should i upgrade cpu

[Naminator]

Hi everyone, I have a really nice AMD A10 7870k build, with 16gb Corsair Vengeance pro series @2400mhz, I also have a choice of 2 cards to suit the build with similar age, one is Asus HD7970 Direct CU-II, and the other is a XFX R9 380x, its apparently the better card even though the HD7970 I have is a 1Ghz card, I recently just for the lols put the 7970 with my 7700k build and benchmarked it on 3DMark Firestrike, it scored over 8500 beating my 380x, but when I ran the same test on my 7870k that sits on a Rog Crossblade Ranger oc to 4.4ghz it scored way less barely 6500 losing to the 380x, Is this down to the 7870k APU? How can I disable the APU part of the cpu so I can utilise them extra cores better and effectively turning my 7870k into a Athlon X4 870k? It should be able to oc slightly higher then maybe to 4.5ghz. If anyone knows of any hints and tips for oc in bios or anything that can be disabled C6 state and similar stuff it would be appreciated for the help. Everything has been updated and running latest windows 10 64bit. 

[Light-Yagami]

Sorry mate. 

Low IPC is low IPC.

Nothing you can do about it.

Cpu is a bottleneck. You probably know it..

You wouldn't benefit from disabling the GPU part of the APU. Just like I wouldn't if I were to disable the HD530 in my 6700k..

[iRileyx]

Overclocking won't do anything for that CPU, you'd need to upgrade. (to a newer platform, not just upgrade the cpu)

My old A8 7650K overclocked from 3.3 to 4.8ghz was still a piece of crap lol.

 

I also kinda feel bad for laughing, but i couldn't help it when i read "really nice AMD A10 7870k build"

[SeanAngelo]

10 minutes ago, Naminator said:

Hi everyone, I have a really nice AMD A10 7870k build, with 16gb Corsair Vengeance pro series @2400mhz, I also have a choice of 2 cards to suit the build with similar age, one is Asus HD7970 Direct CU-II, and the other is a XFX R9 380x, its apparently the better card even though the HD7970 I have is a 1Ghz card, I recently just for the lols put the 7970 with my 7700k build and benchmarked it on 3DMark Firestrike, it scored over 8500 beating my 380x, but when I ran the same test on my 7870k that sits on a Rog Crossblade Ranger oc to 4.4ghz it scored way less barely 6500 losing to the 380x, Is this down to the 7870k APU? How can I disable the APU part of the cpu so I can utilise them extra cores better and effectively turning my 7870k into a Athlon X4 870k? It should be able to oc slightly higher then maybe to 4.5ghz. If anyone knows of any hints and tips for oc in bios or anything that can be disabled C6 state and similar stuff it would be appreciated for the help. Everything has been updated and running latest windows 10 64bit. 

nope, doesnt work like that. that cpu's IPC is just terrible. the only way to get better performance is to upgrade to a better platform, ryzen for example.

[sambarr]

It's an APU, it's basically a compromise chip akin to what you'd find in consoles. It's not super good.

 

Get something else.

[JesseLingard]

Low IPC là IPC low.
I think you should upgrade it.

[Naminator]

Just to let everyone know, this pc was purely for fun and it wont be getting upgraded anytime soon as I'm happy where it is now,  I just wanted to squeeze out every bit of oc potential and I did just that oc'ing it to 4.7ghz, by no means is it my daily driver, I just use it for streaming and a HTPC in my living room for watching film and etc, My daily driver at this point was a 7700k build with a Z270 Maximus IX formula, absolute beast of a machine also taking advantage of that Crosschill VRM water block and oc'ing my 7700k to a stable 5.210Ghz at just 1.385v on a Alphacool Eisbaer 360 AIO cooler in push pull config and connected to the Crosschill EK block, this made all the difference in high oc'ing at lower voltages. But I like to thank you all for the input and i'll see you around, BYEEEEE. 

[Mister Woof]

3 hours ago, Naminator said:

Just to let everyone know, this pc was purely for fun and it wont be getting upgraded anytime soon as I'm happy where it is now,  I just wanted to squeeze out every bit of oc potential and I did just that oc'ing it to 4.7ghz, by no means is it my daily driver, I just use it for streaming and a HTPC in my living room for watching film and etc, My daily driver at this point was a 7700k build with a Z270 Maximus IX formula, absolute beast of a machine also taking advantage of that Crosschill VRM water block and oc'ing my 7700k to a stable 5.210Ghz at just 1.385v on a Alphacool Eisbaer 360 AIO cooler in push pull config and connected to the Crosschill EK block, this made all the difference in high oc'ing at lower voltages. But I like to thank you all for the input and i'll see you around, BYEEEEE. 

Put the weaker GPU in the APU system so you don't waste it.

 

Sell the R9 380 or use it elsewhere