Black Myth: Wukong PC Performance Benchmarked!!! All settings tested!!!

Black Myth: Wukong PC benchmark tool has now released on Steam! So naturally I tested every graphics settings at multiple resolutions and got you some side-by-side footage. Unfortunately due to the massive amount of settings I tested, this video will only feature the RTX 4090 results, but I plan on doing additional testing on other graphics cards and releasing more videos.

Test system specs:
GPU: RTX 4090

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Chapters:
0:00 Black Myth Wukong benchmark has released on Steam!
0:28 Shader compilation stutter?
1:53 Am I crazy? I swear I saw "flickering/strobing" when DLSS FG was on?
2:29 Testing methodology
3:36 I tested a massive number of settings, but that meant only one GPU... for now
4:00 4K Max RT vs Max non-RT (Full RT Very High vs Cinematic)
6:05 4K Full RT Very High vs Cinematic DLSS Q
8:30 4K Full RT Very High vs Cinematic DLSS P
10:55 4K Full RT Very High vs Cinematic DLSS P w/FG
13:20 4K Ray Tracing comparison- Full RT Very High vs Med vs Low DLSS Q
15:45 4K Full RT Very High vs Full RT Medium DLSS P
18:10 4K All non-RT settings compared (Cinematic vs Very High vs High vs Med vs Low)
20:35 4K Cinematic vs High DLSS Q
23:00 1440p Cinematic vs High
25:26 1440p Full RT Very High vs Cinematic (no RT)
27:52 1440p Full RT Very High vs Cinematic (no RT) DLSS Q
30:16 1440p Full RT Very High vs Full RT Med vs Full RT Low
32:41 1440p Full RT Very High vs Full RT Med DLSS Q
35:07 1080p Full RT Very High vs Cinematic (No RT)
36:32 Final Thoughts

[JustChillinOnThethFloor]

At least they put out a benchmark for the consumers. I hope this becomes the norm.

[Petch]

It is so cool that you can download the benchmark and test how well the game will run on you pc befor buying the game. (assuming the benchmark is representative of the game)
More games should do this. 🥰

[StudyWithNika]

Every game should release similar standalone free tool so that people can test if the game runs properly on their machine. Yes I know about steam 2 hours refund policy but maybe I don’t want to download 100GB game when I could just download 1GB benchmarking tool

[Efsaaneh]

47 fps with a 4090 without rt? Dear lord, it's actually over

[nelly]

Daniel it's important to note there's no "RT Off" setting in this game at both the settings you tested because Lumen is always on even when RT is off that's why there isn't much of an image quality difference between the two.

[themachine]

Thank You for your hard work and dedication! We all appreciate what you do.

[THU]

This benchmark tool has a peak player count of 85k, while Suicide Squad has 13.5k and Concord Beta had 2.4k. Kind of shows what people are interested in. 😄

[jorge]

The flickering you are seeing is called fireflies and is a noise artifact from ray tracing. Also happens with 3d rendering software.

[wiggyg]

Channel grown so quickly, you deserve it

[samvarnell]

Great Bemch !! I hope the start of the school year aint too crazy for yah with moving + hardware and gaming releases

[Superdazzu]

0:03 i cannot litterally say bench anymore and always say bemch, even in gym, it's all your fault.
please keep doing this forever.
also, petition to make you always substitute any bench-thing in bemch.

[technoita]

a 4090 barely getting 60fps, yeah we really are in 2024

[zeNUKEify]

Your clarity and methodology for these videos really shine, Daniel. Your students are lucky to learn under a skilled educator

[Zt]

On my 7800X3D + RTX 3080 12 GB + 32 GB 6000 CL 30 RAM in dual channel i get:

-22 fps average on Maxed Out Settings 1080p (LOL)
-38 fps average on Maxed Out Settings with DLSS Quality at 1080p
50 fps average With everything on Cinematic WITHOUT Full Ray Tracing.

[itachi]

What I learned after benchmarking this game is that you need to enable DLSS and frame generation if you want to play above 60 FPS. This applies to all GPUs with their respective resolution targets, for example, the 4060 Ti for 1080p, the 4070–4070 Ti for 1440p, and so on. I will not call this is a optimized game lol.. ya u can still cry like it's a UE5 it's have ray tracing 😂

[weirdodude]

I did download and try this benchmark earlier today. It actually runs alright at 4K on my 7800 XT (with FSR on). I was getting about 83 FPS which is a lot higher than I expected. Without that FSR it was about 41 FPS, I think. I'm not a huge fan of frame gen stuff, but it still looked okay. Thumbs up.

[OniMirage]

Daniel is the only one keeping the 4090 honest. im seeing outlets using dlss and frame gen going nuts saying performance is godly at 4k.

[kotztotz]

Me watching at 480P on my 1080P monitor: "looks the same to me"

[zhaf]

Very nice of you to make this super detialed 4090 performance settings for the 10 persons of us who have one.

[hjge]

While some shadow detail and reflection with RT looks nicer, I'm more annoyed with how unrealistically sharp some of the shadows are. Look for example at that statue head laying in the water. There is a shadow on that head of some branch far in the distance. That shadow is perfectly sharp on the RT side. That just looks weird. And there are lots of overly sharp shadows like that.
It gives me uncanny valley vibes.

[edit]
Watched most of the video, and my conclusion is that the shadows just aren't done very well in this game. RT has clear issues imo and cinematic also has clear issues. High without RT has my preference, but lacks some of the detail.