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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ExarKun333 - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link
And 'Hammer' 4-5 years before then, to credit AMD then as well. It has been a long time since we had something this exctiing.lmcd - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link
IMO Sandy Bridge was this exciting. The IPC on that release was absolutely insane compared to Nehalem.ingwe - Friday, November 6, 2020 - link
Agreed. That definitely seemed like the last big excitement though. Can't wait to upgrade!Slash3 - Saturday, November 7, 2020 - link
Yep. My case was a bit different, but I went from a launch date 2600K which had been running at 5GHz to a 3950X last November. It was a pretty solid single core upgrade (although not as dramatic as you'd think since the 2600K was so topped out - CPU-Z SC score went from 478 to 545) but the multi core performance obviously blew it entirely out of the water.AMD's 5950X, though? Single core CPU-Z score is ~680. Six eighty! Stock!
The jump in single core performance between the 5950X and the 3950X is almost -double- what it was in going from my 2600K to the 3950X. That's absolutely monstrous.
Spunjji - Sunday, November 8, 2020 - link
Fair point there, Slash. This may indeed be the best thing since Sandy, and damn was I excited when that released!citan x - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link
Micro center had some in stock at the store even though there was a huge line to enter when I got there 5 minutes before opening. However, they only had 5600x and 5800x in stock. I wanted a 5950x and they said they never got those in stock. I have not found any 5950x in stock anywhere.charlesg - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link
Yeah I'm wondering if the 5950x is actually available yet? Or if some bots had insider info on pages to buy them the instant they were available...Holliday75 - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link
I am seeing them listed on eBay starting a little over $1,000 and going up to $2,000.nandnandnand - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link
The listings say "Locate in Store - Unavailable Online", with a small amount of 5800X and 5600X available at my store. So no bots, you have to show up in person. It also says "Limit 1 per household" although I imagine you could get a couple of friends with different credit cards and get 1 of each model per person.nandnandnand - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link
I can't tell you when it will be back in stock, but that's not unusual for day 1.