Dirt 5 Laptop and Desktop Benchmarks

Mud party. Our measurements show that Dirt 5 is longing for a potent graphics card. Read in this article which model it should be for certain settings and resolutions.

Florian Glaser, 👁 Florian Glaser, ✓ Daniel R Deakin (translated by DeepL / Ninh Duy), Published 11/12/2020 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 ...

Technology

Codemasters is now developing so many racing games that you can quickly lose track of them all. In addition to the F1 and Grid series, there is also the Dirt series, which however receives a new installment rather irregularly. Dirt 5 should - as the name already suggests - appeal to fans of muddy tracks.

Technically, the title cuts quite a fine figure. If you leave out one or two mealy textures or objects with a weak polygon design (spectators), Dirt 5 offers a harmonious overall look. While in older Codemasters games we often criticized the lack of detail at the edge of the track, which had a negative effect on the atmosphere, the fresh offshoot scores with various environmental effects. Be it confetti cannons, waving flags or balloons, just to name a few examples.

The biggest highlight, however, as in most racing games, is the level of detail of the cars. Damage model and environmental influences (raindrops, dirt, etc.) can also convince. In general, the cars are easy to control and produce a powerful sound.

The graphics options of Dirt 5 are neither scarce nor lavish. The corresponding menu offers seven detail settings, which can be changed globally via Image Quality and do not require a restart. Somewhat unusual is the fact that there are three different resolution controls (see screenshots). The graphics menu is rounded off by on/off switches for V-Sync and Dynamic Range. All settings are explained by accompanying text.

However, Codemasters should still take care of a few inconsistencies. In the test we had connection failures every now and then. It's also a pity that Dirt 5 sometimes activates Dynamic Range without being asked, that the game start sometimes takes forever (even on SSDs) and that the resolution modes on 21:9 monitors can be strange or incomplete. Furthermore, the title has a large video memory requirement in higher settings, which we've been seeing recently with more and more titles. Graphics cards with less than 4 GB VRAM break down disproportionately when using the Ultra-Preset - even in Full HD.

Benchmark

Dirt 5 impresses with an integrated benchmark, which is very long for our taste with a duration of three minutes and unfortunately it cannot be aborted. While only the FPS numbers are displayed during the measurement, a more extensive evaluation appears at the end, which for example also contains the minimum FPS values. The game saves the corresponding results as a file in the personal documents folder of Windows.

Results

FHD (1920x1080)

For Dirt 5 it should be at least one graphics card from the midrange segment. 1920x1080 pixels overtaxes entry-level chips such as the GeForce MX330/350 and older all-round GPUs such as the GTX 1050 (Ti) even with the medium preset. These settings only run smoothly with a GeForce GTX 1650 or higher with more than 40 FPS. High preset requires a Radeon RX 5500M for Full HD or higher. For the Ultra-Preset you even need a high-end model on the level of the GeForce GTX 1080 or RTX 2070.

Dirt 5
1920x1080 Medium Preset 1920x1080 High Preset 1920x1080 Ultra High Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (Desktop) MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, i9-9900K	134 (20.7^min, 93.2^P0.1, 112.2^P1) fps ∼38% 112 (20.5^min, 87.5^P0.1, 98.2^P1) fps ∼34% 73.4 (19.8^min, 56.9^P0.1, 62.1^P1) fps ∼23%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Desktop) MSI GeForce RTX 2080, i9-9900K	121 (19.2^min, 92.2^P0.1, 101.9^P1) fps ∼34% 98.9 (19.1^min, 72^P0.1, 83.5^P1) fps ∼30% 60.2 (19^min, 46.6^P0.1, 50.4^P1) fps ∼18%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile MSI GT76 Titan DT 9SG, i9-9900K	112 (43.8^min, 71.4^P0.1, 82^P1) fps ∼31% 90.4 (9.7^min, 63.3^P0.1, 71.8^P1) fps ∼27% 55.9 (41^min, 42.4^P0.1, 45.8^P1) fps ∼17%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Desktop) MSI GeForce RTX 2070, i9-9900K	95.7 (18.9^min, 73.2^P0.1, 82.6^P1) fps ∼27% 76.8 (18.8^min, 60.4^P0.1, 67.3^P1) fps ∼23% 47.2 (18.8^min, 38.6^P0.1, 39.8^P1) fps ∼14%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile MSI GP65 Leopard 9SF, i7-9750H	88.2 (42.6^min, 65.2^P0.1, 76.4^P1) fps ∼25% 69.4 (25^min, 56.7^P0.1, 60.4^P1) fps ∼21% 41.3 (31.7^min, 32.1^P0.1, 33.1^P1) fps ∼13%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop) MSI GeForce RTX 2060, i9-9900K	86 (20.7^min, 63.1^P0.1, 73.7^P1) fps ∼24% 68.9 (20.1^min, 50.2^P0.1, 60.4^P1) fps ∼21% 40.6 (19.8^min, 31^P0.1, 33.7^P1) fps ∼12%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile Alienware 17 R4, i7-7820HK	83.3 (12.8^min, 30.5^P0.1, 69.6^P1) fps ∼23% 66.3 (8^min, 9.1^P0.1, 46.5^P1) fps ∼20% 40.3 (7.5^min, 32^P0.1, 34.9^P1) fps ∼12%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile MSI GE65 Raider 9SE, i7-9750H	75.6 (40^min, 49.6^P0.1, 57.8^P1) fps ∼21% 59.8 (25.4^min, 43.3^P0.1, 47.9^P1) fps ∼18% 35.4 (25^min, 26.1^P0.1, 28.6^P1) fps ∼11%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile MSI GP65 Leopard 9SD, i7-9750H	74.5 (41.6^min, 60.1^P0.1, 63.6^P1) fps ∼21% 56.4 (27.4^min, 42.7^P0.1, 46.8^P1) fps ∼17% 32.5 (24.7^min, 25.3^P0.1, 26.6^P1) fps ∼10%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile Asus G752VS, 6820HK	68.6 (8.6^min, 47.9^P0.1, 58.4^P1) fps ∼19% 54.8 (35.7^min, 41.8^P0.1, 48^P1) fps ∼16% 32.8 (25.9^min, 26.4^P0.1, 28.5^P1) fps ∼10%
AMD Radeon RX 5500M MSI Alpha 15, R7 3750H	60.6 (8.2^min, 9.8^P0.1, 50.3^P1) fps ∼17% 49.4 (18.7^min, 23.2^P0.1, 42.6^P1) fps ∼15% 14.7 (8.9^min, 10.4^P0.1, 11.1^P1) fps ∼5%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile MSI GT62VR, 6820HK	47.7 (9.2^min, 30.8^P0.1, 40.7^P1) fps ∼13% 38.3 (25.8^min, 27.2^P0.1, 33.2^P1) fps ∼11% 22.2 (17.1^min, 17.5^P0.1, 19.1^P1) fps ∼7%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile MSI GP75 Leopard 9SC, i7-9750H	44.4 (24.9^min, 27.6^P0.1, 36.5^P1) fps ∼12% 35.4 (25.1^min, 27^P0.1, 30.2^P1) fps ∼11% 16.6 (12^min, 12.5^P0.1, 13.1^P1) fps ∼5%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile MSI GE72 7RE, i7-7700HQ	27.2 (16^min, 17.2^P0.1, 23.4^P1) fps ∼8% 19.1 (13.3^min, 13.5^P0.1, 14.2^P1) fps ∼6% 6.2 (3^min, 3.1^P0.1, 3.2^P1) fps ∼2%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile MSI GL62M 7RD, i7-7700HQ	22.5 (13.8^min, 14.8^P0.1, 18.9^P1) fps ∼6% 16.3 (10.8^min, 11.6^P0.1, 12.6^P1) fps ∼5% 5.4 (2.9^min, 2.9^P0.1, 3.4^P1) fps ∼2%
NVIDIA GeForce MX350 MSI Prestige 14, i7-10710U	14.7 (10.3^min, 10.8^P0.1, 12.3^P1) fps ∼4% 7.2 (5^min, 5^P0.1, 5.3^P1) fps ∼2%
NVIDIA GeForce MX330 MSI Prestige 14, i7-10510U	9.6 (7.1^min, 7.2^P0.1, 7.7^P1) fps ∼3%

QHD (2560x1440)

Things become even more demanding on QHD displays with 2560x1440 pixels. Here it must be Nvidia's current laptop leader, the GeForce RTX 2080, when using maximum settings.

Dirt 5
2560x1440 Ultra High Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti	64.8 (19^min, 50.2^P0.1, 55.2^P1) fps ∼23%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 2080	52.1 (18.7^min, 41.4^P0.1, 44.2^P1) fps ∼18%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile, i9-9900K MSI GT76 Titan DT 9SG	48.1 (31.1^min, 36.2^P0.1, 40.1^P1) fps ∼17%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 2070	41.3 (18.7^min, 32.3^P0.1, 35.1^P1) fps ∼14%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GP65 Leopard 9SF	35.3 (27.2^min, 28.3^P0.1, 29.9^P1) fps ∼12%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 2060	35.2 (19.4^min, 27.4^P0.1, 29.7^P1) fps ∼12%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile, i7-7820HK Alienware 17 R4	34.6 (9.2^min, 25.2^P0.1, 29.9^P1) fps ∼12%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GE65 Raider 9SE	29.4 (20.2^min, 22.4^P0.1, 24.3^P1) fps ∼10%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GP65 Leopard 9SD	28 (19.5^min, 22^P0.1, 23.5^P1) fps ∼10%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile, 6820HK Asus G752VS	27.1 (20.6^min, 21.9^P0.1, 23.5^P1) fps ∼9%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, 6820HK MSI GT62VR	18 (14.1^min, 14.7^P0.1, 15.7^P1) fps ∼6%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GP75 Leopard 9SC	13.8 (4.6^min, 10.5^P0.1, 11.3^P1) fps ∼5%

UHD (3840x2160)

Current mobile GPUs cannot handle a combination of 3840x2160 pixels and Ultra-Preset without jerking. In the desktop segment one should start from a GeForce RTX 2080 Ti to be on the safe side. All in all, we would describe the system demand as a bit exaggerated, if you consider the offered graphics quality (good, but not worthy of reference).

Dirt 5
3840x2160 Ultra High Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti	50 (18.8^min, 37.5^P0.1, 43.5^P1) fps ∼26%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 2080	39.7 (19.4^min, 30.8^P0.1, 34.6^P1) fps ∼21%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile, i9-9900K MSI GT76 Titan DT 9SG	35.8 (24.5^min, 27^P0.1, 30.3^P1) fps ∼19%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 2070	31.4 (19^min, 25.4^P0.1, 27.6^P1) fps ∼16%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 2060	26.4 (18.8^min, 19.8^P0.1, 22.7^P1) fps ∼14%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GP65 Leopard 9SF	26.3 (19.3^min, 20.6^P0.1, 22.8^P1) fps ∼14%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile, i7-7820HK Alienware 17 R4	24.5 (8.9^min, 18.1^P0.1, 21.3^P1) fps ∼13%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GE65 Raider 9SE	21.9 (16.6^min, 17^P0.1, 18.5^P1) fps ∼12%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GP65 Leopard 9SD	20.4 (12.8^min, 15.2^P0.1, 17.4^P1) fps ∼11%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile, 6820HK Asus G752VS	19.1 (9.1^min, 13.8^P0.1, 16.6^P1) fps ∼10%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, 6820HK MSI GT62VR	12.5 (9.3^min, 9.9^P0.1, 11^P1) fps ∼7%

Note

Since gaming tests are very time-consuming and often hampered by installation or activation limits, we can only provide you with a partial set of benchmarks for publication of the articles. More graphics cards will be added in the coming days and weeks.

Overview

Test system

Device	graphics card	processor	memory	operating system
Desktop PC I	MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (11 GB GDDR6) MSI GeForce RTX 2080 (8 GB GDDR6) MSI GeForce RTX 2070 (8 GB GDDR6) MSI GeForce RTX 2060 (6 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-9900K	4 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
Desktop PC II	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (11 GB GDDR5X) Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti (6 GB GDDR5) XFX Radeon R9 Fury (4 GB HBM) Sapphire Radeon R9 290X (4 GB GDDR5) Sapphire Radeon R9 280X (3 GB GDDR5) MSI Radeon R7 370 (2 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-8086K, Aorus Z370 Ultra Gaming	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
Desktop-PC III	Nvidia Titan RTX (24 GB GDDR6) Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super (8 GB GDDR6) Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super (8 GB GDDR6) Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super (8 GB GDDR6)Nvidia Titan X (Pascal) (12 GB GDDR5X) KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 Super (6 GB GDDR6) PNY GeForce GTX 1660 (6 GB GDDR5) KFA2 GeForce GTX 1650 (4 GB GDDR5) Zotac GeForce GT 1030 (2 GB GDDR5) Asus GeForce GT 710 AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5700 (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (8 GB GDDR6)) AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 (8 GB HBM2) XFX AMD Radeon RX 590 (8 GB GDDR5)	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GT76	Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 (8 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-9900K	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GP65	Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 (8 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-9750H	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GE65	Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 (6 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-9750H	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GP65	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (6 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-9750H	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GP75	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 (4 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-9750H	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
Alienware 17 R4	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 (8 GB GDDR5X)	Intel Core i7-7820HK	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
Asus G752VS	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-6820HK	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GT62VR	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-6820HK	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GE72	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (2 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-7700HQ	2 x 4 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GL62	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 (2 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-7700HQ	2 x 4 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI Prestige 14	Nvidia GeForce MX350 (2 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-10710U	1 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI Prestige 14	Nvidia GeForce MX330 (2 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-10510U	1 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI Alpha 15	AMD Radeon RX5500M (4 GB GDDR6)	AMD Ryzen 7 3750H	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit

4K Monitors	Nvidia Driver	AMD Driver
Asus PB287Q, Philips Brilliance 329P9H	ForceWare 457.09	Adrenaline 20.10.1

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Florian Glaser, 2020-11-12 (Update: 2021-03-12)

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5	Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
	May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30	Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40	Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60	Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
	May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
?	Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
	Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
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