Maximum, 1080p, DX11.
I'd say not bad considering this PC is coming up on 5 years old. Not an amazing score, but it averages 58 FPS in a benchmark loaded with tons of stuff going on at once. Good enough for me.
FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward Benchmark
Tested on: 27/04/2015 14:31:22
Score: 7402
Average Frame Rate: 58.300
Performance: Extremely High
-Easily capable of running the game on the highest settings.
Loading Times by Scene
Scene #1 1.871 sec
Scene #2 7.018 sec
Scene #3 5.717 sec
Scene #4 5.132 sec
Scene #5 5.038 sec
Scene #6 2.194 sec
Total Loading Time 26.972 sec
DAT:s20150427143122.dat
Screen Size: 1920x1080
Screen Mode: Borderless Windowed
DirectX Version: 11
Graphics Presets: Maximum
General
-Wet Surface Effects: Enabled
-Occlusion Culling: Disabled
-LOD on Distant Objects: Disabled
-Real-time Reflections: Highest Quality (DirectX 11 Only)
-Edge Smoothing (Anti-aliasing): FXAA
-Transparent Lighting Quality: High
-Grass Quality: High
-Background Tessellation: High Quality
-Water Tessellation: High Quality
Shadows
-Self: Display
-Other NPCs: Display
Shadow Quality
-LOD on Shadows: Disabled
-Shadow Resolution: High - 2048p
-Shadow Cascading: Best
-Shadow Softening: Strong
Texture Detail
-Texture Filtering: Anisotropic
-Anisotropic Filtering: x16
Movement Physics
-Self: Full
-Other NPCs: Full
Effects
-Limb Darkening: Enabled
-Radial Blur: Enabled
-Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: HBAO+: High Quality (DirectX 11 Only)
-Glare: Normal
Cinematic Cutscenes
-Depth of Field: Enabled
System
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 64-bit (6.2, Build 9200) (9600.winblue_r9.150322-1500)
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 960 @ 3.20GHz
24574.480MB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 (VRAM 1987 MB) 9.18.0013.5012
Benchmark results do not provide any guarantee FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn (Windows version) and FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward (Windows version) will run on your system.
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FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward Benchmark
Score: 7402 Extremely High
1920x1080 Maximum DirectX11 Borderless Windowed
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 960 @ 3.20GHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
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For anybody intending to compare their DX9 vs DX11 performance, bear in mind that "Maximum" on DX11 mode has some new/extra effects enabled that cannot be enabled on DX9 mode, which hurts its performance for a fair comparison. There's a special template called "Maximum (DirectX 9)" which turns these off for a fairer comparison.