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Performance

CouchDex beta

how good this is to play from the couch

couchdex@v0 · built from 10 measured games · confidence high

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Game	Preset	Upscaling	fps
Alien: Isolation	Ultra (SMAA T1x, SSAO Standard)	Native	166.56 fps Verified built-in benchmark measured — view bundle
How we measured this Scene Built-in benchmark: benchmark (rigbench alien-isolation) Passes 3 SteamOS 3.8.24 Proton 10.1000-105 Mesa 26.2.0-devel Game build 4940658 Native 1080p. Upscaling, VSync, dynamic resolution and ray tracing off. Game Mode, frame limiter off, power profile at maximum. We report the median of 3 passes.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	highest	Native	80.96 fps Verified built-in benchmark measured — view bundle
How we measured this Scene Built-in benchmark: sottr (rigbench sottr) Passes 5 SteamOS 3.8.24 Runtime Native (no Proton) Mesa 26.2.0-devel Game build 11668867 Native 1080p. Upscaling, VSync, dynamic resolution and ray tracing off. Game Mode, frame limiter off, power profile at maximum. We report the median of 5 passes.
Cyberpunk 2077	RayTracingLow (native, no upscaling)	Native	14.15 fps Verified built-in benchmark measured — view bundle
How we measured this Scene Built-in benchmark: cyberpunk2077 (rigbench cyberpunk-benchmark) Passes 2 SteamOS 3.8.24 Proton 11.0-100 Mesa 26.2.0-devel Game build 2.31 Native 1080p. Upscaling, VSync, dynamic resolution and ray tracing off. Game Mode, frame limiter off, power profile at maximum. We report the median of 2 passes.
Cyberpunk 2077	Path Tracing (Overdrive)	Native	12.28 fps Verified built-in benchmark measured — view bundle
How we measured this Scene Built-in benchmark: cyberpunk2077 (rigbench cyberpunk-benchmark) Passes 3 SteamOS 3.8.24 Proton 11.0-100 Mesa 26.2.0-devel Game build 2.31 Native 1080p. Upscaling, VSync, dynamic resolution and ray tracing off. Game Mode, frame limiter off, power profile at maximum. We report the median of 3 passes.
Cyberpunk 2077	Custom RT (reflections + shadows)	Native	17.2 fps Verified built-in benchmark measured — view bundle
How we measured this Scene Built-in benchmark: cyberpunk2077 (rigbench cyberpunk-benchmark) Passes 3 SteamOS 3.8.24 Proton 11.0-100 Mesa 26.2.0-devel Game build 2.31 Native 1080p. Upscaling, VSync, dynamic resolution and ray tracing off. Game Mode, frame limiter off, power profile at maximum. We report the median of 3 passes.
Cyberpunk 2077	RayTracingLow	Native	21.33 fps Verified built-in benchmark measured — view bundle
How we measured this Scene Built-in benchmark: cyberpunk2077 (rigbench cyberpunk-benchmark) Passes 3 SteamOS 3.8.24 Proton 11.0-100 Mesa 26.2.0-devel Game build 2.31 Native 1080p. Upscaling, VSync, dynamic resolution and ray tracing off. Game Mode, frame limiter off, power profile at maximum. We report the median of 3 passes.
Hogwarts Legacy	ultra	FSR Balanced	15.26 fps Verified fixed-route measured — view bundle
How we measured this Scene Fixed-route capture: Hogsmeade high street: 60s held camera, 1440p Ultra (RT off, FSR3-Balanced, frame-gen off), CPU-bound (imported) — no built-in benchmark (rigbench mangohud, imported) Passes 3 SteamOS 3.8.24 Proton 10.1000-105 Mesa 26.2.0-devel Game build 20773316 Native 1080p unless stated - this run used FSR Balanced. VSync, dynamic resolution and ray tracing off. Game Mode, frame limiter off, power profile at maximum. We report the median of 3 passes.
Starfield	low	FSR Performance	62.12 fps Verified fixed-route measured — view bundle
How we measured this Scene Fixed-route no-swap additive: held camera over the Frontier ship cockpit interior, loaded via CONTINUE from the operator's most-recent save. Low / 1440p / FSR-Performance, VSync off. rigbench MangoHud capture, capture_source=imported. Starfield has NO built-in benchmark. Steam Cloud left ON; save dir untouched. Passes 3 SteamOS 3.8.24 Proton Proton Experimental Mesa 26.2.0-devel Game build 23518663 Native 1080p unless stated - this run used FSR Performance. VSync, dynamic resolution and ray tracing off. Game Mode, frame limiter off, power profile at maximum. We report the median of 3 passes.
Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered	high	FSR Quality	68.38 fps Verified fixed-route measured — view bundle
How we measured this Scene Fixed-route: 60s held camera over a crowded Manhattan rooftop (skyline + Central Park + streets), loaded from a curated save. rigbench MangoHud capture (capture_source=imported) — Spider-Man has NO built-in benchmark. Passes 3 SteamOS 3.8.24 Proton Proton 10.0 Mesa 26.2.0-devel Game build 23986256 Native 1080p unless stated - this run used FSR Quality. VSync, dynamic resolution and ray tracing off. Game Mode, frame limiter off, power profile at maximum. We report the median of 3 passes.
Cyberpunk 2077	RayTracingLow	FSR Quality	57.78 fps Verified built-in benchmark measured — view bundle
How we measured this Scene Built-in benchmark (rigbench cyberpunk-benchmark, cyberpunk2077) Passes 3 SteamOS 3.8.24 Proton 11.0-100 Mesa 26.2.0-devel Game build 2.31 Native 1080p unless stated - this run used FSR Quality. VSync, dynamic resolution and ray tracing off. Game Mode, frame limiter off, power profile at maximum. We report the median of 3 passes.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II	Ultra	Native	50 fps Published review
Black Myth: Wukong	High	Native	43.9 fps Published review
Starfield	Ultra	Native	41 fps Published review
Cyberpunk 2077	Ultra	Native	59 fps Published review

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