Enshrouded review: Laptop and desktop benchmarks

Early-access hit. Not least because of its interesting mix of building, exploration and survival, the open-world game—created by the German developer Keen Games—has very quickly exploded in popularity on Steam. We have tested whether you need a high-end system in order to run the game.

Florian Glaser, 👁 Florian Glaser (translated by Daisy Dickson), Published 01/29/2024 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 ...

Test systems

Asus TUF Gaming Advantage A16 (RX 7600S & 780M)

be quiet! Silent Base 802 (RTX 4080 & RX 7900 XT)

Philips Evnia 8000 Series 41.5" UHD OLED gaming monitor

We currently run our gaming benchmarks using these devices. Clicking on the photos will take you to the respective manufacturer's website. Further details on their specifications are listed at the end of the article.

Tech

The role-playing game Enshrouded has very quickly fought its way to the top amongst Steam users, competing with the recently released Palworld which has amassed an even larger following. No wonder, as it features a very interesting gameplay, combining lots of aspects from different genres into a very interesting whole concept. Aside from an interesting story, Enshrouded also boasts impressive graphics. The game world looks very nice thanks to its mostly sharp textures, great effects, dense vegetation as well as its wide field of view. At the same time, this makes the game's hardware requirements quite high, which we will be discussing shortly. The developer could do with improving the animations a little, as they appear a bit choppy at times. In general, however, Enshrouded can be controlled pretty smoothly.

Tech-wise, we never had any larger issues during our test—apart from a slightly rough performance (Palworld makes a generally "smoother" impression). This isn't always the case in an early-access game. Although the shaders have to first be compiled when booting up the game, this process doesn't take as long as in other games (such as The Last of Us).

Most users should be content with the game's graphics menu. Within "Monitor", you can change the picture mode, resolution (including scaling), V-Sync and the field of view. If you select "Quality", you can choose between five practical presets which affect more than ten individual options. Explanations help users to understand each setting. Another positive: Changes are adopted without having to restart the game.

On the other hand, it's a bit of a shame that some presets have upscaling automatically selected. Although we made use of these presets for our measurements, we deactivated DLSS and FSR (apart from during the dedicated 4K tests). FXAA and DLAA (on Nvidia systems) are also available to help with edge smoothing.

Benchmark

We used the beginning of the game for the benchmark, where the main character enters into the open world through a sort of temple. We recorded a 30-second run using CapFrameX which included about 50 % inside space and 50 % outside space, in order to capture as many different scenarios as possible. We would class Enshrouded as playable from an average of 40 fps.

Results

FHD (1,920 x 1,080)

In terms of graphics, this game is a lot more demanding than Palworld. While a Radeon 780M is enough to play the latter at 1,920 x 1,080 pixels and low details, the iGPU fails to run Enshrouded even at 1,280 x 720 pixels—not even managing 30 fps. This means you will need at least a mid-range component for the RPG. Current models such as the GeForce RTX 4050 or the Radeon RX 7600S manage Full HD with high settings. For the maximum preset, we would recommend a GeForce RTX 4060 or better.

Enshrouded
1920x1080 Performance 1920x1080 Balanced AA:FX 1920x1080 Quality AA:FX 1920x1080 Max. Quality AA:FX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	156.6 (55.3^min, 92.7^P0.1, 101.1^P1) fps ∼100% 134 (75.2^min, 77.8^P0.1, 84.3^P1) fps ∼100% 112.8 (67.1^min, 71.5^P0.1, 75.5^P1) fps ∼100%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	135 (63.3^min, 94.4^P0.1, 98.8^P1) fps ∼86% 119.9 (76.3^min, 78^P0.1, 84.9^P1) fps ∼89% 102.8 (68.3^min, 70.1^P0.1, 73.9^P1) fps ∼91%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900H Asus ROG Zephyrus M16	110.4 (58.2^min, 60.3^P0.1, 65.3^P1) fps ∼70% 94.3 (50.5^min, 56.2^P0.1, 59.3^P1) fps ∼70% 79 (34.5^min, 44.2^P0.1, 49.2^P1) fps ∼70%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13950HX Razer Blade 16 Mid 23	104.4 (52.1^min, 57.9^P0.1, 63.4^P1) fps ∼67% 87.6 (44.8^min, 48.1^P0.1, 54.5^P1) fps ∼65% 72.2 (32.1^min, 41.2^P0.1, 49^P1) fps ∼64%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	75.2 (47.6^min, 48.4^P0.1, 52.2^P1) fps ∼48% 62.7 (42.7^min, 43.8^P0.1, 46.7^P1) fps ∼47% 51.3 (33.7^min, 34.3^P0.1, 37.4^P1) fps ∼45%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, R9 7940HS Razer Blade 14 Mid 23	64.1 (35.5^min, 39.2^P0.1, 49.9^P1) fps ∼41% 52.9 (28.2^min, 37.7^P0.1, 40.6^P1) fps ∼39% 43 (26.1^min, 27.2^P0.1, 32.3^P1) fps ∼38%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i7-13700H Medion Erazer Scout E20	58.6 (34.4^min, 37.3^P0.1, 44.1^P1) fps ∼37% 47.2 (23.1^min, 25.2^P0.1, 28.9^P1) fps ∼35% 37.7 (20.8^min, 21.1^P0.1, 23.9^P1) fps ∼33%
AMD Radeon RX 7600S, R9 7940HS Asus TUF Gaming Advantage A16	54.5 (42.1^min, 43.8^P0.1, 45.8^P1) fps ∼100% 48.8 (39.2^min, 39.7^P0.1, 40.5^P1) fps ∼31% 42.7 (34.4^min, 34.4^P0.1, 35.5^P1) fps ∼32% 36 (29.5^min, 29.5^P0.1, 30.1^P1) fps ∼32%
AMD Radeon 780M, R9 7940HS Asus TUF Gaming Advantage A16	16.8 (13.6^min, 13.7^P0.1, 14^P1) fps ∼31% 15.6 (10.5^min, 11.3^P0.1, 12.8^P1) fps ∼10% 12.3 (9.8^min, 9.85^P0.1, 10.2^P1) fps ∼9% 9.99 (7.93^min, 7.93^P0.1, 8.11^P1) fps ∼9%

QHD (2,560 x 1,440)

For QHD, you almost already require a high-end GPU. 2,560 x 1,440 pixels and the preset "maximum quality" only runs well using a GeForce RTX 4070 or better.

Enshrouded
2560x1440 Max. Quality AA:FX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	89.9 (58.7^min, 62.7^P0.1, 66.2^P1) fps ∼100%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	79.8 (57.5^min, 59.9^P0.1, 62.3^P1) fps ∼89%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900H Asus ROG Zephyrus M16	61.8 (28.1^min, 35.7^P0.1, 42.6^P1) fps ∼69%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13950HX Razer Blade 16 Mid 23	55.4 (33.8^min, 34.4^P0.1, 38.1^P1) fps ∼62%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	38.9 (26.5^min, 28.9^P0.1, 30.1^P1) fps ∼43%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, R9 7940HS Razer Blade 14 Mid 23	32.4 (24.8^min, 25^P0.1, 26^P1) fps ∼36%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i7-13700H Medion Erazer Scout E20	28 (18.6^min, 18.7^P0.1, 20.4^P1) fps ∼31%
AMD Radeon RX 7600S, R9 7940HS Asus TUF Gaming Advantage A16	25.6 (20.9^min, 21^P0.1, 21.6^P1) fps ∼28%

UHD (3,840 x 2,160)

A combination of 3,840 x 2,160 pixels and full details pretty much overwhelms all laptop chips. Even Nvidia's current top-of-the-range model, the GeForce RTX 4090, doesn't manage 40 fps on average. As usual, upscaling could prove to help with this. With DLSS activated (we used the "quality" setting), you can play Enshrouded in 4K from a GeForce RTX 4080 onwards.

Enshrouded
3840x2160 Max. Quality + Quality FSR 3840x2160 Max. Quality + Quality DLSS 3840x2160 Max. Quality AA:FX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	84.4 (54.4^min, 57.9^P0.1, 61.8^P1) fps ∼100% 56.7 (40.9^min, 42.8^P0.1, 45.2^P1) fps ∼100%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	71.1 (54^min, 54.3^P0.1, 57.2^P1) fps ∼100% 46.7 (17.9^min, 30^P0.1, 40.4^P1) fps ∼82%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900H Asus ROG Zephyrus M16	58 (35.7^min, 36.5^P0.1, 40.1^P1) fps ∼69% 37.5 (24.7^min, 25.7^P0.1, 28.3^P1) fps ∼66%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13950HX Razer Blade 16 Mid 23	52 (28.9^min, 30.9^P0.1, 37.4^P1) fps ∼62% 32.6 (18.9^min, 21.7^P0.1, 24.6^P1) fps ∼57%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	36.3 (25.4^min, 26.5^P0.1, 27.9^P1) fps ∼43% 23.5 (18.6^min, 18.8^P0.1, 19.6^P1) fps ∼41%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, R9 7940HS Razer Blade 14 Mid 23	30.7 (18.2^min, 22^P0.1, 24.6^P1) fps ∼36% 19.4 (12.6^min, 12.7^P0.1, 16.1^P1) fps ∼34%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i7-13700H Medion Erazer Scout E20	26.5 (15.2^min, 16.2^P0.1, 18.8^P1) fps ∼31% 16.2 (11.3^min, 11.6^P0.1, 12.7^P1) fps ∼29%
AMD Radeon RX 7600S, R9 7940HS Asus TUF Gaming Advantage A16	22 (15.6^min, 15.9^P0.1, 16.8^P1) fps ∼31% 14.5 (12.4^min, 12.4^P0.1, 12.5^P1) fps ∼26%

Overview

Test system details

Laptop	Graphics card	Processor	RAM
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 @150-watt TGP (16 GB GDDR6X)	Intel Core i9-13900H	2 x 16 GB DDR5
Razer Blade 16 Mid 23	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 @175-watt TGP (12 GB GDDR6X)	Intel Core i9-13950HX	2 x 16 GB DDR5
XMG Pro 15 E23	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 @140-watt TGP (8 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-13900HX	2 x 16 GB DDR5
Razer Blade 14 Mid 23	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 @140-watt TGP (8 GB GDDR6)	AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	2 x 8 GB DDR5
Medion Erazer Scout E20	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 @100-watt TGP (6 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-13700H	2 x 8 GB DDR5
Asus TUF Gaming Advantage A16	AMD Radeon RX 7600S (8 GB GDDR6) & AMD Radeon 780M	AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	2 x 8 GB DDR5

Tower PC	Graphics card	Processor	RAM
Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 (16 GB GDDR6X) AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (20 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-13900K	2 x 24 GB DDR5 G.Skill

4K monitor	Operating system	Nvidia driver	AMD driver
Philips Evnia 42M2N8900	Windows 11	ForceWare 551.23	Adrenalin 24.1.1

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Pos	Model	< Prev Next > Enshrouded (2024)
Pos	Model	low 1920x1080 Performance	med. 1920x1080 Balanced FXAA	high 1920x1080 Quality FXAA	ultra 1920x1080 Max. Quality FXAA	QHD 2560x1440 Max. Quality FXAA	4K 3840x2160 Max. Quality FXAA	3840x2160 Max. Quality + Quality DLSS	3840x2160 Max. Quality + Quality FSR
2	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	216	195.8	171.2	152.7	126.3	83.4	113.6	111.5
3	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX	195.5	181.3	159.5	134	105.2	66		106.3
4	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super	181.05ⁿ²	161.5ⁿ²	140.4ⁿ²	121.15ⁿ²	97.1ⁿ²	60.75ⁿ²	86.9ⁿ²	85.35ⁿ²
5	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080		156.6	134	112.8	89.9	56.7	84.4
8	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT		135	119.9	102.8	79.8	46.7		71.1
11	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	140.4	125.6	108.2	92.2	64	42.3		72
12	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	142.85ⁿ²	120.1ⁿ³	100.8ⁿ³	87.6ⁿ³	68.9ⁿ³	37.5	58
14	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	128.5	113.8	99.4	85.5	68.5	43.8	61.7	52.8
22	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	103.3	97.65ⁿ²	82.65ⁿ²	72.2ⁿ³	55.4ⁿ³	32.6	52
24	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		108.6	92.6	79.8	62.8	40.3
30	AMD Radeon RX 6800	99.9	86.4	86.2	73.2	54.8	32.3		49.2
32	NVIDIA Titan RTX	105.7	92.9	79.8	67.4	53.2	33	47.2	40
36	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU				60.8	51	30.4
37	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU		75.2	64.65ⁿ²	53.9ⁿ²	40.6ⁿ²	23.5	36.3
40	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070		81.6	68.1	56.7	44.9	28.2
41	AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT	94.1	83.5	71.1	58.3	43.8	25.3		39.4
43	AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT	90	80	67.9	56	42.4	24.2		37.2
44	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU	74	64.8	55.3	50.75ⁿ²	39.7ⁿ²	24.6ⁿ²	37.1ⁿ²	33.1
45	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	88.8	77.7	65.5	55.3	43.4	26.6	39	32.9
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >Enshrouded
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
46	Intel Arc A770	74.6	67	58.2
48	AMD Radeon RX 7600	80	70.6	63.8	52.2	39.4	18.7		31
53	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU		64.1	52.9	43	32.4	19.4	30.7
58	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT	74	65.4	56.9	46.4		24.95ⁿ²		20.2
62	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	80.3	68.8	58.8	49.2	38	22.8	34	32.8
66	Intel Arc A750	67.7	59	51	44	35.5	22.2		26.2
76	NVIDIA Titan X Pascal	63.9	55.2	46.5	38.8	30.7	18.8		22.7
80	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super (Desktop)	76	65.9	56.6	47.4	36.8	22.5	32.6	31.5
84	AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (Desktop)	69.7	59.7	50	42.6	31.8	17.4		28
91	AMD Radeon RX 7600S	54.5	48.8	42.7	36	25.6	14.5		22
97	Intel Arc A580	62.7	54.9	47.8	41	32.9	20.4		27.5
98	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super (Desktop)	67.3	57.8	48.7	40.8	31.5	19	28.2	23.5
100	AMD Radeon RX 6600	64	55.8	47.1	38.7	25.7	12		23.9
104	AMD Radeon RX 5700 (Desktop)	60	52.3	43.7	36.6	27.6	15.9		24.5
134	AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)	58	53	43.8	31.6	23.8	11.9		18.3
142	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super (Desktop)	45.85ⁿ²	40ⁿ²	31.4ⁿ²	22.35ⁿ²	17.5ⁿ²	8.35ⁿ²		13.95ⁿ²
143	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	37.7	35.9	22.8	12.4
144	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)	38.9	34.1	28.1	23.5	17.7
145	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU		52.2ⁿ²	46.15ⁿ²	37.5ⁿ²	28	16.2	26.5
148*	Intel Arc A730M	54.9	49.8	42.5	36.1	26.2	11.8		18.8
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >Enshrouded
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
152	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile	49.5	41.2	34.2	26.9
161	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop)	35.1	30.7	20.5	17.1
167	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU	37	32.4	26.3	21.3
173	AMD Radeon RX 6500M	37.2	33	27.5	22.9
198	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile	34	29.9	24	19.9
202	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile	25.5	23	15.1	12.1
203	Intel Arc A380	28.5	25.5	20.9	17.1
222*	Intel Arc A310	20.4	18	13.8	9.88
223*	Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU	27	22	16.8
225*	Intel Arc 7-Cores iGPU	21.5	18
241*	AMD Radeon 780M	20.65ⁿ²	18.2ⁿ²	15.05ⁿ²	12.1ⁿ²
669*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3	3.06

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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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