i5 2500k weak browsing performance?

[MorningWood]

Alright. I've been using i3 3220, thought it was weak sometimes for browsing, and definitely for video editing. I got an i5 2500k and an i7 2600k for testing. The 2600k is doing fine, significantly smoother browsing experience than the i3, but the i5 is feeling weird. I think it is executing simple protocols slower than the i3?! But at video editing it is doing pretty well, close to the i7 and way better than the i3. Now, is it because of the lack of HT? Is it performing this way normally or is there something wrong with it? Or do I need to tweak something in the bios? I am using a stock cooler for testing, so no overclock. To clarify, an example would be, when I open a photo in facebook and click on blank space to close it, it takes a longer moment to close it, than even the i3?! Same for other simple things, like closing all the tabs to the right etc.

[Wiplive]

thank you.

[SkilledRebuilds]

Alright. I've been using i3 3220, thought it was weak sometimes for browsing, and definitely for video editing. I got an i5 2500k and an i7 2600k for testing. The 2600k is doing fine, significantly smoother browsing experience than the i3, but the i5 is feeling weird. I think it is executing simple protocols slower than the i3?! But at video editing it is doing pretty well, close to the i7 and way better than the i3. Now, is it because of the lack of HT? Is it performing this way normally or is there something wrong with it? Or do I need to tweak something in the bios? I am using a stock cooler for testing, so no overclock. To clarify, an example would be, when I open a photo in facebook and click on blank space to close it, it takes a longer moment to close it, than even the i3?! Same for other simple things, like closing all the tabs to the right etc.

Possibly...normal,..... a theory.

(Disregard the top/max frequency for now on both CPU's, focus on idle/web browsing tasks and declocking on idle/low usage)

An i3 has 2 cores, 4 threads.

i5 has 4 cores 4 threads.

 

The i3 (at idle/web browsing) may 'always' IMO have a higher idle frequency than an i5..(speedstep can go as low as 800mhz) and if the i3 is sticking to around 1200-2400Mhz and the i5 with more cores is using less usage per core, say 800-2400mhz, then all may drop to this frequency of 800mhz-1200mhz where the i3 is higher at typical browsing workloads around 1200Mhz-2400Mhz+ or higher.

So the i5 appears less snappy, due to having more cores at lower speeds doing the same instructions on the launch of the app UNTIL it ramps up in frequency milliseconds later.

 

TL:DR - Do more cores = declocking lower to 800mhz for simpler tasks opposed to less cores declocking to a higher frequency?

[iamdarkbowser]

I am using the i5 2500 and it is more than I need, I am a gamer btw.

[Nena Trinity]

I just have a FX-8370 and it runs fine so it could be that 8-treads is what you need so a i7 may be a good idea? If I am not mistaken both 2nd and 3rd gen i7 is 1155! :3

[jimakos234]

i5 2320 here @3.2ghz, not a single problem, even at gaming. Are you on a ssd? gpu? outdated browser(what browser)? clean cookies?add-ons-toolbars? clean the system?ram(4-8 gigs?)?

There can be many issues that cause that "slow" browsing.

[Nena Trinity]

i5 2320 here @3.2ghz, not a single problem, even at gaming. Are you on a ssd? gpu? outdated browser(what browser)? clean cookies?add-ons-toolbars? clean the system?ram(4-8 gigs?)?

There can be many issues that cause that "slow" browsing.

In my case I got SSD and 8GBs of RAMs! :3 (soon 16GBitsies!)

[jimakos234]

In my case I got SSD and 8GBs of RAMs! :3 (soon 16GBitsies!)

me 2 . i got a  850 evo and 8gigs of kingston hyperx ram

But we need op to answer us

[Nena Trinity]

me 2 . i got a  850 evo and 8gigs of kingston hyperx ram

But we need op to answer us

A guy I know says the most common bottleneck is the HDD!

[Dabombinable]

A guy I know says the most common bottleneck is the HDD!

It is when web browsing. Going from a HDD to an SSD in my laptop-even when it still had the Phenom II P920 in it-made a massive difference when it came to loading web pages.

[MorningWood]

Fellas, you spammed the thread pretty well with no useful information whatsoever. Whats up with that? However, SkilledRebuilds, thank you for your input.

We are not talking about gaming or if this cpu is enough. When it "fires up" with continuous load it performs the way it should, respectably close to the i7.

Based on single threaded benchmarks around the net, the cores of 3220 and 2500k are pretty much equally strong. This is why I was wondering why do I feel worse performance, the lack of HT or something I'm missing. Or maybe if an issue with the cpu is possible. According to CPU-Z with the energy saving (c1 c3 c6) and speedstepping, the lowest freq. is 1600mhz. I tried disabling everything and I THINK it is better, but I am not sure, might be another factor in there.

But either way, if the energy saving protocols are hitting my performance during browsing (which is basically idle), that's not cool.

I've got an SSD and 8gb of ram. We are not looking at an issue there. I'm swapping 3 cpu's from all classes, the system is the same.

[Dabombinable]

Try re-installing Windows then.

[Subcola]

Mine i5 2500k works very well