Rig
Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz / i7-9700k 3.6GHz
Nividia GTX 1080 8GB
16GB ddr3 1600mhz / 16GB ddr4 3200mhz
Samsung SyncMaster SA450 24inch 16:10 1920x1200 60Hz
Settings- Everything Max on 1920x1200p
FPS- average fps only
The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt
i5 6600k- 65 / i7 9700k- 80
Final Fantasy 15
i5 6600k- 35 / i7 9700k- 70
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
i5 6600k- 60 / i7 9700k- 80
Assassins Creed Origins
i5 6600k- 65 / i7 9700k- 90
Ghost Recon Wildlands
i5 6600k- 42 / i7 9700k- 60
For Honor
i5 6600k- 80 / i7 9700k- 110
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CPU
Core i5-6500 3.2GHz
IntelGPU
Radeon RX 480 Sapphire Nitro+ 8GB
AMDRAM
16 GB
Do you feel a difference in the gameplay?
CPU (25% overclock)
Core i7-9700K 8-Core 3.6GHz
IntelGPU
GeForce GTX 1080 Asus ROG Strix A8G Gaming 8GB
NvidiaRAM
16 GB
depends on which game i mean i can feel when it drops under 30fps like how it did in shadow of the tomb raider also assassins creed origins had a lot of small 1sec frezess in it while textures were loading while now i have no problems idk is it bec of all the updates it got after i first time played it or is it becouse of faster ram idk
CPU
Core i5-6500 3.2GHz
IntelGPU
Radeon RX 480 Sapphire Nitro+ 8GB
AMDRAM
16 GB
To fully answer that question, you'd have to have the old setup run the same games and compare them to your new rig.
Anything else would be guesswork.
But all in all, I'm glad you've gotten a better experience with your new rig and I hope you enjoy it for many years.
CPU (25% overclock)
Core i7-9700K 8-Core 3.6GHz
IntelGPU
GeForce GTX 1080 Asus ROG Strix A8G Gaming 8GB
NvidiaRAM
16 GB
i hope so to, thanks
CPU (40% overclock)
Core i9-9900K 8-Core 3.6GHz
IntelGPU (5% overclock)
GeForce GTX 1070 Palit Super JetStream
NvidiaRAM
16 GB
Stock or overclocked? For a gtx 1080, even when running stock 9700k should run games smoothly without bottlenecks.
CPU (25% overclock)
Core i7-9700K 8-Core 3.6GHz
IntelGPU
GeForce GTX 1080 Asus ROG Strix A8G Gaming 8GB
NvidiaRAM
16 GB
nothing is overclocked, but they both do turbo boost i5 was at 3,8ghz and i7 is 4,6ghz its unfair but oh well
CPU (15% overclock)
Core i7-6700K 4-Core 4.0GHz
IntelGPU
GeForce GTX 1080 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 8GB Edition
NvidiaRAM
16 GB
damn thats a big difference
CPU (30% overclock)
Core i7-5820K 6-Core 3.3GHz
IntelGPU
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ASUS ROG STRIX 11GB
NvidiaRAM
32 GB
CPU (25% overclock)
Core i7-9700K 8-Core 3.6GHz
IntelGPU
GeForce GTX 1080 Asus ROG Strix A8G Gaming 8GB
NvidiaRAM
16 GB
people always were telling me to upgrade the cpu bec its holidng gtx1080 back, i was sarcastic about it and didnt belived that it will make much of a difference maybe 10fps max but resoults are just wow
CPU (30% overclock)
Core i7-5820K 6-Core 3.3GHz
IntelGPU
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ASUS ROG STRIX 11GB
NvidiaRAM
32 GB
I remember some years back I was saying even humble Core i3 cannot bottleneck high-end gpus, because of devs not being able to effectively make use of additional cpu cores - apparently new games are able to use even 6 physical cores :)
CPU (10% overclock)
Ryzen R5 1600
AMDGPU (5% overclock)
GeForce GTX 1060
NvidiaRAM
16 GB
Now do think about that SSD upgrade we are trying to persuade you to do…
CPU (25% overclock)
Core i7-9700K 8-Core 3.6GHz
IntelGPU
GeForce GTX 1080 Asus ROG Strix A8G Gaming 8GB
NvidiaRAM
16 GB
oh boi.. idk i am not feeling like reinstaling os and all other programs and games again + it doesnt affect game peformance, maybe less stutters bec of faster loading textures or something but i dont have lags or stutters now so i am fine
CPU (10% overclock)
Ryzen R5 1600
AMDGPU (5% overclock)
GeForce GTX 1060
NvidiaRAM
16 GB
I think there is some way to move your OS from one drive to an other without much hussle but I'm not sure how.
CPU (25% overclock)
Core i7-9700K 8-Core 3.6GHz
IntelGPU
GeForce GTX 1080 Asus ROG Strix A8G Gaming 8GB
NvidiaRAM
16 GB
that would be great tho i never heard of such way
CPU (10% overclock)
Ryzen R5 1600
AMDGPU (5% overclock)
GeForce GTX 1060
NvidiaRAM
16 GB
ok apparently it is basically cloning your old drive onto the new one
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-move-windows-10-to-an-ssd/
CPU (30% overclock)
Core i7-5820K 6-Core 3.3GHz
IntelGPU
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ASUS ROG STRIX 11GB
NvidiaRAM
32 GB
cloning OS drive is definitely NOT smooth with Windows, so you might just do clean install anyway to avoid any accumulated bloat?
CPU (10% overclock)
Ryzen R5 1600
AMDGPU (5% overclock)
GeForce GTX 1060
NvidiaRAM
16 GB
i remember in last october it took me less than 10 mins to get win10 on the brand new ssd, so it is defenetly much faster than it was on hdd
CPU (30% overclock)
Core i7-5820K 6-Core 3.3GHz
IntelGPU
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ASUS ROG STRIX 11GB
NvidiaRAM
32 GB
I can confirm install of "latest" 1903 build (I did few weeks ago) from decent usb 3.0 usb stick takes around 10-15 minutes including generic drivers installs and few reboots
CPU (25% overclock)
Core i7-9700K 8-Core 3.6GHz
IntelGPU
GeForce GTX 1080 Asus ROG Strix A8G Gaming 8GB
NvidiaRAM
16 GB
installation time is not the problem but the programs and setting up windows settings, etc
anyway i will stay with hdd for now
CPU
Core i5-6500 3.2GHz
IntelGPU
Radeon RX 480 Sapphire Nitro+ 8GB
AMDRAM
16 GB
I've cloned 3 machine so far, and no issues to speak of.
The 1st machine has been working for over 3 years.
CPU (10% overclock)
Ryzen R5 1600
AMDGPU (5% overclock)
GeForce GTX 1060
NvidiaRAM
16 GB
anyway if you OC your cpu to around 5ghz and sort out your gpu temps and alco OC that to around 2000 mhz you will get another 10-15% performance
CPU (25% overclock)
Core i7-9700K 8-Core 3.6GHz
IntelGPU
GeForce GTX 1080 Asus ROG Strix A8G Gaming 8GB
NvidiaRAM
16 GB
maybe in the future as for now 60fps i enouth for me as my monitor is 60hz
CPU
Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core 3.6GHz
AMDGPU
Radeon RX 5700 XT XFX 8GB
AMDRAM
16 GB
Yeah buddy you changed cpu!! Almost doubled your fps! Great!!
CPU (25% overclock)
Core i7-9700K 8-Core 3.6GHz
IntelGPU
GeForce GTX 1080 Asus ROG Strix A8G Gaming 8GB
NvidiaRAM
16 GB
this comparison is a little rushed as i didnt want to replay games so i spend limited time in each which is the reason why i gave only average fps, even tho i5 6600k has 40+fps most of the time in thos games there were moments where it will just drop down under 30 or even 20fps, while i7 9700k fps was stable whole time i was playing
damn this really shows in For Honor how theyr "improwed visual overhoul" suck
CPU (10% overclock)
Ryzen R5 1600
AMDGPU (5% overclock)
GeForce GTX 1060
NvidiaRAM
16 GB
Nice upgrade :D