Hi guys, i did some tests with my medium-low end system and took noticed of my Framerate and certain spots in Skyrim, the places i choose were the most taxing for my System:

Sytem used:

AMD PhenomII x4 965BE C3 (OC from 3400 Mhz to 3700 Mhz)

nVidia GeForce GTX470 (OC from 606 Mhz to 667 Mhz)

6GB DDR3 1333Mhz (OC to 1600 Mhz)

Win7 64

nVidia Forceware 320.00

vSync/IPresetInterval Disabled

Savegame Place Min-Max FPS Resolution Ultra Settings AA/AF FXAA Enabled


Benchmark Whiterun Entrance 61-63 1280x1024 Yes + 8x 16x yes


Benchmark 2 Solitude Entrance 41-42 1280x1024 Yes + 8x 16x yes


Benchmark 3 Mistveil Keep Entrance 39-41 1280x1024 Yes + 8x 16x yes


Benchmark 4 Understone Keep Entrance 37-38 1280x1024 Yes + 8x 16x yes




Benchmark Whiterun Entrance 45-46 1600x1200 Yes + 8x 16x yes


Benchmark 2 Solitude Entrance 41-42 1600x1200 Yes + 8x 16x yes


Benchmark 3 Mistveil Keep Entrance 38-40 1600x1200 Yes + 8x 16x yes


Benchmark 4 Understone Keep Entrance 36-37 1600x1200 Yes + 8x 16x yes

I will post a link to the exact save games used (No Mods used), so you all can try the exact save game with your systems and perhaps post your min/max FPS at the same settings as a reply to this thread, this is useful for people who wants to know what to expect from their systems and use as reference, obviously better Systems should have much higher framerates, also Skyrim is more optimized for Intel and nVidia hardware.

As known by most gamers, anything from 40-60 FPS is Good Gaming and anything lower to 30 FPS a minimum playable Framerate.

INSTRUCTION:

Download the "Skyrim Benchmark.zip" file and decompress the ess (Skyrim Save files) into your "My Documents\My Games\Skyrim\Saves" (the file names are UNIQUE and should not overwrite any previous save game)

Set your Skyrim Settings to Ultra Detail and enable FXAA, you need to do the test twice in 1600x1200 and 1280x1024 and post your results in the same format as i did.

Link to save games: http://www.2shared.com/file/XplA8HwE/Skyrim_Benchmark.html (click in the blue Download button, file has been fully scanned for virus with latest Update of Eset Smart Security, in case you were wondering)

File is about 9mb and contains 4 different saves games and a TXT with the format.

I will soon get a HD7950 with a FX-8350 and i will post the new min/max framerate with the save games, this will be usefull to know how much my FPS increase with new hardware.