Inside Razer QA Companion-AI: A Resource Footprint Benchmark
Inside Razer QA Companion-AI:
A Resource Footprint Benchmark
For QA teams, a QA tool should help identify issues, not consume valuable system resources that could interfere with gameplay or skew test results. Instead of relying on guesswork, we measured it.
After running the Razer Game Data Bridge, the part of Razer QA Companion-AI running on the test machine, it averaged 2.26% of the total CPU and 126 MiB of private RAM on our test system.
What We measured
Our figures cover the bridge and its associated processes, as well as network use that’s required to detect bugs and upload reports and videos.
We compared two scenarios on the same AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 Computer, using a Razer demo build: with the Razer Game Data Bridge enabled, and with it disabled. Each scenario was tested multiple times to check that results were consistent. Activity was recorded once per second with Windows Performance Monitor (PerfMon), using identical recording settings in both scenarios. CPU figures are normalized across the computer’s 20 logical processors.
THE RESULT
We recorded CPU and memory use, video processing on GPU’s video codec engine, and network uploads that arrived in bursts.
| Metric | Average | Sampled Peak |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 2.26% | 3.86% |
| Private resident RAM | 126 MiB | 167 MiB |
| Private committed memory | 191 MiB | 232 MiB |
| GPU video codec engine | 5.45% | 6.27% |
| GPU 3D engine | 0.26% | 0.36% |
Note: Measured on one test system, across repeated tests in two scenarios (bridge enabled and disabled). FPS was recorded, but observed no measurable FPS impact.
On our test system, the bridge measured modest CPU and RAM. Its GPU usage was concentrated in video processing, averaging 5.45% on the video codec engine and 0.26% on the 3D engine. We also recorded FPS in both scenarios and saw no measurable FPS impact with the bridge enabled.
| Metric | Enabled | Disabled |
|---|---|---|
| Average total CPU | 57.98% | 51.85% |
| Average game CPU | 35.14% | 35.35% |
| Average adapter upload | 1.484 MiB/s | 0.0086 MiB/s |
| Peak adapter upload | 26.65 MiB/s | 0.366 MiB/s |
| Average disk writes | 3.07 MiB/s | 1.17 MiB/s |
Comparing the system with and without QA Companion-AI, the total CPU averaged 6.13 points higher with bridge enabled, but background activity differed between runs where the gap could not be solely attributed to the bridge. Game CPU was similar in both runs, and adapter upload came in bursts, peaking at 26.65 MiB/s.
MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS
These are the minimum system requirements for QA Companion-AI:
1. Windows 10 & 11.
2. Stable internet connection (recommended upload speed: 50Mb/s)
There are no CPU or GPU requirements.
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