1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:07,490 There's an age-old question that gets asked all the time. Are all mehz the 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:12,470 same? Let's talk about that. 3 00:00:15,839 --> 00:00:22,240 The Cooler Master Novaouch TKL utilizes genuine Toper hybrid capacitive switches 4 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:28,480 and is now available at a more affordable price. Click now to learn 5 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:30,880 more. Good tech tips morning. I love 6 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:35,600 GMM, but what we're here to talk today about is the myth of megahertz, not the 7 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:39,040 awesome antics of Rhett and link. So, let's set the stage. There are many 8 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:43,680 things that will determine a processor's effective speed when handling tasks. But 9 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:49,200 two of the most common ones are clock speed, which is a given, and IPC, also 10 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:54,079 known as instructions per clock, which you'll hear a lot when it's thrown 11 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:58,160 around uh as the banner of IPC improvements with every new processor 12 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:01,680 launch. Right about now is when I would get you guys to click on the box to go 13 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:07,200 check out the fastest possible episode explaining IPC, but we don't have one as 14 00:01:05,439 --> 00:01:10,960 of yet. So, what I would suggest is you check out the kind of somewhat rough 15 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:15,280 Wikipedia article on the topic and other various sources. We'll try to get a 16 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:18,960 video about that out fairly soon. IPC isn't necessarily just as simple as it 17 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:24,080 sounds at first, but Intel claims generation after generation to have a 18 00:01:21,439 --> 00:01:27,920 usually around 10% general improvement. Does this improvement actually amount to 19 00:01:26,159 --> 00:01:32,400 anything? Wouldn't an old processor running at 2.4 GHz run just as well as a 20 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:36,880 new processor running at 2.4 gig gigahertz? And even if the improvements 21 00:01:34,960 --> 00:01:42,320 do amount to something, will this show up in non-realworld synthetic tests 22 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:45,840 only, or will it actually be noticed? Let's find out. The tools of the trade 23 00:01:44,320 --> 00:01:49,280 for today will be two different test machines. One will be Lionus' Scrapyard 24 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:53,840 Wars machine. You haven't seen Scrapyard Wars, first of all, I'm genuinely 25 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:58,640 surprised. And second of all, click here or something and then come back later. 26 00:01:55,600 --> 00:02:00,799 We will be using the Q6600 that which is 27 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:04,799 running in his system at 2.4 GHz rocking four standard cores and no 28 00:02:02,159 --> 00:02:10,080 hyperthreading alongside 8 GB of RAM and a freaking GTX 980 from uh Gigabyte 29 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:13,840 Windforce just to push the GPU bottleneck out of the way and see how 30 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:17,760 effective the processor actually is at handling things. Our second system will 31 00:02:15,599 --> 00:02:22,560 be the standard GPU test bench machine with its smuggly running 5960X, but 32 00:02:20,879 --> 00:02:27,840 today it won't be running normally. I've nerfed the 5960X down to 2.4 GHz and 33 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:31,599 four cores with no hyperthreading to match the clock speed and core count of 34 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:35,680 the Q6600. If you're interested in how core count can affect things, check out 35 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:41,440 my recent video here on cores for gaming. Then I slapped 8 GB of RAM onto 36 00:02:38,640 --> 00:02:44,720 the bench and the same Windforce GTX 980 to even things up. In order to pit these 37 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:48,640 two systems against each other, I picked a suite of seven different benchmarks, 38 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:52,319 three different synthetics, and four games. I'll start up with a forum 39 00:02:50,959 --> 00:02:57,599 favorite, and that would be Cinebench R15. Check out the awesome Cinebench R15 40 00:02:55,280 --> 00:03:02,800 thread and other RS actually on the forum. As you can see, there's been a 41 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:05,120 whopping 55% improvement. That's pretty 42 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:10,480 huge, even given the 7-year gap between these two processors. And with our new 43 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:13,040 fancy new chip majorly nerfed just for 44 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:17,680 this experiment. 3D Mark and 7zip tests were fairly similar with the 5960X 45 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:21,680 actually slapping around the old weary Q6600. But none of this was all that 46 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:26,319 surprising. But it's time to move on to stuff that you're probably more interested. Real world gaming 47 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:30,400 performance. First up, we have Tomb Raider, which showed essentially no 48 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:34,879 difference between the two. I really need to stop using Tomb Raider for 49 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:39,920 anything other than GPU tests because it really doesn't scale with anything other 50 00:03:36,799 --> 00:03:41,599 than GPUs at all. Well, that story was 51 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:46,239 boring. So, moving on. Next up, we have Far Cry 4, which as we know from the 52 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:50,799 course for gaming video, isn't all that CPUbound, unless you count not running 53 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:54,560 on dual cores. But regardless, we do see a bit of an improvement here, and that's 54 00:03:52,879 --> 00:03:57,840 nothing to scoff at. But this is where it starts getting interesting. dying 55 00:03:56,239 --> 00:04:02,319 light. Fairly substantial difference in average FPS between the Q6600 dipping 56 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:08,000 all the way down to 15 FPS at times for minimums and the 5960X holding a cool 25 57 00:04:05,439 --> 00:04:11,519 FPS for minimums. Also note that whenever there was a slightly more 58 00:04:09,439 --> 00:04:16,320 intense zombie action going on, it would chug a bit and even crashed a few times 59 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:18,639 on the Q6600. Not a great experience. 60 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:22,800 Last of all, and oh did I save the best for last, is City's Skylines. We just 61 00:04:21,359 --> 00:04:27,759 recently introduced this game into our testing suite, and damn does it love 62 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:32,720 processors, and it really shows here with the Q6600. There were stutters all 63 00:04:30,639 --> 00:04:36,720 freaking over the place. It couldn't run 4K, and it was barely able to manage 64 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:42,560 itself at 1080p, and it was just a horrible experience. Meanwhile, the 65 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:44,320 5960X was just chilling. No big deal. 66 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:48,320 So, in conclusion, what does all this mean? Well, I hope it helped to show how 67 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:52,639 things can improve more drastically over time than most the easyto read specs 68 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:56,720 actually show. If you're already happy with your late gen processor, you don't 69 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:59,759 need to run out and replace it this second. That's doesn't matter. There are 70 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:04,240 always other things that you can do as well. Overclocking can help a ton and 71 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:08,639 you can just not run all your games at max like we just did. That can help too. 72 00:05:06,639 --> 00:05:12,479 But if you are a speed freak and you've been struggling to figure out why your 73 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:16,080 older overclocked processor isn't performing quite as well as your buddy's 74 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:20,400 stock processor running at the same frequencies, hopefully this will help. 75 00:05:19,039 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaking of better than dessert, Crunchyroll. If you're a fan of anime 76 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:27,600 and haven't signed up for Crunchyroll Premium yet, you should certainly give 77 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:32,000 them a shot. 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