Black death benchmark on high end system pre and post beta v1.06.17582 patch
 

Ran the first half of the black death track before and after installing v1.06.17582, here were the results:

Before beta patch:
Min: 8
Max: 63
Avg: 42.485

After beta patch:
Min: 9
Max 70
Avg: 44.836

Set to very high at 1900x1200. I7 2600k at 4.4ghz, GTX680 video card, 16GB ram, on sandforce SSD.

Subjectively, still micro-stuttering all over the place.

Mine were a bit more dramatic; with exactly the same settings for each (not all on ‘High’):

Before beta patch:
Min: 6
Max: 62
Avg: 27

After beta patch:
Min: 7
Max 106
Avg: 46

With all settings on ‘High’, VSYNC, SSAO and AA ‘Off’ (I use the SMAA injector), 1920 x 1080, cpu at 4.20GHz, OS on a Seagate 500GB 7200rpm SATA-III HDD, game on a Seagate 2TB 'Green Power' SATA-III HDD:

Min: 7
Max 99
Avg: 42

No micro-stuttering evident, unless I increase the graphic detail.