Intel i7-6700K & i5-6600K in 2019: Benchmarks vs. Ryzen, 9900K, 9700K, 3600
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- We're revisiting the Intel i7-6700K and i5-6600K for 2019 and 2020 to benchmark what you should upgrade to. AMD R5 3600, i9-9900K, and other CPUs tested.
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In this revisit, we'll be testing Intel's older Skylake CPUs to see how they compare to modern AMD Ryzen 3000 CPUs, Intel 9000 CPUs, and everything in between. Comparisons will include the i5-6600K vs. AMD R5 3600, Intel i7-9700K and i5-9600K,
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With all the new CPUs on the market in the last year, we wanted to try and help out the people looking to upgrade their 6000-series Intel CPUs. The 6700K is holding on pretty damn well, though!
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Perfect! Thanks for making this.
I've been looking at my 6700k then looking at these shiny new Ryzen CPUs with envious eyes. Haven't bought anything yet because I'm unsure if I'd see any difference at all in games.
Hey i also still have the 6700k together with a 1080ti
I want to upgrade to a 9700k or.....
Should i wait for the 10 series ?
I play all the new titles on max settings.
Now still on 1444p but i want to switch to 4k in 2 years ....
I'm running the 7700k at 5ghz on a z170 board and it's still strong. If I'd upgrade it would have to be big. Maybe a 10-12 core Intel 7/10nm or if AMD can beat intels ipc with a 12 core or 16 core on 7nm+ or 5nm.
I upgraded from a 6600k to an 8700k last year and it was night and day. Removed the bottleneck and the rest of the pc could take off.
So if your just a gamer at 60Hz which is most gamers new CPUs are not really needed I guess, I imagine the 6700K will still be good for years for 95% of PC gamers.
Me watching this video: Hmmmm.
My 6600k: *chuckles* I'm in danger.
same here
i have the same processor
@MrPooFlaps Yeah, but remember, Witcher 3 is a bit old game for now, 6600k is 4 corec 4 threads, 6700 4 cores 8 threads. And new games are using that threads. Im actually on 6600k OC to 4.6Ghz, and i'm a bit afraid . I'll change my GPU from GTX1060 6gb soon to 5700XT/RTX 2070 Super, but there's 1 thing called "bottleneck" and it's next thing im afraid of :/
@@MavVvius Im also running an i5 6600k at 4.6ghz and just bought a sapphire RX 5600 XT and i feel like im missing out some extra performance. Will probably wait for the i5 10600k and upgrade to that eventually.
@MrPooFlaps Quad core cpu's will bottleneck a high end GPU.
I remember getting in fights on Reddit with people saying I was wasting my money getting an i7 6700k, because there was no practical advantage for gaming over the i5 6600k. Glad I did not listen.
I did :(
I wish I knew core counts would matter in the future. I would have definitly spend extra few bucks on i7 6700k and wouldnt have problems today with my i5 6600k.
@@MetoagaYT tbh, quad cores are pretty much dead at this point, you want least 6 cores these days.
Mike M not really tho especially with 8 threads
@@censi1401 if I had a 6700k or 7700k I would be OK but I couldn't find one second hand for a good price
$50 for an i7 6700K??? Good luck with that would be the deal of the century.
Shit you can't find a i7 4770k or 4790k for less then $120
I saw a 6700 non K once for $80....... problem was 2 of its cores weren't working lol
The only hope for a cheap upgrade is the Xeon variant if they exist for that particular platform.
Ebay says 6700ks are about $170. Great deal like 2 years ago but would rather upgrade at this point.
@@keithjones589 I haven't even sold my 4770k because it's hilariously not worth it. Going to use it for my mom's piece or integrate into my lil bro's pc.
These kinds of "look back" videos are the best. I love seeing how stuff from past stands up to what we have today. Thanks dudes. (Still have a 4790k.. Which I love still!)
Ah yes, the content I need, released at 3AM. You know me too well Gamers Nexus.
3AM?! That's the middle of the workday!
and here I thought 5am on a non-work-day would be too early to the party...
@@GamersNexus do you ever sleep
exedy699 California?
@@hardgame3173 I'm an AMD fan myself, but you're actually delusional.
Here in UK its cheaper to buy a New motherboard and AMD Ryzen CPU than get a secondhand I7 6700k to upgrade.
Same in AUS mate. People on Gumtree want crazy prices for 6700k's 7700k's.
sure thing in france now, it's ridiculous lots of ppl still sell 6700k's and 7700k's very expensive
Same here in Ireland. So instead of getting used I7 7700K for 250 euro I bought new 3700x for 280.
Its like people haven't realised AMD is now competitive.. There really is no point in buying a 6700k 7700k 5820k 5960x etc when you can get a 2600 2700 cheaper and be on a platform that's still alive! Same with buying older GPU's like GTX970 which go for around $200 here when you can get and RX570 for $130 and an RX580 8gb for around $170. I seen a 980ti for $450!!! When GTX1070 is going for $350! These people are crazy..
@@sythanh14 yeah in France even the i5-6400 is still 60€ and 6600k starts at 100€. That's insane.
lol, 6700K for $50. December 2019 prices, used 6700K's are like $150-200. 3600 is $180. No brainer.
you found a 6700K for $50? nice find!!!!!!
i got my 6850k for $100 and it kicks 3600 ass
180 + new mobo.
@@junkstyles.1256 for a modern platform with future upgrade options, that's still a better deal vs upgrading from a 6600K to a 6700K on a dead platform as suggested in the video. That upgrade path, as Steve says, only makes sense if you could get the 6700K for $50 or less, otherwise you're better off putting the money towards a new system.
@@mattlai443 it doesn't but keep telling yourself that.
6700k's for $50 bucks? Literally everybody in my area still expects $200 for their used ones, even the ones that think they're being cheap price them at $150
150$ i would buy 9600k
Get some rest my man
I woke up and was thinking should i upgrade my 6700k and 10 minutes later , gamers nexus got my drift- thank you
Hristo Stanoev 9900k is really the only worthy cpu for gaming going from 6700k
I need to get rid of my i5 6600K. If anyone find those cheap $50 i7 6700K. Let me know ASAP lol
I got my i7 6700 machine for 20 with another pc. 2 hdmi cables and a small desk
renamed as I3-9100F & in 2020 10100F. intel will not reduce price ever for they older cpu's. ever.
I actually upgrade my 6600k around a year ago to a 7700k an it was definitely worth it, after I sold the i5 and bought the used 7700k the difference was around 100$, I overclock it to 5.0ghz and it's great
Sergio Navarro Grandet same
I upgraded to Ryzen 3700x. Love it.
I still have my 6700K. I haven't had any problems with it yet. I have it paired with a GTX 1070
I have the same build. Going to check for prices soon on upgrading
Same here, probably skip the CPU and look for a better GPU
Same here. Built mine black friday 2016 "which to me was the last good black friday for pc building". It plays everything with no hiccups. I've had it overclocked too since almost day one at 4.6. Runs like a champ still. Do my photo editing and video editing on it also. No need to upgrade yet. Crazy its been almost 4 years though.... WTF lol
@@SVT_LIGHTNING my limit is cooling as I have mine in the Node 202. Because I used the h170 MB, I can't oc, but using intels tools I did change the voltage down a bit, and increased the boost time to max.
I'm going to wait until the new CPU/GPU releases hit later this year and reevaluate then.
Me too. It runs at 4.6 GHz and no bottleneck with GTX 1070. So perfect CPU for me.
I think I'll hold on to my 6700k for one more year
Ryzen 4000 will be the way to go for us 6700 users
@@DeepStone-6 agreed!
@@DeepStone-6 I felt the same but what bothers me is that ryzen 5000 will elevate the platform to DDR5. I feel like I can't buy ryzen next year when just a year later, the platform becomes obsolete.
Denso481 I’m at this crossroad too haha. I wonder if they will do like they did back in the day where new CPU’s could still work on the older platform (ie am3 that’s normally ddr3 working on am2/+ with ddr2)
I'm on a Ryzen 7 2700, and I'll likely upgrade for the final AM4 series of CPUs, whatever awesome Ryzen 4000 series comes out. I don't want to be on a leading-edge platform like AM(5?) for Ryzen 5000, as I like for things to get ironed out first.
my 6600k is not long for this world
Are you playing at 144 hz? Because if you are at 60 fps and mostly gpu bound then you re probably fine.
Cries in 3570k
Lol my thoughts exactly
@@kostasch5686 who isnt playing in 144 in 2020?
@walentaz lies. learn about basics of pc game architecture before spreading bullshit.
"We still haven't found the ceiling on how many frames per second F1 can render"
Lmao, I love these kind of jokes
2015: You only need a Quad-Core for gaming
2019: Quad-Core is dead.
Yes but no.
Majority still game on quad core and my lowly i5 6600k still runs the latest games perfectly well at 1080p which is okay for me.
Feels like this review is about a year ahead of its time because so few games are Vulkan DX12 or so demanding you have to run low settings with an i5
@@Kamellion You mean the latest games which have all been hampered by poor optimization(Fallout 76) or just straight up terrible launches? (RDR2).
Or in other cases hampered by pay to win mechanics, and lootboxes(Battlefront 2), not to mention SJW retards.
There's only been two games this year which have actully been worthwile to get. Metro Exodus and Resident Evil 2, and both of them are perfectly fine to play on a 6600k. You guys are all hit by the classic case of selection bias..
Both the 6600k and 6700k will still be perfectly fine for the next 2-3 years, and to suggest otherwise is frankly stupid.
Given how long it takes to make a videogame.
I mean, there are still games that don't use more than 2 threads that are widely played, I've got an ivy bridge 6 core and I struggle to get more than 2-3 cores loaded up.
@@charlesturner897 Not to mention the most played games are all mostly single threaded. Minecraft,Fortnite,LoL,CS:GO, ect.
It's almost like good gameplay is favored over graphics..
Was the q6600 a joke to u sir?
X299 Motherboard Adds as promised 😆
was looking for comment like this
Yep. Everyone is trying to move their inventory, even though X570 ads would perform better, they're trying to make sure any of the limited X299 sales go to them.
GN: "I'm sorry, we can't reccommend your product for wads of cash..."
Intel: ...
GN: "You can pay to sponsor our video though"
@@frostfieldgaming4725 I think at least the people from Intel in Communications with GN wouldn't think of paid reviews in their wildest dreams.
Furthermore, it's GamersNexus were talking about, not PrincipledTechnologies :DDDD
Also Motherboard vendors pay for adds intel doesn't, they gotta cut their losses somehow from that forsaken platform!
Still running a 4930k.
I had 6c/12t before it was cool, I'm the true Hexacore Hipster.
5820k here brother!
5930k. I like my 40 pcie lanes
I have a 990x rig still up and running with 4way sli 590s. Dark times my friend... because the power goes out on full load
@@flyjum 4 590s? Aren't those dual gpus? That'll make 8 gpu sli, I doubt that works.
Still rocking my 6850k brother!
4:15 Shadow of the Tomb Raider
6:18 Hitman 2
9:15 F1 2018
11:30 Assassin's Creed: Origins
13:00 Civilization 6
13:55 Total War: Warhammer 2
15:32 GTA 5
I remember when people used to say: "You only need an i5 for gaming." Definitely not as true anymore. Since the i7's have been able to hang on noticeably longer than their i5 counterparts.
Str4yshot Well it’s obvious that you upgrade at some point.
Well it is still true, considering the i5 8400 games very well, the problem is that now so many 4 core i5's are out there that you have to specify more
That was when the i5 2500 was out basically. We are talking 9 years ago or so when the i5 was good enough for most games a high settings and good fps really. That hasn't really been the case since then.
Shit I have an 8350k and yeah it bottlenecks my 2060 in some games but only a couple. And I still hit like 80 fps at least. Plus when I do upgrade I just slap an I7 8th or 9th gen. Already gotta z370 mobo
What is your fps goal though? It used to be that 30fps was golden, then we decided that 60fps was the aim...now we're looking at charts where 300fps isn't good enough wtf?! You surely only care about high fps, if you monitor can keep up; the vast majority have 60Hz monitors, a sizeable minority 144Hz, and almost nobody 240Hz+.
Sooooo. Basically at 1440p if you're on a 6700k, don't waste your time spending 700 plus dollars between cpu, Mobo, and ram, for less than a 10% increase in FPS.
Yeah. 6700K/7700K is like what 2600K was a year and half ago. If you have one, don't bother upgrading in this generation for gaming. Wait for the 4th gen Ryzen or until Intel manages to sort their 10nm out. And even then it may depend on how the next gen consoles affect the games.
for gaming perhaps but you have to also take into account that 4 cores/8 threads may be too limited once games start to be developed for the upcoming console generation which is just a year away. 4 cores may become what dual cores are now. 6 or better yet 8 cores will give you smoothness in perfomance and maybe even fps gains as more and more devs start taking advantage of all these cores that more and more users have...
Depends on how next gen game, not current gen supported on next gen console are coded. If dev decided 6c is the new norm, your 4c/8t parts will quickly become bad parts.
@@jintsuubest9331 The new consoles are going to have 8 core 16 thread Zen 2 cpu's, obviously at a lower clock speed to desktop but you can kinda predict what devs are going do and use all the resources available for a consistent experience.
@@imo098765
Console architecture and desktop architecture is not directly comparable even if they are the "same gen tech" fro same company. Beside, we know for a fact that console will have CPU with feature from both zen2 and 3.
For a 8c/16t on console land, if we we're lucky, we are looking at linear from 1c/1t to 6c/12t on PC land, and basically logarithmic for anything more.
That's assuming porting is done right (which it never were and never will) plus dev spend lots of resources on optimizing the port (yea... not happening most of the time).
That being said, main point of next gen console is the GPU, we should have some impressive gpu power at a impressive price.
I can't see why you've not over clocked the 6600k as it is designed for overclocking??? I've been running a 6600k at 4.4ghz for more than 3 years. Not the best of benchmarking videos you've done.
Well it's not like it's going to be ahead of OCed 6700k.
@@niter43 The point of the video is to compare them against the new cpus. It never occurred to me that an I5 would be slower than an I7! Lul
I’ll agree. I keep my OC 6600k around still because it hold up well. OC changed the 6600k a bunch!
@@bbsheppo Yeah, but considering even overclocked 6700k still perform rather poorly i don't think overclocking the i5 would make that much of a difference unless you're playing old games.
I'm curious to know what's your real world benefit from OC. I usually Underclock my 7700HG (removing HT) to 2.8GHz to keep temps down, yet i'm not losing a single fps in dozen of tested games at 1080p with a GTX1070 on a 120Hz display. All cores run on stock at 3.4GHz. What's your gain in percentage?
I recently overclocked my i7-6700k to 4.5Ghz at 1.250V (I was not able to higher the voltage further due to limited cooling possibilities) and the results in Shadow of the Tomb Raider's benchmark have rather dramatically improved.
I will definitely wait for the next generation before I upgrade.
In 2019 I'm still using a Intel core i7 4790k cpu @ 4.4ghz(all core) 16GB DDR3 2400Mhz memory & a RTX 2080ti Gaming on a 4K "Acer Predator XB271HK" 60Hz Nvidia G-Sync monitor. My gameplay experience is still very smooth in all games ever-since I went to 4k res Gsync monitor. I was looking @ maybe upgrading to a intel core i5 9600k since I only game but 9600k performance is laughable since no hyperthreading....
There is not any 4 core CPUs that is so much faster that it is worth upgrading to from a 4790k... More cores at same or higher clock speed like my 8 core Xeon 2288G that run 4,7Ghz all cores 100% is maybe worth upgrading to :) AMD is also a good option but I prefer Intel because I want no crashes and have read all that can go wrong with the AMD (like bad connection to the CPU pins giving crashes and such).
I can not recommend i5 or i3 anymore (I used to do it but not anymore). A friend of mine just got a i5 6600k and it can not even run GTA V without horrible stuttering and the CPU usage is 100% all the time no matter what settings he try... My old 4 core 3,4Ghz Xeon 1231 V3 from 2014 on the other hand run GTA V perfectly with no stuttering at 60fps in 1080p and 4k no problem with 30-40% CPU usage and have no problem keeping my 35% factory overclocked GTX1080ti at 100% use.
You’d be better with a 3600. It will perform the same compared to an oced 9600k since you are playing 4K, but it’ll last longer thanks to the extra threads.
@@Uria-jz1gu 8700k actualy. Not 9600k.
dude going from 4/8 to 6/6 isn't an upgrade especially when there's literally no IPC gains. i5 2500K is still fine for 4K gaming, what's the point of wasting money for CPU when you're gmaing at 4K and you won't get any gains from that
I'm glad you're content with your 4790k however the claim that everything is smooth has me suspicious because I've had a delid'd 4770k for 5yrs until getting a 3900x in October.. You may not perceive your actual botteneck unless you run something like Forza Horizon 4's benchmark- crank the settings & view the end graph that'll show you where things aren't right. I can almost put all my money in that your cpu is definitely going to cause moments of stuttering.. Again, I can say all this because having used, overclocked, and cooled mine for half a decade- I can't actually fully vouch for everything you're saying as- it just isn't possible lol. Extra context: mine was all custom watercooled, with a 1080Ti/980 (used to be 2x 980s but kept one since I 3D render), along with 32gb 2133mhz TridentX kit & the OS on a 850 EVO & any major games I'd play also on an SSD, whilst the rest onto my HDD.
Why show overclock benchmark for 6700k but not for 6600k? The 6600k is useless without the overclocking
The i5 is useless, fullstop.
No OC probably because its at the same level or worse than current i3's which were already benchmarked before
I agree, I'm curious to see how the overclocked 6600k goes against the overclocked 6700k and if its worth the extra cash
I thought the same. An overclocked 6600k is no different than a stock 6700k. For me as well a bit disappointing of an review, why treating the CPU any different.
Bad video. Let's benchmark an Intel k cpu with no overclock.
add 5-10 fps avg in this charts. crybabies
I knew it was a mistake to listen to friends when I bought my 6600k a few years ago instead of the 6700k.
Honestly it may not have been. If you were on a budget, that was 110 dollars you could have put towards a lot of stuff. And spending that 110 on a better GPU at the time would have been WAY smarter in a gaming only rig.
@@kutark I went with a 1070/6600k/16 Gigs of RAM combination. I just feel the extra threads would have definitely prevented it from falling off a cliff performance wise with the sudden core explosion.
At the time my 6600k was 33% cheaper than the 6700k and can overclock by 1ghz with ease. Unbeatable value at the time. This video for some reason they haven't overclocked an overclockable cpu!!
I was one of those guys that ignored everyone that suggested to buy an I5 in 2013, I told myself > "I'm not going to repeat the history when I owned a Core 2 E8500 and upgraded to Q8400, I bought the I7 3770 six years ago and now is paired with a 1660 Ti, (cpu have a bit of overclock, 4.1 ghz all cores)
Linus tried telling everyone that 6600K was enough, but, mentioned in one of his videos that everyone was buying 6700K instead... (Good for them!)
Steve, you’re awesome for making videos like this. This kind of thing really sets GN apart. Keep up the good work!
Thanks to everyone over at the GN crew for putting together this video. I have 4 mixed use computers at home which are all running 6700K CPU's - and this confirmed my suspicions that upgrading "the fleet" at the moment isn't really full blown recommended. It looks like end of 2020 or even 2021 is when folks like me should really considering moving shop.
I upgraded from a 6700K to a 3900X several months ago. I don't regret it at all. I was never a huge fan of the 6700k, looking back on it I heavily regretted not going for the 5820k at the time, I listened to reviews that pushed the "just Overclock it to 4.7-4.8 its easy and guaranteed" well it wasn't for me. Mine hit 4.6 stable with a pretty high voltage (1.375v most of its life. 1.4 in the last year when it quit being stable at 1.375) and had nothing else to give.
For gaming yes. It was grand. I guess. But for photography I never felt it was a big upgrade from my dead 2600k, I would have benefitted from the extra cores on the 5820k for my particular usage. The 6700k was a rig I didn't listen to myself on and always regretted it. I did not make that mistake on the 3900X
Biggest gaming improvement I saw was the lows in BFV. The 3900X eliminated the horrid stutters the 6700k could hit when the physics went nuts. I game at higher resolutions so I'm not very cpu bound so overall any decline in gaming performance is negligible whereas my productivity performance is many times better which is a trade I'll happily make.
Kenji S 5820k is a fantastic piece of silicon :D
I keep mine at 60C with watercooling up to 4,2 Ghz on 2 Cores with very low voltage
I got an extremely good sample
With normal Clock i need only 0,95-1.05 V
blablabla, 6700k never gave you stutters in bf5, you are bullshiting (I have 6700k and play bf5). And you dont really need 3900x. In the end, you are just AMD fanboy and nobody watches your youtube channel. Also you are a liar.
@@zigaklun3395 šta je seljačino, trollamo malo?
@@zigaklun3395 wtf?
5820k was a really good CPU at the time.
had my 6700k since 2015 and it's still working beautifully. thx GN
Got your money's worth then, IMO.....
My Xeon from 2014 is only 6% slower then the latest i9 from 2019 at same clock speed in single thread... Intel CPUs have pretty much only gotten more CPU cores and slightly higher clock speed the last 6 - 7 years or so. I did run Xeon at 3,7Ghz in 2006 and now my Xeon 1231 is only 3,4Ghz with 3,8Ghz max boost, not much have happened when it comes to CPU clocks speeds either...
I'm still rocking a I7 5960x @4.6GHz with a 1080ti and have not seen a acceptable upgrade path yet price to performance wise. This is a 2014 CPU.
This video proves that if you're on 6700k, sit tight for few more years. If you're on 6600k, switch to 6700k and then do the former. I'm glad i went with 6700k back in the day.
Basically you just confirmed what i thought to begin with.
Just stick with my 6700K for a few more years.
Especially doesnt feel worth it till DDR5 Ram releases which will probably be about another year.
Remember that high end previous gen ddr memory tends to be better than early next gen ddr memory. It took a couple of years for regular ddr4 ram to catch up to high end ddr3 ram.
@@joshuayonathan5373 In the case of DDR4, you were able to buy a new platform with a much longer lifespan and DDR4 memory that were at their lowest (2400MHz) at the same speed as the high end DDR3 RAM. So if the past is to be something to go by, waiting and buying a DDR5 platform will give you more upgrade potential AND the same performance as the highest end DDR4 RAM at pretty much the same cost.
I upgraded from i5-3330 to Ryzen 7 3700X. I remember being CPU bottlenecked around the time when i5/i7 6000 series launched and was considering an upgrade to one of these CPUs. I'm glad I didn't.
Damn must feel good to game now
@@A.Froster - I cried from happiness.
@Conor Because it almost twice as expensive?
@Conor - 3700X made more sense because I also do content creation and it matches or exceeds 9900K outside of gaming while consuming less power and costing significantly less than 9900K.
@Conor Because it costs much more ? Majority of people do not want to pay for the Intel premium tax just for 8-9% more performance in gaming which gets reduced further with some decent Ram and for production Ryzen just makes more sense given the value.
You should revisit the 2000 series of Intel, specifically the 2700K and the 2600K. That was probably the last time they actually innovated, while the CPUs after were just +%.
I think they might have those videos from last year already up on their channel.
i got a 2500k at 4.5ghz and it still plays very well. also got a 3930k at 4.5ghz and its having no issues with new titles paired with a 2070 super
yeah. Those old dogs might not give you max FPS but they do pretty well. my 2600k only runs at 4.4ghz on air and does well enough for my needs.
Diddo my 2600k @ 4.5Ghz can always hit 60 FPS with tweaking and often 75 FPS to match my ultra-wide. A good pair would be a GTX 1070/80 today. Assassin's Creed and Kingdom Come Deliverance at night time's on High+ settings are the toughest to achieve 60 otherwise it's no issue.
I started with a 2500k... upgraded to a 6700k... I feel like this video was made just me.
Haha, same here. Was considering upgrading to a 9900k now, since it dropped in price suddenly - but it also feels like an unnecessary waste of money. Just higher resolution, I don't 144hz in my Singleplayer games. :D
Still rocking a 6700k with a 1080TI. It's been a great chip.
Ditto was a great combo
Same my guy. Never had problems with it, and I’ve had it overclocked at 4.8ghz since I dropped it in!
I had an evga gtx 980 ti hybrid then msi gtx 1080 to fe on launch day then a titan Xp NIB when I got my 8700k 6mnths ago
It was still great up till I took it out
Same. Still going strong.
Same, but it is starting to show it's age for sure. Especially when playing Modern Warfare's ground war mode, it pushes the CPU to 100%.
I actually like the look of finned heatsinks better than that machined "art pieces" bullshit they use on most boards. I guess I'm not in the target demographic of gamer.
Or maybe you just want a proper heatsink lol
While I agree with you, I watched in some video recently (not sure WHO did it) saying that the reason we get these solid "chunks" of heatsink is due to cost. Finned heatsinks cost more, therefore we get these instead of finned heatsinks. No other real reason then that.
I assume milling the fins is cheaper than using more material for the blocks. Also they still use fins on lower end server boards or OEM machines, so the only reason must be looks
this is an awesome video as always. made the upgrade from a 6700K to a 3900X for productivity reasons. But just as the benchmarks say, in terms of gaming, i see relatively little uplift. Think this is a testament for how good the 6700K was, in spite of Intel's complacency.
It's pretty annoying that you didn't overclock the 6600k. It might've faired well if you did.
The way this should be looked at is: "What framerate do I want to achieve in what resolution and what part is holding me back?"
Let's say you are gaming on a 6600k but all you want is 60 fps at 1080p - well, if you have the right GPU, you are golden. Save your money.
Many people upgrade way too often and waste too much money.
Man, it feels like I just build my r5 1600 build. But it's already near the bottom of a lot of charts.
Time flies when competition is a thing.
Feel the same way about my stock 6800k.
Me too man. . .got it on release along with an x370 taichi
@@TheGuyWhoDidUrM0M Yep, it released at $200 only reason to get one would have been if you were on a budget or gaming@ 4K. I have one and fall into the latter category, but I can put a new processor in without swapping out motherboards, so it was a perfect purchase.
I just got one. It's great for me. I'm GPU limited, so that's my next upgrade...followed by some overclocking and cleaning up my messy/lazy cable management.
@@Hotobu reason I got the 1600 was because BF1 was unplayable on my 4.8ghz 4670k, damn thing was always at 100% usage. Don't regret upgrading to a 6c/12t cpu from what supposedly was a better gaming cpu. FPS stayed the same since I still own the same rx580 that was originally with the 4670k. Now I'm in the market for a new gpu/cpu, hopefully the 5600xt will be a good upgrade at $250 since that is the most I pay for a gpu.
Me 2015: Finally, I have a high-end PC with my i5 6600K and 980ti
GN 2019: ...whether or not the i5 is dead, the era of the 4c/4t is certainly over...
@Mykel Hardin lol, k.
i5s shat on everything for a long time, and were plenty of chip for what most people need. Your comment is both subjective, and worthless. The i5 9600k ID shooting on all but the 3900 series amd chips. Every one is all on the Ryzen hype train... their flagship professor gets out paced by an i5... lol.. granted it is a very different 6 core variant. lol, and the comment, 'i5 was never a high end chip', what an incredibly insightful and thorough analysis you've provided for us all!! lol. Give me a break nerd.
Nicholas Vosdoganis It still isn’t a high end chip no matter what your personal opinion is. It is and is marketed so as a mid level chip.
@@Thiccalus You can literally figure out why it isn't a high end chip because it's in the middle of both the i3 and i7. It is a mid level chip.
Robert Most people are greatful to have something. It is relative. A Celeron is high end for some people bro, calm down.
I'm doing just fine with my 6600k. Also, it would be curious what an OCed one could do, especially because I think almost every 6600k owner has a bigger or smaller oc. Mine is at 4.5ghz.
Wondering the same. I'm sitting at 4.3GHz all the time.
@@m0pelley99 mine is at 4.7 all the time
Older Intel CPU prices are simply ridiculous! I was forced into buying a new computer when Overwatch was released, that is in spring 2016. The only sane option at the time was i5-6500 on H110 chipset mb, anything else would cost twice as much for maybe some 10% to 20% of performance improvement. The only viable upgrade I can get for it without replacing the motherboard and ram is probably i7-7700 and it still going to cost me more than just dumping this pc and buying the whole combo of B450 motherboard + RAM + R5 3600!
If you still play ow, get a good ram, above 3000mhz. Ow is very ram heavy on both intel and AMD platform.
@Conor simple math: i5-6500 + H110 = $250 + $75 = $325. i7-6700k + Z170 + 2*8Gb DDR4 = $450 + $180 + $200 = $830.
Thanks AMD for ending this
@Conor you discredit yourself.
The 3600x is the hot chip this year.
@@timothygibney159 Cheers!
I'm glad to see this. I did a side-grade by dropping my 6700k into a Z270 MB. Much better features than Z170 had at launch. Good choices out there but I think I'll hold for the time being. OC does help a ton. Merry Christmas. 👍
I did the same, allowed me to clock the CPU and ram higher than the Z170. Still running nicely with a 1070 at 1440p, only 60hz tho. Any higher and I may need a better GPU. Think I'll hold onto this chip a while longer.
@@LJ-Blunt do you still have it? I'm thinking of uprading to 10th gen
This review is disappointing to be honest:
The 6600k is a 3.5 GHz stock up to 3.9 GHz turbo, if you overclock to 4.8 GHz: +1.3 from stock and +0.9 from turbo.
The 6700k is a 4.0 GHz stock up to 4.2 GHz turbo, if you overclock to 4.8 GHz: +0.8 from stock and +0.6 from turbo.
I don't understand what's the point on overclocking only one of the 2 cpu's, even less when you are overclocking only the one that benefits less from the overclocking, attributing all of the difference in performance between a 6600k and a 6700k to hyperthreading is a mistake when their stock clock speeds are quite different, one of the selling points of the 6600k was how much overclocking headroom you had over the stock speed.
A nice test would've been to bump up the 6600k just enough to meet the 6700k stock speed and check the benchmarks again.
Agreed, I have my 6600k running at 4.5Ghz stable, and it would be nice to have the results showing something other than the stock clocks.
@@aardvarker oof... my 6600k wouldn't be stable at all past 3.9 :
@@inkrot did you delid? Mine was getting too hot to be stable, but after delid I was able to OC higher, with much lower temps :-)
4,3ghz..i could try going higher but I honestly don't see why I should? (my games run at 60fps, there's no need to go higher)
Agree with Argonian, looks like gamersnexus just wanted to rush new content and omited the overclocking on those cpu's
My 6700k has been such a great workhorse for my channel for the past 3 years or so and I'm excited to move on to bigger and better things, hello red team and my new 3950x!
If you are primarily gaming and on a 6700K and play alot of crossplatform games (IE: Assassin's Creed), I would suggest waiting for the new consoles and the un-optimization that it brings to figure out what CPU you may need (Cores, etc.) That is my plan.
True.
Or just buy an 8 core 16 thread Zen 2 part, cause that's what the new soles will be running. 4 core CPUs are dead, hyper threading or not.
peasantry mentality at its best
@@pixlax9037 Nah it's just that game developers put consoles before PCs
@@itIsI988 not true! times have changed all the consoles are just cut down pc i bet you a good overclocked 2nd 3rd or 4th gen i7 will kill the consoles especially with a good gpu
4790K was relevent until only recently too. That CPU was a beast for its time. Had one in a Mini ITX with a Z97 Stinger Core3D ITX board, one of those really high end rare ones.
It was pal.ive still got it ready to sell soon..9900ks now the KING
@@musicsouth2033 in One case, just gaming if you only play csgo or something
I've been running a 4790k for years now. Its still a beast in many tasks and gaming. Now it's in my mining rig on the hard shift. Let's hope it lives for ever. ❤️
Yeah I sold my 4790K 3 years ago but still had the motherboard. So I had it laying around and wanted to build a HTPC and figured I could get a 4790K (or even a 4770K) on the cheap. Nope. So I sold the motherboard too for $150, and picked up a HP Compaq Elite SFF PC with a i5 2400 and slapped in a 2gb R7 250, all for less than $80. Does what I want for a HTPC.
@Martin M i bought i7 4790k, msi z87, 16 gb ram and GTX 1070 only 250 buck. Best deal ever
These videos that talk about older hardware that you can buy used or even new are super useful! Thank GN
Over the weekend I was able to get a still in box 6700k for $175 at a closeout sale. That's a little lower than they typically go for used on ebay. I then immediately flipped my 6600k for $125. So I'm out of pocket $50 for the upgrade. I actually laughed when you said only to get the 6700k if you could get it for $50. I also went this route because changing platforms at this time would be a huge hassle. When I wanted to compare them I was very pleasantly surprised to see that you guys had somewhat recently tested it. I think I remember seeing this video in my feed but I avoided it because I was afraid of how my 6600k was going to perform. It looks like my fears were mostly justified. Great content as always. Extremely thorough.
I also upgraded from 6700K to 3700X this year. Could not be more happier. My BF5 frametimes went super smooth from crazy lagspikes.
What gpu do u have?
I'm still rocking a 6700k, and I don't see enough benefit here to justify the cost of upgrading yet.
I'll upgrade when there is something worth upgrading to. Zen 2 is not it, 9700k is getting close. If the next generation from Intel or AMD continues the core war without bringing any meaningful per thread improvements, might just pick up a used 9900k that's a known decent overclocker at that point, but we'll see.
@@SaltyMaud Agreed, zen 2 is almost worth upgrading vs my old Xeon, but not yet, i think zen 3 will be when I ditch my old Xeon.
@Vault Sam 10600k looks interesting, paired with fast memory. The rest, eh, they _exist._ 10900k would be sweet, but I don't need that many threads for anything, 10600k gets me most of the way there for decent price. Wouldn't mind upgrading, but then again my 6700k is still trucking along so I'm not sure if there's really a _need_ to.
Still using a 6700k with a mild overclock, been eyeing a new build though. Hopefully 2020 brings something that I want to upgrade to
Wait to see what Zen 3 brings to the table. I've heard launching anywhere from January 2020 (doubtful) to August 2020.
Not only will Zen 3 offer 15% IPC which already damn good on Ryzen 3000 series, they're also consolidating the cache to a single I/O die and (at least in my humble opinion) probably going to double the number of CCX interconnects per core like they did recently on Threadripper 3960X / 3970X.
If you don't totally understand what I just said - think about it like this. Intel still crushes in gaming because it has a much higher memory bandwidth than Zen as well as slightly faster clock speeds. 1st Gen was quite bad in this regard. Even comparing say the R9 3900X to an i9 9900K the 9900k is a clear winner edging out 10-20% depending on the title.
Enter Threadripper 3970X with an improved package compared to Ryzen 3000 series. Much faster memory bandwidth. In gaming? It's within 5% of the 9900k and in some cases beating the 9900k by 1-2%. (Look at HardwareUnboxed's review of the new Threadripper CPUs)
But yes, comparing a $2000 HPC monstrosity to a $600 desktop CPU isn't really proportional. Yet AMD clearly figured something out with Zen and how to leverage Infinity Fabric scaling.
What will AMD do with Zen 3? I'm guessing we'll see those memory bandwidth improvements on even the mid-tier R5 4600X. You're then talking about a $200-250 6c/12t CPU coming to within 5% +/- of Intels "King of Gaming."
Speculation of course. Check it out for yourself. But definitely wait for Zen 3 to launch. It might just be the first unavoidably good Ryzen series yet clearly beating or matching Intel in everything while remaining 50% cheaper.
@@pottingsoil723 and Isnt 50% cheaper than Intel 3800x same price as 9700k
crank that sucker up. Mine was overclocked at 4.6ghz for almost 4 years and now at 4.8ghz and it never has let me down. It's a good processor still for sure for gaming. But use that sucker to it's full potential
Yesssss!!! This is EXACTLY what I’ve been waiting for!
Yup, 7700K owner checking in. It's fine for now, but I'll probably replace it in 1-2 years.
Same. I delidded mine and applied LM. 56-63 C under load with an AIO. I'm waiting for the next AMD socket.
Same here, waiting for cheap 8C/16T chips (to align with future console designs), along with support for PCIe 4 (next generation), and maybe even DDR5 (probably the generation after).
Replaced mine with a 3700x IPC wise they function about the same but now I have 8 more threads for my multitasking/gaming
same, at 5ghz is still a beast. I even can go 5.1
Same here. Was considering upgrading, but decided to have some fun first. Bought a delid kit and liquid metal. Now it runs stable at 4.9/5gh compared to 4.4gh and the difference is staggering. That overclock has given so much room to just wait for the perfect deal.
Awesome timing! I just upgraded from 6700K to 9900K.
And that's exactly when I waited to upgrade. 7700K seemed pointless and the 8700K didn't offer enough of a jump imo. Then the 9900K came out and the price was reduce thanks to AMD and I saw a meaningful upgrade path.
@@CastIronEric I have been considering the same for a while but haven't pulled the trigger. What resolution do you play at and what graphics card do you have? I am wondering if it's even worth it since I play at almost 4k (3440 x 1440). I've seen some benchmarks that show it barely makes a difference in a lot of games at that resolution
The video I was hoping for but was convinced would never get. Thank you, a lot!
I really wish you had a 6600K OCed figure. I'm rocking a 6600K at 4.6.
The 6600K stock is only an all-core 3.6GHz boost, where the base for the 6700k is 4.0 Really curious if updating from a 4.6GHz 6600K is worth upgrading.
totally agree. 6600k @ 4.6 or 4.8 would have challenged that stock 6700K. Imo, the video is actually quite misleading when it comes to 6600k... the "k" is there for a reason.
For a lot of gamers, all that matter is single threaded performance. The 7700k might seem useless for a lot of people, but it's fine for gaming.
I have a 6600K and I think I am going to try to hold out for the next socket change (Zen 4 I expect). I also expect it to come with DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 support. I figure 2021 for that timing which gives me a chance that Intel releases SOMETHING to compete.
EDIT: To address spelling errors.
I'm still using a 4670k @ 4.3 Ghz, and I'm about to upgrade my GTX 970 to a GTX 1660 Super. I suspect that by next year I will be moving to a new Ryzen CPU, but for now I'm still quite happy.
What a timely review! This is what I needed. Thank you!
thks it convinced me in keeping my 6700k and waiting for bottlenecking with a new gpu
I upgraded from a 6600k (Z170) to a 3700X (X570) a month ago, so this video firmly satisfies my craving for some number crunching.
Absolutely loving the new chip, since I have a 50/50 photography/gaming use case.
Might do exactly what you did, can't wait
WOuld be even better with 9700/9900k, as they still hold the upper hand in both your use cases, but especially in gaming.
@@HenrySomeone I know the 9900k is fast, but there's a few reasons I went AMD: I didn't want to pay that much since the 3700x is a fantastic performer for much much less. I am also air cooling, so I didn't want a chip that runs very hot. Finally, I wanted to give AMD my business because I didn't feel like rewarding Intel for their stagnation, even if the 9900k is quick.
I get a huge percentage of the performance for less money and the rig runs cooler - I like it.
@@JakeGreen Do it. I'm super happy with the results: double the cores, quadruple the threads.. and I also doubled both the RAM capacity and speed. The rig is in very good shape.. ( m.imgur.com/a/5M681E4 )
@@HenrySomeone Wrong , the Value was just better
This is exactly what I needed to know a few weeks ago! Thanks so much
Where is i5 6600k overclocked to 4.5Ghz+???
THIS! if they used 6600K of course they've gotta OC this thing to at least 4,5 GHz
4.7 ghz bb
exactly.... I have my 6600k oc'd to 4.4ghz from week1, paired with 1080ti... at 1440p no game ever used 100% of cpu. max I got was 85%. and temps never go above 60ºC
its dumb benchmarking a intel K series and not oc'ing it
@@b1txh Wtf? It can go that far? 1 GHz more doesn't literally kill your CPU? (my i5-6600k was never OC, just asking cause I'm an absolute noob about overclocking)
Still rocking a 6700K at 4.6GHz
heyb0o0o0o0o0o0osS Oc to 4.8 🥱🥱
@@NinjaXHide not all 6700k CPUs can hit that unfortunately
@@NinjaXHide my chip can't handle it sadly. It's really unstable unless I crank voltage up past 1.4v
@@NinjaXHide instead of being cocky why don't you sell it lol and get a i9 to brag about it
RedClaw 72 ??? I have a 7700K at 5ghz. Nobody bragged about anything.
What kind of gains do you see from overclocking the 6600k in gaming?
in thread hvy workloads maybe 3-7% if you are lucky, lightly threaded games 10-20%. But that also depends on RAM and considering that most people that went for the i5 didn't go for fast (expensive) RAM, the results won't change the overall experience. Furthermore the low min 0.1 and 1% FPS is what "kills" the i5 in my book - smoothness is what makes or breakes a CPU/GPU and not the avg FPS once that is above 60FPS in faster paced games.
I have mine chilling at 4.7ghz, there's a massive increase in performance. Must be a 25% increase in fps for nearly every game, and it's rock solid, no microstuttering. Don't really know why it wasn't shown in the chart.
@@sneugler Agreed. I overclocked my 6600k only to 4.5GHz, and that with a few memory and uncore tweaks gave me a 25% increase in Cinebench.
@jvalex18 Uh no, pretty much the complete opposite of that. Only some games can make good use of many cores, but any game can make use of more speed. If you are entirely CPU bottlenecked, a 25% increase in per-core performance (frequency in this case) will lead to a 25% increase in fps. That's a big if, I agree my +25% Cinebench often won't translate to +25% fps because of bottlenecks elsewhere, but if a game needs more CPU power then more frequency will always help. You can't say the same about a 25% increase in core count, which could potentially do nothing if the game isn't programmed to use more threads.
You say "games nowadays care about cores" like it's mutually exclusive, it's not. Games can better utilize more cores of late sure, but that doesn't mean they care about per-core speed any less. It's just as beneficial as it ever was, as say 3700X vs 2700X proves. Speed is what made 3rd gen good for gaming, 12/16 cores did pretty much nothing.
@jvalex18 Cores and per-core performance* Whether you achieve per-core performance through IPC or frequency doesn't really matter to the game.
I agree, I switched my 6600k for an 8700k for the same reason. That still doesn't mean the 6600k can't see significant gains from an overclock. 25% per-core performance gain is meaningful. I'm typing on my 6600k right now, honestly pretty happy with it paired with 1070 @ 1440p, where it only needs to feed ~60 fps. It only had noticeable trouble keeping up when I switched to 1080Ti (which is now in my 8700k system).
Still running with the 6600K in 2020 and it might be terrible in benchmarks but in real life use everything runs smooth so I still don't see a reason to upgrade. I think you should only upgrade when things get slow or you encounter limitations in day to day work, don't let benchmarks tell you when to upgrade.
Thanks again for another year of hard but wonderful work. Happy holidays and happy end of another year of helping the PC hardware community improve!
STILL use a 2600k 5.1ghz 1.5V
new CPUs can bow down to sandy bridge
lol bow down to nehalem, peasent XD
Except for the R5 3600.
Still on a 2700k at 4.8Ghz. But I'm finally starting to look for a upgrade. Maybe next year.
I'm still rocking an i5-3570 non K - still kicking ass. I don't need no stinking hyperthreading!
y@@PacketWrangler Also on the 3570 non k, but I think that maybe 2020 is the year for an upgrade. My ancient 660 also needs an upgrade.
bro im still running a 2600k
I am still running a core duo e4300
i5 750 here. I would be curious to see the 3770 too.
Yep, looks like 4c/8t is minimum to still be considered modern.
3570k here
3770 4.1 ghz here
I would still assume that in many builds with the said CPUs it's more beneficial to upgrade the GPU rather than the CPU. Depends of course on the current GPU and the budget available.
Really love these types of videos. its really the most important video to know if you should upgrade. just wish it was a gen or 2 earlier :p i would LOVE a 3770k, 4770k, 6700k, 7700k, 8700k and 9900k video (with the 2 most current gens ryzen r7s) for a true comparison of each gen, considering those are the staples of each gen more or less. heck maybe even throw in the oh so famous 2600k in there.
- fellow 4820k user looking for a worthy upgrade
I just upgraded from a 6700K to a 3700X. The biggest performance upgrade was in Jedi Fallen Order. I went from around 80 to around 120 fps and no more 30 fps lows
I still got a 6th gen i5 but soon I will buy a Ryzen 7 3700x
Great choice
This was exactly the kind of information I was looking for. Thank you and Merry Christmas!
still rocking 6700k OC on water, with a 980ti G1, havent found a game i like enough lately that needs more power
This ^
10:50 and thats why I just gave up and went ryzen instead, those damn intel cpus on ebay are like iphones, all you see is 250$+ listings for a freaking quad on 2019, is everyone soo disconnected from reality?
if im paying that much I might as well spend it on a new platform with upgrade paths
i switched from my i5 6600k to a r7 3700x in october, the performance boost is more than notable in games that support more than 4 cores / threads and i'm pretty happy with it. Although i had some Memory issues in the beginning, the board did not read the XMP profiles correctly and messed up the timings. It's good to know how to set up those manually :)
People in 2014: "get an i5 instead of that 4790k and save $100, it's going to be long dead before useful". Me in almost 2020: Grins in 4790k @ 4.6ghz & 16gb c10 2400mhz DDR3
So true same with 3GB 1060 vs 6GB
Lol wut? 6Gb outperforms by a significant margin these days.
My 6600k 4.5GHz still does everything I need it too, but I guess that's because I don't play anything super demanding. I think I'll look out for used 7700k's to swap it out with in the future.
Do the coffeelake mod, you can save money on a new board though this needs careful research for successful completion.
@@ezg8448 Is that mod to put an 8700k in a Z170 MB?
@@ezg8448 upgrading to the only compatible coffeelakes is still only 4c/4t compatible CPUs...(i.e., useless)
mdd1963 how is 4c 4t 6600k same as 4c8t 7700k the same? I7 has more than i5.
@@junkstyles.1256 i was replying to the 'coffeelake mod', which enables 4c/4t 8th gen CPUs on a 6th/7th gen board with mods, all for 100-200 MHz and similar performance;if you want a 7700K at $340, that's your call, but, for that money you could get a B450/R5-3600 and save $20 and be well ahead in the game...
I feel like due to the higher number of cores on modern cpu's, we'll soon ( a couple years ) be seeing game engines getting created to use the additional cores instead of a higher ipc.
"Soon" might be sooner than people think..Star Citizen will use EVERY thread you have available. ( have not tested on 24/32 thread cpus or seen test data on it.) The game engine is now called Amazon Lumberyard. Which is being used for the in development new Lord of The Rings game.
It's frikkin Amazon! Think they won't license the heck out of this? Ima say yes.
I see 30-70% load across 12 threads, continuously, on a 1600x. Load balancing is really coming along here. Well, and 8c 16t consoles coming out.. next year I guess?
6700k overclocked at 4.2ghz OC still running strong. Personally haven’t had a real need to upgrade yet
i7-6700k with 2080ti here. its still a beast
Man I feel good for not falling for the "you only need i5 for gaming" back then!
Keula "back then" the i5 was great for gaming
same tha only need i5 for gaming is a hoax even back then
Keula
What makes your opinion so special? Thousands of i5 users played games with one and still do. Use what you want for gaming and others will use what they want. You are NOT special.
@@wysetech2000 Yeah honestly my old i5, a 4000 series, still runs most games fine at 60fps. The only one it's struggled with so far is AC: Unity, but that is a notorious piece of garbage on the CPU, and even so it might be a memory issue (my DDR3 is pretty slow).
@@Blaze6108 To me it's what works for what we need and fits our budget and not what someone says we should have.The AMD cult seems to think they rule the world and what they have is best. Intel users are dirt because we don't comply to their way of thinking. People who think that way have a serious mental problem. Unfortunately it's getting worse.
Enjoy what you have and when you decide to upgrade make your own decision on what you need and want to buy.
I JUST upgraded from a 6700k.
6700K user here, I play in 4K and I have never ever seen my cpu be the bottleneck is any title I play, until nvidia or amd can release a card that pushes enough frames in 4k for my cpu to actually be a bottleneck I couldn’t be bothered to upgrade.
pc-builds.com/calculator/Core_i7-6700K/GeForce_GTX_1080_Ti/0Fn0XFlu/16/
Your CPU is bottlenecking even 1080ti
So unless you have something like 1060 which you ain't playing 4k something in your comment is just... wrong.
Actually managed to take home some useful info here. Recently built my pc back in Oct. and currently using an i7 6700k at stock and i've been extremely happy with it. im not a huge snob for fps as long as what im playing has enough to get by. so in my experience here if you can find a 6700k it's definitely no pushover if you needed a decent processor.
Its 2021 and I'm still rocking a 6700K and (gasp) AMD R9 380. With the info in this vid, the best value upgrade would be the GPU, but it just goes to show that the 6700K is still relevant compared with today's newer processors.
To be honest, the AAA games of today aren't compelling enough for me to drop $60+ a pop on them. And I have so many older games that I still play and/or still need to play that run just fine on my platform.
Even though this video was made over a year ago, it confirms to me that I can wait on upgrading for a few more years. Thank you for all your hard work Gamers Nexus!
My 6600k is chillin
Mine was until just about 4 hours ago. Went and picked up a Ryzen 5 3600x.
6600k is struggling with insurgency sandstorm, escape from tarkov and is pretty much unplayable in BFV. I couldn't take it anymore and I'm using it to just build a spare PC for my girlfriend. 4 cores fought till the bitter end
@@TboneSTEAK111 nice, I only use my PC for CS GO or some older RPGs like Final Fantasy X so I haven't felt the need to upgrade yet.
Redline RR I hade mine replaced a year ago, when AC Origins came I was a big fan and waited a lot only to massacre my 6600k so pretty much replaced it with 8700k.
@@TboneSTEAK111 4 Cores still rock, It is just the i5 6660k that is bad (must be because of no hyper-threading?)... A friend of mine just got a i5 6660k and it can not even run GTA V as it CPU bottlenecking with 100% CPU usage with horrible bad stuttering all the time. On the other hand my 4 core Xeon 1231 at 3,6Ghz from 2014 run GTA V perfectly fine with 30 - 40% CPU usage and non of the games I have is CPU bottlenecking with my 35% OC GTX1080ti.
@@a64738 GTA 5 runs perfectly fine on 6600k and geforce 1060 in 1080p whatever your friend did to his pc lol...
The fact that i7 6700k is underperfoming by 20% from the newest chipset is insane
I just upgraded from i7-6850K (6c/12t) to Ryzen 9 3950X (16c/32t) and I’m very happy about it. The 6850K is still good and lives on in my son’s gaming rig.
THANK YOU! You calmed me down... I Upgraded i7 6700K to 3900X just now and I was looking for these reviews for a long, to check what performance I can get!
Interesting comparsions, would be even more interesting if you did go all the way back to haswell and i7-4770k as skylake didn`t bring any major IPC upgades so it probably would be very similiar in performance Crazy how good haswell i7 stood the test of time.
I`m using it with OC to 4.2GHz and 16 gigs of 2400 MHz CL10 DDR3 and 1080 ti OC and tbh this system still can run any modern AAA game just fine in 1440p high/ultra.
Yeah, especially 4790K pushed to the max with 2400+ mhz ram can often actually surpass a 6700k; AMD crap from the same time though (the Faildozers) - lmao! And even the first 2 generations of Ryzens aren't all that better, especially not the first (1600/1700 are barely on par with an OCed 2600k, lol)
I have 4790k to 4.8ghz with 2666 mhz of ram and a 5700xt. It's been killing 1440p and 4k in almost all games.
I got my 4790k to 5.0ghz, but it's usually undervolted @4.0 because I have a rx 580 that bottlenecks the system
I would be interested in this as well (since I am still running my 4770k but overclocked)
I justified my decision to buy a 6700k over a 6600k by thinking it would last longer and I'm surprised at how right I was. I'm considering upgrading to a 3700x or 3800x for VMs and compiling programs, but it's not enough to be worth it yet. My 1070 might be worth upgrading given I run an ultra-wide monitor.
I feel kind of stupid buying into the hype and buying the 3700x to "Upgrade" my 6700k. I though it was on par with the 9700k like most people suggested.
+3 FPS
nah actually you did right.
How's gameplay? Is it smoother with the octa core?
If you had a 67 or 7700k, there's not really a convincing reason to upgrade at the same price point for gaming still. I would have to be getting a larger increase in performance to warrant buying another $300 cpu. It just seems like a waste of money to ratchet my way up the performance ladder. They're better sure, but not enough to really change the experience that much.
@@georgethomas4889 In most games, they feel similar but in Battlefield V, it's definitely smoother now. The best thing is that I can render videos around 2x faster which is incredible but I only edit videos once in a while. I game 90% of the time which is why I regret a little bit and since the 9700k was the same price as the 3700x here. I feel better about the purchase now that the new consoles are both 8c/16t
I really enjoyed 6700k. I had the option to go with a 7700k but clearly Intel peaked at 2-4th gen. First now with 12th gen did we really get something good from Intel. So when picking when to build I settled on a good deal 6700k. Such a improvement from a I5 2400. Was not going to let that disappointment ever happen agen since that doomed me from having the epic 2th and 4th gen CPU's just because 2400 was 'good enough'. It really made no sense to skimp out on the CPU.
Was possible to upgrade and run 32GB 3000Mhz ram on my 6700k. Never OC it much and have ran it stock on a NH D14 for most of the time. Never found a reason to go faster and even at full load it was not very loud. How about that a overkill cooler helps. Still a grate system and makes me very sad that I did not get some of that 2500k or 4790k action!! The worst thing about 6700k is that the older stuff looks so good in comparison! 6700k never catch a brake! It sucks looking forward or backwards!
Still have a use for my I5 2400. But to think that old thing can have lasted me to 2019 and still not really hold one back?? That is just bonkers. But 2400 was really not enough even for Fallout 4 and just stupid AMD drivers :c. I just had to get something better and 6700k fit the budget. And seems like I was right that there was nothing better to get for years to come.
It's like you've read my mind Steve! I'm currently running a 6700K on Z170, and I've finally managed to get hold of a Ryzen 3950X in the UK, came yesterday, although I am missing a motherboard, I want the MSI X570 Unify, but prices are $30 more than it was in October, so hoping there's a price drop over the post Christmas period.
I've wanted to see the figures, especially Premiere, for a comparison, as I video edit more than I game. But this video definitely confirms I was correct to stay with the 6700K until now, definitely wasn't worth making a move until late this year. I usually do wait at least 4 to 5 years before a CPU upgrade though. I'll only be upgrading CPU and motherboard this time around as I'm already running nVME and the 32GB 3200 GSkill RAM will transfer nicely, and I always offset my GPU upgrade so the 1080Ti won't be upgraded for at least 2 more years - it's a good way to spread costs and you see a bump in performance with each "tic toc" (CPU/GPU) upgrade.