Quote Originally Posted by Ooshima View Post
Running the benchmark in DX9 actually gives higher scores than DX11 IIRC.
That's because there are new graphics features in DX11 unavailable in DX9 which reduce performance like HBAO+

If you use like-for-like settings and benchmark DX9 compared to DX11, you'll find when DX11 is nerfed to look like DX9, scores are higher in DX11 due to improvements in efficiency.