8k 60fps Benchmark

[Grim5]

Can your PC stream 8k 60fps videos without stuttering? It's more demanding than you think!

I first tried this with a desktop that had a i7 6700k stock and a AMD 7850.
The video would play, but only at about 10fps and the poor 6700k and 7850 were at 100% load

 

[Grim5]

Still waiting for the 3950x, so tested this with the second system

8700k 5ghz
2080ti

70% CPU load and 30% GPU load, but at least the video is a smooth 60fps on this system even if it's very taxing!

 

[Grim5]

Try running two copies then, on my PC having two tabs with the video playing I got 100% CPU load and 50% GPU load and both videos just stutter like crazy

 

[Grim5]

I used Firefox.

couple things: this test only works of your internet is fast enough, the video was be playing and not buffering to see accurate system load and also you need to make sure you set the quality to 8k 60fps or it may default to a lower resolution

 

[Grim5]

Did somebody test it with a 3950x, 3960x or 3970x in Chrome with hardware accelerate off?

how do I turn hardware accel off?

 

[Grim5]

Go into advanced settings and it’s an option there.

3950x & 2080ti

Hardware Accel Off. I accidentally cut off the GPU usage on the first image, but it basically just idles when hardware accel is off. GPU usage is misleading anyway. With hardware accel on, task manager looks like the GPU is running at 72%, maybe it's using that many cuda cores, but the core speed and power draw is low - the GPU is only pulling 80w out of a possible 330w - I suspect the 2080ti would be able to handle 16k 60fps playback too, but that would cause very high power draw

Hardware Accel On

 

[Grim5]

It was very smooth with hardware accel off