How much of a performance increase can I expect in games if I upgrade my i5 4690k to a i5 9600k, ryzen 5 2600x or i7 4790k?

BlockedTheShot · January 9, 2019

So i have a i5 4690k and rtx 2070(yes I know bottleneck). While I am impressed with the gains i've recieved in games going from a 970(40-50fps to pushing 100fps in witcher 3 in some areas is amazing to me at maxed 1080p w/ hairworks). How much of an fps increase can i expect if i upgrade my cpu?

AlTech · January 9, 2019

1 minute ago, BlockedTheShot said:

So i have a i5 4690k and rtx 2070(yes I know bottleneck). While I am impressed with the gains i've recieved in games going from a 970(40-50fps to pushing 100fps in witcher 3 is amazing to me at maxed 1080p w/ hairworks). How much of an fps increase can i expect if i upgrade my cpu?

In Witcher 3 specifically? Maybe 10 FPS at best.

In other more CPU demanding games which take advantage of multiple threads, possibly a fair amount higher with a 9600K or a 2600X.

I wouldn't recommend buying a 4790K in 2019 though.

flibberdipper · January 9, 2019

1 minute ago, AluminiumTech said:

I wouldn't recommend buying a 4790K in 2019 though.

Especially with how hilariously inflated the price is (especially compared to Ivy parts).

OP your best bet is to really decide how much you want to pay and go for either Ryzen (value) or Intel (pretty much indisputable gaming king, sadly). Going Ryzen over anything modern Intel isn't all that bad (from what I recall like 10FPS isn't unheard of), so it's probably worth looking into that route.

BlockedTheShot · January 9, 2019

5 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

In Witcher 3 specifically? Maybe 10 FPS at best.

In other more CPU demanding games which take advantage of multiple threads, possibly a fair amount higher with a 9600K or a 2600X.

I wouldn't recommend buying a 4790K in 2019 though.

how about something more cpu demanding, like hitman 2016? I get like 40-60fps in that one.

AlTech · January 9, 2019

5 minutes ago, BlockedTheShot said:

how about something more cpu demanding, like hitman 2016? I get like 40-50fps in that one.

Hitman 2016 isn't terribly CPU demanding. It's more GPU demanding.

So getting a better CPU would only get you a couple fps more at 1080p. In hitman 2016 your GPU is holding you back and a better GPU would provide you with more FPS.

Here's a link if you want to see some numbers for yourself. They use an 8 core 5960X although a 9600K would probably get a tiny bit better FPS in games due to better single threaded performance.

To get above 60fps you'd likely need a GTX 980 or above in Hitman at those settings. You could also turn down the settings a bit and maybe get a bit extra performance that way.

https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/hitman_2016_pc_graphics_performance_benchmark_review,6.html