Age of Wonders 4: PC Performance Benchmarks for Graphics Cards and Processors

BASIC INFORMATION ON THE GAME

We tested Age of Wonders 4 at the highest graphics settings, on video cards from the GEFORCE RTX and RADEON RX series. During the tests, we evaluated the performance and quality of the graphic display.

NEW PRODUCTS FROM ASUS FOR TESTING

In our test this time, the new ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 OC video card is participating . ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 OC Edition is built on the AD103 GPU with 9728 CUDA cores. Test of this video card on our website.

In our review, we bring you the ASUS ROG Strix B650-A Gaming WiFi Motherboard . ROG Strix B650-A Gaming WiFi includes 4 DIMM DDR5 modules with a maximum capacity of up to 64 GB and a frequency of up to 6400 MHz. For the file subsystem, the motherboard supports 3x M.2 PCIe 5.0/4.0 x4 slots and 4x SATA 6Gb/s ports. You can get acquainted directly with the testing of this motherboard on our website.

 

In our review, we bring you the ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO motherboard . You can get acquainted directly with the testing of this motherboard on our website.

    

This time, the top-end graphics card from ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 Ti OC participates in our test .  The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is based on the AD104 GPU and features 7680 CUDA cores and 12GB of GDDR6X memory. Test of this video card on our website.

NEW PROVIDED FOR TESTING BY GIGABYTE

In our review, we bring you the GIGABYTE Z790 GAMING X AX motherboards . These motherboards are used by us as stands for testing new generations of Intel processors .

In our test this time, the top-end video card from AORUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX ELITE 24G is participating. This video card is based on the RDNA 3 architecture, operates at a frequency of 3000 MHz and has 24 gigabytes of video memory. Its testing on our site.

NEW PRODUCTS FROM MSI FOR TESTING

 

The MSI GEFORCE RTX 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24 GB is now participating in our test .This video card is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture, operates at a frequency of 2750 MHz, has 16384 stream processors and 24 gigabytes of video memory.

NEW PRODUCTS PROVIDED FOR TESTS BY KINGSTON

 

  

The RAM we used in our review was 32 GB DDR4 3600 CL16 Kingston FURY Renegade , 32 GB DDR4 4000 CL18 Kingston FURY Renegade , 32 GB DDR5 6000 Kingston FURY Renegade and 3 2 GB DDR5 7200 Kingston FURY Renegade . And for game tests, we use an external Kingston XS2000 Portable SSD 1 TB .

THE GRAFICAL PART

In this subsection of our review, the main graphical aspects of this game are revealed. Particular attention is paid to the version of the graphics engine used, the version of the API used, graphics settings and the quality of the development of the main visual aspects.

SUPPORTED OC AND GRAPHICS API

Age of Wonders 4 is supported by Windows 7/8/10/11 .

 The priority and primary graphics API for Age of Wonders 4 is DX 12 .

GAME ENGINE

The Age of Wonders series began in 1999 and the first game was built on its own engine developed by Triumph Studios. This engine allowed the game to provide turn-based strategic battles on wide maps with varied terrain and objects. The visuals and graphics were quite impressive at the time, and the game received many positive reviews.

Over time, the engine has been upgraded and updated for each new game in the series. For example, Age of Wonders 3, released in 2014, used an updated version of the engine, offering improved visuals, a more flexible modification system, and better camera controls.

Age of Wonders: Planetfall, the latest game in the series, released in 2019, was also created on an updated version of the Triumph Studios engine. This allowed the developers to make significant changes to the gameplay, taking it to the sci-fi universe. Planetfall introduced new technologies, factions and development branches, as well as an improved hexagonal grid combat system.

In Age of Wonders 4 Studio If Triumph Studios used their own updated engine with additional improvements and new features.

GRAPHICS SETTINGS

Age of Wonders 4 has a sufficient range of graphics settings. Both basic and advanced settings are available to us.

Below we have provided screenshots of the game at various graphics settings, where our readers can see the difference between the minimum and maximum graphics quality settings.

DIFFERENT QUALITY MODES

TEST PART

Test configuration
test stands	ROG Strix X570-E Gaming Z490 AORUS PRO AX        GIGABYTE Z590 VISION    GIGABYTE Z690 AERO G   GIGABYTE Z790 GAMING XAX MSI MPG Z790 Edge WiFi ASUS ROG Strix B650-A Gaming WiFi
Sponsored Video Cards	Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G MSI GEFORCE RTX 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24 GB   MSI GEFORCE RTX 4070 Ti GAMING TRIO 12 GB MSI GEFORCE RTX 3080 SUPRIM X 12 GB    MSI GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti GAMING TRIO 8 GB  ASUS TUF Gaming GEFORCE RTX 4080OC ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 Ti OC
multimedia equipment	Monitor Philips 326M6VJRMB/00 Power Supply Seasonic PRIME TX-1000 32 GB DDR4 3600 CL16 Kingston FURY Renegade              32 GB DDR4 4000 CL18 Kingston FURY Renegade              32 GB DDR5 5600 CL40 KingstonFURY Beast                       32 GB DDR5 6000@6400 CL30 KingstonFURY Renegade 32 GB DDR5 7200@7600 CL36 KingstonFURY Renegade Kingston FURY Renegade PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD            Case MPG CORELIQUID K240
Software configuration
operating system	Windows 10 21H2/ Windows 11(Alder Lake)
Graphics driver	Nvidia GeForce/ION Driver Release 531.79 WHQL AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.4.3
Monitoring programs	MSI Afterburner

 Our video cards were tested at 1920x1080, 2560x1440 and 3840x2160 resolutions with ultra graphics quality settings.

GPU TEST

In the test of video cards, the default resolution is 1920x1080, other resolutions are added and removed manually. You can also remove and add any positions of video cards. You can also select any of our test processors from the list in the drop-down menu, comparing its performance with the given video card tests (by default, the most productive solution is selected). The test is carried out on the most productive CPU in this game and is scaled to other processors, taking into account their testing on NVIDIA and AMD video cards.

At a resolution of 1920x1080, an average FPS of 25 frames was shown by video cards of the Radeon RX 6600 or GeForce RTX 2060 level . A minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the level Radeon RX 6600 or GeForce RTX 2060 . A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be provided by Radeon RX 6600 or GeForce RTX 2060 solutions .

At a resolution  of 2560x1440,  an average FPS of 25 frames was shown by video cards of the Radeon RX 6600 or GeForce RTX 2060 level . A minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the level Radeon RX 6600 or GeForce RTX 2060 . A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be provided by Radeon RX 6600 XT or GeForce RTX 2060 solutions .

At a resolution  of 3840x2160,  an average FPS of 25 frames was shown by video cards of the Radeon RX 6600 or GeForce RTX 2060 level . A minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the level Radeon RX 6600 or GeForce RTX 2060 . A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be provided by Radeon RX 6800 or GeForce RTX 3070 Ti solutions .

VIDEO MEMORY CONSUMPTION

Testing of the video memory consumed by the game was carried out by the  MSI Afterburner program. The results on video cards from AMD and NVIDIA at resolutions of  1920x1080, 2560x1440 and 3840x2160 with various anti-aliasing settings were taken as the indicator. By default, the graph displays the most up-to-date solutions. Other graphics cards are added and removed from the chart at the reader's request.

At a resolution of  1920x1080 ,  video memory consumption for video cards with 8 gigabytes is 6 gigabytes , with 12 gigabytes 6 gigabytes , with 16 gigabytes 8 gigabytes with 24 gigabytes 9 gigabytes .

At a resolution of 2560x1440 , the consumption of video memory for video cards with 8 gigabytes is 6 gigabytes, with 12 gigabytes 7 gigabytes , with 16 gigabytes 9 gigabytes , with 24 gigabytes 9 gigabytes .

At a resolution of 3840x2160 , video memory consumption for video cards with 8 gigabytes is 7 gigabytes, with 12 gigabytes 9 gigabytes , with 16 gigabytes 10 gigabytes with 24 gigabytes 10 gigabytes .

CPU TEST

Testing was carried out at a resolution of 1920x1080. In the processor test, you can remove and add any positions of the processors. You can also select any tested video card from the list in the drop-down menu, comparing its performance with the results of processor tests  (by default, the most productive solution from NVIDIA is selected). Testing takes place on the most productive NVIDIA and AMD video cards and scales up to lower models.

When using NVIDIA video cards, Ryzen 3 3100 or Core i 3 10100 processors showed an acceptable rate of at least 25 frames per second  , and Ryzen 9 5900 or Core i 5 11600 solutions can provide an FPS rate of at least 60 frames per second . 

When using AM D video cards, Ryzen 3 3100 or Core i 3 10100 processors showed an acceptable rate of at least 25 frames per second  , and Ryzen 9 5900 or Core i 5 11600 solutions can provide an FPS rate of at least 60 frames per second . 

With trace aitivation, the game can already load up to 12 threads. Uses 8 threads as efficiently as possible.

RAM TEST

The test was conducted on the base configuration Core i 9 13900K with 32 GB DDR5 6400 MHz pre-installed memory. All used RAM was taken as an indicator. The RAM test on the entire system was carried out on various video cards without running extraneous applications (browsers, etc.). In the graphics, you can add and remove any resolutions and video cards as desired.

At a resolution of  1920x1080 ,  the consumption of RAM for video cards with 8 gigabytes is 12 gigabytes , with 12 gigabytes 12 gigabytes , with 16 gigabytes 13 gigabytes, with 24 gigabytes 13 gigabytes .

At a resolution of  2560x1440  , the consumption of RAM for video cards with 8 gigabytes is 12 gigabytes , with 12 gigabytes 12 gigabytes , with 16 gigabytes 13 gigabytes with 24 gigabytes 13 gigabytes .

At a resolution of  3840x2160  , the consumption of RAM for video cards with 8 gigabytes is 15 gigabytes , with 12 gigabytes 12 gigabytes , with 16 gigabytes 13 gigabytes with 24 gigabytes 13 gigabytes .