Do I need a CAT6 Ethernet cable?

[Cooler Master]

Just upgraded to a 802.11ac router. Don't know much about them, just know it's supposed to be faster than the 802.11n I had before.

Also I've been using the same old Ethernet cable for years. But now I started looking in to Ping as I play COD and it's something you want to be as low as possible.

I read the cable might be one thing I can upgrade to decrease latency.

I also realize that more/better something isn't always better, like RAM in gaming, you can only add so much before there no more gains.

The cable I'm using is a:

FOXCONN E204149 (UL) TYPE CM 75oC STP 26 AWG 2PAIRS PATCH CABLE which I read is CAT5.

My MoBo is:

ASUS P9x79 Pro

Would I see any benefit with a CAT 6 cable?

 

[USAFRet]

No it won't matter.

To test:
Do a tracert to any location.
That first hop is to your router.
Generally, this will be <1ms.
That is the only part of 'ping' that your ethernet cable can influence.

Like this:

 

[Cooler Master]

I tried that in cmd and sure enough, to my router it's <1ms...
I get 20-30ms when doing a ping test to places like google and youtube.
Guess there is not much I can do then.
Thanks