BASED INFORMATION ON THE MATERIAL

Upon completion of our testing, we present our debut material on determining the fastest solutions of the past 2023. The basis was taken from the 18 most popular and graphic games we selected.

Starfield: PC Performance Benchmarks for Graphics Cards and Processors 2023

Remnant II: PC Performance Benchmarks for Graphics Cards and Processors 2023

Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart: PC Performance Benchmarks for Graphics Cards and Processors 2023

Lords of the Fallen: PC Performance Benchmarks for Graphics Cards and Processors 2023

Diablo IV: PC Performance Benchmarks for Graphics Cards and Processors 2023

Dead Island 2: PC Performance Benchmarks for Graphics Cards and Processors 2023

Baldur's Gate III: PC Performance Benchmarks for Graphics Cards and Processors 2023

Atomic Heart: PC Performance Benchmarks for Graphics Cards and Processors 2023

RoboCop Rogue City: PC Performance Benchmarks for Graphics Cards and Processors 2023

Forspoken: PC Performance Benchmarks for Graphics Cards and Processors 2023

Resident Evil 4: PC Performance Benchmarks for Graphics Cards and Processors 2023

Dead Space Remake: PC Performance Benchmarks for Graphics Cards and Processors 2023

Cities Skylines II: PC Performance Benchmarks for Graphics Cards and Processors 2023

STAR WARS Jedi Survivor: PC Performance Benchmarks for Graphics Cards and Processors 2023

Alan Wake 2: PC Performance Benchmarks for Graphics Cards and Processors 2023

The Last of Us Part I: PC Performance Benchmarks for Graphics Cards and Processors 2023

Hogwarts Legacy : PC Performance Benchmarks for Graphics Cards and Processors 2023

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora: PC Performance Benchmarks for Graphics Cards and Processors in Unobtanium quality mode

IDENTIFYING THE BEST PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS

All our hardware was tested on the test configurations given below:

Test configuration
Test benches	ROG Strix X570-E Gaming Z490 AORUS PRO AX        GIGABYTE Z590 VISION    GIGABYTE Z690 AERO G   GIGABYTE Z790 GAMING X AX MSI MPG Z790 Edge WiFi ASUS ROG Strix B650-A Gaming WiFi
Sponsored video cards	ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 Ti OC ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XT 20G Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING OC
Multimedia equipment	Monitor Philips 326M6VJRMB/00 Seasonic PRIME TX-1000 power supply 16 GB DDR4 4600 CL19 Kingston FURY Renegade 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            MPG CORELIQUID K240 housing  Case DeepCool CH510 WH  SVO DeepCool LS720 WH
Software configuration
operating system	Windows 10 21H2/ Windows 11(Alder Lake)
Graphics driver	Nvidia GeForce/ION Driver Release 546.33 WHQL AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.12.1
Monitoring programs	MSI Afterburner

Total performance

Next, we will begin processing the results of our test. So, to find out what the fastest video cards are in games in 2021, we will sum up their total FPS in the tested games.

For all resolutions,  the top three  were MSI GEFORCE RTX 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24 GB , AORUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX ELITE 24G and ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 OC .

Relative performance

Each chart shows the tested MSI GEFORCE RTX 4090 GAMING X TRIO graphics card as 100% performance and shows the % performance of every other graphics card relative to it. The percentage indicator was displayed for each game separately, and then the average % relative to all tested games was derived from all these indicators.

The higher the resolution, the further the MSI GEFORCE RTX 4090 GAMING X TRIO moves away from its companions in the form of the M AORUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX ELITE 24G and  ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 OC . And if at a resolution of 1920x1080 they lag behind by only 16%, then at 2560x1440 they lag behind by 20-22%, and at 4K the lag is already up to 20-27%.

DETERMINING THE MOST PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS AMONG PROCESSORS

Total performance

Next, we will begin processing the results of our test. So, to find out which are the fastest CPU solutions in games of 2021, we will also sum up their overall FPS in the tested games.

When using  NVIDIA  video cards , the top three look like this: Core i9 14900K, A Core i9 13900K , Core i 14700K .

When using  AMD video cards, the same top three are Core i9 14900K, A Core i9 13900K , Core i 14700K .

Relative performance

Each chart shows the tested Core i9 14900K processor as 100% performance and shows the % performance of every other processor relative to it. The percentage indicator was displayed for each game separately, and then the average % relative to all tested games was derived from all these indicators.

 Each chart shows the tested Core i9 14900K processor as 100% performance and shows the % performance of every other processor relative to it.

DETERMINING THE MOST PROFITABLE SOLUTIONS AMONG VIDEO CARDS

Video card prices

The price was taken based on proposals for the average minimum price of each solution, which can be found in stock in Hotline catalogs and other platforms for the month of January, although their availability may be questionable.

Total FPS/$%

And the next step is to identify the most profitable purchases, as a result of which we can buy the largest number of FPS for 1 $. We divide the total FPS by the cost of video cards and get the number of FPS that we can purchase for $1. Then, regarding the most optimal solution, we take the % ratio of its optimality for other solutions.

1920x1080 : for this resolution, the Radeon RX 6800, Radeon RX 6600, Radeon RX 6800 XT are in the lead in terms of price per FPS.

2560x1440 : for this resolution, the Radeon RX 6800, Radeon RX 6800 XT, Radeon RX 6600 are in the lead in terms of price per FPS.

3840x2160: for this resolution, the leader in terms of price per FPS is the Radeon RX 6800, Radeon RX 6800 XT , Radeon RX 6950 XT .  

DETERMINING OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS FOR PURCHASING AMONG VIDEO CARDS

Well, our standard definition of Optimality from previous years, which was taken only in relation to the prices of video cards and the resulting number of frames, is of course good, but there is a small flaw - some solutions are too fast, but expensive and at the very bottom of this rating, while others are too slow and although they They are very profitable to buy, but they are not able to show even more or less sane FPS.

Therefore, we decided to take the average percentage value between the two values ​​​​of the overall performance and profitability of the purchase

OPTIMALITY OF PURCHASE FPS & $ % = (RELATIVE PERFORMANCE % + PERFORMANCE PER DOLLAR FPS/$ %) / 2 

And as it turned out, the results were very interesting and fully reflect the optimality of purchasing solutions for each resolution...

1920x1080 : for this resolution the Radeon RX 6800 XT, Radeon RX 6800 and Radeon RX 7900 XT are in the lead for optimal resolution.

2560x1440 : for this resolution, the best options for purchase are the Radeon RX 7900 XT, GEFORCE RTX 4090 and Radeon RX 6800 XT.

2560x1440 : for this resolution, the best options for purchase are GEFORCE RTX 4090, Radeon RX 7900 XTX and Radeon RX 6950 XT.

DETERMINING THE MOST PROFITABLE SOLUTIONS AMONG PROCESSORS

Processor prices

The price was taken based on proposals for the average minimum price of each solution, which can be found in stock in the Hotline and other platform catalogs for the month of January, although their availability may be questionable.

Overall FPS/Price of processors 1920x1080 

And the next step is to identify the most profitable purchases, as a result of which we can buy the largest number of FPS for 1 $. We divide the total FPS by the cost of video cards and get the number of FPS that we can purchase for $1. Then, regarding the most optimal solution, we take the % ratio of its optimality for other solutions.

 

When using an NVIDIA video card , in terms of price per FPS, the Core i3 12100 , Ryzen 3 3100 and Core i5 12400 are ahead .

When using an AMD video card , in terms of price per FPS, the Core i3 12100 , Ryzen 3 3100 and Core i5 12400 are ahead .  

DETERMINING THE MOST OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS AMONG PROCESSORS

The algorithm is the same for processors

OPTIMALITY OF PURCHASE FPS & $ % = (RELATIVE PERFORMANCE % + PERFORMANCE PER DOLLAR FPS/$ %) / 2 

Let's look at the results

When using an NVIDIA video card , the optimal purchases are Core i3 12100 ,  Core i5 12400  and Ryzen 5 5600 .

When using an AMD video card , the optimal ones to buy are Core i3 12100 ,  Core i5 12400  and Ryzen 5 5600 .

Results

As we see, the results speak for themselves, now let’s move directly to the results of the video cards provided to us for the annual review:

MSI GEFORCE RTX 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24 GB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

 

This time our test involved the MSI GEFORCE RTX 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24 GB .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.  

	RELATIVE PERFORMANCE %	PERFORMANCE PER DOLLAR FPS/$%	OPTIMALITY OF PURCHASE FPS & $%
1920x1080	100%	43%	72%
2560x1440	100%	52%	76%
3840x2160	100%	50%	75%

 The performance of the video card is 100%, the FPS per dollar ratio is below average 50%, but the optimality for purchasing in 4K is the highest - 75%!

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 Ti OC   1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

 

This time our test involved the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 Ti OC video card . The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is based on the AD104 GPU and features 7680 CUDA cores and 12GB of GDDR6X memory. Test this video card on our website.   

	RELATIVE PERFORMANCE %	PERFORMANCE PER DOLLAR FPS/$%	OPTIMALITY OF PURCHASE FPS & $%
1920x1080	69%	67%	68%
2560x1440	62%	71%	67%
3840x2160	56%	67%	62%

  The performance of the video card is 70%, with increasing resolution it decreases, the FPS per dollar ratio is above average 70%, but the optimal value for purchase is on average 65%.

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 OC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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

	RELATIVE PERFORMANCE %	PERFORMANCE PER DOLLAR FPS/$%	OPTIMALITY OF PURCHASE FPS & $%
1920x1080	84%	57%	71%
2560x1440	78%	62%	70%
3840x2160	73%	58%	66%

   The performance of the video card is 84%, with increasing resolution it decreases, the FPS per dollar ratio is 60%, but the optimal value for purchase is on average 70%.

ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XT OC Edition 20GB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XT OC Edition 20GB , a review of this video card on our website is available at the following link .  

	RELATIVE PERFORMANCE %	PERFORMANCE PER DOLLAR FPS/$%	OPTIMALITY OF PURCHASE FPS & $%
1920x1080	76%	73%	75%
2560x1440	71%	81%	76%
3840x2160	67%	75%	71%

   The performance of the video card is 76%, decreasing with increasing resolution, the FPS per dollar ratio is above average 75%, but the optimal value for purchase is on average 73%.

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING OC   1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

This time our test involved a Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING OC video card . Its testing on our website.   

	RELATIVE PERFORMANCE %	PERFORMANCE PER DOLLAR FPS/$%	OPTIMALITY OF PURCHASE FPS & $%
1920x1080	43%	90%	67%
2560x1440	38%	86%	62%
3840x2160	29%	75%	52%

   The performance of the video card is 73%, with an increase in resolution it decreases significantly, the FPS per dollar ratio is much higher than the average 90% (but for standard resolution), but the optimal value for purchase is on average 60%.

AORUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX ELITE 24G 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

This time our test involved the company's top-end video card, AORUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX ELITE 24G. 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 website.  

	RELATIVE PERFORMANCE %	PERFORMANCE PER DOLLAR FPS/$%	OPTIMALITY OF PURCHASE FPS & $%
1920x1080	84%	57%	71%
2560x1440	80%	62%	71%
3840x2160	80%	67%	74%

   The performance of the video card is 80%, the FPS per dollar ratio with an increase to 4K increases to 67%, and the optimality also increases to 74%.

OUR SPONSORS

Well, we express our deep gratitude to our partners represented by the companies GIGABYTE, MSI, ASUS and KINGSTON without whom carrying out this annual testing would have been simply impossible !