DirectStorage Benchmark

[AnotherReader]

PC Games Hardware tested various GPUs and a 12900k using the DirectStorage benchmark provided by Compusemble. I'm wondering if any of the forum members has tried other GPUs and CPUs. I tested it on my main system with the following results:

Disk	GPU	CPU
SATA	1.6​	1.6​
Intel NVMe	4.6​	4.8​
WD NVMe	4.6​	4.8​

It turns out that a 5700X is faster than a Vega 64 at this, but the GPU never seemed to be reaching peak speeds. CPU utilization was pegged at 100% when the test was active while the GPU struggled to get out of sub 500 MHz clock speeds and 20 W power consumption. I would be interested in results using older GPUs and CPUs than the ones in PC Games Hardware's article.

 

[HD64G]

PC Games Hardware tested various GPUs and a 12900k using the DirectStorage benchmark provided by Compusemble. I'm wondering if any of the forum members has tried other GPUs and CPUs. I tested it on my main system with the following results:

Disk	GPU	CPU
SATA	1.6​	1.6​
Intel NVMe	4.6​	4.8​
WD NVMe	4.6​	4.8​

It turns out that a 5700X is faster than a Vega 64 at this, but the GPU never seemed to be reaching peak speeds. CPU utilization was pegged at 100% when the test was active while the GPU struggled to get out of sub 500 MHz clock speeds and 20 W power consumption. I would be interested in results using older GPUs and CPUs than the ones in PC Games Hardware's article.

If CPU is faster than GPU, then this version of DS isn't working as intended. Its purpose is to off-load the texture loading to the GPU's VRAM and thus, circumventing the CPU which is slower in that task.

 

[evernessince]

If CPU is faster than GPU, then this version of DS isn't working as intended. Its purpose is to off-load the texture loading to the GPU's VRAM and thus, circumventing the CPU which is slower in that task.

Do you happen to know of any GPU memory bandwidth and space overhead introduced by DirectStorage? If DirectStorage uses the GPU's VRAM then it must also use some memory bandwidth which could be a problem for bandwidth strapped GPUs like the 4070 Ti.

 

[Dr. Dro]

If this is the avocado DS 1.1 benchmark that's been going around, here's mine: Gen 3 WD Green SN350 480 GB

I also tested on the old 160 GB 320, it takes 11.5 seconds on average, but the avocados don't load.

 

[HD64G]

Do you happen to know of any GPU memory bandwidth and space overhead introduced by DirectStorage? If DirectStorage uses the GPU's VRAM then it must also use some memory bandwidth which could be a problem for bandwidth strapped GPUs like the 4070 Ti.

No one can know that before any comparison between similar-tier GPUs being tested.