OcuLink Expansion Bay Module

There’s a lot of ambiguity across a few of these threads about this. So I did some real-world benchmarking for everyone using Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered.

Some testing notes:

  • I have the 7940HS CPU model for the FW16, with the original liquid metal cooling (no mods) and 1st-gen display
  • I’m running everything in powersave mode because I haaaaate the sound of the fans
  • My USB4 dock is an ADT-Link UT3G
  • My OcuLink dock is an ADT-LINK F9G (4i) and I’m using * Kyle’s adapter inside the M.2 expansion
  • My GPU is an RX 7900XTX
  • The game graphics are cranked to as high as they can go, with all AI crap turned off

And the results:

Benchmark Oculink USB4
4K direct to GPU 57 24
1600P direct to GPU 64 26
1600P using eGPU on internal display 58 23

Here’s the snippets of the game CSV files:

# oculink 4k direct
BuildID,Operating System,CPU Model,GPU Model,Video Driver,RAM Size,Fullscreen,ExclusiveFullscreen,Monitor,WindowLeft,WindowTop,WindowWidth,WindowHeight,UserWindowWidth,UserWindowHeight,WindowMaximized,MultiMonitorEnabled,AspectRatio,LetterboxCinematics,ForcedAspectRatio,CorrectForNonSquarePixels,FullscreenWidth,FullscreenHeight,RefreshRate,VSync,FOVCorrection,Sharpness,Brightness,Contrast,DynamicResolutionTargetFPS,ReflexMode,DLSSG,AntilagMode,FrameGen,TextureQuality,TextureFiltering,ShadowQuality,DOFQuality,MotionBlurScale,AmbientOcclusionQuality,Bloom,Vignette,LevelOfDetail,HairQuality,LensFlares,ScreenEffects,ScreenSpaceReflections,AA,ScreenSpaceShadows,TranslucencyQuality,ShadowQuality,TerrainQuality,CloudsQuality,ParallaxOcclusion,AsyncCompute,UpscaleMethod,UpscaleQuality,HDR,HDRMaxNits,HDRPaperWhite,HDRShadowBoost,HDRHighlightBoost,ProcessWorkingSetSize,IncreasedMemoryStreamingCache,
v1.5.89.0,Windows 10.0 (build 19043.1466),AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics,AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (RADV NAVI31),,54,true,false,0,480,270,3840,2160,2880,1620,false,false,0.000000,true,0,true,3840,2160,60,0,1.000000,0.500000,0.500000,1.000000,0,0,false,0,0,3,4,5,3,1.000000,1,true,true,4,3,true,true,2,2,true,1,5,3,2,true,true,0,3,false,270.000000,1131151360,0.500000,0.500000,0,true,

# oculink 1600P direct
BuildID,Operating System,CPU Model,GPU Model,Video Driver,RAM Size,Fullscreen,ExclusiveFullscreen,Monitor,WindowLeft,WindowTop,WindowWidth,WindowHeight,UserWindowWidth,UserWindowHeight,WindowMaximized,MultiMonitorEnabled,AspectRatio,LetterboxCinematics,ForcedAspectRatio,CorrectForNonSquarePixels,FullscreenWidth,FullscreenHeight,RefreshRate,VSync,FOVCorrection,Sharpness,Brightness,Contrast,DynamicResolutionTargetFPS,ReflexMode,DLSSG,AntilagMode,FrameGen,TextureQuality,TextureFiltering,ShadowQuality,DOFQuality,MotionBlurScale,AmbientOcclusionQuality,Bloom,Vignette,LevelOfDetail,HairQuality,LensFlares,ScreenEffects,ScreenSpaceReflections,AA,ScreenSpaceShadows,TranslucencyQuality,ShadowQuality,TerrainQuality,CloudsQuality,ParallaxOcclusion,AsyncCompute,UpscaleMethod,UpscaleQuality,HDR,HDRMaxNits,HDRPaperWhite,HDRShadowBoost,HDRHighlightBoost,ProcessWorkingSetSize,IncreasedMemoryStreamingCache,
v1.5.89.0,Windows 10.0 (build 19043.1466),AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics,AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (RADV NAVI31),,54,true,false,0,480,270,3840,2160,2880,1620,false,false,0.000000,true,0,true,2560,1600,60,0,1.000000,0.500000,0.500000,1.000000,0,0,false,0,0,3,4,5,3,1.000000,1,true,true,4,3,true,true,2,2,true,1,5,3,2,true,true,0,3,false,270.000000,1131151360,0.500000,0.500000,0,true,

# oculink 1600P internal display
BuildID,Operating System,CPU Model,GPU Model,Video Driver,RAM Size,Fullscreen,ExclusiveFullscreen,Monitor,WindowLeft,WindowTop,WindowWidth,WindowHeight,UserWindowWidth,UserWindowHeight,WindowMaximized,MultiMonitorEnabled,AspectRatio,LetterboxCinematics,ForcedAspectRatio,CorrectForNonSquarePixels,FullscreenWidth,FullscreenHeight,RefreshRate,VSync,FOVCorrection,Sharpness,Brightness,Contrast,DynamicResolutionTargetFPS,ReflexMode,DLSSG,AntilagMode,FrameGen,TextureQuality,TextureFiltering,ShadowQuality,DOFQuality,MotionBlurScale,AmbientOcclusionQuality,Bloom,Vignette,LevelOfDetail,HairQuality,LensFlares,ScreenEffects,ScreenSpaceReflections,AA,ScreenSpaceShadows,TranslucencyQuality,ShadowQuality,TerrainQuality,CloudsQuality,ParallaxOcclusion,AsyncCompute,UpscaleMethod,UpscaleQuality,HDR,HDRMaxNits,HDRPaperWhite,HDRShadowBoost,HDRHighlightBoost,ProcessWorkingSetSize,IncreasedMemoryStreamingCache,
v1.5.89.0,Windows 10.0 (build 19043.1466),AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics,AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (RADV NAVI31),,54,true,false,0,480,270,2560,1600,2880,1620,false,false,0.000000,true,0,true,2560,1600,60,0,1.000000,0.500000,0.500000,1.000000,0,0,false,0,0,3,4,5,3,1.000000,1,true,true,4,3,true,true,2,2,true,1,5,3,2,true,true,0,3,false,270.000000,1131151360,0.500000,0.500000,0,true,

# usb4 4k direct
BuildID,Operating System,CPU Model,GPU Model,Video Driver,RAM Size,Fullscreen,ExclusiveFullscreen,Monitor,WindowLeft,WindowTop,WindowWidth,WindowHeight,UserWindowWidth,UserWindowHeight,WindowMaximized,MultiMonitorEnabled,AspectRatio,LetterboxCinematics,ForcedAspectRatio,CorrectForNonSquarePixels,FullscreenWidth,FullscreenHeight,RefreshRate,VSync,FOVCorrection,Sharpness,Brightness,Contrast,DynamicResolutionTargetFPS,ReflexMode,DLSSG,AntilagMode,FrameGen,TextureQuality,TextureFiltering,ShadowQuality,DOFQuality,MotionBlurScale,AmbientOcclusionQuality,Bloom,Vignette,LevelOfDetail,HairQuality,LensFlares,ScreenEffects,ScreenSpaceReflections,AA,ScreenSpaceShadows,TranslucencyQuality,ShadowQuality,TerrainQuality,CloudsQuality,ParallaxOcclusion,AsyncCompute,UpscaleMethod,UpscaleQuality,HDR,HDRMaxNits,HDRPaperWhite,HDRShadowBoost,HDRHighlightBoost,ProcessWorkingSetSize,IncreasedMemoryStreamingCache,
v1.5.89.0,Windows 10.0 (build 19043.1466),AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics,AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (RADV NAVI31),,54,true,false,0,480,270,3840,2160,2880,1620,false,false,0.000000,true,0,true,3840,2160,60,0,1.000000,0.500000,0.500000,1.000000,0,0,false,0,0,3,4,5,3,1.000000,1,true,true,4,3,true,true,2,2,true,1,5,3,2,true,true,0,3,false,270.000000,1131151360,0.500000,0.500000,0,true,

# usb4 1600P direct
BuildID,Operating System,CPU Model,GPU Model,Video Driver,RAM Size,Fullscreen,ExclusiveFullscreen,Monitor,WindowLeft,WindowTop,WindowWidth,WindowHeight,UserWindowWidth,UserWindowHeight,WindowMaximized,MultiMonitorEnabled,AspectRatio,LetterboxCinematics,ForcedAspectRatio,CorrectForNonSquarePixels,FullscreenWidth,FullscreenHeight,RefreshRate,VSync,FOVCorrection,Sharpness,Brightness,Contrast,DynamicResolutionTargetFPS,ReflexMode,DLSSG,AntilagMode,FrameGen,TextureQuality,TextureFiltering,ShadowQuality,DOFQuality,MotionBlurScale,AmbientOcclusionQuality,Bloom,Vignette,LevelOfDetail,HairQuality,LensFlares,ScreenEffects,ScreenSpaceReflections,AA,ScreenSpaceShadows,TranslucencyQuality,ShadowQuality,TerrainQuality,CloudsQuality,ParallaxOcclusion,AsyncCompute,UpscaleMethod,UpscaleQuality,HDR,HDRMaxNits,HDRPaperWhite,HDRShadowBoost,HDRHighlightBoost,ProcessWorkingSetSize,IncreasedMemoryStreamingCache,
v1.5.89.0,Windows 10.0 (build 19043.1466),AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics,AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (RADV NAVI31),,54,true,false,0,480,270,3840,2160,2880,1620,false,false,0.000000,true,0,true,2560,1600,60,0,1.000000,0.500000,0.500000,1.000000,0,0,false,0,0,3,4,5,3,1.000000,1,true,true,4,3,true,true,2,2,true,1,5,3,2,true,true,0,3,false,270.000000,1131151360,0.500000,0.500000,0,true,

# usb4 1600P internal display
BuildID,Operating System,CPU Model,GPU Model,Video Driver,RAM Size,Fullscreen,ExclusiveFullscreen,Monitor,WindowLeft,WindowTop,WindowWidth,WindowHeight,UserWindowWidth,UserWindowHeight,WindowMaximized,MultiMonitorEnabled,AspectRatio,LetterboxCinematics,ForcedAspectRatio,CorrectForNonSquarePixels,FullscreenWidth,FullscreenHeight,RefreshRate,VSync,FOVCorrection,Sharpness,Brightness,Contrast,DynamicResolutionTargetFPS,ReflexMode,DLSSG,AntilagMode,FrameGen,TextureQuality,TextureFiltering,ShadowQuality,DOFQuality,MotionBlurScale,AmbientOcclusionQuality,Bloom,Vignette,LevelOfDetail,HairQuality,LensFlares,ScreenEffects,ScreenSpaceReflections,AA,ScreenSpaceShadows,TranslucencyQuality,ShadowQuality,TerrainQuality,CloudsQuality,ParallaxOcclusion,AsyncCompute,UpscaleMethod,UpscaleQuality,HDR,HDRMaxNits,HDRPaperWhite,HDRShadowBoost,HDRHighlightBoost,ProcessWorkingSetSize,IncreasedMemoryStreamingCache,
v1.5.89.0,Windows 10.0 (build 19043.1466),AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics,AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (RADV NAVI31),,54,true,false,0,480,270,2560,1600,2880,1620,false,false,0.000000,true,0,true,2560,1600,60,0,1.000000,0.500000,0.500000,1.000000,0,0,false,0,0,3,4,5,3,1.000000,1,true,true,4,3,true,true,2,2,true,1,5,3,2,true,true,0,3,false,270.000000,1131151360,0.500000,0.500000,0,true,

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