Microsoft Direct3D12: FPS benchmarks and laptop guide

"Microsoft Direct3D12 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU)" is an API-remap record — on some systems the graphics API layer, not the driver, identifies the GPU, and benchmark runs filed that way land under this label. The silicon is the RTX 4090 Laptop GPU; the record wrapping it carries quirks worth reading. 16 games are benchmarked at 1080p, and 42 catalog models match the name.

Where this record sits in 2026

Here is the page's central honesty problem: the composite score of 50.7 ranks #122 of 341, between the T1200 (51.5) and a GTX 1070 Max-Q record (51.1) — while the game table below shows flagship-class frame rates no mid-table chip can post. This is the trust-the-table divergence this catalog documents wherever it appears: when a record's name, benches and table disagree with its composite placement, read the table. The stored specs contribute their own artifacts — a 450 W figure that belongs to desktop-part labeling, not a laptop envelope.

What the record brings

Alongside the 24 GB of GDDR6X (the genuine 4090 Laptop figure), the record lists a 5 nm process. The public benches are the strongest in this batch of pages: PassMark 38,067, Fire Strike 75,641 and GeekBench Vulkan 85,719 — top-of-catalog numbers that no #122-ranked part produces. The evidence, not the ranking, tells you what this is.

FPS in games at 1080p

At the high preset: Valorant at 650, The Witcher 3 at 578, Counter-Strike 2 and Resident Evil 4 Remake at 351, Fortnite and Forza Horizon 4 at 300, Forza Horizon 5 at 281, Dota 2 at 253, Metro Exodus at 230, Cyberpunk 2077 at 227, Far Cry 5 at 209 and Battlefield 5 at 190. (GTA V's recorded 140 is a cap artifact among otherwise-huge numbers.) This is a flagship table — 1080p is light work for this silicon.

Laptops that carry it

The 42-model roster is the genuine RTX 4090 Laptop fleet: Alienware M18 R2 ($2,485), ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 16/18, Zephyrus G16 GU605, Acer Predator Helios 18, and MSI's top line — Titan 18 HX, Raider 18 HX, Vector 16/17 HX, Creator 16, Stealth 16 AI Studio (2024 models, mostly $1,152 up). Roster medians reflect it: a best-CPU median of 93.95 and performance index of 86.4.

Bottom line

Treat this page as the RTX 4090 Laptop seen through an unusual lens: an API-layer name, composite-score distortion, and one desktop-scale spec artifact — wrapped around a game table and a host roster that are unmistakably flagship-class. For ranking comparisons, trust the table and benches over the #122 placement. For shopping, the roster here is a legitimate 4090-machine shortlist at real market prices.