CPU Single Thread Rating/Performance?

[mytai01]

I compared my i7-970 to the i5-4590 and even though my i7 has an overal higher Passmark Bench Score (8512 -i7 vs 7199 -i5) it has a much lower Single Thread Score (1384 -i7 vs 2118 -i5). The i5 is the recommended minimum CPU for Oculus Rift.

 

Which score is more important to DCS World, and why?

[cichlidfan]

The single threaded score simply because, not counting sound, a single thread is all DCS uses.

[FSKRipper]

The single threaded score simply because, not counting sound, a single thread is all DCS uses.

 

I had not much spare time to follow the developments during the last year. Regarding single clock speed (not overclocked), did something significant faster than a i7 4790K showed up on the market (without crazy expensive extreme editions)?

[Hadwell]

nope, if you have a 2500K or newer that can overclock to 4+ GHz you won't see more than 30% more performance from any newer CPU single-thread, and actually the 6xxx cpus are slower by a few % than say the 3970k if they're both at 4.2ghz.

 

the fastest single core right now is still the 5960X.

 

and you always have to keep in mind how many ghz and mhz a cpu can get is not how many things it can do per clock, so clock speed isn't the actual performance of the cpu.

Edited July 16, 2016 by Hadwell