In the interest of seeing how terribad my laptop is after 3 years...
I ran my test on Maximum @1080p to compare it with my desktop. (Man did it get beaten lol - 4344laptop vs 17364desktop)


FINAL FANTASY XIV: Shadowbringers Benchmark
Tested on: 5/30/2019 15:21:32
Score: 4344
Average Frame Rate: 29.27851
Minimum Frame Rate: 10
Performance: High
-Easily capable of running the game. Should perform well, even at higher resolutions.
Loading Times by Scene
Scene #1 6.254 sec
Scene #2 16.936 sec
Scene #3 11.388 sec
Scene #4 7.951 sec
Scene #5 4.215 sec
Total Loading Time 46.744 sec

DAT:s20190530152132.dat

Screen Size: 1920x1080
Screen Mode: Borderless Windowed
DirectX Version: 11
Graphics Presets: Maximum
General
-Wet Surface Effects: Enabled
-Occlusion Culling: Disabled
-LOD on Distant Objects: Disabled
-Real-time Reflections: Maximum
-Edge Smoothing (Anti-aliasing): FXAA
-Transparent Lighting Quality: High
-Grass Quality: High
-Parallax Occlusion: High
-Tessellation: High
-Glare: Standard
Shadows
-Self: Display
-Other NPCs: Display
Shadow Quality
-LOD on Shadows: Disabled
-Shadow Resolution: High - 2048p
-Shadow Cascading: Best
-Shadow Softening: Strong
Texture Detail
-Texture Filtering: Anisotropic
-Anisotropic Filtering: x16
Movement Physics
-Self: Full
-Other NPCs: Full
Effects
-Limb Darkening: Enabled
-Radial Blur: Enabled
-Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: HBAO+: Quality
-Glare: Normal
-Water Refraction: Normal
Cinematic Cutscenes
-Depth of Field: Enabled

System
Microsoft Windows 10 Home (ver.10.0.17134 Build 17134)
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
16282.520MB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M(VRAM 2010 MB)


This software does not guarantee that your system will run the Windows versions of FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn, FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward, FINAL FANTASY XIV: Stormblood, and FINAL FANTASY XIV: Shadowbringers.

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FINAL FANTASY XIV: Shadowbringers Benchmark
Score: 4344 High
1920x1080 Maximum DirectX11 Borderless Windowed
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M(VRAM 2010 MB)
https://sqex.to/ffxiv_bench_na #FFXIV


I'm thinking of upgrading to a new laptop soon, so I'd love to get some comparisons as well! New or old lets see those benchmarks!