps the CPU actually produces, CPU Render is background processes etc and don`t matter for avg fps. If GPU Bound is 0% then CPU Game avg will be identical to avg fps. If partly GPU bound then avg fps will always be below CPU Game avg If I lower my resolution more I can get 267fps avg if my GPU Bound drops to 0%.

You should decide if you want this to be a CPU test or GPU test. I`m down with both, but reading your opening post it seems like you want to investigate CPU\ram-performance, and then you should use CPU Game avg, not total avg fps as the latter is largely impacted by your GPU unless you have rtx 3080+.

 

[geriatricpollywog]

I said CPU Game, not CPU render. Look at your CPU Game: 345fps, look at your avg fps: 345fps CPU Game is the fps the CPU actually produces, CPU Render is background processes etc and don`t matter for avg fps. If GPU Bound is 0% then CPU Game avg will be identical to avg fps. If partly GPU bound then avg fps will always be below CPU Game avg If I lower my resolution more I can get 267fps avg if my GPU Bound drops to 0%.

You should decide if you want this to be a CPU test or GPU test. I`m down with both, but reading your opening post it seems like you want to investigate CPU\ram-performance, and then you should use CPU Game avg, not total avg fps as the latter is largely impacted by your GPU unless you have rtx 3080+.

Ah I see. In the 10900K/11900K/12900K threads, we frequently posted screenshots and compared average FPS, but we all had 3090s.

I'll create a separate ranking for CPU game. Good suggestion!

 

[geriatricpollywog]

I said CPU Game, not CPU render. Look at your CPU Game: 345fps, look at your avg fps: 345fps CPU Game is the fps the CPU actually produces, CPU Render is background processes etc and don`t matter for avg fps. If GPU Bound is 0% then CPU Game avg will be identical to avg fps. If partly GPU bound then avg fps will always be below CPU Game avg If I lower my resolution more I can get 267fps avg if my GPU Bound drops to 0%.

You should decide if you want this to be a CPU test or GPU test. I`m down with both, but reading your opening post it seems like you want to investigate CPU\ram-performance, and then you should use CPU Game avg, not total avg fps as the latter is largely impacted by your GPU unless you have rtx 3080+.

Can you provide system info for table?

 

[Taraquin]

Can you provide system info for table?

I can rerun without TAA, gets better score, but you can set this for now

Rank	User	FPS	CPU	Motherboard	Core Speed	DDR4/DDR5	RAM Kit	RAM Speed	RAM Timings	GPU
	Taraquin	214\267	5600X	GB B550m S2H	~4600	DDR4	Patriot Viper 4400cl19 2x8	4000	16-16-16-29-45-280	3060ti

 

[geriatricpollywog]

I can rerun without TAA, gets better score, but you can set this for now

Rank	User	FPS	CPU	Motherboard	Core Speed	DDR4/DDR5	RAM Kit	RAM Speed	RAM Timings	GPU
	Taraquin	214\267	5600X	GB B550m S2H	~4600	DDR4	Patriot Viper 4400cl19 2x8	4000	16-16-16-29-45-280	3060ti

No, need same settings