VBS incl. HVCI in Windows 11: Current benchmarks for performance loss in games

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With Windows 11, Microsoft has pushed the use of Virtualization-based Security (VBS). At the start in 2021, only their “core isolation” component was automatically active, but this also applies to “memory integrity” (HVCI) if the platform can do it. New benchmarks show how much performance this costs.

Table of contents

  1. VBS incl. HVCI in Windows 11 at a glance
  2. More security costs performance
  3. Current benchmarks in the CPU limit
  4. Conclusion

VBS incl. HVCI in Windows 11 at a glance

When Windows 11 was launched in autumn 2021, the editors already had a comprehensive article on the topic of Virtualization-based Security (VBS) with and without active “Hypervisor-Protected Code Integrity” (HVCI). titled Windows 11 & 10: Dedicated to VBS performance loss benchmarks including HVCI. The core statements are still valid today, but two general conditions have changed:

  1. When Windows 11 started, the main requirements for using VBS including HVCI (CPU virtualization) in the BIOS were still switched off at the factory on many mainboards.
  2. Windows 11 21H2 as the first release switched HVCI on computers on which all requirements were met, not automatically active.

Things will look different at the beginning of 2023: If you set up a new system with Windows 11 22H2 on a modern platform from AMD (AM5) or Intel (socket LGA 1700) with the latest BIOS, you can install an operating system that supports virtualization-based security ( VBS) including HVCI uses. The editors would appreciate information about exceptions to this rule in the comments.

Whether HVCI is active can be understood in Windows 11 as follows: Memory integrity must be active behind Settings, data protection and security, Windows security, device security, core isolation details – if it is not active, HCVI is off.

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  1. This is the way to set the “memory integrity” in Windows 11.

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This is the way to set the “memory integrity” in Windows 11

More security costs performance

ComputerBase also worked out in the article a year and a half ago that HVCI costs performance and that this particularly affects games in the private sphere. The fact that “memory integrity” on CPUs that do not support Mode-based Execution Control (MBEC) can even significantly cost performance, Microsoft had persuaded it to explicitly name CPUs from AMD Zen 2 and Intel Kaby Lake that are officially compatible with Windows 11.

Recently, however, the topic had become quieter again and only a few publications on the subject of gaming performance provided any information about the status of VBS and/or HVCI in the benchmarks. This information is absolutely necessary, especially when different platforms are compared with each other, as the following current benchmarks show.

Current benchmarks in the CPU limit

Because VBS including HVCI is now standard on new platforms, ComputerBase has the latest CPU game tests for Ryzen 9 7950X3D and Ryzen 9 7900X3D already carried out across platforms with fully activated VBS and this is also explicitly mentioned.

On the AM4 platform used for Ryzen 5000, the CPU virtualization still had to be activated manually even with the latest BIOS – and that was forgotten at the beginning. The Ryzen 7 5800X went through the gaming test course once with active core isolation, but without active memory integrity, before the astonishingly good measured values ​​first caused astonishment and then led to HVCI being switched on (by activating CPU virtualization in the BIOS). Without planning it, the tests of the new X3D CPU produced cutting-edge benchmarks on the impact of the security function in the CPU limit.

Specifically, the Ryzen 7 5800X loses in Interaction with a Radeon RX 7900 XTX 6 percent in FPS and 8 percent in frame times when memory integrity (HVCI) is active.

The benchmarks were created in the maximum CPU limit in 720p (details on the settings), so the impact would be smaller with more load on the GPU. But considering the fact that scenarios in the CPU limit are used to assess the performance of CPUs in games, the effects are undoubtedly still considerable: On average, switching between inactive and active HVCI quickly has a greater impact than many CPU swaps .

Performance rating, RX 7900 XTX

9 entries Edit Performance rating, RX 7900 XTX – AVG FPS Inflow charts All None < ul>

  • Age of Empires 4 – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, average
  • Call of Duty Warzone 2 – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, average

    • < li>Cyberpunk 2077 + RT – 1,280 × 720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, Average

  • Dead Space – 1,280 × 720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, Average
  • Diablo 2 Resurrected – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, Average
  • Dota 2 – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, Average
  • Forspoken – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, Average
  • Fortnite – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, Average
  • Ghostwire Tokyo – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, Average
  • Resident Evil Village – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, Average
  • Spider-Man – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, Average
  • The Callisto Protocol – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, Average
  • The Witcher 3 – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, Average
  • Uncharted – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, Average
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS an, HVCI an98.0
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on92.1
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS on, HVCI an92.0
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI on91.3
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI on89.1
      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS on, HVCI on84 ,9
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI an83.9
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI on83.5
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI on 82.9
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on 82.2
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off70.8
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI on66.6

    Unit: percent 9 entries Edit performance rating, RX 7900 XTX – percentile -FPS Inflow charts All None

    • Age of Empires 4 – 1,280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, 1% percentile
    • Call of Duty Warzone 2 – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, 1% percentile
    • Cyberpunk 2077 + RT – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, 1% percentile
    • Dead Space – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, 1% percentile
    • Diablo 2 Resurrected – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, 1% percentile
    • Dota 2 – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, 1% percentile
    • Forspoken – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, 1% percentile
    • Fortnite – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, 1% percentile
    • Ghostwire Tokyo – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, 1% percentile
    • Resident Evil Village – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS , 1% percentile
    • Spider-Man – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, 1% percentile
    • The Callisto Protocol – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, 1% percentile
    • The Witcher 3 – 1280×720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, 1% percentile
    • Uncharted – 1280 × 720, RX 7900 XTX: FPS, 1% percentile
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on96.0
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS on, HVCI an94.4
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI on94.0
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI on91.8
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on90, 9
      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS on, HVCI an86.4
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI an84.3

        • < li class="chart__row chart__row--hidden toggle-body-item nojs-tr">AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI an83,6

      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI on 83.0
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on 79.9
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off70.8
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI on65.3

    Unit: percent

    In this case, too, the extent to which the “Hypervisor-Protected Code Integrity” has an effect on the performance in the CPU limit in games depends entirely on the Game on: Titles like Forspoken hardly react to it on the Ryzen 7 5800X, but in Diablo II: Resurrected the frame times drop by over 30 percent.

    1,280 × 720, RX 7900 XTX

    18 entries Age of Empires 4 – 1,280 × 720, RX 7900 XTX

    • FPS, Average:
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS on, HVCI on236.1
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI an233.0
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI an219.0
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an216.7
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on215.5
      • Intel Core i5- 13600K
        VBS on, HVCI on213.3
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI an189.8
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI on185.5
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI an180.5
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an172.1
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off169.7
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI on156.5
    • FPS , 1% percentile:
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS on, HVCI on196.4
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS an, HVCI an193.6
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an192.4
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an186.2

        • < li class="chart__row chart__row--hidden toggle-body-item nojs-tr">Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI an185.8

      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS on, HVCI on183.0
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on151.5< /li>
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI an141.6
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI on136.0
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI on134.4
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off123.8
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI on115.1

    Unit: frames per second (FPS) 18 entries Call of Duty Warzone 2 – 1,280 × 720, RX 7900 XTX

    • FPS, Average:
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on230, 2
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS on, HVCI on215.8
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI an215.7
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI on200.2
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an196.3
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI an191.9
      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS on, HVCI on191.2
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI an186.8
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS an, HVCI an171.0
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI on169.9
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI from 135.6
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI on131.0
    • FPS, 1% percentile:
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS an, HVCI an146.4
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI on146.2
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on139.9
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI an138.9
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI on135.0
      • Intel Core i5 -13600K
        VBS on, HVCI on134.0
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on130.2
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI on124.9
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI on120 ,0
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on107,5
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off93.3
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI on90.6

    Unit: frames per second (FPS) 18 entries Cyberpunk 2077 + RT – 1,280 × 720, RX 7900 XTX

    • FPS, average:
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on127.4
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS an, HVCI an122.9
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI on122.5
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an121,7
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS an, HVCI an121,4
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI an116.8
      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS on, HVCI on116.6
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI an115,1
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI on113.4
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on107.9

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      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off94.8
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI on88.8
    • FPS, 1% percentile:
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS< br>VBS on, HVCI on 84.5
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI on 84.5

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      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI an82.1
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI at 81.2
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI at 79.9
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI an77.9
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI on76.3
      • Intel Core i5- 13600K
        VBS on, HVCI on70.0
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on69.9
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off 67.7
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on 66.1
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI on61.0

    Unit: frames per second (FPS) 18 entries Dead Space – 1,280 × 720, RX 7900 XTX

    • FPS, Average:
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on145.8
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS an, HVCI an144.0
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an143.0
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI on142.7
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI an142.2
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an139.3
      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS on, HVCI on139.3
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off131.0
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS on, HVCI on128.6
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI on128 ,5
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI on122,6
    • FPS, 1% percentile:
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI an95.2
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on93.4
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on91.5
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI on91.4< /li>
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI an91,1
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI on90.2
      • Intel Core i5- 13600K
        VBS on, HVCI on89.9
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS on, HVCI on87.7
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on86.3
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI an86.3
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off80,9
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI an71,3

    Unit: frames per second (FPS) 18 entries Diablo 2 Resurrected – 1,280 × 720, RX 7900 XTX

    • FPS, average:
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI on410.8
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS on, HVCI on404.9
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on400.7
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI an398.2
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on392.1
      • Intel Core i7- 13700K
        VBS on, HVCI at389.2
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI at387.8< /li>
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off373.2
      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS on, HVCI an356.9
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an335.5
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI on327.4
    • FPS, 1% percentile:
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI on244.2
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS on, HVCI an239,9
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS an, HVCI an239,7
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI an237.5
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on235.5
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS an, HVCI an230.5
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off227.2
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D< br>VBS on, HVCI an226.5
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI an221.6
      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS on, HVCI an216.5
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on171.7
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI on168.8

    Unit: frames per second (FPS) 18 entries Dota 2 – 1,280 × 720, RX 7900 XTX

    • FPS, Average:
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an372.0
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI at 306.5
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI at 290.4

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      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS an, HVCI an268.8
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI an258.3

        • < li class="chart__row chart__row--hidden toggle-body-item nojs-tr">Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI an249.1

      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI on246.8
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI on235.8
      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS an, HVCI an233.6
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off198.0
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI an191.6
    • FPS, 1% percentile:
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on186.7
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS an, HVCI an155,3
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI on154.8
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on150.1
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS an, HVCI an148.9
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI on148.4
      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS on, HVCI on143.3
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI an140.3
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI on134.1
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI on128.8
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off106.2
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI an104,5

    Unit: frames per second (FPS) 18 entries Forspoken – 1,280 × 720, RX 7900 XTX

    • FPS, Average:
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS on, HVCI on113.7
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI on113.7
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI an108.2
      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS on, HVCI on100.3
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on97.7
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an91.0
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI on88.4
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI at 86.0
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI at 83.1

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      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an74.0
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI an58.6
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off57.8
    • FPS, 1% Percentile:
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS on, HVCI on70.3
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI on70.3
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on68.1

        • < li class="chart__row chart__row--hidden toggle-body-item nojs-tr">Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI an65.0

      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS on, HVCI on62.3
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on61.7
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI an57.9
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI on56.2
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI an52.8
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an52.7
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI on41.3
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off40.8

    Unit: frames per second (FPS) 18 entries Fortnite – 1,280 × 720, RX 7900 XTX

    • FPS, Average:
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an177.6
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS on, HVCI on168.8
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off166, 6
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI on165.2
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI an164.0
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on163.2
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on160.1
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI on159.2
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI on158.2

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      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS an, HVCI an156.5
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI on155.6
      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS an, HVCI an153,3
    • FPS, 1% percentile:
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS , HVCI an138.9
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS an, HVCI an136.6
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS on, HVCI on132.4
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI an132,3
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS an, HVCI an129,8
      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS on, HVCI an129.2
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI an124.6
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an124.2
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off122.8
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI on121.2
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI on120.4

        • < li class="chart__row">AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI on119.5

    Unit: frames per second (FPS) 18 entries Ghostwire Tokyo – 1,280 × 720, RX 7900 XTX

    • FPS, Average:
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on 218.3
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on 214.3

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      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS an, HVCI an191,7
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI on191.6
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI on184.0
      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS on, HVCI on176 ,5
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an165.3
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI an160 ,1
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS an, HVCI an157,6
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI on156.6
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off125.0
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI on110.6
    • FPS, 1% percentile:
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS an, HVCI an94.0
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI on94.0
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on89.4
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an88.4
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI on87.7
      • Intel Core i5 -13600K
        VBS on, HVCI on83.2
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI on77.3
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI an77.2
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI at 75.7
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI at 67.5

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      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off59.9
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI on53.2

    Unit: frames per second (FPS) 18 entries Resident Evil Village – 1,280 × 720, RX 7900 XTX

    • FPS, Average:
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on484.5< /li>
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS an, HVCI an454.8
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on382.8
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS an, HVCI an366,4
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI on363.0
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI an354.4
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI an342, 0
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI an341.5
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI on334.2
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off320.2
      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS on, HVCI on318.7
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI on285.1
    • FPS, 1% percentile:
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an359.8
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an339.8
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on280.0
      • Intel Core i9- 13900KS
        VBS on, HVCI on270.1
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS an, HVCI an270,0
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI on255.1
      • Intel Core i7 -13700K
        VBS on, HVCI on253.6
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI on250.5
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI an247.7
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off231.7
      • Intel Core i5-13600K< br>VBS on, HVCI an230.1
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI an205.0

    Unit: frames per second (FPS) 18 entries Spider-Man – 1,280 × 720, RX 7900 XTX

    • FPS, Average:
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on98.1< /li>
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on94.3
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI an91,1
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI on90.4
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI at 90.1
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI at 88.1< /li>
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI on86.3
      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS on, HVCI an85.2
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS an, HVCI an84.2
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off71.4
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI on70.3< /li>
    • FPS, 1% percentile:
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an76.1
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI on71.6
      • Intel Core i9- 13900KS
        VBS on, HVCI on71.2
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI on70.2
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI an68.6
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on68.5
      • Intel Core i5- 13600K
        VBS on, HVCI at68.4
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI at68.0
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI at 67.9
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI at 64.4
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off57.3
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X< br>VBS an, HVCI an56.0

    Unit: frames per second (FPS) 18 entries The Callisto Protocol – 1,280 × 720, RX 7900 XTX

    • FPS, Average:
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on289.2
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS an, HVCI an284.9
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS on, HVCI on270.1
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI an266.9
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI an262.4
      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS on, HVCI an249.2
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI on247.8
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI on243.1
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI an240.4
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on233.1
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off194.5
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI on187.7
    • FPS , 1% percentile:
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an207.8
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on201.1
      • Intel Core i9- 13900KS
        VBS on, HVCI on197.8
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI on197.2
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI an187.9
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI an177.0

        • < li class="chart__row chart__row--hidden toggle-body-item nojs-tr">AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI an172.8

      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI on171.7
      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS an, HVCI an169.4
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on164.0
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off133.7
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS an, HVCI an125.9

    unit : Frames per second (FPS) 18 entries The Witcher 3 – 1,280 × 720, RX 7900 XTX

    • FPS, Average:
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI an221,1
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI on220.7
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an220.0
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an217.4
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI an217.0
      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS on, HVCI an211,1
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on201.5
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI on194.4
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI an192.2
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off177.6
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI an166.6
    • FPS, 1% percentile:
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI on178.3
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS an, HVCI an167.0
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI on166.9
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an161,1
      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS on, HVCI an159, 2
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI an149.1
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI on146.7
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on144.4

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      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS an, HVCI an143.0
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI on140.0
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off129.6
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI on112.9

    Unit: frames per second (FPS) 18 entries Uncharted – 1,280 × 720, RX 7900 XTX

    • FPS, Average:
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS on, HVCI on196.1
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI an194,8
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS an, HVCI an194,5
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an193.8
      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS on, HVCI an190.7
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an188.5
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI on184.3
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X< br>VBS on, HVCI an184.0
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI an181.2
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI on177.0
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off159.7
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI on153.3
    • FPS, 1% percentile:
      • Intel Core i9-13900KS
        VBS on, HVCI an141,5
      • Intel Core i9-13900K
        VBS on, HVCI on140.9
      • Intel Core i7-13700K
        VBS on, HVCI an139,4
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
        VBS an, HVCI an139,1
      • Intel Core i5-13600K
        VBS on, HVCI an131.2
      • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
        VBS on, HVCI on129.7
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
        VBS on, HVCI on127.9

        • < li class="chart__row chart__row--hidden toggle-body-item nojs-tr">AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
        VBS on, HVCI an127.6

      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D< br>VBS on, HVCI on124.6
      • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
        VBS on, HVCI on122.8
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – HVCI off
        VBS on, HVCI off104.3
      • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
        VBS on, HVCI on103.8

    Unit: frames per second (FPS)

    Conclusion

    The fact that VBS including HVCI provides more security, but costs performance, is nothing new, but more than a year after the last article on the subject, it was time to point this out again – even if the trigger in this case happened to be “wrong “ tested processor was.

    First of all, more and more users are using such a setup because Windows 11 runs on new platforms with these security mechanisms ex works. And secondly, the effects in the absolute CPU limit are still so great that at least in articles on the subject of CPU gaming performance, it is imperative to clarify which VBS component was active on which platform.

    In practice, which will be characterized by the GPU limit for most gamers in most games, the effects are smaller. But anyone who has good reason to base their gaming CPU purchase decision on 720p benchmarks must also be aware of the effects of the additional security features in Windows 11.

    I use Windows 11 and have active:

    • Core Isolation
    • Memory Integrity
    • None of both
    • abstain (show result)

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