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Another industry-standard benchmark, 3DMark provides a number of different tests for taxing graphics cards and emulating different gaming challenges. We use the Fire Strike, Fire Strike Extreme and Fire Strike Ultra tests, which run the same test but at three different resolutions: 1080p, 1440p and 4K (2160p) respectively.
The Nvidia GTX 1080 graphics card in this machine provides exactly the sort of performance we'd expect when compared to machines equipped with either GTX 1070 or GTX 1080 Ti cards.
Next up we ran some real-world gaming tests, using Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Rise of the Tomb Raider. We tested with in-game detail settings set to their maximum and at both 1080p and 1440p resolutions. We used each game’s in-built benchmark.
Because we run our tests at such high detail settings (Ultra in the case of Deus Ex) and because this is generally such a graphically demanding game, the results you see here are relatively modest, despite the power of a GTX 1080. However, drop the details down from Ultra to High and the average at 1080p jumps to 92.7fps while at 1440p it hits 64.5fps. Those figures still aren't ridiculous, but they are impressive numbers for this game.
Rise of the Tomb Raider isn't quite as graphically demanding as Deus Ex Mankind Divided so here we see 100fps+ performance at 1080p, despite the game being at its maximum detail settings. If you drop detail down to just High you'll get 106fps at 1440p.
As for less graphically intense games, such as Rocket League and CS:GO, this system will comfortably deliver 144fps+ at 1080p.
