The Benchmark Thread!

[plonk420]

after seeing a new FFXIV benchmark posted, i thought “why isn’t there a decent list anywhere of benchmarks?” ...so i decided to try compiling this...

skip to the pretty, recent stuff!

obv it’s a work in progress at the moment.

abbreviation notes:
pouet: demoscene site
guru3d: site with a fair amount of 3d benchmarks and other apps. spammy, however
mega: megaupload 2.0. least spammy file locker, but i’m not sure what all info their browser app collects.
file handling (for safety reasons): chromium on ubuntu -> linux-dedicated drive -> mega


Historical!

Obscure?	Name	Screenshot	Requirements	Links	Found by	Notes
yes?	Final Reality (1997)	[Pic]	DirectX 5	site pouet youtube		Future Crew’s last hurrah? and pre-Futuremark? (or rather MadOnion)
no	3DMark 99 MAX	[Pic]	DirectX 6/6.1	site download		Might only run on XP or older? 2017 Edit: WOAH, Futuremark handed out legit keys for "legacy" benches! 78TR2-8DBDU-BMXXS user: Futuremark
no	3DMark 2000	[Pic]	DirectX 7	site download		From Futuremark: 6VZTY-SDZ75-KA9V7 user: Futuremark
yes?	GL Excess/XSMark (2001)		OpenGL v?	site

DirectX 8/9: The start of the “pretty” era.

Obscure?	Name	Screenshot	Requirements	Links	Found by	Notes
no	3DMark 2001 SE	[Pic]	DirectX 7/8	site download		From Futuremark: 7QMF2-TSLJR-ESRDD-L3FJF
yes?	AquaMark 3 (2004)		DirectX 7-9	mirror: guru3d mirror: mega		original site and company long gone :(
yes?	CodeCreatures Benchmark Pro		DirectX 8.1	mirror: guru3d mirror: mega		original site and company long gone :( this was hard to locate for some time, too!

if anyone can think of a way to make the table prettier, i'm open to suggestions!

[plonk420]

Semi-Recent
(i guess bloom covers graphical simplicity?)

Obscure?	Name	Screenshot	Requirements	Links	Found by	Notes
no	3DMark 2003	[pic]	Directx 9.0	site		Serial from Futuremark themselves: N4LWE-T6HUX-8U4JB-28YLV
yes	Final Fantasy XI Benchmark (2006)	[pic]	DirectX 8.1	site		oddly, the framerates of the first part are in the single digits with 12.12 drivers

Recent
my yardstick for older demos in this category is “does it look as good as or better than games that came out in 2012/2013?”

Obscure?	Name	Screenshot	Requirements	Links	Found by	Notes
no	3DMark 2005		DirectX 9.0c	site		From Futuremark: C1S0A-2VF80-D6RHW-UWZLU
no	3DMark 2006		DirectX 9.0c	site		From Futuremark: 3DM06-YKL9-C7R6-73WW-AAPA-VHKW
no	Street Fighter IV Benchmark	[pic]	DirectX 9.0c	mirror: tr		Notes
no	3DMark Vantage (2008)		DirectX 10	site		From Futuremark: 3DMVA-S1R5T-HXXPD-PWFPT-LF3HV-TQ5AZ-K5T5J-W1UEC
yes	Plastic.pl - Into the Pink (2008)	[Pic]	DirectX 10	pouet 1.04		1.04 may be needed for stability
yes	Nurien (2008)	(gallery)	DirectX 9.0c, Physx	site download		hardware physx helps framerates, i assume
yes	The Last Remnant (2009)		DirectX 9.0c	site download
no	Unigine: Heaven (2009-2013)	(gallery)	DirectX 9.0c, 11, OpenGL	site		that's one hell of a path i wouldn't want to ride on, let alone walk (Extreme Tessellation setting)
yes	farbrausch - fr-043: rove (2010)	(gallery)	REQ	pouet		love the music on this!
no	3DMark 2011		DirectX 11	site		Notes
very	Phantasy Star Online 2 Benchmark (2012?)	(gallery)	DirectX 9.0c	mirror: guru3d		so obscure...! doesn't help installer is in japanese as well as all menus
no?	Resident Evil 6 Benchmark (2013?)	(gallery)	DirectX 9.0c	steam mirror: guru3d		Notes
no	3DMark (2013-2017)	(gallery)	DirectX 9.0c, 11, 12	site		Notes
yes?	Allbench (Catzilla) (2013)		DirectX 10	steam demo		didn’t realize this was Plastic.pl until i clicked on their blog’s front page! also dubstep warning :D
no	Unigine: Valley (2013)	(gallery)	DirectX 9.0c, 11, OpenGL	site		Notes
yes	Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (2013)	[pic]	DirectX 9.0c	mirror: guru3d		Notes

[plonk420]

Obscure?	Name	Screenshot	Requirements	Links	Found by	Notes
yes?	Star Swarm Stress Test (2014)	(gallery)	DirectX 11, Mantle	steam		Notes
yes	Monster Hunter Online Benchmark (2015)	(gallery)	REQ	mirror: guru3d		Notes
yes	Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward (2015)	(gallery)	REQ	mirror: guru3d		Notes
yes?	Unreal Engine 4: Elemental (2015)	(gallery)	REQ	mirror: guru3d		Not really a benchmark, but at least a brief look at UE4's amazing power
no	Steam VR Performance Test (2016)	(gallery)	REQ	steam		Notes
yes	Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood (2017)	(gallery)	REQ	mirror: guru3d		Notes
yes?	Unigine: Superposition (2017)	(gallery)	REQ	site		Notes
no?	Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018)	(gallery)	DX11	site		final game DX12 on Windows Store incl 4K HDR10 textures. other platforms DX11

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edit: i KNEW i was smart reserving this! and i didn't even know it! seems there's a 15 image limit per post o_O

[Dirk Broer]

You can make the table a tiny bit prettier by giving the first line 'th' instead or 'tr'. This will make the first line (the table headers) bold.

[plonk420]

tried it ... it ended up hiding that row. if i did th + tr in the same row, it at least showed up (but still looked the same)

[Dirk Broer]

TEXT	YET MORE TEXT
data a	yet more data
data b	still more data

table="width: 500, class: outer_border, align: left" (but then with [ and ] surrounding it)
font=arial (but then with [ and ] surrounding it)
[tr]
	[th]TEXT[/th]
        [th]YET MORE TEXT[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
	[td]data a[/td]
	[td]yet more data[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
	[td]data b[/td]
	[td]still more data[/td]
[/tr]
[/font]
[/table]

the th centers the text and puts faint lines between the columns
use center and /center (but then with [ and ] surrounding it) to center text in cells

More fancy stuff (might not always work)

[NeoGen]

I still have Final Reality on my computer, and guess what? 16 years later and it still runs on Windows 7!

[plonk420]

wow, that's a reliable hard drive!

[NeoGen]

Oh, I didn't mean that. I meant over the years I've kept a copy of it, as computers came and gone, and 16 years later and on my most recent machine with Windows 7 Final Reality still runs.

[plonk420]

5 or so more added. and i WILL be fixing screenshots, i swear! (i have most of the added benches (ffxiv: heavensward, stormblood, superposition, mh:o, elemental, pso2) screenshotted)

edit: also, Futuremark themselves handed out serials for their legacy benchmarks! (futuremark.com/benchmarks/legacy) serials added to the Notes section of appropriate benches.