Gaming benchmarks for CPU

[porina]

Debated which section to post in, as I'm looking for gaming benchmarks that exercise the CPU. I'm not looking for results, but for suggestions of what I can run. The game should have a demo or benchmark version for free download.

 

As an example, I'm trying Shadow of the Tomb Raider for starters. Any more like that?

 

For context, I recently got a Chinese X79 mobo with a 6 core Xeon. I'm wondering how it would do for gaming with a mix of modern titles of more CPU demanding older ones like GTAV.

 

Test system is Xeon E5 2667 (6 cores 2.9 base 3.5 turbo) with 1080Ti. With SOTTR bench at 4k, it is indicating at "high" preset it is GPU limited, and at "medium" it is mostly CPU limited but still managing 73fps. Edit: I might have messed up the settings in SOTTR so ignore previous until I rerun.

[Princess Luna]

Ashes of the benchmark?

[porina]

3 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

Ashes of the benchmark?

Worth a try... I got that "free" from some Intel promotion but never run it, ever.

[porina]

SOTTR results where I show the reported average fps and the GPU bound %.

1440p

lowest 81 fps, 0% GPU bound

low 77 fps, 0% GPU bound
medium 72 fps, 8% GPU bound
high 72 fps, 10% GPU bound
highest 69 fps, 21% GPU bound
 

4k

lowest 75 fps, 48% GPU bound
low 67 fps, 61% GPU bound
medium 55 fps, 94% GPU bound

 

This is kinda what I was going for. If going for 4k, it is ok for 60Hz gaming, and the CPU seems to be about equal to the GPU at low or lowest settings. At medium or higher, it's going to be totally GPU bound and the average dropping below 60fps.

 

1440p shows it is mostly limited by CPU. At lower settings it is totally limited by the CPU. Even on highest setting, we drop to 69 fps average and GPU is hardly the limit. Once again, ok for 60Hz gaming, maybe 75Hz with adaptive sync.

 

Of course, this is only one title. Will bench something else later.