More userbenchmark twaddle...

[Bacon?]

So after the last round of userbenchmark adjusting their cpu ratings to favour Intel (deliberately) they've decided to go full snout into the truffle bucket it seems with their NVIDIA vs AMD bottleneck (really they mean Intel vs AMD). It displays whenever you view a cpu or gpu comparision.

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Apparently a 3700x bottlenecks a 2070s, but it doesnt state anywhere the system details used (such as overclock settings, motherboard and bios revision, heck even resolution).

You'll notice it defaults to using 3200 RAM as well on both systems, and if you plug in 3600 RAM then it automatically changes the GPU choice to a 2060s. In fact THERE IS NO WAY of testing a 2070 with a 3700x using 3600 RAM, it only allows 3200.

Additionally the game choices are highly dubious, cs:go, gta, pugb hmmmm. Wonder why there are no modern titles at all...

It also does not allow a comparison of the 3700x against the 9600k using 3600 RAM at all, if you lower both systems to a 2060s, and give the intel system the 3600 ram, then give the ryzen system 3600 ram, it decides to change the 3700x into a 9600k.

 

[LeMson]

just let the site die, remove the link to them

 

[Woodsta888]

just let the site die, remove the link to them

^^THAT sir...is sound advice!

 

[Ree]

gotta agree remove the link don't even give them the traffic.

 

[Troezar]

It gets better:

https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed/status/1260900256637546497?s=09

Good for a laugh

 

[Rroff]

I didn't know anyone took the site seriously in the first place.

 

[EsaT]

Remove that LuserBenchmark link to avoid giving them any single additional load.

 

[Aretak]

The sad thing is that banning them places like here and even Reddit does very little to hurt them. They've spent years massaging their Google search ranking to be right at the top for most searches for CPU performance comparisons. The vast majority of people who don't post on places like this will see their site, see their bull**** and probably take it as gospel. It's essentially a troll site at this point, and there's really nothing anybody can do about it.

 

[humbug]

@ Dons, can we ban Userbenchmarck links from the forum? like the rest of the internet already has, they don't deserve the click-throughs.

 

[humbug]

del.

 

[Jacky60]

I've always enjoyed the way it says my PC is a UFO in all categories and lets you compare your own PC against others with similar/same configurations. I'd never dream of using it to compare different systems.

 

[Mercutio]

Falling in line with the lack of regard for userbench. A better cross system test kit with similar levels of usage that wasn't a janky, bought out mess would be good though. The... platform's idea is good (user level tested kit) but done more carefully while keeping it fluffy.
Comparing user samples is generally going to give a better idea than golden ticket review samples.

 

[Troezar]

Falling in line with the lack of regard for userbench. A better cross system test kit with similar levels of usage that wasn't a janky, bought out mess would be good though. The... platform's idea is good (user level tested kit) but done more carefully while keeping it fluffy.
Comparing user samples is generally going to give a better idea than golden ticket review samples.

Agree completely.

 

[MaXxBoulton]

Honestly, I have never thought I need systems advice and gone userbenchmark

Tbf there all I little poo. I know the system in the sig hits my 100fps cap at 1440p but ever site tells me I need more cpu and gpu power.

Sites like this will be the end of pc gameing. They tell you without spending 2000 you can't game.

 

[humbug]

Honestly, I have never thought I need systems advice and gone userbenchmark

Tbf there all I little poo. I know the system in the sig hits my 100fps cap at 1440p but ever site tells me I need more cpu and gpu power.

Sites like this will be the end of pc gameing. They tell you without spending 2000 you can't game.

Do they have links to hardware on 'Rainforest' ? if they do they get money from Rainforest for click throughs and a percentage of click through link sales, the higher the cost of the product the more money they get.