How much performance would I gain if I upgrade to a 5960x?

[gartersnake184]

My current rig is in my signature. I do editing, and 144hz gaming. I have a freesync monitor on my list, and 32gb of ddr4. I was also thinking of upgrading to a 5960x.

 

[Kjeld_]

u will gain some performense mean u double your core's but i dont think its giong to be a big time difference

 

[spoofer2]

you would most definitely gain synthetic perf but as for real word perf, honestly idk

 

[synphul]

It depends on your editing software and the settings. By the time you get a 5960x, x99 motherboard, 32gb of ddr4 ram you're looking at a hefty upgrade that would likely only be worth it if you do it on a professional level. For gaming, you might be able to outrun the opponents faster due to being lighter in the wallet 😛 . Seriously there's little to no gaming improvement, if anything games may be a bit worse due to slower core speed vs say a 4790k or 6700k. The 6700k performs a lot like the 5820k in many scenarios.

I'd consider a 5820k or if you need the additional pcie lanes, the 5930k for around $530. For the 5960x you're paying close to another $500 for 2 more cores which I don't see being worth it. The more cores typically the harder it is to overclock, you'd get more usefulness I think out of a 6 core oc'd to raise the core speed up so your gaming doesn't take a hit.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i7-5960x-haswell-e-cpu,3918-5.html

It's only slightly better than the 6 core cpu's for a LOT more money. If it's within budget great but the money would likely be best placed elsewhere.