Ashes of the Singularity - DX11 vs DX12 vs Vulkan (2.4 Beta) Testing

System:

i7-3770k @ 4.6Ghz
Fury Nitro @ 1050/500
Acer XR341CK (3440x1440 @ 75hz)

Settings:

Resolution:					3440x1440
Fullscreen:					True
Bloom Quality:				High
PointLight Quality:			High
Glare Quality:				High
Shading Samples: 			16 million
Terrain Shading Samples: 	8 million
Shadow Quality:				High
Temporal AA Duration:		0
Temporal AA Time Slice:		0
Multisample Anti-Aliasing:	1x
Texture Rank :				1

Basically Extreme but with no MSAA as I didn't know if it would cause issues during the runs since MSAA has had issues with different APIs in the past.

I just used the built in benchmark since its commonly used and the AI use isn't "scripted" while the camera changes themselves are.

Because the AI can attack different targets and such its not 100% the same each time (which is good, as no games are!), so I tested each 3 times (except DX11 because it's a slideshow anyway).

I fully quit the game each time and swapped between Vulkan / DX12 each time as well.

API	Total Time	Avg Framerate	Weighted Framerate	CPU frame rate	Percent GPU Bound	Driver throughput (batches per ms)	Avg batches per frame	Avg particles sim. Per frame
DX11	60	28.63	27.54				17189.2	230965
DX12 1st	60	54.16	53.28	67.5	95.79%	6190.61	18495.46	276811
DX12 2nd	60	55.54	54.68	69.56	96.27%	6272.3	17959.93	25488
DX12 3rd	60	56.7	55.77	73.76	96.92%	6419.49	18184.59	242337
Vulkan 1st	60	49.68	49.92	72.41	97.54%	3574.21	17556.92	221797
Vulkan 2nd	60	48.53	47.73	68.83	94.93%	3529.16	17560.32	255351
Vulkan 3rd	60	48.8	48.03	67.67	92.42%	3513.72	17552.65	260137

And the TLDR graphical version:

http://i.imgur.com/jvuSgNa.png

Anyone else able to test their GPU to see how the APIs differ on their setup?

Posted Aug 17, 2017, 7:35 PM UTC

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