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it's common knowledge by this point on the channel that a core i7 is the best solution for content creators but you don't need something like a 69 50 X or even a 59 30 K or any other CPU compatible with the x99 chipset all you truly need if you plan on editing and rendering in 1080p and even 4k is a core i7 6700 K now that's not to say that these other processors won't do well they'll do much better in fact than the 6700 K but if you ask me the 6700 K is the best bang for the buck content creation CPU out there but what about gaming should those who only ever game on the computers consider a core i7 I suppose we could boil this question down to does hyper-threading really make that much of a difference with modern triple-a titles it would only make sense in this regard to compare the 6700 K to the 6600 K essentially a core i7 without hyper threading and slightly less cache so let's tackle the question then core i7 for gaming yes or no to answer this question we'll be running through the classic gaming benchmark routine using my own personal rig it's packing 16 gigabytes of Gil's super loose ddr4 clock to 3000 megahertz a single GTX 1074 may soothe running its stock and a captain 240 EXA i/o cooler from deep cool to ensure that both of these chips stay nice and cool went under load both the 6600 K and 6700 K will be overclocked to 4.4 gigahertz at 1.3 volts so this is a frequency that almost everyone should be able to obtain with both of these chips and a decent cooler I will also be running all of these tests at a resolution of 2560 by 1440 since any higher would unfairly leverage the CPU and any lower would result in nearly identical frame rates as I've already proven with the Haswell lineup right here so along with the benchmarks you're about to see I've also included peak CPU usages for each game so you can get an idea of which are predominantly CPU intensive I tested eight games in total four which were run in DirectX 12 mode alright I think I've covered everything so let's see how the i-5 compares to the i7 the results might surprise you just just a little bit first up GTA 5 when I like to use a solid blend of both CPU and GPU intensive segments but the differences between two processors in a scenario even with everything maxed out on the regular graphics tab including MSA two times eight we're barely discernible the i-5 did have a bit of trouble towards the end hence the dips here and here but overall real-world performance is indistinguishable now let's move on to a first-person shooter in the case of black ops 3 again not much of a difference in fact it was the i-5 that pulled ahead slightly in both minimums and averages but one frame is within the margin of error and it wouldn't really make sense for an i-5 to do better than an i7 so a four game like this and i-5 is clearly at your best bet csgo believe it or not showed very similar tendencies the i-5 actually pulled much further ahead of the i7 which really doesn't make sense in its own right and being that we can't just like test both of these identically this leads me to assume that csgo could care less really whether your quad-core CPU has hyper-threading on board or not but what about super CPU intensive games like City skylines we should notice a difference here right well yeah actually we do there is a difference here about 6 frames on average however something to definitely consider in a case like this is price is i7 performance in a game like this worth an extra six frames no not when we're talking about a 100 US dollar Delta so now let's move into directx12 territory we've all been told once or twice a DirectX 12 leverages multiple CPU lanes more efficiently than the DirectX 11 meaning in theory the i7 should have an edge but with the rise of the Tomb Raider that is definitely not the case at least to any noticeable degree we're hovering around the margin of error across the board so not looking too great for the i7 at this point but alas there is still hope and I will admit all three games you're about to see did in fact benefit from the added threads q total war Warhammer not only business game support DirectX 12 albeit in beta but it's also very CPU dependent and it shows the i7 picked up eight additional frames on average 15 when it came to Max's and even three on the minimum side I would regard these as statistically significant expect to see even wider margins with things like anti-aliasing pushed up even further than what it was already at on the ultra preset hitman tells a similar story we see a nine frame boost on average difference you could arguably see on-screen lashley ashes of the singularity solidifies the fact that yes in a few cases the i7 is a clearly better gaming performer especially at lower frame rates like these five fps can make a huge difference but is it substantial enough to justify the much higher price tag so here's the part I didn't tell you and this might actually help you make up your mind between the two while I was benchmarking all of these games with both processors I was also streaming Pandora music in the background watching youtube videos on science Studios page and also recording every single benchmarking scenario with shadow play I was trying so hard to help out the i7 here trying to make a case even if it meant the most dire situation but still the i-5 60 600k trucked along and hesitated only under the most rigorous of tasks even when CPU usage was pegged above 90% which was under most cases by the way during some of these benchmarks frame rates did not dip gameplay remains smooth and the overall computing experiences during both overload sessions were literally indistinguishable so even if you plan on streaming live to twitch or recording yourself the webcam while gaming chances are the i-5 will pack more than enough punch for what you plan to do so long of course as you're willing to compromise on a few frames here and there if you've got a beefy graphics card to back it up CPU choice should be rather straightforward for heavy gamers five sixty 600k save the i7 for busy content creators and 3d modelers all you need are four powerful cores that's it a solid GPU and a decent cooling system save yourself a hundred or so bucks or I don't know buy something like a keyboard something you'll actually benefit from be like we saw in this video be sure to give it a thumbs up give it a thumbs down if you like but opposite or to hate everything about life be sure to click Subscribe but have it ready stay tuned for more science studio studio stuff here on science to do this is science studio thanks for learning with us that was awesome you