Gaming 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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  • Andrew LB - Sunday, December 13, 2020 - link

    5800x @ 3.6-4.7ghz draws 219w and hits 82'c and locked at 4.7ghz its 231w and 88'c.

    Thats hotter than my i7-10700k @ 5.1ghz all core locked.

    https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11...
  • Thunder 57 - Monday, April 26, 2021 - link

    This comment didn't age well...
  • AndyMclamb - Tuesday, September 28, 2021 - link

    Rip AMD oner year later Intel destroys AMD with Alder Lake
  • jeremyshaw - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link

    Yes! All I wanted to see was on the Cache and Latency parts - the unified cache allows 6 core and 12 core setups without the penalties of having partial CCXs!
  • JfromImaginstuff - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link

    Wow, just wow,
    Intel, hang in there you'll get there eventually
  • PandaBear - Friday, November 6, 2020 - link

    In 2023 maybe.
  • Spunjji - Monday, November 9, 2020 - link

    It could be as soon as 2022 that they become properly competitive on power and performance, depending on how TSMC 5nm and Zen 4 shake out for AMD.

    Rocket Lake ought to at least given them presence in mid-range gaming, if you can stomach the power...
  • 5j3rul3 - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link

    No Microsoft Filght Simulator 2020 Test?
  • 5j3rul3 - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link

    MFS 2020 is the great to test CPU performance in game
  • gagegfg - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link

    https://www.anandtech.com/show/16214/amd-zen-3-ryz...

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