The Witcher 3 Benchmarks?

[BurstHearts]

Am i the only one who thinks that The Witcher 3 is a terrible game for benchmarks? It is so random, a lot of times in other games the diference was 20, 30 fps, and when The Witcher 3 test starts it draw or the CPU or GPU in advantage hold just like 2  maybe 10 fps counting spikes in advantage. That if the weaker CPU/GPU doesn't takes the lead in this benchmark.

[Eigenvektor]

It's a popular game, so it makes sense to see how certain hardware performs with it. If you're going to buy new hardware and you play Witcher 3, wouldn't you want to know which hardware might be best suited for it?

[Perrin]

I mean it is graphically demanding especially for older systems and like Eigenvektor said it's a popular game that's probably on peoples lists of what they want to do with the computers they're building 

[Underi]

As a benchmark yes, but for testing the GPU in general, no. It's a popular game that a lot of people might want to play. Testing the GPU on Witcher 3 tells people a lot about the performance and what they might expect from the GPU.

[Darkseth]

Actually, Witcher 3 is a VERY good GPU Benchmark, especially on higher resolutions.

 

But as with every Game, it depends on your "benchmark scene".

Do you just stare at a Wall or the Sky?

 

Skellige Forest is really great to tax GPUs.

Novigrad isn't. Because of all the NPCs, it taxes the CPU quite good.

[jones177]

I judge open world games by CPU lows and Witcher 3 lows were quit high compared to other open world games that came out at that time.

 

When Witcher 3 came out I used a i7 2600k with a GTX 980. The CPU lows were in the 50s so playing at 1440p and keeping the frame rate in the 50s produced a totally smooth experience. 

By contrast with the same CPU Bethesda open world games since Skyrim had CPU lows in the 30s. So they were never totally smooth until I had a CPU that could keep the lows above the frame rate I played at.  

 

These games are also load as you go(no load screens) so what the games are stored on makes a big difference in their performance.

 

Your CPU has a higher IPC than a i7 2600k so staying smooth at 60fps should be easy for it. Your GPU is slightly faster than a GTX 980 so again running at 60 should be smooth.

If you are playing at 1080p at 90fps your CPU lows will drop you to 60 and that is rough.  At 1440p at 60fps the lows don't exist so a better experience.

 

Witcher 3 is still the smoothest open world game that I have played with Outer Worlds being the second.