Benchmark Results - Need Guidance - New To FFXIV

[Faewyn]

Found a really good deal on this PC - ...should solve all my FFXIV woes!

CyberpowerPC Gamer Ultra GUA390 Desktop

Summary
Processor #FX-Series Quad-Core FX-4100 Processor 3.6 GHz (4 MB cache)
RAM 8 GB SDRAM DDR3
Hard Drive 2048 GB SATAIII
Graphics Coprocessor AMD Radeon HD 7750
Graphics Card Ram Size 1024 MB
Number of USB 2.0 Ports 7
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Other Technical Details
Brand Name CyberpowerPC
Series Gamer Ultra
Item model number GUA390
Hardware Platform PC
Operating System Windows 8
Item Weight 28 pounds
Item Dimensions L x W x H 19.60 x 7.50 x 16.80 inches
Color Blue / black
Processor Brand AMD
Processor Count 1
Computer Memory Type DDR3 SDRAM
Hard Drive Interface Serial ATA-600
Hard Drive Rotational Speed 7200 RPM
Optical Drive Type 24x DVD±RW Dual-Layer Super-Multi Drive
Audio-out Ports (#) 2

[JamieLee]

Servers are back up!

Ok so I decided to test this in a highly populated area to maximize the strain on my CPU and slowly dropped the core affinity in task manager.

At 8 HT cores (not sure what else to call it) CPU usage was about 30-34% across all 8. At an affinity of 7 (one HT turned off) usage went to 40~% across 7.

At this point I just dropped it to an affinity of 4 so that only the actual "physical" cores of my i7 were processing FFXIV and CPU usage rocketed all the way up to 100% solid.

I added one HT core (for a total affinity of 5) and usage was 95%~ across the 5 cores.


So either the i7 is extremely efficient in passing around the workload, or SE programmed their client with multiple cores in mind.
Another discovery I made is that at below 4 cores FFXIV starts experiencing frame drops.

actually you can run @ 3 cores and get 0 preformance drop.. dual core and single core setups get wrecked even with decent gpu's..

[Kittra]

actually you can run @ 3 cores and get 0 preformance drop.. dual core and single core setups get wrecked even with decent gpu's..

Well what I meant was, below 4 cores my i7 experiences frame drops, not in general, lol.

[Kittra]

Found a really good deal on this PC - ...should solve all my FFXIV woes!

CyberpowerPC Gamer Ultra GUA390 Desktop

Summary
Processor #FX-Series Quad-Core FX-4100 Processor 3.6 GHz (4 MB cache)
RAM 8 GB SDRAM DDR3
Hard Drive 2048 GB SATAIII
Graphics Coprocessor AMD Radeon HD 7750
Graphics Card Ram Size 1024 MB
Number of USB 2.0 Ports 7
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Other Technical Details
Brand Name CyberpowerPC
Series Gamer Ultra
Item model number GUA390
Hardware Platform PC
Operating System Windows 8
Item Weight 28 pounds
Item Dimensions L x W x H 19.60 x 7.50 x 16.80 inches
Color Blue / black
Processor Brand AMD
Processor Count 1
Computer Memory Type DDR3 SDRAM
Hard Drive Interface Serial ATA-600
Hard Drive Rotational Speed 7200 RPM
Optical Drive Type 24x DVD±RW Dual-Layer Super-Multi Drive
Audio-out Ports (#) 2

I can't find anything wrong with that PC.

Personally I prefer to build them myself, but I've heard good things about CyberPowerPC.

[Yuufarlc]

The CPU is fine, it benchmarks better then the "minimum required cpu". definitely GPU issue i think

[Panthur]

Heh my laptop scored close to that. I can't afford a new one so i play as is. 700 and change.
Tested benchmark on my mother's laptop, windows 7 and a few years newer than mine. She scored 1800 and change. Envy!
Didn't get to test my dad's desktop but im sure his would have scored 11k or close hah.