CPU heavy games

[smogsy]

hey all

looking for some CPU heavy games i can re-test my computer with for a before/after results @ 4K.

ideally with a benchmark tool for ease of use.

i'm interested in seeing if my cpu is bottle-necked via frequency or ram (doubt it but be nice to confirm)

rig:
2950X PBO at 4.2ghz on all cores 4.4 on single.
1080ti (3090 soon)
32GB @ 3000mhz CL12

 

[smogsy]

might be a little hard to repeat a test run as the game would change

 

[smogsy]

seems from research shadow of tomb raider is good one to test & easy to repeat, will give that a go first & re-read those suggestions above, just really want to see if a single core is being maxed to 100% i know threadripper is not a great gaming chip but work comes first

 

[smogsy]

results from shadow

you will be more gpu bound in 4k .. cpu will still play some role but not as much

agree just dont want 1 core to be blocking performance due to lower clocks

 

[smogsy]

Just be careful because average graphs of the entire CPU across all cores can show deceptively low usage. Often games run a primary thread which is what bottelnecks first on a single core, in fact that's kinda the rule of thumb, games that are well multithreaded are an exception. Which is why typically high frequency on a single core is what matters the most and why Intel tend to win game performance but then lose at profession workstation performance.

indeed which why i have HWINFO open in screenshot above to monitor each core usage Tomb raider uses about 80% of 1 core

 

[smogsy]

see .. you are 100% gpu bound

I am also gpu bound but my fps is higher than yours

yeh you should be, Threadripper latency + my 1080TI is terrible, Constant 83C on the Aorus Extreme its a terrible Cooler really needs re-pasting or being destroyed. fancy hitting it with a hammer once my 3090 arrives... i know its the GPU as tested another 1080TI and it runs at 67C in the same case

also note the cpu stats are terrible on threadripper

 

[smogsy]

Use capframex to record runs stats, you'll get very nice detailed results that the app itself can cross-compare.

As for bench, yeah Ashes of the Singularity is the best pretty much, for CPU. To see some real damage tho I'd say get AC:Odyssey and go to Athens and do laps, or Watch Dogs: Legion and do the same (bonus: it has auto-drive function so you can sorta setup a benchmark) - don't rely on in-game benchmarks in most games, they mostly stress the GPU and don't actually simulate CPU usage. That's what real CPU utilisation is gonna look like in open world games.

odyssey is a good shout think i got that installed

89% usage max on highest core in Odyssey

 

[smogsy]

retested, shadow 2950x vs 2700x (2950 gamemode)

higher max higher min same average

2700x

2950x

 

[smogsy]

LOcal mode memory