4790k 4 Core @ 4.4 Ghz V Xeon 6 Core 5650 @ 4ghz - GTX 1080

easyrider · 8 Jun 2016 at 20:52

So for some fun and for curiosity, I tested my 1080 in my Gaming PC 4790K running t 4.4ghz and then tested it in my music studio PC Xeon 6 core running at 4ghz.

I was interested in whether PCI -e 2.0 or 3.0 made any difference.And I wanted to know whether running 2 x 1070 sli in my X58 setup would be detrimental to performance as my S1150 gaming PC is not an SLI mobo.

Seems to be that both systems are pretty much the same in Firestrike and the 2 extra cores of the xeon make up for the 400mhz extra clock of the 4790k. (give or take a few hundred points)

So if you are on an aging system and have or want to try sli don't worry too much about being cutting edge...I'm really impressed with my Xeon X58 system.

Its holding its own despite pci-e 2.0 and 400mhz less speed... (hopefully pascal drivers will sort out any sli issues currently)

I'm now toying with the idea of swapping pc's over...X58 becomes by Gaming rig as its sli ready and I might try out 2 x 1070 to drive my predator x34 and moving the 4790k pc into my recording studio for Pro Tools use. :cool:

I certainly don't think I will gain anything huge by getting a socket 1150 mobo just for sli It will just cost me money...

The xeon runs at 48c full load under water so I might see if I can get it up to 4.2ghz

Hope some find this interesting.

Cheers

easy

EDIT : UPDATE

Update

4.4ghz Xeon V 4.4ghz 4790k

Xeon wins

Remarkable really considering the age of this X58...Ok its got two extra cores but still!

Intel X58
Southbridge(s) ICH10
Miscellaneous
Release date(s) November 2008

8 years ago

Matty8787 · 8 Jun 2016 at 20:58

Funny this cause I am rocking a 2500k but have been offered a x5670 and am trying to find out if worth it. This seems to be the closest I can find to an answer.

easyrider · 8 Jun 2016 at 21:15

Matty8787 said:
Funny this cause I am rocking a 2500k but have been offered a x5670 and am trying to find out if worth it. This seems to be the closest I can find to an answer.

I've just done a run of firestrike at 4.4ghz on the xeon..Will update thread shortly.

So thats tat for tat comparison.

Breeze · 8 Jun 2016 at 21:16

Nice one, a good thread on this sub forum for once.

kylew_is_back · 8 Jun 2016 at 21:21

Matty8787 said:
Funny this cause I am rocking a 2500k but have been offered a x5670 and am trying to find out if worth it. This seems to be the closest I can find to an answer.

depends on the game really, on some games that are single thread depended or have one dominate thread over the others you will lose performance by going to x5670, on others that scales well with many cores you will gain performance.

OCPete · 8 Jun 2016 at 21:23

Breeze said:
Nice one, a good thread on this sub forum for once.

+1

I am hoping to drop a 1080 into my current rig and was hoping a i7 970 @ 4.15GHz on PCI 2.0 wouldn't bottleneck it too much.

Very interested in the o/c Xeon results

easyrider · 8 Jun 2016 at 21:33

Update

4.4ghz Xeon V 4.4ghz 4790k

Xeon wins

Remarkable really considering the age of this X58...Ok its got two extra cores but still!

Intel X58
Southbridge(s) ICH10
Miscellaneous
Release date(s) November 2008

8 years ago

kylew_is_back · 8 Jun 2016 at 21:35

OCPete said:
+1

I am hoping to drop a 1080 into my current rig and was hoping a i7 970 @ 4.15GHz on PCI 2.0 wouldn't bottleneck it too much.

Very interested in the o/c Xeon results

from my experiences with the x58 I wouldn't go with anything higher than a 980 or equivalent. people forget that 3Dmark equals not real gaming performance.

easyrider · 8 Jun 2016 at 21:39

kylew_is_back said:
from my experiences with the x58 I wouldn't go with anything higher than a 980 or equivalent. people forget that 3Dmark equals not real gaming performance.

Well while its in the 1080 is in the x58 rig...I'll run some gaming benchies

Rise of the Tomb raider incoming.

easyrider · 8 Jun 2016 at 21:41

OCPete said:
+1

I am hoping to drop a 1080 into my current rig and was hoping a i7 970 @ 4.15GHz on PCI 2.0 wouldn't bottleneck it too much.

Very interested in the o/c Xeon results

I would pickup a xeon on the bay mate...

Matty8787 · 8 Jun 2016 at 21:42

So interesting this.... I may go for that xeon after all

easyrider · 8 Jun 2016 at 21:44

Matty8787 said:
So interesting this.... I may go for that xeon after all

Its a 5670 aswell , Mines only a 5650 so yours will be easier to overclock.

kylew_is_back · 8 Jun 2016 at 21:45

easyrider said:
Well while its in the 1080 is in the x58 rig...I'll run some gaming benchies

Rise of the Tomb raider incoming.

when I move from [email protected] to [email protected] in some games the performance improvements was massive(especially the minimum fps) with my R9 390.

also in some games(older) that are single thread depended my fps was almost doubled.

easyrider · 8 Jun 2016 at 21:51

kylew_is_back said:
also in some games(older) that are single thread depended my fps was almost doubled.

What games?

What res?

There is no doubt that in single threaded perfromance skylake wins or Devils canyon.

But not so much on multi threaded performance.

henson0115 · 8 Jun 2016 at 21:53

In pretty much every game ipc over core count. Synthetics are designed for core count, most games even now are not.

OCPete · 8 Jun 2016 at 21:53

easyrider said:
I would pickup a xeon on the bay mate...

Why? What am I missing? You saying a Xeon is faster than my 970? Why the 970 is a Hexcore and has a high multi (25). If I put it under water I could easy get 4.4GHz + :confused:

easyrider · 8 Jun 2016 at 21:56

OCPete said:
Why? What am I missing? You saying a Xeon is faster than my 970? Why the 970 is a Hexcore and has a high multi (25). If I put it under water I could easy get 4.4GHz +

oops read it as 920

OCPete · 8 Jun 2016 at 22:01

henson0115 said:
In pretty much every game ipc over core count. Synthetics are designed for core count, most games even now are not.

Newer games are now better at multi-threading tho. The division loves threads. It is butter smooth using all 12 threads evenly on my i7 970.

Also many games use more than 4 cores / threads. BF4 uses 6 from memory on my rig. That's a big handicap for i5's without HT (for example).

easyrider · 8 Jun 2016 at 22:03

OCPete said:
Newer games are now better at multi-threading tho. The division loves threads. It is butter smooth using all 12 threads evenly on my i7 970.

Also many games use more than 4 cores / threads. BF4 uses 6 from memory on my rig. That's a big handicap for i5's without HT (for example).

True,

A couple of years back having a quad was enough...i5 for gaming....

But HT and cores do makes things faster...in today games....Fact.

Its amazing that PCI-E 2.0 is no difference to PCI-e 3.0 with a cutting edge GFX card either...

henson0115 · 8 Jun 2016 at 22:05

OCPete said:
Newer games are now better at multi-threading tho. The division loves threads. It is butter smooth using all 12 threads evenly on my i7 970.

Also many games use more than 4 cores / threads. BF4 uses 6 from memory on my rig. That's a big handicap for i5's without HT (for example).

Theres is not actually that many that do and in pretty much all of the cases a 4790k would present higher mins than the xeon or 970.