Game Load Time Performance
Forspoken (DirectStorage)
We are using the full retail game Forspoken, which supports DirectStorage to test game loading time. Forspoken was released on January 24th, 2023, on the PC and uses the Luminous Engine. We are using an EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC BLACK GAMING 12GB video card. We enable the highest graphics settings, including Ultra High Texture Memory, and run at 1080p.
We use the built-in benchmark and report the scene load times. We add the sum of all seven scene load times and run the benchmark three times. We then take the average of the three sums from each run. We graph the average result.
In Forspoken, the ADATA LEGEND 970 2TB SSD has an average loading time across three benchmark runs back-to-back of 8.9 seconds. This is the first SSD for us running this game, over time we will have comparison data to fill up the graph. For now, we will put up a table of the individual runs from Forspoken, as you will probably want to see the first-run results the most.
| ADATA LEGEND 970 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scene 1 | 0.665 s | 0.615 s | 0.578 s |
| Scene 2 | 2.154 s | 2.228 s | 2.113 s |
| Scene 3 | 2.141 s | 1.973 s | 1.978 s |
| Scene 4 | 1.128 s | 1.156 s | 1.122 s |
| Scene 5 | 1.005 s | 1.084 s | 1.042 s |
| Scene 6 | 0.982 s | 1.02 s | 0.97 s |
| Scene 7 | 0.979 s | 0.894 s | 0.874 s |
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker Benchmark
We use the Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker Benchmark which benchmarks the load times of several game scenes. The benchmark calculates the sum load time of the scenes and reports the number. We run the benchmark three times, and take the average of the load times. This provides consistent, objective game load testing data we can use for comparison in a game scenario outside of DirectStorage.
The ADATA LEGEND 970 2TB SSD does extremely well in this game load testing, loading an average of 6.6 seconds for three runs of all the scenes. That is a noticeable difference compared to even the fastest Gen4 SSD at 9.89 seconds, that’s a reduction of more than 3 seconds off the total load time. Compared to the ADATA LEGEND 960 the LEGEND 970 is 3.69 seconds faster at loading all the scenes.