R5-1600 vs I5-7600k

[Big Head Tech]

So on Tuesday I will be picking up both of these 2 chips to do a comparison while gaming for my YouTube channel.  This is my initial plan on how I want to benchmark them and wanted your thoughts.

 

Game List:

GTA V

For Honor

Ashes of Singularity

World of Warcraft

Watchdogs 2

Doom (I might buy)

Ghost Recon Wildlands (If it has a built in benchmark)

3D Mark

 

But my benchmarks might be a tad different.  I plan on running several programs in the background but to be honest, who runs a game with everything closed and turned off?  I will run FRAPS (FPS counting only), Chrome with the same 10 tabs open, HWMonitor, EVGA Precision, GPU-Z, CPU-Z, Steam/Uplay launchers open as well.

 

I won't be doing any overclocking right out of the gate except memory to 2933MHz or 3200MHz.  I will be testing at 1440p and probably 1080p on a 144Hz monitor with a GTX 1080 FTW edition.

 

But, Does anyone have any other input?

[RadiatingLight]

I'd personally go for Ryzen.

More cores at similar clockspeeds with hyperthreading is a win in my book.

[Big Head Tech]

Just now, RadiatingLight said:

I'd personally go for Ryzen.

More cores at similar clockspeeds with hyperthreading is a win in my book.

Sorry, I didn't specify.  I will be buying both to do a comparison for my YouTube channel.

[RadiatingLight]

Just now, Snaeb said:

Sorry, I didn't specify.  I will be buying both to do a comparison for my YouTube channel.

Whoops.

 

in that case, test Ryzen with different RAM speeds, and show the difference in games, as that's still an area of Ryzen that hasn't been fully tested yet.

[DocSwag]

Also see how far they can OC and compare stock to OC as well. Otherwise it looks pretty comprehensive. Might even say your comparisons are more comprehensive than some youtubers out there.

 

One thing I really would like to have done, but would probably take you a lot of time, is to compare Ryzen 5 at 2133 MHz with 2933 and/or 3200. It would be quite interesting to see how much of a difference memor makes relative to the 7600k and whether or not it catches up and in what games it makes a huge difference.

[Big Head Tech]

Just now, DocSwag said:

Also see how far they can OC and compare stock to OC as well. Otherwise it looks pretty comprehensive. Might even say your comparisons are more comprehensive than some youtubers out there.

 

One thing I really would like to have done, but would probably take you a lot of time, is to compare Ryzen 5 at 2133 MHz with 2933 and/or 3200. It would be quite interesting to see how much of a difference memor makes relative to the 7600k and whether or not it catches up and in what games it makes a huge difference.

I may do that for PC's with the built in benchmarks.  I run 2933Mhz ram on m 1700x without issues so far.

[DocSwag]

2 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

Whoops.

 

in that case, test Ryzen with different RAM speeds, and show the difference in games, as that's still an area of Ryzen that hasn't been fully tested yet.

There have been some tests so far but there haven't been a full spectrum of tests (2133, 2400, 2666, 2933, 3200, maybe 3466 or 3600) against all Intel CPUs I think are relevant (7700k, 7600k, 6800k/6850k, and 6900k), though obviously OP can't compare to most of these. A 1600 vs 7600k memory comparison would be really interesting though. I would definitely watch the video if OP did this.

[Big Head Tech]

1 minute ago, DocSwag said:

There have been some tests so far but there haven't been a full spectrum of tests (2133, 2400, 2666, 2933, 3200, maybe 3466 or 3600) against all Intel CPUs I think are relevant (7700k, 7600k, 6800k/6850k, and 6900k), though obviously OP can't compare to most of these. A 1600 vs 7600k memory comparison would be really interesting though. I would definitely watch the video if OP did this.

Would you want to see the 7600k and 1600 with different ram speeds, or juust the 1600?

[DocSwag]

1 minute ago, Snaeb said:

Would you want to see the 7600k and 1600 with different ram speeds, or juust the 1600?

1600 would probably be enough, since it's been shown Kaby lake doesn't really care that much. Running the 7600k at 3000 or 3200 and a comparison against different Ryzen ram speeds would be great.

[Morgan MLGman]

I suggest you do this: benchmark those games at 1080p with Chrome/Firefox with around 10 youtube tabs open (random videos will do just fine), run Skype, Steam, Origin and other shit that people usually run, then benchmark games that you listed (I'd add Battlefield 1 and Rise of the Tomb Raider as well).

 

I'd bench both setups with 2400MHz RAM vs 3200MHz and at 1080p / 1440p.

 

You should also include a few productivity benchmarks to show that aspect of those CPUs as well because it's not only gaming that people do.

[Damascus]

7 minutes ago, Snaeb said:

Would you want to see the 7600k and 1600 with different ram speeds, or juust the 1600?

I'd love to see if ryzen gets better in increments.  So you could have 2133, 2400, 2666, 2933 etc.  

[Big Head Tech]

3 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

1600 would probably be enough, since it's been shown Kaby lake doesn't really care that much. Running the 7600k at 3000 or 3200 and a comparison against different Ryzen ram speeds would be great.

I have several videos to do so that will make life easier!

1 minute ago, Morgan MLGman said:

I suggest you do this: benchmark those games at 1080p with Chrome/Firefox with around 10 youtube tabs open (random videos will do just fine), run Skype, Steam, Origin and other shit that people usually run, then benchmark games that you listed (I'd add Battlefield 1 and Rise of the Tomb Raider as well).

 

I'd bench both setups with 2400MHz RAM vs 3200MHz and at 1080p / 1440p.

 

You should also include a few productivity benchmarks to show that aspect of those CPUs as well because it's not only gaming that people do.

I plan on doing cinebench and Adobe encoding times as well. 

 

Should I compare these chips with my 1700x and i5-4690k? I'll do the ram speed tests in a separate video.

[DocSwag]

2 minutes ago, Snaeb said:

I have several videos to do so that will make life easier!

I plan on doing cinebench and Adobe encoding times as well. 

 

Should I compare these chips with my 1700x and i5-4690k? I'll do the ram speed tests in a separate video.

RAM speeds in a separate video definitely makes sense.

 

As for 1700x, definitely as it would be interesting to see how it compares to the 1600, at least in my opinion.

 

For the 4690k, I honestly don't care, as I don't see a huge point in comparing it, though others may disagree.

[Morgan MLGman]

Just now, Snaeb said:

I have several videos to do so that will make life easier!

I plan on doing cinebench and Adobe encoding times as well. 

 

Should I compare these chips with my 1700x and i5-4690k? I'll do the ram speed tests in a separate video.

You could add those scores as comparison if you feel like it.

 

I believe you should focus on setting the Ryzen platform up properly, such as using "High Performance" power plan in W10 etc, also remember use the latest BIOS version on the Ryzen motherboard that you have. Setting up this platform as it should be takes a while of tinkering so be sure to spend some time doing it. I suggest you also watch Ryzen tests from Digital Foundry and similar channels, also read more thorough reviews to see how other people tested this CPU and take your own approach.

[Big Head Tech]

9 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

You could add those scores as comparison if you feel like it.

 

I believe you should focus on setting the Ryzen platform up properly, such as using "High Performance" power plan in W10 etc, also remember use the latest BIOS version on the Ryzen motherboard that you have. Setting up this platform as it should be takes a while of tinkering so be sure to spend some time doing it. I suggest you also watch Ryzen tests from Digital Foundry and similar channels, also read more thorough reviews to see how other people tested this CPU and take your own approach.

While not my first rodeo by any stretch, definitely some good pointers thanks!

[Morgan MLGman]

5 minutes ago, Snaeb said:

While not my first rodeo by any stretch, definitely some good pointers thanks!

No problems. Would you give me a link to your channel? Not sure if it's okay to post it here due to CoC so maybe in a private message?