'It’s like watching Star Wars and genuinely thinking, ‘what about those poor Death Star construction workers?’ You’re missing the point: Skyrim is a huge and engaging world to explore and it treats you with great moments, from your first dragon encounter to finally being able to craft dwarven armour.'
We've updated our Skyrim benchmark to include the official high resolution texture pack, available as a free DLC. We set the game to its 'Ultra' setting and record a sixty second manual play through just outside the town of Whiterun during a thunderstorm. We use a section where we are able to run forward in a straight line for a minute without being attacked so the benchmark remains consistent, and use the third person camera view.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
1,920 x 1,080 8x AA 16x AF w/ high res texture pack, DirectX 9
Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 4GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan 6GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 3GB
AMD Radeon HD 7990 6GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 3GB
AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB GHz Edition
Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 2GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 2GB
AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB with Boost
Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB
AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB
AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB
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175
105
154
105
145
97
147
87
120
87
106
84
113
83
106
77
94
74
99
69
90
66
84
62
79
56
71
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Frames Per Second
Minimum
Average
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2,560 x 1,200 8x AA 16x AF w/ high res texture pack, DirectX 9
Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 4GB
AMD Radeon HD 7990 6GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan 6GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 3GB
AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB GHz Edition
Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 3GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 2GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 2GB
AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB with Boost
Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB
AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB
AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB
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142
89
131
85
113
81
105
63
78
62
83
61
78
59
75
56
68
55
70
47
61
46
60
43
55
39
50
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25
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Frames Per Second
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Average
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
5,760 x 1,080 8x AA 16x AF w/ high res texture pack, DirectX 9