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hey welcome back to harbor unboxed as I mentioned in a video last week we do now have the penny mg 4560 processor on hand and in that video last week we set out to discover if this processor could still run Windows 7 despite the lack of official support for cable 8 processors and as expected we found that yes it can the pentium g 4560 features 2 cores with hyper-threading support enabling 4 threads so essentially then it's a core i3 processor which I have to admit is a little confusing since we also have cable 8 core i3 processors with 2 cores and 4 threads the only difference being at the pentium models are clocked a little bit lower and use the base 3 mega byte level 3 cache that's amazing news for shoppers who had their eye on something like the core i3 6100 because the g4 560 cost just $72 us or $78 Ozzie that's almost half the price is the I 360 188 percent discount for us Aziz the G 4560 really does look to be the bargain CP of 2017 that said you will still run to heaps of online users claiming things like the core i3 process is a garbage for gaming their dual core rubbish and so on I've always been a bit miffed by this our own core i3 6100 T test system which runs the sky like i three processor clock adjust 3.2 gigahertz has always proven very capable getting the most out of budget GPU such as the RX 470 and gtx 1050 Ti personally I think a lot of these comments have come from people who invested in a Core i5 or even Core i7 processor and don't understand that not everyone can afford to spend that kind of money on a gaming PC whatever the case I do consistently hear from actual core i3 owners about how impressed they are with the performance of their underrated processes admittedly part of the problem could also be us the reviewers generally speaking we test CPU gaming performance using the fastest possible GPU available at lower resolutions than you would typically game it and this is done in order to remove the possibility of a GPU bottle which would shape the results this is great for showing just how much faster or say a core i7 processor is than a core i3 processor under extreme gaming conditions however as a result it can make the core i3 processor look significantly slower in comparison than say it would under more realistic conditions even though the extreme example just given the core i3 might still enable playable performance the fact that it appears so much slower than the core i7 that leads many to jump to the conclusion that it's not suitable for gaming to get the full picture I feel you really need to test CPU gaming performance with a number of different tiered GPUs so for this video I would benchmarking the G 4560 along with a few other processors using the gtx 750ti gtx 1060 and gtx 1080 at both 1080p and 1440p this will give those sensible folks pairing a budget cpu with the budget GPU a real idea of what to expect meanwhile by including the gtx 1080 you can see what kind of performance a faster processor might enable should you have the GPU power to take advantage of it please note jus the limited pixel real estate I have been restricted to the number of CPUs I can compare in a single graph before it becomes an incomprehensible mess so while I have included core i3 i5 and i7 processors I'm sure there's an additional processor or processors you would like to have seen included so for now these samples will have to do but depending on demand I could create a follow-up video featuring other processes so feel free to drop your requests below in the comments section anyway with all that in mind let's jump to the results first that we have a rise of the Tomb Raider an action-adventure title it isn't particularly CPU demanding as a result the G 4560 had no trouble maxing out for 1050 TI and 1060 at 1080p delivering the exact same experiences are more expensive processes including the core i7 6700k increasing the rendering power with the gtx 1080 so the average frame rate increased dramatically though the minimum frame rate when paired with the Pentium processor remained much the same this resulted in occasional stuttering and overall I found the experience with the G 4560 better using the gtx 1060 than i did with the gtx 1080 so that was interesting bumping the resolution up to 1440p we again find the same experience with the gtx 1050 TI and gtx 1060 while all four processors tested also delivered similar numbers with the GTA ten eighty now without quite the same significant variance between the minimum average frame rates the gaming experience when using the G forty five sixty was comparable to that of the sixty seven hundred K Far Cry primal is another game it isn't particularly CPU demanding testing at 1080p shows similar performance across the board when using the GTX 1050 Ti and 1060 moving to the GTX now we see that it's really only the Core i5 and core i7 processors that can push this high-end graphics card to its full potential at 1080p that said moving the 1440p the only thing slowing the G 4560 down is that 3.5 gigahertz operating frequency as the 4.2 gigahertz 7350 K is able to keep pace with the i5 and i7 models even when using the GTX 1080 that said the game was still very playable on the G 45 16 we didn't notice any kind of stuttering issues at 1440p Tom Clancy's the division was tested using the low level Dex 12 API and this should help out the lower end processors despite testing a very demanding section of the game where frame rates are pushed quite a lot of times the G 45 60s seemed to hang in there performance was much the same with the gtx 750ti while the pentium processor was just 9% slower than the 67 or ok with the gtx 1060 increasing the resolution of 1440 p evened up the 1052 our results and now the g 45 60 was just 4% slower than the 67 ok when paired with the 1060 as you might expect the budget dual-core processor wasn't able to extract the full potential from the GTX 1080 and here the minimum frame rate was 19% level and compared to the 6700k result hitman was also tested using DirectX 12 and here the g 45 60 was able to max out the gtx 1050 TI at 1080p it sells slightly behind the gtx 1060 trailing the fastest tested cpus by a 12 percent margin the transient processor was pretty much maxed out with the 1060 as we saw a little improvement with the 1080 moving the 1440p the g 45 16 matched the other three processes when using the gtx 1060 but again fell well behind with the gtx 1080 the minimum frame rate was 20% lower when compared to the 6700 K and the average frame rate was 30% lower quantum break is another game that isn't very CPU demanding at least in our test and here the G 45 60 was able to max out the gtx 1050 TI that said with the gtx 1060 handling the rendering work it was 14% slower than the 73 50k when comparing the minimum frame rate despite matching the average frame rate of even the 6700 K the GTX canady performance was also very respectable and here the Pentium processor never dipped below 90 frames per second increasing the resolution of 1440 P so the G 4560 hang in there with the big guns even with the GT x 1080 installed our overwatch BOTS match test does use all eight threads of a 67 ok so needless to say this is a very CPU intensive benchmark nonetheless the g40 560 push the gtx 750ti to its limit which meant frame rates never dropped below 90 fps the Pentium processor also handled the GTX 1060 quite well and it was the minimum frame rate that was most impressive here as we've seen time and time again at IEP the GTX a proved too much for the budget dual-core processor increasing the resolution of 1440 P led the g45 60 to match the i3 i5 and i7 processors when paired with the gtx 1060 again it was only when we whipped out the gtx 1080 the pentium was exposed as the weaker processor dooms low-level Vulkan API let's the G 45 60 off the hook and shockingly even at 1080p this affordable processor is almost able to push the mighty GTX 280 to the 200 FPS cap needless to say it had no trouble getting the most out of the gtx 1060 and 1050 Ti moving to 1440p we see the dual core Pentium hangs in there with the other processes delivering similar performance even with the GTX 280 total we'll warhammer might offer low-level API support but this strategy game is still a seriously heavy CPU user due to the vast amount of Units present when heading into battle the G 45 60 does well when paired with the gtx 1050 TI but falls well behind the eight ball once we ramp up the rendering power with the GTX 1060 here at trailed the core i3 70 350 K by a 24% margin and the 6700 K by study 9% that's of the game while still playable but you would be wasting a heap of money here as there was a heap of untapped performance placing additional load on the GPU by moving to 1440p helped out the pentium process a little they still trailed quite a bit with the GTX 1060 when comparing the minimum frame rates Mirror's Edge catalyst is surprisingly hard on the CPU although the G 45 60 was able to max out the GTX 1050 I came up short with the GTX 1060 as the minimum frame rate fell away by the time we reached the GTX today the Pentium and Core i3 processors were miles behind the i5 and i7 models bumping up the resolution or 1440p helps when paired with the GTX 1060 now the G 4560 was comparable to even the 6700 kf1 2016 is another surprisingly CPU demanding game as we've seen time and time again the g 45 60 is able to extract a maximum performance from the gtx 750ti however it does start to fall behind when paired with the 1060 and well behind with the 1080 at 1080p it was 25% slower than the core i3 73 50k with a minimum frame rate of just 36 FPS which is essentially the same result it managed with the 1050 Ti even at 1440p the G 45 60 isn't able to get the most out of the gtx 1060 and falls well behind the core i5 and i7 processors Deus Ex mankind divided is another game that is surprisingly CPU demanding although the G 45 60 was able to get the most out of the GTX 1050 TI it started to fall behind with b10 60 and well behind with the 1080 the 1440p resolution helped the G 45 60 catch up when paired with the GTX 1060 though was still well behind with the GTX 1080 at least when comparing the minimum frame rates the battlefield 1 is possibly the most significant title we're testing with and not just because it's usually popular the game is a cpu killer and has had many core i5 owners scrambling for an upgrade before you get the mega phone out shouting we need to test the multiplayer portion of the game hear me out firstly and very importantly accurately testing multiplayer performance is near on impossible for a single test you can get an idea of what a system is capable of but then for comparing it to something else it's just not practical secondly the section of the single-player campaign that we use for testing is extremely CPU intensive in fact it replicates the multiplayer CPU usage to a tee so the numbers I'm about to show you should be true for the multiplayer portion of the game as well at 1080p the g45 60 provided a similar experience to the higher-end processors when compared to the gtx 750ti it does start to fall away quite a bit with the gtx 960m ends up miles behind with the GTX 1080 something that I found odd was the fact the G 45 60 and 70 350 K actually hit lower minimums with the G to X 1080 than they did with the GTX 1060 in this title that doesn't seem possible but these results are based on an average of six runs and the GTX 980 consistently saw lower minimum us with these dual core processors moving up to 1440p the G 4560 does well again with the GTX 1050 - I'm not too bad with the 1060 this time mafia three is quite demanding on the CPU though it's also very much a GPU Pig as well the G 4560 once again was able to max out the gtx 750ti but falls well behind when using the gtx 1060 here at 1440p the Pentium processor doesn't do too poorly with the gtx 1060 but of course does fall behind the core i5 and i7 processors with the GT x 1080 handling the rendering work Gears of War 4 is again that loves to gobble up cores and here we see the result of that the G 45 60 does well with the gtx 750ti in charge but once we move to the 1060 it starts to fall behind upping the resolution or 1440p l as the pentium processor and the 73 50k to keep pace with the i5 and i7 processors when using the gtx 1060 though they do fall behind once again when running the GTX 1080 back when I first tested titanfall 2's GPU and CPU Robert I found the game wasn't at all demanding especially on the CPU this was true for both the single and multiplayer portions of the game the single player pushed utilization to around 25% with our core i7 6700k processor while multiplayer only hit as high as 35% as a result you can see that even at 1080p the G 4560 is able to extract maximum performance from the gtx 1060 and 1080 graphics cards that being the case we find the exact same thing it's 1440p so not much to see here then civilization 6 is the complete polar opposite to titanfall 2 and that probably isn't surprising as they are in no way similar games like most bird's eye-view strategy games civilization 6 is extremely cpu demanding even with the gtx 1050 TI we see the g 4560 dropping a few frames behind the core i5 and i7 processors and this is something we haven't seen in any other game yet as a result with the gtx 1060 installed the g 4560 falls well behind even the 73 50k here it was 21% slower and almost 30% slower than the core i5 7600 k oddly moving the 1440p the margins actually increased with the gtx 1050 ETI and frankly I don't really know how to explain this in any case this is clearly a game that requires at least a core i5 processor to get the most out of it when it comes to seafood utilization Call of Duty infinite warfare is very similar to titanfall 2 and when testing the core i7 6700k we found that CPU utilization hovered around 30% in both the single-player and multiplayer portions of the game so as you might have expected even at 1080p the G 4560 is able to hang in there with the big boys even with the GT X 1080 installs moving the 1440p further cements this and here the pentium processor was indistinguishable to the core i5 and core i7 processors ok so that covers all the benchmark results and how to make sense of it all there are a few ways we could go about this and the way I've decided to do it is select all the CPU demanding games then compare the minimum results and show the average figures in a single graph so for now let's drop the non demanding titles which includes titanfall 2 Call of Duty infinite warfare Far Cry primal rise of the Tomb Raider quantum break and doom that leaves us eleven games that were CPU demanding and show noticeable performance drop offs with the gtx 1060 and GG x 1080 when looking at the minimum frame rates so here we have it the average minimum frame rate for the CPU demanding titles as you can see the penny mg 45 60 is able to extract the maximum performance from the gtx 750ti of course it won't surprise many of you that a budget CPU is the perfect pairing for a budget GPU stepping up to the gtx 1060 we did find mixed results and if we focus on the CPU demanding titles we see that the g 45 60 was 21% slower than the core i7 6700k and 17% slower than the 7600 k it also trailed the 7350 k by 10% margin which is a bad given it's clocked 18% lower as you can see the G 45 60 was pretty much tapped out with the 1060 and we only see a 2 FPS boost when moving to the 1080 whereas the 67 ok was 27% fast and the G 45 60 when gaming with the GTX 1060 it's a whopping 87% faster with the GTX 1080 so if we only tested with the GTX 1080 at 1080p it would be easy to assume that gamers really need a Core i7 processor bumping the resolution up to 1440p reduce the margins quite dramatically whereas a 6700k was 27 percent faster than g 4560 with the gtx 1060 it's now just 18% faster of course those running a high end GPU such as the gtx 10a will still want a Core i5 or Core i7 processor so for that vocal minority that lost their minds when I started testing low-end graphics cards such as the GTX 1050 series and the rx 460 and rx 470 graphics cards using our core i3 test rig you can now see why this wasn't such a big deal for the vast majority of gamers the core i3 can get the most out of these low-end graphics cards or entry-level graphics cards and it does a much better job of representing real-world performance than a three hundred and forty dollar US core i7 processor does but anyway that's probably a discussion for another time something I noticed how quite interesting during this extensive test was when and where stuttering reared its ugly head for the most part I only noticed stuttering when using the GTX 1080 on the dual-core processors this could be seeing the results when testing benchmarking the G 4560 with the GTX 1050 TI for example the results from the three runs were all very much the same this was also true with the GTX 1060 configuration for the most part the gameplay was smooth and consistent with no stuttering then with the GTX 1080 the minimum frame rates are all over the place in most of the games tested and in an effort to improve accuracy some games to run half a dozen times so again if we're only benchmarks with a high end GPU such as the GTX 980 this would lead me to believe that the G 45 60 is more prone to stuttering in addition to benchmarking I did spend quite a bit of time playing the games tested with the G 45 60 and gtx 750ti combo and found the experience surprisingly satisfying at 1080p again absolutely no stuttering at all was seen in any of the games tested with the gtx 750ti some low-level times were a bit extreme I think the division was the worst but other than that it was smooth sailing with the G 45 60 the G 45 60 is by far the best processor to come out of this whole KB Lakes flash skylake refresh and shockingly it's not a processor intel sent to reviewers that said as good as it is Intel could have just said you know what guys we're taking this one off here you have a $72 core i3 6100 and we'll call it a day that probably wouldn't have sat too well with OEMs trying to flog the pcs based on what is meant to be the lasing race technology so voila we have the seventh gen series well that about wraps this one up I just like to quickly say a big thank you to all of you who watch the channel with your ad blocker disabled and use the Amazon affiliate links in the video description it really helps me out and it enables me to invest the time it takes to create the video comparison such as this one and also for those of you who would like to see similar comparisons with a combination of different CPUs or maybe the G 4560 compared to other CPUs then let me know about in the comments below and I'll see what I can do about making that happen I'm your host Steve and I'll catch you on the next one