Should I upgrade my CPU?

[Starkiller Spectrums]

 Country: Sweden

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Apex Legends, Starcraft II, Control, Jedi Fallen order.

 

Hi! I'm pretty pleased with my curent system overall, but I'm thinking of maybe upgrading the Intel Core i7 8700k to an AMD Ryzen 5 5600x. But will there even be any sort of significant performance improvements?

 

My systemspecs are:
Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix Z390-H 
CPU: Intel Core i7 8700k

RAM: Ballistix Sport AT 16 GB DDR4 3000 MHz

PSU: Corsair CX750M, 750W

GPU: MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT MECH OC 8GB GDDR6

Bootdrive: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500 GB NVME

 

[Visiko]

I'd say that that switch would be good but then you'll have to change your mb heres a overall benchmarks: https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-8700K-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-5600X/3937vs4084

And as a fellow Swed I checked netonnet and its selling for 3190kr https://www.netonnet.se/art/datorkomponenter/processor/amdsocketam4/amd-ryzen-5-5600x-3-7-ghz/1015000.13677/ 

Heres a motherboard: https://www.netonnet.se/art/datorkomponenter/moderkort/amdsocketam4/asus-rog-strix-x570-f-gaming/1008853.13678/#

But overall the 5600X is stronger than the 8700K so you should switch.

So overall you should do the switch when you can.

Hope it helps

[tishous]

Honestly there won't be any significant improvement to performance in the games listed with a better CPU. With the exception of Apex Legends, those games are all GPU bound. You can see this if you use MSI Afterburner when gaming, the GPU usage will be locked at 100%. The 8700k is still a very capable CPU and moving to a whole new platform for an extra 10fps in one game doesn't make much sense to me. 

[Starkiller Spectrums]

Thank you for the replies! If i still wanted to upgrade the CPU, what AMD CPU should I get to get enough of a performance boost to make it worth it?

And also, Is it bad that the GPU is pinned to 100% and the CPU is hovering around 30-40%? Am I right that it means that I'm GPU-bound then, or am I CPU bound? I have a hard time understanding this because some say that if the GPU is bound to 100% is normal while others say it should never hit 100% load.

[AzrealNoctis]

1 hour ago, Starkiller Spectrums said:

Thank you for the replies! If i still wanted to upgrade the CPU, what AMD CPU should I get to get enough of a performance boost to make it worth it?

And also, Is it bad that the GPU is pinned to 100% and the CPU is hovering around 30-40%? Am I right that it means that I'm GPU-bound then, or am I CPU bound? I have a hard time understanding this because some say that if the GPU is bound to 100% is normal while others say it should never hit 100% load.

That cpu usage seems alright. A tad high.

 

Idk what the fuck your gpu is doing at 100% even while playing ac odyssey I don't think my 1660 super hits max load.

 

I'd upgrade your gpu over the cpu, 8700k is still a very capable piece of silicon, it probably won't be bottlenecked unless you manage to rob fort Knox and get a 3090.

[Starkiller Spectrums]

13 hours ago, AzrealNoctis said:

Idk what the fuck your gpu is doing at 100% even while playing ac odyssey I don't think my 1660 super hits max load.

When I crank the graphics settings to absolute max at 1440p, yeah, it hits it with a full load.

[Starkiller Spectrums]

And is there any point in upgrading the RAM at all? To maybe 3600 mhz?

[AzrealNoctis]

On 6/7/2021 at 6:39 AM, Starkiller Spectrums said:

And is there any point in upgrading the RAM at all? To maybe 3600 mhz?

The performance increase would be negligible, so no