Gaming Benchmarks - Iris Pro Only

Hi,

8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 2.0GHz CPU, Iris Pro HD5200 Only - Windows 8.1 (OSX will be -0% to -20%)

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DOTA 2 images

2880x1800 maximum FXAA 27fps
2880x1800 maximum noAA 28fps
2880x1800 minimum noAA 46fps

1920x1200 maximum FXAA 52fps
my setting: 1920x1200 FXAA, maximum except: Ambient Occlusion Off, World Lighting Off, Shadows Med: 84fps
1920x1200 minimum noAA 110fps

1680x1050 maximum FXAA 64fps
1680x1050 minimum noAA 120fps

(i only did min and max so you can get a feel for the performance range at each resolution, so you will get somewhere between those two depending on what settings you want)

DOTA 2 OSX @ "Best for retina" (HIDPI mode) - Everything is BLURRY menu | game

2880x1800 maximum FXAA 22fps
2880x1800 maximum noAA 23fps
2880x1800 minimum noAA 38fps

1920x1200 maximum FXAA 36fps
1920x1200 minimum noAA 71fps

1680x1050 maximum FXAA 41fps
1680x1050 minimum noAA 79fps

DOTA 2 OSX @ 2880x1800 NATIVE (using setresx) - Everything is CRISP menu | game

2880x1800 maximum FXAA 24fps
2880x1800 maximum noAA 26fps
2880x1800 minimum noAA 42fps

1920x1200 maximum FXAA 40fps
1920x1200 minimum noAA 83fps

1680x1050 maximum FXAA 45fps
1680x1050 minimum noAA 103fps

Moral: Bootcamp > OSX @ Native > OSX @ HIDPI

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CS:GO images (i chose the location on the map with the worst frames)

2880x1800 high FXAA 16xAF 36fps
2880x1800 high FXAA TRI 39fps
2880x1800 high noAA TRI 43fps (49fps inside office in corridor)
1920x1200 high FXAA TRI 82fps (107fps inside office in corridor)
1680x1050 high FXAA TRI 99fps (133fps inside office in corridor)
1440x900 high FXAA TRI 123fps (155fps inside office in corridor)

2880x1800 medium FXAA 16xAF 39fps
2880x1800 medium FXAA TRI 42fps
2880x1800 medium noAA TRI 45fps

2880x1800 low FXAA 16xAF 46fps
2880x1800 low FXAA TRI 46fps
2880x1800 low noAA TRI 49fps (73fps inside office in a corridor)

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Team Fortress 2 images (all 2880x1800 unless specified)

Model Detail High | Texture Detail High
(pic01) shader high, shadow medium, 2AA 2AF 25fps
shader high, shadow medium, 2AA TRI 69fps (1920x1200)
shader high, shadow medium, 2AA TRI 88fps (1680x1050)
shader high, shadow medium, 2AA TRI 112fps (1440x900)
(pic02) shader high, shadow medium, noAA TRI 48fps
(pic03) shader low, shadow low, 2AA 2AF 26fps
(pic04) shader low, shadow low, noAA TRI 49fps

Model Detail Medium | Texture Detail Medium
(pic05) shader high, shadow medium, 2AA TRI 27fps
(pic06) shader high, shadow medium, noAA TRI 50fps
(pic07) shader low, shadow low, 2AA TRI 28fps
(pic08) shader low, shadow low, noAA TRI 52fps

Model Detail Low | Texture Detail Low
(pic09) shader high, shadow medium, 2AA TRI 28fps
(pic10) shader high, shadow medium, noAA TRI 51fps
(pic11) shader low, shadow low, 2AA TRI 28fps
(pic12) shader low, shadow low, noAA TRI 53fps

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Starcraft 2 - looking at base (best case scenario)

1920x1200
texture = ultra| graphics = med = 78fps
texture = high | graphics = high = 55fps
texture = high | graphics = med = 81fps
texture = high | graphics = med (terrain = ultra) = 78fps
texture = high | graphics = low = 213fps
texture = med| graphics = med = 85fps

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Guild Wars 2 images (Exact settings are visible in the screenshots.)

2880x1800 - Best Appearance 12fps
2880x1800 - Autodetect 24fps
2880x1800 - Best Performance 61fps

1920x1200 - Best Appearance 21fps
1920x1200 - Autodetect 50fps (60+ when running around on land)
1920x1200 - Best Performance 91fps

1680x1050 - Best Appearance 27fps
1680x1050 - Autodetect 55fps
1680x1050 - Best Performance 105fps

(Location with water, fire, smoke, grass. Expect higher frame rates when running around on land.
e.g. 2880x1800 - Best Appearance (looking elsewhere) 25fps image)

Remember you can tune the settings better manually. Picking higher textures but lowering shadows is much more appealing to the eye (and better fps) than medium textures and medium shadows...

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Diablo 3 - new tristram waypoint

2880x1800 high = 21fps
Textures = High
Physics = High
Shadows = High
Clutter Density = High
Anti-Alias = on

2880x1800 low = 26fps
Textures = Low
Physics = off
Shadows = Low
Clutter Density = off
Anti-Alias = off

1920x1200 high = 46fps
1920x1200 high (but shadows med) = 56fps
1920x1200 textures=high, shadows=off, clutter=off, physics=low, lowfx=on, aa=off = 62fps (73fps in the inn)
1920x1200 low = 62fps

1680x1050 high = 59fps
1680x1050 low = 78fps

1440x900 high =76fps
1440x900 low = 99fps
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Temperature & Fan Speed

85-99C temp
5000-6000rpm fan

The keyboard is not hot to the touch, only the strip of metal between the screen and the FN keys is hot to touch, but i can comfortably leave my fingers there for a long time.

ninja2000 said:

Were these tests done in osx or bootcamp?
Thanks

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bootcamp

dusk007 said:

Do you have Starcraft 2 by any chance.
CMD+option+F show fps and testing a 4v4 replay at 2x or 4x speed while looking at a big battle would be interesting. This is game is mostly CPU dependent. Would be nice to know how Iris Pro shuffles CPU+GPU resources around. Graphics settings shouldn't be too high obviously for this to work.

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i did some quick measurements of a zerg base with a few structures and zerglings, and it does not perform very well - i'll try get some measurements of a battle like you want later if i get the time

iKrivetko said:

I'd like to see a comparison of Dota 2 on OS X and Win.

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hey, i just benched it for you and the results are crazy!

running in "Best for retina" (hidpi mode) gave worse fps and everything looked blurry!
running at native using a tool (i used setresx) gave better fps and everything looked crisp
running in bootcamp still gives the best fps

iKrivetko said:

Thank you, kind sir.

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here are some images:

OSX @ "Best for retina" (1440x900 HIDPI) - Everything is BLURRY
menu screenshot
game screenshot

OSX @ 2880x1800 NATIVE (using setresx) - Everything is CLEAR
menu screenshot
game screenshot

if the above links break the images are in this folder, remember to view full resolution click on the image > click on the three dots in the bottom right > click view original

iKrivetko said:

By the way have you tried disabling the steam overlay and the console for Dota 2? I've heard that they severely reduce the performance.

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nope, i'll try disable steam overlay in the morning

iKrivetko said:

Some other ideas for testing (interested specifically in OS X):

• Temperatures, noise during gaming
• Battery life during gaming
• Heavier-duty games (Deus Ex, Witcher, Dragon Age etc.)

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exact temps should be easy to get, roughly the package sits at around 90C when gaming (compared to 75C cpu + 75C nvidia that others are reporting) so the two fans are dissipating less total heat in the iris only set-up. they are also quite quiet, you can hear them obviously, but you don't need to turn the volume up much to mask it, it is much quieter than the 13" airs or 13' cmbp's i have played dota on

battery is hard to tell, it would take time to let it just run down, calculating expected life from watt usage is possible, however the time can vary greatly (especially in windows) as you can pick performance vs quality, which will effect fps and battery

i have deus ex, witcher, witcher 2 so i can try some of those, any one you want specifically?, also look at the pastebin link at the bottom of my post it has a list of all the games i own