AMD Zen 3 Ryzen Deep Dive Review: 5950X, 5900X, 5800X and 5600X Tested
by Dr. Ian Cutress on November 5, 2020 9:01 AM ESTGaming Tests: Final Fantasy XIV
Despite being one number less than Final Fantasy 15, because FF14 is a massively-multiplayer online title, there are always yearly update packages which give the opportunity for graphical updates too. In 2019, FFXIV launched its Shadowbringers expansion, and an official standalone benchmark was released at the same time for users to understand what level of performance they could expect. Much like the FF15 benchmark we’ve been using for a while, this test is a long 7-minute scene of simulated gameplay within the title. There are a number of interesting graphical features, and it certainly looks more like a 2019 title than a 2010 release, which is when FF14 first came out.
With this being a standalone benchmark, we do not have to worry about updates, and the idea for these sort of tests for end-users is to keep the code base consistent. For our testing suite, we are using the following settings:
- 768p Minimum, 1440p Minimum, 4K Minimum, 1080p Maximum
As with the other benchmarks, we do as many runs until 10 minutes per resolution/setting combination has passed, and then take averages. Realistically, because of the length of this test, this equates to two runs per setting.
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All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.
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San Pedro - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link
Looking at 1440p min and 1080p max gaming settings, I'm thinking that for 1440p max gaming, my 2700x is still able to hang in there, even if I were to get a top end graphics card.mrvco - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link
Depends upon the game and what else you may doing while games (e.g. streaming, transcoding your pr0nstash, etc.), but yes, GPU performance is going to be far more important than CPU at 1440P. Hence the low resolution benchmarks in CPU reviews and higher resolution benchmarks in GPU reviews.defaultluser - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link
Looks like an excellent upgrade over Zeb 2 - just a bit confusing because you added the 5900X and 5950x to Bench, but you haven't added the 6 coer 8 core Zen 3.Want to do a complete comparison of my 4790k before I jump onboard (but don't want more than a 5800X) :D
anactoraaron - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link
Did I read that right about the memory used is ddr4 3200 but you are running it at 2133?? Because 'home users' won't change the bios to enable xmp? Did I read this wrong? I simply cannot comprehend that an enthusiast site like this would even consider taking this stance, it's as if you seem to not understand who actually reads these deep dive articles.I removed AT from my favorites bar about a month ago, when rtx 3000 was absent and new articles seemingly were just sponsored links or 'hey this thing is on sale' type of content. I was surprised to see this deep dive article and was wondering if I made a poor choice removing AT from my sources of tech content. But it appears you no longer recognize who your faithful old readers are anymore...
So home users will read the deep dive content and understand the core improvements and latency tradeoffs, but can't flick a box in the bios to enable xmp?
This reeks of intel fuckery (to keep them artificially relevant in gaming), as it is widely known that ryzen thrives - especially in gaming - using faster ram. And to do that in the desktop space this requires xmp. But hey, don't let me stop you from being the only site to run at jedec. Just know you aren't helping yourselves retain viewership/readers. I'm out, AT. Good luck in the future and Godspeed.
Icehawk - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link
They repeat this mantra of "no one uses XMP" which I think is patently crazy - it is a one button change and folks who actually care about granular performance of a CPU will use it. At the very least it would be nice to see a selection of benchmarks showing scaling, if any.Spunjji - Sunday, November 8, 2020 - link
Not really how they ever justified it but go off I guessjust4U - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link
They gave the Ryzen 5000 series a gold award.. I'd say that alone shows what they think of it..Ryan Smith - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link
"Did I read that right about the memory used is ddr4 3200 but you are running it at 2133"No. To clarify, we run at the highest JEDEC-rated speed the chip supports. In the case of the Ryzen 5000 series, that's DDR4-3200.
Spunjji - Sunday, November 8, 2020 - link
For everyone's sake, please read the article before posting an ill-informed rantTristanSDX - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link
Witout doubts Zen 3 is superior, but most IPC comes from large L3 cache. Also bit dissapointment, that then can not reach faster clocks for third trial, with Zen2 and Zen2 refresh (XT) before. And these prices, pretty sad.