Post your AI benchmark score

[mr1slay]

I've got a 9.02 average turn time and my motherboard can only handle 50% of the max read speed of my m.2, at the moment the motherboard can only handle 3500mbps but it's max is 7000 so I think that would speed the average turn time up but these other posts are from years ago so it's not fair to compare modern hardware to older hardware and I mean it's not like skill goes into getting a good PC so it's not a good flex

 

[Bug Repellent]

Thank you so much everyone for sharing your AI benchmark scores. I was looking into upgrading my PC and these scores provide a great insight into how a Civ6-optimized PC should be build (I only have enough time to game ~6 hrs a week at most, which means I play Civ6 exclusively).

My PC:
i5-8600K, 6C/6T (no HT), 3.6 GHz base, 4.3 GHz boost (standard, no OC)
16GB DDR4 @3467MHz, CL16 (minor OC from 3400MHz stock)
MSI GTX 1060 6GB

GS AI Benchmark @1080p with ultra high graphics:
45.18 sec/turn with all community mods I use enabled
39.7 sec/turn with all community mods disabled <--- pretty big difference, but I do like my mods, what can I say?

What I found very interesting is that during the GS AI test, the GPU was running at or near 100% throughout the test, but the CPU was jumping from 50 to 85% with a 70-75% average. This was a surprise, as I expected the game to be CPU bound, not GPU bound. Very surprising for a CPU w/o hyperthreading and only 6C/6T. I always assumed for Civ6 I should upgrade the CPU, not the GPU, but it seems I was wrong. VRAM was fixed at 71% and RAM was fixed at 61% (neither budged, not even by 1%). FPS was only 44, low for other games, but acceptable for Civ6.

 

[Tocamac]

GS AI Benchmark with 4K all options maxed: 24.72 secs

Ryzen 7 7700X 8C/12T @ 5.45GHz all core
Asus ROG Strix X670E E Gaming Wi-Fi
32GB G Skill DDR5-6000 CL30
Zotac RTX 4090 Amp Extreme Airo

This system has absolutely blown my 8086K @ 5.2GHz all core with RTX 3090 into the weeds on the GS AI benchmark. Around a 20 second improvement!

 

[comatosedragon]

My 3rd system since civ 6 has been out.

i9-13900kf
64GB DDR5 (6000)
RTX 4090 24GB
Gen 4 x 4 NVMe
3840*2160 resolution

Graphics:

AI

GS Graphics

GS AI

 

[RangerRobAZ]

AMD 5600X
32GB Corsair 3600 CL16 RAM (8GBx4)
EVGA 3080TI XC3

AI 7.31 Borderless Window 3840x1600 DX11

GS AI
34.06 Borderless Window 3840x1600 DX11
33.36 Fullscreen 3840x1600 DX11
32.76 Borderless Window 3840x1600 DX12
32.03 Fullscreen 2560x1440 DX11

 

[Bug Repellent]

Just got a new rig:
R9 7900X
32GB DDR5 6000
RX6800XT
1440p @165Hz, Highest video settings the game offers

GS AI: 25.1 sec

 

[Widdershins]

I got 12.62 seconds/turn on the Dell XPS 15 laptop, which is almost exactly two years old.

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz
Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.7 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
3840 x 2860 display

Hang on...when I test the GS AI specifically (not the base-game AI) I clock at a whopping 117.23 seconds/turn, but this was on an enormous map stuffed with 14 civs. Is this the same for everyone? I know a laptop won't compete with a tower setup.

 

[reddishrecue]

18.87 seconds
Same Dell since '20
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10610U CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.30 GHz
16 GB RAM

 

[Bug Repellent]

I got 12.62 seconds/turn on the Dell XPS 15 laptop, which is almost exactly two years old.

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz
Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.7 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
3840 x 2860 display

Hang on...when I test the GS AI specifically (not the base-game AI) I clock at a whopping 117.23 seconds/turn, but this was on an enormous map stuffed with 14 civs. Is this the same for everyone? I know a laptop won't compete with a tower setup.

Yes, that is the GA AI score. It is not surprising to have a bad score on a laptop.

 

[RangerRobAZ]

AMD 7600X or 7700X
32GB GSkill Flare X5 6000 CL32
PNY 4080

AI Borderless Window 3840x1600 DX12
6.9 w/ 7700X

GS AI Borderless Window 3840x1600 DX12
29.06 w/ 7600X
28.09 w/ 7700X

 

[Chekko]

AI
5 seconds

GS AI.
34 seconds.

Fullscreen Windows 2560x1440 DX12, High Graphics
RTX 3070
i7-11700@3.60GHz
32GB RAM
SSD

 

[Widdershins]

Okay, so everyone seems to have these desktop systems with giant towers that look like casinos. I need a better system for gaming, but gaming is not my life and I don't like playing while chained to the same desk all day. In other words I want to move around the house and be sociable while playing games, at least sometimes, and a giant tower isn't portable.

I'd be happy with a gaming laptop, I think. The Dell XPS ain't a gaming laptop, and anyway it no longer displays Civ 6 properly, and other action games that used to play fine (like Portal 2) now limp along at 3 frames per second. Windows refuses to let the NVIDIA driver run, so the GPU is disabled, and maybe fried. Can't tell.

So what's a good gaming laptop? Is there one that could do this GS AI test in under 60 seconds? Even 80 seconds would be an improvement that I could be happy with. My Dell took over 117 seconds.

 

[Widdershins]

I got 12.62 seconds/turn on the Dell XPS 15 laptop, which is almost exactly two years old.

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz
Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.7 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
3840 x 2860 display

Hang on...when I test the GS AI specifically (not the base-game AI) I clock at a whopping 117.23 seconds/turn, but this was on an enormous map stuffed with 14 civs. Is this the same for everyone? I know a laptop won't compete with a tower setup.

The new Razer laptop I just got yesterday does a hell of a lot better than the Dell XPS, and I haven't even gotten 'round to optimizing the hardware settings yet.

Razer - Blade 16 - 16'' Gaming Laptop - QHD+ 240 Hz - Intel 24-Core i9-13950HX - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 - 16GB RAM - 1TB SSD

GS AI on fullscreen setting (2560x1440 display, high graphics): 32.28 seconds per turn.

So, almost 4 times faster.

I wonder what difference adding another 16 GB of RAM someday would make?

 

[TrainerOrange]

7950X3D. Limited the game to the 3DCache CCD, so it has 8c/16th running around 5.1Ghz with 96MB of L3 cache.

Vanilla AI: 5.89s
Gathering Storm AI: 23.40s

About as fast as the 13900KS running at 6Ghz from what I can find online (saw both 23.1s and 24.8s as results online).

 

[TrainerOrange]

The new Razer laptop I just got yesterday does a hell of a lot better than the Dell XPS, and I haven't even gotten 'round to optimizing the hardware settings yet.

Razer - Blade 16 - 16'' Gaming Laptop - QHD+ 240 Hz - Intel 24-Core i9-13950HX - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 - 16GB RAM - 1TB SSD

GS AI on fullscreen setting (2560x1440 display, high graphics): 32.28 seconds per turn.

So, almost 4 times faster.

I wonder what difference adding another 16 GB of RAM someday would make?

I don't think ram will help, unless you're running single channel but I doubt they would ship such a powerfull CPU with only one channel populated.

 

[Easy Rhino]

Hello, I love this old thread, it's like a great time capsule for such a long running game.

I got 12.62 seconds/turn on the Dell XPS 15 laptop, which is almost exactly two years old.

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz
Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.7 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
3840 x 2860 display

Hang on...when I test the GS AI specifically (not the base-game AI) I clock at a whopping 117.23 seconds/turn, but this was on an enormous map stuffed with 14 civs. Is this the same for everyone? I know a laptop won't compete with a tower setup.

I recently was trying out civ on a laptop, and got similarly terrible results, with a few notes for improvement.
The laptop is a HP elitebook 840 G6 with a I7-8665U. Intel integrated GPU. So a business laptop not meant for gaming.

First run with no tuning: Base AI = 13.21sec, GS AI 120.46sec
Second run, after installing a second 16GB of RAM for dual channel: Base AI = 12.76sec, GS AI 111.16sec

At this point I noticed (using hwinfo software) that the laptop was throttling the CPU hard on electricity, only 12W on an extended run. I used the throttlestop program and bumped that up to a PL1 of 20W.
Third run with 20W: Base AI 11.27sec, GS AI 89.18sec
Fourth run, bumped to 25W: (didn't try base AI), GS AI 77.23 sec

TLDR power limits were slowing down my laptops. If you can boost the power limits (with intel XTU or throttlestop) then it can help. Then you probably bump into thermal limits. So still pretty bad, but better. i think there were also differences if I ran on battery or not. (these tests were AC power)

Contrast with my other laptop, a cheap Motile laptop with Ryzen 3500U (on battery, even):
Base AI 9.75sec , GS AI 98.88sec
(the laptop fan does whine like a banshee though) Also, I noticed during the GS AI benchmark that the graphical frame rate was so slow that the "timer" in the top of wasn't even able to keep up with real time. In other words one tick of the benchmarks clock took about 2 real life seconds during the initial intense parts.

In contrast with my old desktop, which is a Ryzen 1600AF moderately overclocked to 3.9ghz, ample CPU cooler, and a Radeon RX 580.
Base AI 8.46sec, GS AI 44.84sec

 

[Futumch]

core i9-13900K
4070 12MB Geforce RTX
64GB system RAM
Civ6 installed on an M.2
Civ6 running at 3840x2160 with everything on max, but UI scale set to 200%

GS AI 25.00 average
GS Graphics average frame time 6.31 ms

I tried the GS AI test with the UI scale set back down to 100%, and it nudged it up to about 25.5s average.

 

[Easy Rhino]

GS AI Benchmark with 4K all options maxed: 24.72 secs
Ryzen 7 7700X 8C/12T @ 5.45GHz all core

In contrast with my old desktop, which is a Ryzen 1600AF moderately overclocked to 3.9ghz, ample CPU cooler, and a Radeon RX 580.
Base AI 8.46sec, GS AI 44.84sec

I just upgraded my desktop from the Ryzen 1600AF to a Ryzen 7600X. CPU still on completely stock settings and with completely stock DDR5-4800 memory.

Basic AI time = 7.81sec
GS AI time = 29.60sec

I notice that the CPU is barely working hard during the benchmark. total power draw is maybe 45W (over 85W when running a benchmark like cinebench). and pretty low cpu utilization, and clocks often not going up to their max on the CPU.

I suspect we're beginning to bump up against soft limits on how fast a turn can run. things like animation speeds (even on quick move/combat).

 

[Easy Rhino]

I just upgraded my desktop from the Ryzen 1600AF to a Ryzen 7600X. CPU still on completely stock settings and with completely stock DDR5-4800 memory.

Basic AI time = 7.81sec
GS AI time = 29.60sec

to update myself, I took this same 7600x system and tweaked what I could, using PBO to boost the core clocks +200 and also overclocked the ram slightly to 5600 and somewhat better timings.

Basic AI time = 6.6 sec
GS AI time = 28.75sec

 

[blunile]

Just upgraded from i7-6700k to Ryzen 7800x3D this month
I use DDR5 memory 64GB CL30 and M.2 SSDs (SK-Hynix P41 2TB).

GS AI avg turn time = 27.92 sec

I saw someone else's post that his 6700k GS AI time was 46.65 sec, and from finishing a game over this weekend I guess I can say this was a good upgrade.