3DMark Comparison - Upgraded from 2600 to 5820K

[dancook]

Both times GPU was overclocked, but 2600 was not the K version. Clocked 5820k to 4.5ghz.

BEFORE

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/8175218
FIRE STRIKE EXTREME 1.1 - 7 441
with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti(1x) and Intel Core i7-2600 Processor

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/8175414
FIRE STRIKE 1.1 - 13 386
with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti(1x) and Intel Core i7-2600 Processor

AFTER

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/8179076
FIRE STRIKE EXTREME 1.1 - 8 792
with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti(1x) and Intel Core i7-5820K Processor

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/8179114
FIRE STRIKE 1.1 - 17 194
with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti(1x) and Intel Core i7-5820K Processor

These are not to brag, or to try and draw a conclusion, benchmarking isn't why I did the upgrade and I don't imagine it's the best way to measure the impact.

All just a bit of fun..

 

[dancook]

I overclocked the CPU a bit more to 4.6ghz and re ran the benchmarks

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/8181727
8 908 in Fire Strike Extreme

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/8181753
17 371 in Fire Strike

 

[Vish Petrol]

Its a decent jump from 4 core to 6 core, what are you going to be using it for?

 

[dancook]

Also the 2600 wasn't overclocked, bought the non-K variety by mistake.

Gaming and Photo editing mainly, lightroom/photoshop.

I do multibox from time to time, 4 x Diablo III - used to multibox WOW x 5 - cores are pretty handy then.

 

[=XDC=FluphyBunny]

Worth every penny for what you are using it for