7 years of i5 benchmarked!

[Silverforce11]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxGge0tR4IM

A really great video, going back to LF i5s to modern Skylake.

Not really a surprise for most, the gains are very minimal at normal gameplay settings/resolutions. Even minimum FPS.

Basically if you still rock a SB i5-2500K, at 4Ghz (SB OC much higher than that!) it's capable of pushing modern graphics cards in most games just fine.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Damn... looking like a 3570K really will end up being a 10-year rig.

 

[Face2Face]

Very interesting video. I'm surprised to see Haswell matching Skylake in some of these CPU bound games. Broadwell doesn't even seemed phased by Skylake. I'm also glad I kept my 3570K in my other gaming rig, seems it still holds up very well.

 

[dark zero]

Seems that Lynnfield is totally going at Haswell i3 levels...

 

[nerp]

Video is clear example of why desktop CPUs are tough to sell these days. The big gains for Skylake are in power and efficiency here. This is the future.

 

[Sheep221]

Finally some good review. Thanks for posting that first gen i5 is still very relevant in modern hardcore games.

 

[ElFenix]

Damn... looking like a 3570K really will end up being a 10-year rig.

mine will be 4 years old in a week and a half. i want to upgrade but looking at that... why?

the only big jump to be made before free* upgrades to windows 10 go away would be going to BW-E, assuming it's available by the end of july. and for a gaming box? meh.

guess i should save my pennies for a new graphics card.


edit: didn't realize i bought my ivy so soon after launch. per wikipedia, it launched april 23, 2012. happy 4th birthday, ivy bridge!

 

[hojnikb]

Damn... looking like a 3570K really will end up being a 10-year rig.

makes me feel good about buying it back in 2012
To think i even considered fx8 at the time...

 

[ShintaiDK]

Some of those benches are based on prescripted runs that tax the CPU very little.

 

[beginner99]

Some of those benches are based on prescripted runs that tax the CPU very little.

Yeah, testing something like BF4 64 player maps or 4v4 Starcraft 2 battles would show a completely different result.

 

[mikeymikec]

"The Lynnfield i5 really bombed out on this test...", yeah, 55fps minimum is really "bombing out"... "fell behind", maybe.

Yeah, testing something like BF4 64 player maps or 4v4 Starcraft 2 battles would show a completely different result.

Hmm, that's a point. Since I upgraded from a Ph2 960T to an i5 4690k I haven't tried an SC2 map that absolutely brought my 960T system to its knees (at times I was getting a new frame about every three seconds).

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As a side note, I've never heard of "cache" being pronounced as "kayche"...

 

[XiandreX]

Damn... looking like a 3570K really will end up being a 10-year rig.

My i3570k @ 4.1 is holding its own rather well.
Given the cost of components here in South Africa, its going to be hard to justify an upgrade.

 

[steve wilson]

My i3570k @ 4.1 is holding its own rather well.
Given the cost of components here in South Africa, its going to be hard to justify an upgrade.

I found it hard to justify going from i5 2500k to a i7 6700k...but I just really really wanted it, and I'm going to be doing VR soon.

 

[Sheep221]

As a side note, I've never heard of "cache" being pronounced as "kayche"...

Good point, the review was really good but his accent was bad.

 

[Head1985]

Wrong games/test scenes.Their results are wierd.When i tested 2500k vs 6700k HT off skylake have around 35% IPC gain average.
Either they uses slow crap DDR4 on skylake or they dont know how to test cpu.
SKylake just need 3000+ DDR4 minimum to perform good.I find that 3000mhz DDR4 CL14 1T bottlenecking 6700k.

Just example:Final fantasy 14 benchmark

6700K 4.7Ghz 2133Mhz DDR4

6700K 4Ghz 3000Mhz DDR4

Yep 6700K at 4Ghz with 3000Mhz DDR4 is faster than 4.7Ghz with slow ram.So to not be bottleneck in this MMO skylake need i think 4000Mhz DDR4.

And here some my own test:
Crysis3
2500k 4.5Ghz

6700k 4.5Ghz HT OFF

6700k with HT off is here in this scene 37% faster

 

[therealnickdanger]

Damn... looking like a 3570K really will end up being a 10-year rig.

Same here, my 4.2OC has been solid for years now. It's impressive to see the Broadwell chip frequently at the top, I hope we get more chips like that in the future. That massive cache makes a difference - not a big one, but obvious.

I'd like to see this guy remake this video after Pascal/Polaris come out. It's clear from the 390X CrossFire results that the results of his tests are GPU limited.

 

[sm625]

Just example:Final fantasy 14 benchmark

6700K 4.7Ghz 2133Mhz DDR4

6700K 4Ghz 3000Mhz DDR4

Yep 6700K at 4Ghz with 3000Mhz DDR4 is faster than 4.7Ghz with slow ram.So to not be bottleneck in this MMO skylake need i think 4000Mhz DDR4.

I'm not seeing 4.7GHz in that screenshot

 

[tcsenter]

Also bolsters decision when I encounter some killer deals on off-lease or refurbed 2nd, 3rd, or 4th gen components or systems.

 

[Deders]

I'm not seeing 4.7GHz in that screenshot

Just ran the test myself at 4.6GHz, it's probably reading from the same place windows does that ignores any overclock.

 

[lehtv]

"7 years"? Where did they pull that from. i5-760 was released Q3'10, or 5 and 3/4 years ago. Even if you argued that i5-760 is basically the same as i5-750, that was released Q3'09, or 6 and 3/4 years ago. 7 years of i5 benchmarked would be from i7-750 to Kaby Lake.

 

[repoman0]

I mostly upgraded to Skylake from Sandy Bridge for the platform features and to move to a smaller form factor (mATX), along with an excuse to mess with new hardware. Actual performance difference is unnoticeable, even though I'm sure it's there. It is pretty nice to have a nearly silent system that easily keeps cool at the same clock speeds .. only running at 4.2GHz but it takes 1.15V and the CPU never goes above mid 60C and stays under 80W, and would stay much cooler than that if I turned my case fan past silent. My 2600k took more voltage for 4.0 and would hit 110W, which is approaching the limit of my cheap Hyper 212.

 

[ElFenix]

"7 years"? Where did they pull that from. i5-760 was released Q3'10, or 5 and 3/4 years ago. Even if you argued that i5-760 is basically the same as i5-750, that was released Q3'09, or 6 and 3/4 years ago. 7 years of i5 benchmarked would be from i7-750 to Kaby Lake.

is a 750 at 4ghz going to be any different than a 760 at 4ghz?

6.75 ~ 7 for internet time purposes

 

[lehtv]

is a 750 at 4ghz going to be any different than a 760 at 4ghz?

6.75 ~ 7 for internet time purposes

Except that Skylake was released 6 months ago, so from release to release it's 6.25 ~ 6 years.

 

[coercitiv]

Except that Skylake was released 6 months ago, so from release to release it's 6.25 ~ 6 years.

Except the title makes no claims in relation to the exact launch dates, but rather the extent of time i5 has been around, hence the "7 years of i5 Goodness!".

I can't quite understand why you find this so disturbing.

 

[ElFenix]

Except that Skylake was released 6 months ago, so from release to release it's 6.25 ~ 6 years.

I know, but there'd be far more comments on YouTube pointing out that lynnfield came out nearly 7 years ago than there would be about 6 years between LF and SKL.