With the release of DirectStorage 1.1 for Windows PC systems, as well as current GPUs and NVMe SSDs, the performance benchmarks of AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA’s latest GPUs are being extensively compared. The most recent benchmark test, created by the website Compusemble, demonstrates the power of the technology firsthand on the site’s YouTube channel.
The API enables the CPU to reduce the number of critical cycles required for large tasks and decompresses game assets via “highly parallel” graphics cards without the operating system taking over and using the processor at a higher level. Microsoft’s DirectStorage 1.1 limits the load placed on the processor when the NVMe storage requests data.
The algorithms used in the compression and decompression of assets via DirectStorage allow for higher data levels to be moved above what the NVMe SSD would normally be expected to handle but cannot, limiting the time to load assets.
PC Games Hardware used Compusemble’s benchmark test to compare three of the best graphics cards on the market for data decompression. The Intel Core i9-12900K processor from the Alder Lake generation was used with all three graphics cards. All three graphics cards outperformed the Intel processor in decompression by nearly 2.5 times. When it came to “asset decompression,” the Intel Arc A770 GPU outperformed AMD and NVIDIA. According to the results, the Intel Arc A770 can transfer and decompress assets at 16.8 GB/s, while the AMD RX 7900 XT processed the same data at 14.6 GB/s, a thirteen percent difference.
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