Nvidia RTX 4070 Graphics Card Review

3DMark Timespy Extreme

Time Spy Extreme is a new 4K DirectX 12 benchmark test, available in 3DMark Advanced and Professional Editions. You don’t need a 4K monitor to run it, but you will need a GPU with at least 4 GB of dedicated memory. With its 4K Ultra HD rendering resolution, Time Spy Extreme is an ideal benchmark test for the latest high-end graphics cards. The CPU test has been redesigned to let processors with 8 or more cores perform to their full potential

3DMark is available on Steam here.

So kicking things off with 3DMark Timespy Extreme, and it’s here that we see the RTX 4070 sitting just behind the RX 6800 XT. A card that was more expensive at launch, though has been out for some time. Compared to the RTX 3080, the 4070 does sit slightly behind with the 30 series card sitting around 7% ahead overall, so not the best start for the 4070.

3DMark Port Royal

3DMark Port Royal is the world’s first real-time ray tracing benchmark for gamers. It shows you how well your PC handles ray-tracing effects in real time. Use Port Royal to benchmark graphics cards that support Microsoft DirectX Raytracing. Compare Port Royal benchmark scores to see how overclocking affects ray-tracing performance. Find your PC’s performance limits with custom benchmark settings and detailed hardware monitoring charts.

3DMark is available on Steam here.

Port Royal sees the 4070 pushing ahead of AMD’s 6000 series stack, and still somewhat behind the 3080 10GB which again sits 7% ahead in the FPS and 6% ahead in the overall score. It’s not a bad result, but I was just expecting more, especially considering the newer generation of RT cores on this card.

PugetBench for Davinci

A benchmark for both CPU and GPU performance that is a great basis for comparing the video and graphics editing capabilities of any system.

Available now on Puget.

Puget Bench for budding content creators again sees the 4070 just behind the 3080 which comes in with a 5% better score overall showing that the newer architecture and slightly increased memory doesn’t make any real difference in this test.