Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection review: Laptop and desktop benchmarks

Mediocre PC version After gracing the PlayStation 5 at the start of the year, the Legacy of Thieves Collection also arrived on Windows a few months later. We have now taken a closer look at how graphically demanding this collection of remastered games is.

Florian Glaser, 👁 Florian Glaser (translated by Zhiwei (Peter) Zhuang), Published 11/11/2022 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 ...

Technical aspects

The wildly popular and successful Uncharted series is celebrating its debut on PC with the Legacy of Thieves Collection. Thanks to various refinements, the games look great despite being several years old. Besides Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, the spin-off The Lost Legacy is also included in the compilation. Because the collection contains two games, it requires a whopping amount of storage space with its file size of more than 120 GB (download size: around 90 GB).

Based on visuals alone, there is nothing much to complain about the collection. At higher settings, the game's graphics dazzles with very sharp textures and sophisticated lighting. But we are most impressed by the thoughtfully designed and animated character models. In addition, the environments often feature an impressively high level of details.

In terms of the game's technical performance, not everything that glitters is gold. Firstly, we encountered several crashes despite having installed the latest drivers. Secondly, the engine is very demanding at high resolutions and settings, which is not least related to the high VRAM requirement (around 8 GB at 4K/Ultra). We also find it annoying that, when being booted up for the first time, the game needs to spend minutes building and optimising shaders (à la Call of Duty) and takes quite a long time to load.

The graphics menu left us with mixed feelings. Even though the Advanced tab contains a few presets that – credit to where it's due – can be selected without requiring a restart, you are limited to just six quality options (see screenshot). More options can be found in the display menu. Besides FSR and DLSS (GPU-dependent), this menu allows you to adjust the render scale, VSync, brightness, motion blur and HDR. You also have the option to cap the frame rate at 30 and enable an FPS counter. Unfortunately, the game only offers windowed and borderless windowed display modes and lacks a "real" full-screen mode.

Benchmark

Our benchmark sequence was taken from Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, more specifically the beginning of the game, where many characters and objects are on screen at the same time. After the opening cutscene, we captured around 30 seconds of footage using the tool CapFrameX. You can watch the video below to see the section of the game in question. This is an immensely challenging sequence that can almost represent a "worst-case" scenario. The average frame rate should be at least 40 FPS for the game to be considered reasonably playable.

Results

We mainly used devices on loan from XMG (Schenker Technologies) for the benchmarks.

FHD (1,920 x 1,080)

In general, iGPUs have a hard time running Uncharted. For instance, the Iris Xe Graphics G7 couldn't run the game smoothly even at 1,280 x 720 – with settings turned all the way down to minimum, mind you. Only the Radeon 680M was able to deliver moderately smooth frame rates during the test. You'll definitely need a mid-range dedicated GPU or better to run the game at 1,920 x 1,080. A GeForce RTX 3050 Ti and above will let you play the game at the Low and Medium presets. For high to max settings, the game requires a graphics card with at least 6 or 8 GB of VRAM

Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection
1920x1080 Low Preset 1920x1080 Medium Preset 1920x1080 High Preset 1920x1080 Ultra Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	108.2 (81^min, 82.5^P0.1, 88.4^P1) fps ∼44% 106.8 (79.3^min, 82.5^P0.1, 87.4^P1) fps ∼15% 103.4 (77^min, 79.1^P0.1, 86.3^P1) fps ∼45%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	98.3 (40.5^min, 80.8^P0.1, 85.7^P1) fps ∼40% 92.8 (48.4^min, 69.5^P0.1, 80.2^P1) fps ∼13% 89.4 (52^min, 62.2^P0.1, 77.4^P1) fps ∼39%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900HK MSI Raider GE76 12UHS @175 W TGP	88.9 (46.4^min, 63.5^P0.1, 71.8^P1) fps ∼36% 86.1 (41.9^min, 53.5^P0.1, 74.9^P1) fps ∼12% 82.8 (59.2^min, 63.8^P0.1, 70.7^P1) fps ∼36%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H XMG Neo 15 @165 W TGP	86.2 (17.5^min, 50.2^P0.1, 70.6^P1) fps ∼35% 80.6 (3.14^min, 12.4^P0.1, 66.8^P1) fps ∼11% 79.8 (26.3^min, 30.6^P0.1, 67.6^P1) fps ∼34%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H XMG Neo 17 @140 W TGP	81.9 (37.5^min, 41^P0.1, 61.9^P1) fps ∼33% 77.8 (32.1^min, 38.2^P0.1, 62.4^P1) fps ∼11% 73.4 (24.9^min, 46.2^P0.1, 59.8^P1) fps ∼32%
AMD Radeon RX 6800M, R9 5900HX Asus ROG Strix G15	76.9 (55.6^min, 56.4^P0.1, 62.3^P1) fps ∼31% 74.3 (57.3^min, 58.4^P0.1, 60.4^P1) fps ∼10% 72.1 (26.3^min, 56^P0.1, 58.7^P1) fps ∼31%
AMD Radeon RX 6600M, R7 5800H Lenovo Legion 5	69.9 (48.6^min, 52.2^P0.1, 61.4^P1) fps ∼28% 65.2 (48.5^min, 52^P0.1, 56.1^P1) fps ∼9% 62 (49.9^min, 50.1^P0.1, 53.4^P1) fps ∼27%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H XMG Core 15 @130 W TGP	71.3 (25.1^min, 34.9^P0.1, 53.7^P1) fps ∼29% 65.1 (30.9^min, 36.6^P0.1, 48.8^P1) fps ∼9% 58.8 (19.8^min, 28.2^P0.1, 47.3^P1) fps ∼25%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-11800H XMG Focus 17 @75 W TGP	55.8 (30.1^min, 39.4^P0.1, 51.7^P1) fps ∼22% 44.8 (26.9^min, 37.5^P0.1, 40^P1) fps ∼18% 34 (26.6^min, 27.7^P0.1, 29.7^P1) fps ∼5% 33.2 (28.6^min, 28.7^P0.1, 29.9^P1) fps ∼14%
AMD Radeon 680M, R9 6900HS Asus ROG Zephyrus G14	28.5 (24.6^min, 25^P0.1, 26.4^P1) fps ∼11% 26.5 (17.3^min, 18.1^P0.1, 23.8^P1) fps ∼11% 23.1 (15.8^min, 17.3^P0.1, 20.3^P1) fps ∼3% 22 (18.1^min, 18.4^P0.1, 19.9^P1) fps ∼9%
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, i7-1165G7 Zotac ZBOX CI665 Nano	10.9 (9.75^min, 9.77^P0.1, 9.84^P1) fps ∼4% 10.4 (7.86^min, 7.89^P0.1, 8.71^P1) fps ∼4%

QHD (2,560 x 1,440)

A real gaming machine is needed if you want to enjoy the game at 2,560 x 1,440 and Ultra preset. Only a GeForce RTX 3060, Radeon RX 6600M or above is able to deliver enough power to run the game at these settings.

Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection
2560x1440 Ultra Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	88.3 (42.8^min, 60.9^P0.1, 78.3^P1) fps ∼34%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	70 (42.7^min, 43.2^P0.1, 63.6^P1) fps ∼27%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900HK MSI Raider GE76 12UHS @175 W TGP	65 (47.3^min, 55.5^P0.1, 59.9^P1) fps ∼25%
AMD Radeon RX 6800M, R9 5900HX Asus ROG Strix G15	60.4 (53.6^min, 54^P0.1, 55.1^P1) fps ∼24%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H XMG Neo 15 @165 W TGP	59.7 (36.8^min, 38.7^P0.1, 55.7^P1) fps ∼23%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H XMG Neo 17 @140 W TGP	58.2 (29.2^min, 32.9^P0.1, 54.2^P1) fps ∼23%
AMD Radeon RX 6600M, R7 5800H Lenovo Legion 5	46.3 (41.6^min, 41.7^P0.1, 42.7^P1) fps ∼18%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H XMG Core 15 @130 W TGP	41.8 (27.2^min, 34.6^P0.1, 36.9^P1) fps ∼16%

UHD (3,840 x 2,160)

Things get really serious at 4K. In the laptop segment right now, only the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is capable of running the game properly at 3,840 x 2,160 and max settings. But a greater number of high-end desktop GPUs are able to handle the game at this resolution.

Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection
3840x2160 Ultra Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	57.4 (35.7^min, 52.5^P0.1, 53.6^P1) fps ∼6%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	40.9 (23.5^min, 23.6^P0.1, 37.4^P1) fps ∼4%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900HK MSI Raider GE76 12UHS @175 W TGP	40.4 (26.2^min, 26.5^P0.1, 36.5^P1) fps ∼4%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H XMG Neo 15 @165 W TGP	36.1 (14.3^min, 20.7^P0.1, 32.3^P1) fps ∼3%
AMD Radeon RX 6800M, R9 5900HX Asus ROG Strix G15	35.9 (31.6^min, 32.2^P0.1, 33.1^P1) fps ∼3%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H XMG Neo 17 @140 W TGP	26.6 (15.2^min, 15.6^P0.1, 23.5^P1) fps ∼3%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H XMG Core 15 @130 W TGP	13.7 (7.77^min, 8.7^P0.1, 11.7^P1) fps ∼1%
AMD Radeon RX 6600M, R7 5800H Lenovo Legion 5	13.4 (7.54^min, 7.62^P0.1, 8.16^P1) fps ∼1%

Note

Because gaming tests are very time-consuming and are often constrained by installation or activation limits, we are only able to provide you with part of the benchmark results at the time of publishing this article. We will be adding more graphics cards over the coming days and weeks.

XMG Neo 15 (RTX 3080) - Click on the image to open the configurator (bestware.com)

XMG Neo 17 (RTX 3070) - Click on the image to open the configurator (bestware.com)

XMG Core 15 (RTX 3060) - Click on the image to open the configurator (bestware.com)

XMG Focus 17 (RTX 3050 Ti) - Click on the image to open the configurator (bestware.com)

Device	Graphics card	Processor	RAM	Operating system
MSI Raider GE76 12UHS	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti @175 W TGP (16 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-12900HK	2 x 16 GB DDR5	Windows 11
XMG Neo 15	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 @165 W TGP (16 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-11800H	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 11
XMG Neo 17	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 @140 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-11800H	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 11
XMG Core 15	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 @130 W TGP (6 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-11800H	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 11
XMG Focus 17	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti @75 W TGP (4 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-11800H	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 11
Asus ROG Strix G15	AMD Radeon RX 6800M (12 GB GDDR6)	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 11
Lenovo Legion 5	AMD Radeon RX 6600M (8 GB GDDR6)	AMD Ryzen 7 5800H	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 11
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14	AMD Radeon 680M	AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS	2 x 16 GB DDR5	Windows 11
Zotac ZBOX CI665 Nano	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96 CUs)	Intel Core i7-1165G7	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 11
Desktop-PC I	MSI GeForce RTX 3080 (10 GB GDDR6X) MSI GeForce RTX 3070 (8 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-12900K	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 11
Desktop-PC II	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 FE (24 GB GDDR6X) Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (8 GB GDDR6X) Nvidia Titan RTX (24 GB GDDR6) Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super (8 GB GDDR6) Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super (8 GB GDDR6) KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 Super (6 GB GDDR6) PNY GeForce GTX 1660 (6 GB GDDR5) KFA2 GeForce GTX 1650 Super (4 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6800 (16 GB DDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12 GB DDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6600 (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5700 (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (6 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (8 GB GDDR6)	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	2 x 16 GB DDR5	Windows 11
Desktop-PC III	Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super FE	Intel Core i9-11900K	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 11

4K monitors	Nvidia driver	AMD driver
Asus PB287Q, Philips Brilliance 329P9H, Acer Predator XB321HK	ForceWare 526.47	Adrenalin 22.10.3

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Florian Glaser, 2022-11-11 (Update: 2022-11-11)

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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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