These games include built-in benchmarks, making them useful for testing gaming PCs and laptops. This way, you can test how strong your PC is in a real game, getting results that are easily comparable between different machines running different hardware. Integrated benchmarks are also handy if you’re overclocking or adjusting game settings, as you can see how much of a difference your changes are making in a controlled environment.
For each game, we’ll list its year of release and a link to purchase it online at a discounted price. Tests that we’ve found particularly useful for testing are bolded, often because their benchmarks are particularly challenging or give more detailed results instead of a flat fps average.
If you found this list useful, consider buying your game via one of the links below to give us a few cents. This provides the funds we need to buy these games and test out their benchmarks. Thank you!
Also, if you spot a game that includes a built-in benchmark that isn’t on this list, please let us know in the comments below. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the list so far, with a special shout-out to reiichiroh on Reddit who has returned to suggest new benchmarkable titles for years!
Update: You can now click the column headers (e.g. title and year) in order to sort by those attributes.
| Game | Year | Notes | Link to buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| F1 2021 | 2021 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Hitman 3 | 2021 | See on Epic | |
| Far Cry 6 | 2021 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker | 2021 | Free download | See on FFXIV.com |
| Assassin’s Creed Valhalla | 2020 | See on Ubisoft | |
| Immortals Fenyx Rising | 2020 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Crash Bandicoot 4 | 2020 | Non-automated | See on Battle.net |
| Dirt 5 | 2020 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Godfall | 2020 | See on Epic Games Store | |
| Mafia 2 Definitive Edition | 2020 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 2020 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 2020 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Total War Saga: Troy | 2020 | Was free; now paid | See on Epic |
| F1 2020 | 2020 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Gears Tactics | 2020 | See on Steam | |
| Age of Empires II Definitive Edition | 2019 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Anno 1800 | 2019 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Chernobylite | 2019 | See on Steam | |
| Wolfenstein: Youngblood | 2019 | RTX | See on cdkeys.com |
| Star Control Origins | 2019 | Free/standalone | See on Stardock |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2019 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Ghost Recon Breakpoint | 2019 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Borderlands 3 | 2019 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Gears of War 5 | 2019 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers | 2019 | Free download | See on FF.com |
| F1 2019 | 2019 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Total War: Three Kingdoms | 2019 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| World War Z | 2019 | F8 in Settings | Buy on Epic Store |
| The Division 2 | 2019 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Metro Exodus | 2019 | .exe in install dir (Epic/Steam only) | See on cdkeys.com |
| Far Cry: New Dawn | 2019 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Civilization VI: Gathering Storm | 2019 | Two new benchmark presets | See on cdkeys.com |
| Mortal Kombat 11 | 2019 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Assassin’s Creed Odyssey | 2018 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Hitman 2 | 2018 | Launcher > Options | See on cdkeys.com |
| F1 2018 | 2018 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2018 | Incredibly detailed | See on cdkeys.com |
| Strange Brigade | 2018 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 2018 | Benchmark available in trial version | See on cdkeys.com |
| Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia | 2018 | See on Steam | |
| Far Cry 5 | 2018 | Extremely relaxing | See on cdkeys.com |
| World of Tanks enCore | 2018 | Free download | See on WoT.com |
| Final Fantasy XV | 2018 | Free download | See on FF.com |
| Tropical Escape | 2018 | See on Steam | |
| Middle-Earth: Shadow of War | 2017 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 | 2017 | See on Steam | |
| Assassin’s Creed: Origins | 2017 | CPU-intensive | See on Amazon |
| Forza Motorsport 7 | 2017 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| F1 2017 | 2017 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Total War: Warhammer 2 | 2017 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 3 | 2017 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Ghost Recon Wildlands | 2017 | See on Amazon | |
| For Honor | 2017 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Injustice 2 | 2017 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Sniper Elite 4 | 2017 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Deus Ex: Mankind Divided | 2016 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Ashes of the Singularity | 2016 | See on Amazon | |
| Street Fighter V | 2016 | Standalone DL | See at Capcom |
| Civilization VI | 2016 | CPU + GPU | See on cdkeys.com |
| Hitman | 2016 | Average multiple runs | See on cdkeys.com |
| The Division | 2016 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Gears of War 4 | 2016 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Total War: Warhammer | 2016 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Far Cry: Primal | 2016 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Steep | 2016 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Gears of War Ultimate Edition | 2015 | Extras menu. No final score provided. | See on Microsoft.com |
| Dirt: Rally | 2015 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Batman: Arkham Knight | 2015 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | 2015 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Total War: Attila | 2015 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Rainbow Six: Siege | 2015 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Mortal Kombat X | 2015 | XL also works | See on cdkeys.com |
| Ultra Street Fighter 4 | 2014 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Thief | 2014 | See on G2A.com | |
| The Talos Principle | 2014 | See on G2A.com | |
| Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor | 2014 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Alien Isolation | 2014 | Instructions here | See on Instant Gaming |
| GRID: Autosport | 2014 | See on Amazon | |
| Assetto Corsa | 2014 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor | 2014 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Sniper Elite 3 | 2014 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| GRID 2 | 2013 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn | 2013 | Free benchmark | See on Techpowerup |
| Tomb Raider | 2013 | See on G2A.com | |
| War Thunder | 2013 | Free MMO, still updated | See on Steam |
| Resident Evil 6 | 2013 | Free benchmark tool | See on Guru3D |
| Company of Heroes 2 | 2013 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Metro: Last Light | 2013 | Repeatable runs | See on cdkeys.com |
| Bioshock Infinite | 2013 | Many presets avail. | See on cdkeys.com |
| Total War: Rome II | 2013 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 2013 | Finish prologue first | See on cdkeys.com |
| Killer Instinct | 2013 | Free | See on Microsoft Store |
| Batman: Arkham Origins | 2013 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Trackmania 2 Valley | 2013 | See on G2A.com | |
| Borderlands 2 | 2012 | See here | See on cdkeys.com |
| NBA 2K13 | 2012 | See on G2A.com | |
| Sniper Elite V2 | 2012 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Sleeping Dogs | 2012 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Dirt Showdown | 2012 | See on G2A.com | |
| Street Fighter X Tekken | 2012 | See on G2A.com | |
| Hitman Absolution | 2012 | See on G2A.com | |
| Xonotic | 2011 | See on xonotic.org | |
| Total War: Shogun 2 | 2011 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Hard Reset | 2011 | See on G2A.com | |
| Batman: Arkham City | 2011 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Dirt 3 | 2011 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Metro 2033 | 2010 | Repeatable runs | See on cdkeys.com |
| Just Cause 2 | 2010 | See on Amazon | |
| Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. 2 | 2010 | See on cjs-cdkeys.com | |
| Lost Planet 2 | 2010 | See on Guru3D | |
| Aliens vs Predator | 2010 | See on Steam | |
| Mafia II | 2009 | See on Steam | |
| The Last Remnant | 2009 | See on G2A.com | |
| Batman: Arkham Asylum | 2009 | Not available on Steam versions | See on cdkeys.com |
| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2 | 2009 | See on Amazon | |
| Arma 2 | 2009 | See on Amazon | |
| Resident Evil 5 | 2009 | See on G2A.com | |
| Grand Theft Auto IV | 2008 | See on Steam | |
| Far Cry 2 | 2008 | See on Uplay | |
| Street Fighter IV | 2008 | See on Amazon | |
| Devil May Cry 4 | 2008 | See on G2A.com | |
| Crysis | 2007 | But can it run Crysis? | See on Amazon |
| Lost Planet: Extreme Condition | 2007 | See on G2A.com | |
| World in Conflict | 2007 | See on GoG.com | |
| Company of Heroes | 2006 | See on Steam | |
| Quake IV | 2005 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| F.E.A.R | 2005 | See on G2A.com | |
| Doom 3 | 2004 | See on cdkeys.com | |
| Unreal Tournament 2004 | 2004 | See on GOG.com | |
| Counter-Strike: Source | 2004 | See on Amazon | |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein | 2001 | See on Steam | |
| Quake III Arena | 1999 | See on Steam |
Thanks for taking a look at our recommendations! If we’ve missed a game that has a great in-game benchmark, let us know in the comments and we’ll add it to the list!
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has a decent in-game benchmark (under Extras menu, if I recall). Very demanding game on the GPU side, so worth adding.
Nice, thanks for letting me know! :)
Sleeping dogs has a benchmark! At least the definitive edition :)
Nice! Thanks for letting me know :-)
Thanks for keeping that list updated. Forza Motorsport 7 has a built-in benchmark. Happy New Year!
No worries, and thanks for contributing! I’ll add that now :-)
Hi William, check the FINAL FANTASY XV Official Benchmark, you may include it too.
Thanks, will do!
Not to sound as FF fan (which I’m not :) ), but I love testing any benchmark on my low end configuration and found out here is another FF benchmark: FINAL FANTASY XIV: Stormblood, if you are interested: https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/benchmark/ it’s released on April 28, 2017.
Sweet, added that one too :-)
Final Fantasy XIV:Endwalkers Benchmark just dropped: Released on July 11 2021, https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/benchmark/download/
Awesome, thanks! Will add it.
Perfect, I’ve added it!
Hi, again! Far Cry 5 have built-in benchmark (Release Date: 27 Mar, 2018) :)
Hey Igor! Thanks :D
Hello, please add Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia(2018)
Will do, thanks!
The original Sleeping Dogs also has a benchmark, its under graphics settings -> advanced settings and then at the bottom you can hit start benchmark
Awesome, thanks for confirming!
Please add this game.
https://youtu.be/KB0yG0soTyQ
Added, thanks!
add thief benchmark
Is that the 2014 game?
yep
* War Thunder (https://warthunder.com/kr)
There is also Mordor Shadow Of War.
There is Forza Horizon 4 as well. :-)
Hello, again!
Please include F1 2018 (Release 24 August 2018), have built in benchmark.
Thank you!
Add this “Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – 2018”
Please include F1 2016 have built in benchmark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wriqVTOVzuY
Thanks
Added!
Please includ Strange Brigade(2018) have built in benchmark.
https://youtu.be/RaI9oqFV9ZA
Added!
Tomb Raider 2013 can be added to the list.
Added, thanks!
how do i benchmark it?
Hi, can be added to the list:
– Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
– Hitman 2 (Currently, standalone executable on game folder -run it with administrator privileges-).
Thank you for keeping the list updated. :)
Awesome stuff, thanks for contributing!
Also: “World in conflict”. Wich was always one of my favorit benchmarks.
Good shout, thanks!
Far Cry New Dawn also got nice benchmarking tool
Hello,
Thank you for your website, much helpfull.
By the way, I just found out that World War Z (Epic Game) has a built-in Benchmark.
– Press F8 while on the game’s settings.
Cheers
Hello,
Thank you for your work.
You may also add World War Z as you can get benchmark into game setting and pressing F8.
Cheers
Emmanuel
World War Z has a nice built-in benchmark ;)
Please add ‘F1 2019’
Hello guys,
I know about two old(er) games with benchmark
UT2003
Mafia II (e.g. https://youtu.be/jIYDVXmNalI)
For Forza Horizon 4, no need to own the full game as the Demo has also the bemchmark.
F.E.A.R from 2005 has a built in benchmark and it seems like its not on the list
Good stuff, thanks.
borderlands 3 has an in-built benchmark, as does Gears 5
Final Fantasy XIV doesn’t have a “Stormbringers.” There’s Stormblood and then Shadowbringers.
Whoops, thanks.
u can add a note to Shadow of the Tomb Raider its also in the trial version and this is for free on steam
Nice!
Thank-you for keeping this list updated. Please add Ghost Recon Breakpoint.
Added!
Which of these games allows you to loop the benchmark?
Gears of War Ultimate, apparently. For non-games that allow looping, try Unigine or 3DMark. Of course, you could also just load up whatever game you wanted to play in singleplayer and leave it going!
also F1 2019
Resident Evil 6 Benchmark Tool from Steam loops. It takes a while after the score is displayed.
also RDR2, has a 5-scene benchmrk with some data recrded in a log
Red Dead Redemption 2
Thanks!
Anno 1800 has a built-in benchmark that was recently added.
816MB stand-alone benchmark for Star Control: Origin released December 12, 2019
https://www.stardock.com/games/starcontrol/benchmark#title
Good stuff, thanks!
Wolfenstein Youngblood has built-in benchmark.
Awesome, thanks!
Hello,
I think there is a mistake with Wolfenstein: Youngblood.
There is no built-in benchmark included with the game, you can only show Performance Metrics like FRAPS or MSI After Burner..
Here’s a screenshot of it in the Options menu:
And here’s the results screen:
New Street Fighter V standalone benchmark:
https://game.capcom.com/sfv/benchmark/us/
Thanks !
Chernobylite also has an in-game benchmarking tool.
Chernobylite also has an in-game benchmarking tool.
Hm, i hope that more developers will implement such benchmarks and will improve their games and engines based on this data.
Gears Tactics has a benchmark.
Your list is missing many games from this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/283p6x/games_with_benchmark_tools/
Alan Wake, a couple of Batman games, Doom 3, Far Cry 2, Hard Reset, Mirror’s Edge, The Talos Principle, Thief, etc.
Please add ‘Gears Tactics ‘
Hi William! Thank you very much for this list. If you have time, please add what APIs these games could run with their benchmark tools. The ability to group them by genre would be a nice addition too! Looking forward to try these games out! Again, thank you very much!
I’ll consider this the next time I remake the list, thank you!
Very good idea indeed !
Hitman 2016 It’s required to have the first episode
Hitman 2019 It’s required to have Mumbai and Miami episodes
is this list not getting updated anymore? such a pity. i thought “finally there’s someone with a full list list of games with benchmark built-in”.
i don’t see Far Cry 2 or sniper elite series (v2, 3 and 4) in that list
Shhhh, I’m busy! Updated, thanks for the suggestions.
TOTAL WAR SAGA “TROY”
Added, thanks.
Another set to add are the X3 games. The X3 Terran Conflict (2008), X3 Reunion (2005) and X2 (2003) The Threat have benchmarks in the rolling demos.
Thanks! How do we access these?
I wasn’t able to find benchmark in Alan Wake, does it really have a benchmark?
My only source for this is a Reddit thread, so may not actually exist and I don’t have the game to test. If you find it let me know!
How can I Benchmark Mirrors Edge from 2009? I am starting it via Steam, but I can’t find the benchmark option in game. Thanks for you help, it is appreciated.
Check the install directory for an .exe? If you can’t find it, let me know and I’ll remove the game from the list, it’s not one I’ve had the chance to check personally :)
You can’t really, but there is a possibility to automatically play a scene like in a benchmark by starting the game with the “-FlybyFlight” launch option. Mentioned here: https://techreport.com/review/16392/a-look-at-physx-in-mirrors-edge/
This however won’t collect any information by its own and you need a third-party monitoring tool to display FPS or collect further information about the performance. A popular example would be the OSD from MSI Afterburner.
Serious Sam 4 has benchmark. MENU-EXTRAS
Watch Dogs Legion has benchmark.
https://www.pcinvasion.com/watch-dogs-legion-technical-review/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=402d8b618e96914c2416f3787dc84296bcdb04ee-1604187700-0-AeY02rWa0TyY8JZnqkEzuPyDVT8ut86wT_mv4IfD90aVN8bZ9x-O1LnRdt9fgVaQp4KeNgRY3RGBvTf6SwNEBgTu8pkA9c-3Ast288e9kUIBhx8yqGwl8lKKEB5YamGI_GdOeJjjuciBCbGUT7a5DvzVnFDix_cnwWeTq3tyHlxNN3nwGgd7r22_5k–E3eeIVai2Bn-xFdWb2OE754box1Egvv9uc-SJZzYqI4ptY4zCZRCGRLXvdkxwsgmHF4p60_MNY-XlnxsRcpyJGeXFPKdeiendaOGW689JU_aZshXy4sxOY0BG8l9xzCI0cenXQ
I also can’t find the benchmarks for Alan Wake or Mirror’s Edge and also Natural Selection 2. It looks like that Reddit thread has bad data and can’t be relied on.
For some reason Arkham Asylum had its benchmark removed when it was converted to use steam works instead of GFWL.
Mafia II: Definitive Edition has a benchmark just like the classic version.
Awesome, thanks.
And Remember Me is another one I can’t find the benchmark for.
Removed, thank you!
Dirt 5 has in-game benchmark
Godfall has in-game benchmark
Awesome list mate! Thanks a lot.
Hello, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has a built-in benchmark
Added!
IMMORTALS FENYX RISING has benchmark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYaF59650mU
1:49~
Added!
Add Hitman 3 please.
https://youtu.be/_mx-T3XyxIs
Great list thanks a lot
Hitman 3 and F1 2021
Add F1 2021 please.
serious sam 3 : BFE (built in)