Core i7-5960X vs i7-4960X Gaming-Performance - FullHD, 1440p, UHD
Category : 2014
Published by Hiwa Pouri on 07.11.14
When Intel released their new Haswell-E CPUs, we decided to rework our CPU gaming performance articles. Meanwhile we're testing different resolutions and there are FullHD, 1440p as well as UHD on our list. This way you get a more detailed understanding of the differences. Today we're comparing the Core i7-5960X and the Core i7-4960X at stock clocks as well as overclocked and we're curious to find out about the differences.
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Test Setup
|
Motherboard |
- ASUS Rampage V Extreme
- ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition
|
| CPU |
- Intel Core i7-5960X - Stock
- Intel Core i7-5960X - 4.5 GHz
- Intel Core i7-4960X - Stock
- Intel Core i7-4960X - 4.5 GHz
|
|
Memory |
- G.Skill Ripjaws4 DDR4-3000 CL15-15-15-35 Auto
- Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR3-2400 CL10-12-12-31
|
|
Graphics Cards |
- ASUS Strix OC Edition GeForce GTX 980
|
| Drivers |
- Windows 7 x64
- Latest NVIDIA Drivers
|
|
Games and OS |
- Windows 7 x64
- All
games were up to date on the
|
|
System Drive |
|
|
PSU |
- Seasonic Platinum SS-1000XP / 1000 Watts
|
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Unigine Heaven 4.0 Extreme Preset
| High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) |
Score |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
1661 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
1672 |
100.66 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
1656 |
99.70 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
1668 |
100.42 |
| |
More is better |
|
High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) |
Score |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
1005 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
1014 |
100.90 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
1000 |
99.50 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
1007 |
100.20 |
| |
More is better |
|
High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) |
Score |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
437 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
439 |
100.46 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
436 |
99.77 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
437 |
100.00 |
| |
More is better |
Unigine Heaven Settings |
|
1080p |
1440p |
2160p |
- Preset: Custom
- Quality: Ultra
- Tesselation: Extreme
- Stereo 3D: Disabled
- Multi Monitor: Disabled
- Anti Aliasing: 8x
- Full Screen: On
- Resolution: Custom
|
- Preset: Custom
- Quality: Ultra
- Tesselation: Extreme
- Stereo 3D: Disabled
- Multi Monitor: Disabled
- Anti Aliasing: 8x
- Full Screen: On
- Resolution: Custom
|
- Preset: Custom
- Quality: Ultra
- Tesselation: Extreme
- Stereo 3D: Disabled
- Multi Monitor: Disabled
- Anti Aliasing: 8x
- Full Screen: On
- Resolution: Custom
|
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BattleField 4
|
High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
97.55 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
100.22 |
102.66 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
105.15 |
107.23 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
107.87 |
109.57 |
|
More is better |
|
High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
61.10 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
63.87 |
104.34 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
65.19 |
106.27 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
66.87 |
108.63 |
|
More is better |
|
High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
31.38 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
33.01 |
104.94 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
34.42 |
108.83 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
35.22 |
110.90 |
|
More is better |
Battlefield 4 Settings |
|
1080p |
1440p |
2160p |
- Graphics Quality: Custom
- Texture Quality: Ultra
- Texture Filtering: Ultra
- Lighting Quality: Ultra
- FX Quality: Ultra
- Post Process Quality: Ultra
- Mesh Quality: Ultra
- Terrain Quality: Ultra
- Terrain Decoration: Ultra
- Antialiasing Deferred: 4x MSAA
- Antialiasing Post: High
- Ambient Occlusion: HBAO
|
- Graphics Quality: Custom
- Texture Quality: Ultra
- Texture Filtering: Ultra
- Lighting Quality: Ultra
- FX Quality: Ultra
- Post Process Quality: Ultra
- Mesh Quality: Ultra
- Terrain Quality: Ultra
- Terrain Decoration: Ultra
- Antialiasing Deferred: 4x MSAA
- Antialiasing Post: High
- Ambient Occlusion: HBAO
|
- Graphics Quality: Custom
- Texture Quality: Ultra
- Texture Filtering: Ultra
- Lighting Quality: Ultra
- FX Quality: Ultra
- Post Process Quality: Ultra
- Mesh Quality: Ultra
- Terrain Quality: Ultra
- Terrain Decoration: Ultra
- Antialiasing Deferred: 4x MSAA
- Antialiasing Post: High
- Ambient Occlusion: HBAO
|
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Watch Dogs
| High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
59.78 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
59.88 |
100.17 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
59.81 |
100.05 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
60.24 |
100.76 |
|
More is better |
|
High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
39.02 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
38.81 |
99.46 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
38.41 |
98.44 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
39.21 |
100.49 |
|
More is better |
|
High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
19.82 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
19.84 |
100.10 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
19.79 |
99.85 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
20.00 |
100.91 |
|
More is better |
Watch Dogs Settings |
|
1080p |
1440p |
2160p |
- Vsync: Off
- Color Blind Support: Off
- Graphics Quality: Custom
- Texture Quality: Ultra
- Shadow Quality: Ultra
- FX Quality: Ultra
- Mesh Quality: Ultra
- Terrain Quality: Ultra
- Terrain Decoration: Ultra
- Antialiasing Deferred: 4x MSAA
- Antialiasing Post: High
- Motion Blur: On
- Anisotropic Filter: 16x
- Ambient Occlusion: HBAO
|
- Vsync: Off
- Color Blind Support: Off
- Graphics Quality: Custom
- Texture Quality: Ultra
- Shadow Quality: Ultra
- FX Quality: Ultra
- Mesh Quality: Ultra
- Terrain Quality: Ultra
- Terrain Decoration: Ultra
- Antialiasing Deferred: 4x MSAA
- Antialiasing Post: High
- Motion Blur: On
- Anisotropic Filter: 16x
- Ambient Occlusion: HBAO
|
- Vsync: Off
- Color Blind Support: Off
- Graphics Quality: Custom
- Texture Quality: Ultra
- Shadow Quality: Ultra
- FX Quality: Ultra
- Mesh Quality: Ultra
- Terrain Quality: Ultra
- Terrain Decoration: Ultra
- Antialiasing Deferred: 4x MSAA
- Antialiasing Post: High
- Motion Blur: On
- Anisotropic Filter: 16x
- Ambient Occlusion: HBAO
|
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Tomb Raider
|
High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
53.0 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
53.1 |
100.19 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
54.1 |
102.03 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
54.6 |
102.93 |
|
More is better |
| High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
32.2 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
32.4 |
100.62 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
33.0 |
102.42 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
33.4 |
103.59 |
|
More is better |
|
High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
15.0 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
15.1 |
100.66 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
15.2 |
101.32 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
15.7 |
104.46 |
|
More is better |
Tomb Raider Settings |
|
1080p |
1440p |
2160p |
- Preset: Custom
- Texture Quality: Ultra
- Texture Filter: Anisotropic 16x
- Antialiasing: 4x SSAA
- Shadow: Ultra
- Shadow Resolution: High
- Level of Detail: Ultra
- Post Processing: On
- Tessellation: On
- High Precision: On
- Hair Quality: TressFX
- Reflections: High
- Depth of Field: Ultra
- SSAO: Ultra
|
- Preset: Custom
- Texture Quality: Ultra
- Texture Filter: Anisotropic 16x
- Antialiasing: 4x SSAA
- Shadow: Ultra
- Shadow Resolution: High
- Level of Detail: Ultra
- Post Processing: On
- Tessellation: On
- High Precision: On
- Hair Quality: TressFX
- Reflections: High
- Depth of Field: Ultra
- SSAO: Ultra
|
- Preset: Custom
- Texture Quality: Ultra
- Texture Filter: Anisotropic 16x
- Antialiasing: 4x SSAA
- Shadow: Ultra
- Shadow Resolution: High
- Level of Detail: Ultra
- Post Processing: On
- Tessellation: On
- High Precision: On
- Hair Quality: TressFX
- Reflections: High
- Depth of Field: Ultra
- SSAO: Ultra
|
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Sniper Elite 3
|
High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
54.07 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
55.14 |
101.90 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
55.12 |
101.94 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
55.15 |
101.96 |
|
More is better |
|
High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
29.88 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
30.92 |
103.36 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
32.08 |
106.86 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
32.24 |
107.32 |
|
More is better |
|
High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
18.00 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
20.18 |
101.10 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
18.20 |
101.64 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
18.30 |
110.80 |
|
More is better |
Sniper Elite 3 Settings |
|
1080p |
1440p |
2160p |
- Graphics Detail: Ultra
- AntiAliasing: High
- Texture Detail: Ultra
- Draw Distance: Ultra
- Anisotropic Filtering: 16
- Supersampling: 4.0x
- Motion Blur: Yes
- Ambient Occlusion: Yes
- V-Sync: No
- Use Tessellation: Yes
- Use Obscurance Fields: Yes
|
- Graphics Detail: Ultra
- AntiAliasing: High
- Texture Detail: Ultra
- Draw Distance: Ultra
- Anisotropic Filtering: 16
- Supersampling: 4.0x
- Motion Blur: Yes
- Ambient Occlusion: Yes
- V-Sync: No
- Use Tessellation: Yes
- Use Obscurance Fields: Yes
|
- Graphics Detail: Ultra
- AntiAliasing: High
- Texture Detail: Ultra
- Draw Distance: Ultra
- Anisotropic Filtering: 16
- Supersampling: 4.0x
- Motion Blur: Yes
- Ambient Occlusion: Yes
- V-Sync: No
- Use Tessellation: Yes
- Use Obscurance Fields: Yes
|
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Crysis 3
|
High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
36.72 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
36.75 |
100.08 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
36.76 |
100.11 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
37.10 |
101.03 |
|
More is better |
|
High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
22.72 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
22.73 |
100.04 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
22.83 |
100.48 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
23.00 |
101.23 |
|
More is better |
| High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
12.44 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
12.47 |
100.24 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
12.85 |
103.29 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
12.87 |
103.46 |
|
More is better |
Crysis 3 Settings |
|
1080p |
1440p |
2160p |
- Anti Aliasing: MSAA High 8x
- Texture Resolution: Very High
- Vsync: No
- System Spec: Very High
- Game Effects: Very High
- Object: Very High
- Particles: Very High
- Post Processing: Very High
- Shading: Very High
- Shadows: Very High
- Water: Very High
- Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
- Motion Blur Amount: High
- Lense Flares: Yes
|
- Anti Aliasing: MSAA High 8x
- Texture Resolution: Very High
- Vsync: No
- System Spec: Very High
- Game Effects: Very High
- Object: Very High
- Particles: Very High
- Post Processing: Very High
- Shading: Very High
- Shadows: Very High
- Water: Very High
- Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
- Motion Blur Amount: High
- Lense Flares: Yes
|
- Anti Aliasing: MSAA High 8x
- Texture Resolution: Very High
- Vsync: No
- System Spec: Very High
- Game Effects: Very High
- Object: Very High
- Particles: Very High
- Post Processing: Very High
- Shading: Very High
- Shadows: Very High
- Water: Very High
- Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
- Motion Blur Amount: High
- Lense Flares: Yes
|
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Thief
|
High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
83.2 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
83.4 |
100.24 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
84.8 |
101.92 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
86.1 |
103.49 |
|
More is better |
|
High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
56.6 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
56.7 |
100.18 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
57.9 |
102.30 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
58.3 |
103.00 |
|
More is better |
|
High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
29.9 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
29.9 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
30.3 |
101.34 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
30.9 |
103.34 |
|
More is better |
Thief Settings |
|
1080p |
1440p |
2160p |
- Vsync: Off
- Preset: Custom
- Texture Quality: Very High
- Shadow Quality: Very High
- Depth of Field Quality: High
- Texture Filtering Quality: 16x Anisotropic
- SSAA: High
- Automatically limit Texture Quality: On
- Screen Space Reflection: On
- Parallax Occlusion Mapping: On
- FXAA: On
- Contact Hardening Shadows: On
- Tesselation: On
- Image Based Reflection: On
|
- Vsync: Off
- Preset: Custom
- Texture Quality: Very High
- Shadow Quality: Very High
- Depth of Field Quality: High
- Texture Filtering Quality: 16x Anisotropic
- SSAA: High
- Automatically limit Texture Quality: On
- Screen Space Reflection: On
- Parallax Occlusion Mapping: On
- FXAA: On
- Contact Hardening Shadows: On
- Tesselation: On
- Image Based Reflection: On
|
- Vsync: Off
- Preset: Custom
- Texture Quality: Very High
- Shadow Quality: Very High
- Depth of Field Quality: High
- Texture Filtering Quality: 16x Anisotropic
- SSAA: High
- Automatically limit Texture Quality: On
- Screen Space Reflection: On
- Parallax Occlusion Mapping: On
- FXAA: On
- Contact Hardening Shadows: On
- Tesselation: On
- Image Based Reflection: On
|
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GRID Autosport
|
High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
116.54 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
117.57 |
100.89 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
118.20 |
101.42 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
119.08 |
102.18 |
|
More is better |
|
High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
83.55 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
84.58 |
101.23 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
85.18 |
101.95 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
85.88 |
102.79 |
|
More is better |
|
High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
47.51 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
48.99 |
103.12 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
48.97 |
103.07 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
49.61 |
104.42 |
|
More is better |
GRID Autosport Settings |
|
1080p |
1440p |
2160p |
- Full Screen: On
- Vsync: Off
- Nigh Lightning: Ultra
- Advanced Fog: On
- Particles: Ultra
- Cloths: Ultra
- Ambient Occlusion: Ultra
- Soft Ambient Occlusion: On
- Ground Cover: Ultra
- Vehicle Details: Ultra
- Vehicle Reflections: Ultra
- Objects: Ultra
- Trees: Ultra
- Crowds: Ultra
- Water: High
- Advanced Lighting: Enabled
- Global Illumination: On
- Texture Quality: High
- Shader Quality: High
- Anisotropic Filtering: Ultra
- Smoke: Shadows: on
|
- Full Screen: On
- Vsync: Off
- Nigh Lightning: Ultra
- Advanced Fog: On
- Particles: Ultra
- Cloths: Ultra
- Ambient Occlusion: Ultra
- Soft Ambient Occlusion: On
- Ground Cover: Ultra
- Vehicle Details: Ultra
- Vehicle Reflections: Ultra
- Objects: Ultra
- Trees: Ultra
- Crowds: Ultra
- Water: High
- Advanced Lighting: Enabled
- Global Illumination: On
- Texture Quality: High
- Shader Quality: High
- Anisotropic Filtering: Ultra
- Smoke: Shadows: on
|
- Full Screen: On
- Vsync: Off
- Nigh Lightning: Ultra
- Advanced Fog: On
- Particles: Ultra
- Cloths: Ultra
- Ambient Occlusion: Ultra
- Soft Ambient Occlusion: On
- Ground Cover: Ultra
- Vehicle Details: Ultra
- Vehicle Reflections: Ultra
- Objects: Ultra
- Trees: Ultra
- Crowds: Ultra
- Water: High
- Advanced Lighting: Enabled
- Global Illumination: On
- Texture Quality: High
- Shader Quality: High
- Anisotropic Filtering: Ultra
- Smoke: Shadows: on
|
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Sleeping Dogs - Benchmark
|
High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
83.8 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
84.1 |
100.36 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
84.1 |
100.36 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
84.8 |
101.19 |
|
More is better |
|
High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
49.9 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
50.1 |
100.40 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
50.0 |
100.20 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
50.5 |
101.20 |
|
More is better |
|
High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
20.4 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
20.7 |
101.47 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
20.6 |
100.98 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
20.7 |
101.47 |
|
More is better |
Sleeping Dogs Settings |
|
1080p |
1440p |
2160p |
- Full Screen: On
- Graphics Level: Extreme
- Enable Quality Anti Aliasing: Extreme
- Enable High Res Textures: On
- Shadow Resolution: High
- Shadow Filtering: High
- Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: High
- Enable Vsync: Off
- Enable Quality Motion Blur: High
- World Density: Extreme
|
- Full Screen: On
- Graphics Level: Extreme
- Enable Quality Anti Aliasing: Extreme
- Enable High Res Textures: On
- Shadow Resolution: High
- Shadow Filtering: High
- Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: High
- Enable Vsync: Off
- Enable Quality Motion Blur: High
- World Density: Extreme
|
- Full Screen: On
- Graphics Level: Extreme
- Enable Quality Anti Aliasing: Extreme
- Enable High Res Textures: On
- Shadow Resolution: High
- Shadow Filtering: High
- Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: High
- Enable Vsync: Off
- Enable Quality Motion Blur: High
- World Density: Extreme
|
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Metro: Last Light - Benchmark
|
High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
53.75 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
54.77 |
101.90 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
53.87 |
100.22 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
54.87 |
102.08 |
|
More is better |
|
High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
33.55 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
34.86 |
103.90 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
33.75 |
100.60 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
34.43 |
102.62 |
|
More is better |
|
High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
15.22 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
16.31 |
107.16 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
16.47 |
108.21 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
16.68 |
109.59 |
|
More is better |
Metro: Last Light Settings |
| 1080p |
1440p |
2160p |
- Quality: Very High
- Texture Filtering: AF16x
- Motion Blur: Normal
- SSAA: On
- Tesselation: Very High
- Scene: D6
- Runs: 3
|
- Quality: Very High
- Texture Filtering: AF16x
- Motion Blur: Normal
- SSAA: On
- Tesselation: Very High
- Scene: D6
- Runs: 3
|
- Quality: Very High
- Texture Filtering: AF16x
- Motion Blur: Normal
- SSAA: On
- Tesselation: Very High
- Scene: D6
- Runs: 3
|
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Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel
|
High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
178.33 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
180.14 |
101.01 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
180.11 |
101.00 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
181.97 |
102.04 |
|
More is better |
|
High Preset, 2560x1440 (1440p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
145.80 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
149.66 |
102.65 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
146.70 |
100.62 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
149.24 |
102.36 |
|
More is better |
|
High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) |
Average FPS |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
68.70 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
70.59 |
102.75 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
68.92 |
100.32 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
70.67 |
102.87 |
|
More is better |
Metro: Last Light Settings |
| 1080p |
1440p |
2160p |
- Quality: Very High
- Texture Filtering: AF16x
- Motion Blur: Normal
- SSAA: On
- Tesselation: Very High
- Scene: D6
- Runs: 3
|
- Quality: Very High
- Texture Filtering: AF16x
- Motion Blur: Normal
- SSAA: On
- Tesselation: Very High
- Scene: D6
- Runs: 3
|
- Quality: Very High
- Texture Filtering: AF16x
- Motion Blur: Normal
- SSAA: On
- Tesselation: Very High
- Scene: D6
- Runs: 3
|
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Power Consumption
| Power Consumption Idle* |
Watts |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
89 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
110 |
123.60 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
92 |
103.37 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
126 |
141.57 |
| *Entire system |
Less is better |
| Power Consumption Load (FurMark)* |
Watts |
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
402 |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
434 |
107.96 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
385 |
95.77 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
416 |
103.48 |
| *Entire system |
Less is better |
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Performance
| High Preset, 1920x1080 (1080p) |
Performance Index |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
100.94 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
101.63 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
102.72 |
| High Preset,
2560x1440 (1440p) |
Performance Index,
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
101.62 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
102.01 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
103.32 |
|
High Preset, 3840x2160 (2160p) |
Performance Index,
% |
| Intel Core i7-4960X Stock |
100.00 |
| Intel Core i7-4960X 4.5G |
102.16 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X Stock
|
102.89 |
| Intel Core i7-5960X 4.5G |
105.22 |
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Prices
| |
Price |
| Intel Core i7-4960X |
|
| Intel Core i7-5960X |
|
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Conclusion
FullHD
Having a closer look at the results measured with FullHD resolution
we see, that the performance differences are very small. Comparing the Core
i7-4960X with stock clocks to the Core i7-5960X overclocked to 4.5GHz we find a
difference of 2.72 percent on average. There is actually only one result where
we're seeing scaling to a certain extent. Looking at the frame rates in
Battlefield 4, we notice that the performance with the Core i7-5960X at 4.5 GHz
is 9.6 percent higher than with the Core i7-4960X.
1440p
With the resolution set to 1440p
we basically see the same tendencies like with FullHD although scaling with the
Core i7-5960X at 4.5 GHz a tiny little bit higher. The average performance
difference between a Core i7-4960X at stock clocks and the Core i7-5960X at 4.5
GHz is 3.32 percent. Apparently this is virtually nothing. Browsing through all
the individual results we again find a spike with Battlefield 4. In this case
the performance difference between the slowest and the fastest test setup is
8.36 percent. Apart from that we also see Sniper Elite 3 scaling measurably,
where we find a difference of 7.32 percent.
UHD
UHD is where things are starting to become little bit more
interesting. Having a look at the average values, we see taht the Core i7-5960X
at 4.5 GHz is 5.22 percent quicker than the Core i7-4960X with standard clocks.
The overall results might not be impressive again, but nevertheless there are
some interesting spikes this time. It's again Battlefield 4, which benefits the
most from the Core i7-5960X at 4.5 GHz, since there is a 10.9 percent difference
to the Core i7-4960X at stock clocks. Apart from that there are Sniper Elite 3
and Metro Last Light showing scaling of 10.9 and 9.6 percent.
Power consumption
This is where we're really seeing big differences. When
it comes to idle power consumption we see that the system with overclocked Core
i7-5960X burns 41.57 percent more power than the one with Core i7-4960X at stock
clocks. In other words this means that for an average 5.22 percent performance
increase the system burns 41.57 percent more power in idle. Unter load
conditions the differences are apparently much smaller, since system power
consumption gets affected by the graphics card used. The highest power
consumption under load we measured with the Core i7-4960X at 4.5 GHz and that
particular setup burnt 12.73 percent more power than the Core i7-5960X at stock
clocks, which was the most economic in this case.
Recommendation
Overall we see that it's not the CPUs which are bottlenecking this
particular gaming System. Even at FullHD it appears that a faster graphics card
has a way bigger impact on frame rates than the CPU in the system. Nevertheless
it was interesting so see that there are some games where the framerates at UHD
rise by more than 10 percent when using an i7-5960X. Especially in case of a
high-end system 10 percent more performance under specific conditions is not too
much, but it is well measurable. After all we can say, that if you're looking
for the most powerful CPU out there in order to build one crazy gaming PC then
the Core i7-5960X is certainly the way to go.
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