CPU quetsions

[Tech Wizard]

1: Which CPU has the absolute highest single core performance for gaming right now?

2: How does hyper threading affect video games? Any difference playing a game on let's say i5 6600k (no HT) vs i3 6100k / 6700k (has HT)?

[The_Denks]

3 minutes ago, Tech Wizard said:

1: Which CPU has the absolute highest single core performance right now?

2: How does hyper threading affect video games? Any difference playing a game on let's say i5 6600k (no HT) vs 6700k (has HT), or i3 6100 (which also has HT)?

1 : This is near impossible to quantify, but for Skylake, id say 6800K

2 : Hyperthreading is useless in games. For any gaming whatsoever, id recommend a 6600K at max

[incarnate]

1 hour ago, Tech Wizard said:

1: Which CPU has the absolute highest single core performance for gaming right now?

2: How does hyper threading affect video games? Any difference playing a game on let's say i5 6600k (no HT) vs i3 6100k / 6700k (has HT)?

1) 6600/6700k oc'd as high as possible.

 

2) some games show a benefit, mostly newer games like fallout 4, most games don't, however we will start seeing more and more games take advantage of it.

1 hour ago, UberGamerKing said:

1 : This is near impossible to quantify, but for Skylake, id say 6800K

2 : Hyperthreading is useless in games. For any gaming whatsoever, id recommend a 6600K at max

The 6800k is Broadwell, Skylake has a slight edge on it in single core clock for clock and would oc higher due to lower core counts.

 

And ht is no longer useless, not required for a good experience but not totally useless like you claim. It is recent, and few games show a benefit, but it is still there and well only continue to rise.

[Tech Wizard]

10 minutes ago, incarnate said:

1) 6600/6700k oc'd as high as possible.

 

2) some games show a benefit, mostly newer games like fallout 4, most games don't, however we will start seeing more and more games take advantage of it.

The 6800k is Broadwell, Skylake has a slight edge on it in single core clock for clock and would oc higher due to lower core counts.

 

And ht is no longer useless, not required for a good experience but not totally useless like you claim. It is recent, and few games show a benefit, but it is still there and well only continue to rise.

Wouldn't an I5 6600k bottleneck a GTX 1070 though?

[incarnate]

4 minutes ago, Tech Wizard said:

Wouldn't an I5 6600k bottleneck a GTX 1070 though?

Depends on the game and the settings. You asked about highest single core performance, there is no difference between the single core performance of an i5 6600k and an i7 6700k at the same clockspeed.

[Sir Snuffy]

10 minutes ago, Tech Wizard said:

Wouldn't an I5 6600k bottleneck a GTX 1070 though?

Not really. The 6600k works well with even a 1080.