In-Game Benchmarks

Synthetic benchmarks are great, but we all really want to know how well the GTX 1070 Gaming X will perform in game. I ran it through our recently expanded in-game benchmark suite and to keep things simple I have condensed our results into two graphs, one for 1080p and the other for 1440p. All of our games are run at their max settings and we use the average FPS as the end result. The graphs below are broken down into three FPS ranges to represent unplayable (below 30), playable but not ideal (30 to 60), and ideal (over 60 FPS). Much like the GTX 1080, the GTX 1070 Gaming X proved quickly that it's going to handle anything at 1080p and 1440p that we throw at it. Only one game performed under 60 FPS at both resolutions and that was Ashes of the Singularity, an extremely demanding game on both the CPU and GPU.

To dive in closer at our results I have also included graphs for each individual game. Please remember that a lot of our results were on our old testbench that died, you can find copies of those results on our GTX 1080 review for comparison. I didn’t include them here as well just to keep things easy to read. Doubling up on the number of graphs really makes everything hard to read.

So did anything stand out in the results? Well for one I was really impressed that the GTX 1070 Gaming X managed to pull over 60 FPS in The Division at 1440p, especially at the settings we test at. Tt is a very demanding gaming and it performed well. With a lot of the games up well over 120 FPS, the GTX 1070 is also a good card for those running 120Hz displays that want the ultimate in smoothness. Hell, it pushes 1440p up into the same range in a lot of the games as well.