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welcome back to how we run box for part 2 of our rising 3 the ultimate gaming benchmark guide overclocking edition previously we looked at how the horizon 3 1300 X and 1200 compared to the risin 5 1400 Core i5 7400 and pentium g 4560 and all the process in that video were tested at best stock out of the box clock speeds as promised in that video what overclock the unlocked arisin 3 and 5 CPUs and then retest them against the locked Pentium and Core i5 CPUs so that's exactly what we're here to do please note though I have dropped to the horizon 3 1300 since it hits the same 4 gigahertz frequency is the cheaper our 3 1200 and at that speed they both deliver the same performance so there was no point testing them both as you would see just the same figures on the graph so got rid of 1300 X I hope that clears that up in my opinion if you plan to overclock then the r3 1300 X is a bit of a bad buy instead I recommend save yourself to $20 and get the r3 1200 so we have the r3 1200 both stock and 4 gigahertz along with the r5 1400 which has also been tested at 4 gigahertz and they will once again be compared to the core i5 7400 and Pentium G 4560 also once again I have tested using the geforce gtx 1060 1070 and 1080 at the 1080 p resolution yes i know you will want a version with the Radeon rx 580 Vega 56 and Vega 64 and yes I'll get one done soon although I'm only testing a single resolution the fact that we do have three different performing GPS will give you an idea of how things should scale it also give those sensible folks pairing a budget CPU with a 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 CPU power to take advantage of it right let's check out the results and then we'll discuss a few things at the end of the video through the benchmarks first up we have battlefield 1 and here we see when using the gtx 1060 we do run into a severe GPU bottleneck that limits the average frame rate to 80 PS and the minimum to around 71 fps these figures were achieved by all five CPU configurations increasing the rendering power with the geforce gtx 1070 we see that through overclocking horizon 3 1200 is now just 4% faster for the average frame rate but 7% faster for the minimum the overclocked are 3 1200 was also 15% fast and the g 45 60 when comparing the minimum result and it was also two percent slower than the core i5 7400 not bad given the cost saving here now in the unlikely scenario that you do run with a gtx 1080 we see at the overclocked r 3 1200 boost the minimum result again by 7% though this time the average was increased by 15% even with the mighty GD x 1080 dr 3 1200 is able to match the i5 7400 once overclocked meanwhile the r5 1400 streaks ahead and looks quite impressive here alright so moving right along next up we have f1 2016 quite surprisingly we find more extreme margins when compared to those previously seen in battlefield 1 having said that the gtx 1060 results are much the same and it's not until we upgrade to the gtx 1070 that we start to see a separation between the quad cores and the dual core quite shockingly the overclocked Rison 3 1200 at 4 gigahertz is 35 percent faster than the pentium g 45 60 when comparing the minimum frame rate and this rather large margin is thanks to an increased 9% bump in performance from the overclock this also meant that the overclocked r 3 1200 was able to with a similar performance the more expensive Core i5 7400 then when paired with the GT X 1080 the overclocked r 3 1200 became 44% faster than the pentium g 45 60 and even edged ahead of the core i5 7400 by 7 percent margin for the average frame rate perhaps even more impressive is the fact that the R 3 1200 match to the R 5 1400 so a very solid result for AMD's new budget champ shuffling right along we find the Far Cry primal results and as a mostly GPU bound game it's not too surprising to find that all CPU configurations deliver the same numbers with the geforce gtx 1060 once again moving up the food chain we found the gtx 1070 and here you things start to get a little bit interesting overclock to the Rison three 1200 is now able to deliver six percent more frames on average and 11 percent we're looking at the one percent lows more importantly the overclocked are three 1200 once again matches the core i5 7400 once we step up to the GeForce GTX today the Rison 3 1200 pulls comfortably ahead of the core i5 7400 once overclocked and there's also 18 percent faster than the G 4560 not a bad result for AMD in a mostly GPU bound title now for some DirectX 12 action we have total war Warhammer and for the first time we see some variance between the results when using the gtx 1060 the main thing to note here is that it is the pentium g 45 6 that falls late in this very CPU intensive title overclocked the r3 1200 makes up the small amount of ground at trailed from the r5 1400 and i5 7400 once we upgrade to the gtx 1070 we find that even overclocked to the r3 1200 does trail the core i5 7400 albeit the margin is quite small overclocking does boost the average framerate of the rising three CPU by an impressive 11% finally with the GT x 1080 installed the overclocked r3 1200 actually catches up and we seen this quite a few times already in the other titles tested it's now able to deliver Core i5 7400 light performance while crushing the cheaper Pentium G 4560 overwatch is another CPU intensive title and here all 5 configurations were able to max out the GTX 1060 with an average of around 147 FPS for this title I do use our 12 player bot match so these are some very impressive numbers particularly from the lowly g45 60 now with the gtx 1070 installed the overclocked r3 1200 goes from 147 FPS to 187 fps that's a decent 27% boost that said it pales in comparison to the r5 1400 which saw a very healthy 37% boost still we are three 1200 did match the more expensive Core i5 7400 so an impressive result here for the plucky little rise and three CPU now with the GT X 1080 installed we find that once again the over the punch r3 1200 is able to outperform the core i5 7400 it's well worth noting the risin 3 CPU was able to maintain over 180 FPS at all times in this very CPU intensive game The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt leans heavily on both the CPU and GPU though using the ultra quality settings like I have it's generally more GPU dependent even at 1080p as you can see with the gtx 1060 installed there isn't really much to talk about all 5 configurations maxed out this mid-range GPU the same is also true for the gtx 1070 though here we do see the pentium g 4560 falling behind a bit for the 1% low results even with the gtx canadian sold we don't have too much to talk about that said here the overclocked r3 1200 is able to hunt down the core i5 7400 and once again match its performance next up we have Rainbow six siege and here the rising 3 CPU did offer slightly better numbers with the gtx 1060 when compared to the pentium g 4560 and even the core i5 7400 jumping to the gtx 1070 we see competitive performance across the board though it has to be said the g 4560 it does still hang in there quite well however with the GTX 10 a taking care of the rendering work at the overclocked Arthur 1200 makes up significant ground as it was 19% faster once overclocked the minimum frame rate was also 9% greater than that of the core i5 7400 so a super result here for AMD's budget rise and 3 series another popular title we're looking at is World of Tanks and previously the horizon 3 1200 did fall quite far behind the core i5 7400 when testing with this game of course the horizon 3 CPU is much cheaper but still I felt once overclocked it could probably make up the difference and while we're certainly seeing that here even with the gtx 1060 is the r3 1200 has now caught up and matches the other cpus tested increasing the rendering power with the gtx 1070 the r3 1200 gains a massive 24% more performance as now 7% fast in the core i5 7400 when comparing the minimum frame rate interestingly it also matched the r5 1400 both were of course clocked at 4 gigahertz but as you guys probably know the r5 1400 does have SMT for a total of 8 threads increasing the rendering power once again with the GTX 280 we find that in this title we are indeed heavily CPU limited and as a result no real extra performance was had finally we have the very popular Counter Strike global Offensive and in part one of this series I hinted at the fact that the overclock rise and three CPU did match the core i5 7400 in this title and here you can see evidence of this whereas the stock r3 1200 was only able to match the Pentium G 4560 once overclocked it was I want to match an even slightly edgy at the core i5 7400 so another super result here for AMD's affordable $110 u.s. quad-core CPU ok so you've had a good look at the data from the nine games tested time for a quick cost per frame comparison first up let's look at an average of the average frame rates across the nine games tested and discuss the cost per frame please note the prices I'm basing this comparison on are next to the process and model names you will notice that I'm pricing the G 4560 at $90 us rather than the $64 MSRP and this is because for now it looks like this is the new price for the CPU I'll discuss that a bit more later on anyway let's discuss what's going on here using a graphics card like the geforce gtx 1060 the pentium g 45 60 even at the higher retail price still represents the best value costing an average of 81 cents per frame whereas the overclocked are through 1200 costs a little bit more at ninety cents per frame still it's significantly more cost effective than the r5 1400 and the core i5 7400 both costing well over $1 per frame with the gtx 1070 we fight the overclocked r3 1200 and g40 560 are quite similar in terms of value horizon 3 cpu now costs just 5% more that's not bad given you do get a good boost in overall performance meanwhile the r3 1200 is 42% cheaper than the core i5 7400 in terms of cost per frame and that lines up well with the overall price as it is 42% cheaper now with the GT X 1080 installed the overclocked r3 1200 is just able to edge out the G 45 60 and is 44 percent more cost-effective than the core i5 7400 so a super result for the overclocked horizon 3 CPU the average frame rates are one thing that the CPU has a better chance of making a real difference when it comes to the 1% low performance that said though the average minimum results across the nine games tested much the same and we the G 45 16 / 5 2 r 3 1200 delivering similar value once again out of our interest I thought we should probably look at the cost per frame for a single tile one where the CPU is quite important so I grabbed the overwatch minimum frame rate results as you might expect given what we've seen so far the GeForce GTX 1060 and Pentium G 45 60 combo do provide the best value here however once we step up to the more powerful GTX 970 the G 45 60 is now on par with the Rison 3 CPU then once we call the gtx 10a the overclocked r 3 1200 delivers the best value overall as it delivered 12 percent more bang for your buck when compared to the g 45 60 and 45 percent more value when compared to the core i5 7400 there are a few ways you can look at the overclocked horizon 3 performance initial impressions might seem underwhelming especially when looking at certain tiles I don't know myself despite being a big fan of Verizon 3 I have to admit at first glance the results for popular titles such as overwatch battlefield 1 and Counter Strike global Offensive they did seem a bit disappointing at least as I said that was my initial reaction once I sat back though and thought about the results for a minute I quickly realized they weren't really disappointing at all yes you do have to overclock the Rison 3 to 4 gigahertz assuming that you can but even so the numbers at 3.9 gigahertz for example would be much the same anyway I think we can agree you'd have to overclock your eyes and tree quite heavily just to match the core i5 7400 and that does seem like a lot of messing around just to match a stock Intel CPU however it was then that I realized well isn't that what overclocking is really all about for an enthusiast on a budget personally this is what got me interested in computers to begin with all those years ago when I built my very first system using the Celeron 300 a Fermi overclocking just isn't about world records yes mega / clocks are impressive and all that but that's not really what excites most of us now is it rather what gets me and probably most of you enthusiastic about overclocking is taking an ordinary affordable CPU and turning it to something more just like what I did almost two decades ago with my beloved seller on 300 a for the first time in a long time now we have an affordable CPU that can be overclocked and is worth buying kind of like the pentium G 32:58 but unlike the dual-core it'll be good to gain beyond next week circling back my point is that the risin 312 and Rho cost just a hundred and ten dollars u.s. and can hit at least three point eight you guys using the stock cooler and a cheap be 350 motherboard 3.9 gigahertz really should be achievable and if you're lucky 4 gigahertz won't be a problem either and this was certainly the case with my chip Brian over at Takeo City also recently got his r3 1202 4 gigahertz in a video he did so if you haven't checked that out it is worth checking out and he found under loaded hit just 76 degrees so others are certainly finding similar results as well meanwhile the locked core i5 7400 CPU while less messing around or suppose depending on your point of view can be seen as less fun it does cost $190 u.s. so if you're willing to embrace the overclock then you can achieve a similar level of performance while saving just over 40% on the CPU purchase alone I personally would much rather saver the money you do the tinkering in the bias and enjoy the sensor pride you get when you know you've done the research save the money and managed to achieve the same experience although I was only around 15 years old at the time I still remember that feeling when I got my seller on 308 of 400 50 megahertz using an eye open motherboard memories finally in my opinion what these results tell me is that although you're paying more for the horizon 3 1200 over the Pentium 3 45 60 in the long run it will end up being a better value purchase and we see this one looking at the GTX 280 results where the overclocked r3 1200 often pulled miles ahead of the G 45 60 and offered a much better cost per frame ratio still as good as the r3 1200 is and it is mighty good especially if you plan to overclock the Pentium G 45 60 for $90 u.s. right now it's still a very good buy but particularly if you're using something like a geforce gtx 260 or a Radeon rx 580 or of course anything slower and if you can somehow get the G 45 60 for the $64 u.s. MSRP then I highly suggest doing so especially if you're on a tight budget because that is just still an amazing deal anyway that's going to do it for this one if you like the video then you know what to do and the good news is part three of the series will be coming next week as I include the overclocked core i5 2500 K and AMD FX 8350 s I'm your host Steve see again soon guys