Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMARK
3DMARK is the go-to benchmark for all enthusiasts. It covers tests for everything from tablets and notebooks to gaming laptops and the most powerful gaming machines.
As you can see from the charts, The AORUS Waterforce Xtreme 2080 beat out both the MSI RTX 2080 Duke OC and the reference RTX 2080 in not only Time Spy Extreme, but also Firestrike Ultra. In Firestrike Ultra, the AORUS Waterforce RTX 2080 achieved an overall score of 6918 and a graphics score of 6722. In Time Spy Extreme, our Waterforce 2080 achieved an overall score of 5249 and a graphics score of 5299.
VR MARK
VR Mark consists of three separate tests, each more intensive on your system than the last. These tests are The Orange Room, the Cyan Room, and the Blue Room. The Orange Room test is the least intense and is meant to test a system that meets the minimum hardware requirements for VR Gaming. The Cyan Room shows the user how the use of an API with less overhead can provide the user with a great VR experience, even on less than amazing hardware. The Blue Room test is designed for the latest and greatest hardware. The Blue Room renders at a whopping 5k resolution and is designed to really push your system to the limits for an amazing VR experience.
In all three benchmarks in VRMARK, Orange Room, Cyan Room and Blue Room, The AORUS Waterforce Xtreme 2080 steadily beat out both the Duke OC and the reference 2080. In the Orange Room benchmark, the Waterforce 2080 scored 12565. The reference card scored 12075 and the Duke OC scored 11941. In the Cyan Room, the Waterforce 2080 scored 11861 to the 11131 of the Duke OC and the 11015 of the reference card. Last was the Blue Room where our Waterforce 2080 scored 3759. The reference card was next with 3539 and the Duke OC came in last with a score of 3525.
Superposition
Superposition is another GPU intensive benchmark put out by Unigine, the makers of both the very popular Valley and Heaven benchmarks. Superposition is an extreme performance and stability test for graphics cards, power supplies, and cooling systems.
The Superposition benchmark was more of the same. We ran the 4k Optimized and 8k Optimized benchmarks. In the 4k Optimized benchmark, the Waterforce 2080 scored 9484. Next was the Duke OC with a score of 8877 and last was the reference card with a score of 8770. The 8k Optimized results were very similar to the 4k results, The Waterforce 2080 came out on top with a score 3989. The Duke OC was next with a score of 3791 and the reference card was last with a score of 3744.
