Death Stranding Benchmark Test & Performance Analysis

on Jul 16th, 2020,

Test System

Test System
Processor:	Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.0 GHz (Coffee Lake, 16 MB Cache)
Motherboard:	EVGA Z390 DARK Intel Z390
Memory:	Thermaltake TOUGHRAM, 16 GB DDR4 @ 4000 MHz 19-23-23-42
Storage:	Crucial MX500 250 GB SSD (OS) Crucial MX500 2 TB SSD (Games)
Power Supply:	Seasonic Prime Ultra Titanium 850 W
Cooler:	Corsair iCue H100i RGB Pro XT 240 mm AIO
Software:	Windows 10 Professional 64-bit Version 1909 (Sep 2019 Update)
Drivers:	AMD: Radeon Software 20.7.2 Beta NVIDIA: GeForce 451.67 WHQL

Benchmark scores in other reviews are only comparable when this exact same configuration is used.

We tested the public release version of Death Stranding, not a press pre-release. We also installed the latest drivers from AMD and NVIDIA, which both have game-ready support for the game.

Graphics Memory Usage

Using a GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, which has 11 GB of VRAM, we measured the game's memory usage at the highest setting.

At lower resolutions, Death Stranding will consume slightly above 3 GB VRAM, which will be easy for cards in the 3–4 GB class. For higher-end cards, the VRAM requirements are light, most cards that can drive decent FPS have 8 GB VRAM or more, not even 4K gets close to that.

GPU Performance

FPS Analysis

In this section, we're comparing each card's performance to the average FPS measured in our graphics card reviews, which is based on a mix of 22 games and should provide a realistic average covering a wide range of APIs, engines, and genres.