I did two runs with Maximum preset and it seem that the Nvidia streaming thing changes things a little
First run with streaming service runnning
FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward Benchmark
Tested on: 28/04/2015 23:29:57
Score: 8338
Average Frame Rate: 63.941
Performance: Extremely High
-Easily capable of running the game on the highest settings.
Loading Times by Scene
Scene #1 0.859 sec
Scene #2 4.125 sec
Scene #3 3.612 sec
Scene #4 3.246 sec
Scene #5 3.063 sec
Scene #6 1.360 sec
Total Loading Time 16.267 sec
Screen Size: 2560x1440
Screen Mode: Full Screen
DirectX Version: 11
Graphics Presets: Maximum
General
-Wet Surface Effects: Enabled
-Occlusion Culling: Disabled
-LOD on Distant Objects: Disabled
-Real-time Reflections: Highest Quality (DirectX 11 Only)
-Edge Smoothing (Anti-aliasing): FXAA
-Transparent Lighting Quality: High
-Grass Quality: High
-Background Tessellation: High Quality
-Water Tessellation: High Quality
Shadows
-Self: Display
-Other NPCs: Display
Shadow Quality
-LOD on Shadows: Disabled
-Shadow Resolution: High - 2048p
-Shadow Cascading: Best
-Shadow Softening: Strong
Texture Detail
-Texture Filtering: Anisotropic
-Anisotropic Filtering: x16
Movement Physics
-Self: Full
-Other NPCs: Full
Effects
-Limb Darkening: Enabled
-Radial Blur: Enabled
-Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: HBAO+: High Quality (DirectX 11 Only)
-Glare: Normal
Cinematic Cutscenes
-Depth of Field: Enabled
System
Windows 8.1 Professionnel 64 bits (6.2, version 9200) (9600.winblue_r9.150322-1500)
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
8133.664MB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (VRAM 3072 MB) 9.18.0013.5012
Benchmark results do not provide any guarantee FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn (Windows version) and FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward (Windows version) will run on your system.
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Score: 8338 Extremely High
2560x1440 Maximum DirectX11 Full Screen
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
http://sqex.to/ffxiv_bench_eu #FFXIV
Second run with streaming service off and after reboot
FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward Benchmark
Tested on: 30/04/2015 14:42:46
Score: 9298
Average Frame Rate: 71.210
Performance: Extremely High
-Easily capable of running the game on the highest settings.
Loading Times by Scene
Scene #1 0.911 sec
Scene #2 4.079 sec
Scene #3 3.466 sec
Scene #4 3.184 sec
Scene #5 3.092 sec
Scene #6 1.403 sec
Total Loading Time 16.135 sec
DAT:s20150430144246.dat
Screen Size: 2560x1440
Screen Mode: Full Screen
DirectX Version: 11
Graphics Presets: Maximum
General
-Wet Surface Effects: Enabled
-Occlusion Culling: Disabled
-LOD on Distant Objects: Disabled
-Real-time Reflections: Highest Quality (DirectX 11 Only)
-Edge Smoothing (Anti-aliasing): FXAA
-Transparent Lighting Quality: High
-Grass Quality: High
-Background Tessellation: High Quality
-Water Tessellation: High Quality
Shadows
-Self: Display
-Other NPCs: Display
Shadow Quality
-LOD on Shadows: Disabled
-Shadow Resolution: High - 2048p
-Shadow Cascading: Best
-Shadow Softening: Strong
Texture Detail
-Texture Filtering: Anisotropic
-Anisotropic Filtering: x16
Movement Physics
-Self: Full
-Other NPCs: Full
Effects
-Limb Darkening: Enabled
-Radial Blur: Enabled
-Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: HBAO+: High Quality (DirectX 11 Only)
-Glare: Normal
Cinematic Cutscenes
-Depth of Field: Enabled
System
Windows 8.1 Professionnel 64 bits (6.2, version 9200) (9600.winblue_r9.150322-1500)
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
8133.664MB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (VRAM 3072 MB) 9.18.0013.5012
Benchmark results do not provide any guarantee FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn (Windows version) and FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward (Windows version) will run on your system.
FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward Official Website
http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/
(C) 2010-2015 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.
Share Results
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http://sqex.to/ffxiv_bench_eu #FFXIV Score: 9298 2560x1440 Maximum DX11 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Type 2
http://sqex.to/ffxiv_bench_eu #FFXIV Score: 9298 2560x1440 Maximum DirectX11 Full Screen NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Type 3
http://sqex.to/ffxiv_bench_eu #FFXIV 2560x1440 Maximum DirectX11 Score: 9298 Extremely High
Type 4
http://sqex.to/ffxiv_bench_eu #FFXIV 2560x1440 Maximum DirectX11 Full Screen Score: 9298
Full Results
FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward Benchmark
Score: 9298 Extremely High
2560x1440 Maximum DirectX11 Full Screen
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
http://sqex.to/ffxiv_bench_eu #FFXIV
There's no doubt for me that if you don't need to stream on a shield or to capture your gameplay, you'd be better to disable this service
