Is an i5 6600k @ 4.7ghz as good as i7 6800k for gaming ?

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My current setup is :-

i5 6600k @ 4.7ghz
32gb ddr4 3200mhz
gtx 1080 founders edition @ 2.1ghz

I only use my pc for gaming. Im a competitive overwatch player and play latest games on occasion.

Thanks
 
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Chances are the hyper threading helps, it does help in some games. As also evidenced by the benchmarks, clock speed also matters. That's also true of bf1, another multiplayer online game. If taking techspot's results yes the i7 got higher fps. People automatically say 'oh, hyper threading'. If looking at one i7 to another with a 1ghz clock speed difference came a 40fps difference as well. Hyper threading doesn't explain that since all the i7's are hyper threaded.

It's also difficult to get solid benchmark results for a game that's solely online multiplayer. People will say that predetermined scenarios like a built in 'benchmark' included in some games is unrealistic. It is, but it's also repeatable which is what benchmarks rely on to...
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You could swap out for a 6700k, it may improve performance in some games, but certainly not overwatch.

A 6800k is an entirely different socket and would require a new motherboard and quad channel memory.

The i5 6600k can saturate a GTX 1080 without a problem.
 
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If it is only used for gaming 32GB is way to much. But it will not be better than the i7, because the i7 has more cores. So even if you could reach 6-7Ghz, the i7 will still outperform. But you should have nothing worry about. Your setup is well enough to handle any game with smooth quality.
 
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Some games do benefit from Hyper Threading, and Overwatch is one of them.

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That said, the improvement is relative and once you go beyond a minimum frame rate of 144, it's utterly irrelevant.
 
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I capped my frame rate to the maximum that the game can handle. 300. I have 300fps almost constantly.
 
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Very few games can make use of more than 2-3 threads so the extra hyperthreads of a I7 will go largely unused.
That said, multiplayer games with many participants can often use many threads.
I do not know the characteristics of overwatch.
Do a test and remove one of the threads and see what the impact is.
You can do this in the windows msconfig boot advanced options option.
You will need to reboot for the change to take effect. Set the number of processors to less than you have.
This will tell you how sensitive your games are to the benefits of many threads.

You have a decent i5-6600k.
A good i7-6700K will oc to about the same limits.
As of 10/11/2016
What percent can get an overclock at a somewhat sane 1.40v Vcore.

I5-6600K

4.9 14%
4.8 38%
4.7 67%
4.6 87%

I7-6700K
4.9 3%
4.8 19%
4.7 61%
4.6 95%

If you decide that a i7 is worth it, the kaby lake i7-7700K is not too far off.

If price is no object, you can buy a binned processor.
A 5.2 6600K for $600
https://siliconlottery.com/collections/lga-1151/products/6600k52g
Or a 4.9 i7-6700K for $500
https://siliconlottery.com/collections/lga-1151/products/6700k49g
 
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Techspot is not a reputable source. Since when does an i7-6700K magically get 60 more fps compared to a i5-4690K. Dead give away those benchmarks are BS.
 
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Chances are the hyper threading helps, it does help in some games. As also evidenced by the benchmarks, clock speed also matters. That's also true of bf1, another multiplayer online game. If taking techspot's results yes the i7 got higher fps. People automatically say 'oh, hyper threading'. If looking at one i7 to another with a 1ghz clock speed difference came a 40fps difference as well. Hyper threading doesn't explain that since all the i7's are hyper threaded.

It's also difficult to get solid benchmark results for a game that's solely online multiplayer. People will say that predetermined scenarios like a built in 'benchmark' included in some games is unrealistic. It is, but it's also repeatable which is what benchmarks rely on to be able to consistently duplicate results.

The less variation the more accurate a benchmark by nature. That's why they don't compare a hyper 212 evo with ambient temps of 30c to a noctua nh-d14 at 22c ambient room temps to a cryorig h5 at 18c ambient room temps and each of the tests using different stress tests. One using p95, another ibt and another aida64. All that will be learned from that is different components operate differently under different conditions. Techspot's cpu performance was an entire article, not just one page and they mentioned how difficult it is to perfectly duplicate an mmo game. 3 different people could all play against xyz opponents all with the same exact pc and all get different results so which one is accurate? They all are.

Since there's no way to 'officially' benchmark a game that can only offer 'random' gameplay it's fair to look at what individual users are experiencing. Two users, one with a 4670k and a gtx 970 getting 120-160fps and another with a 4690k and gtx 970 with 90-100fps on ultra. Both oc'd, similar hardware, two different game experiences.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/4l9u2i/overwatch_benchmark_almost_40_gpus_tested_by/?limit=500#bottom-comments

If looking to do this 'professionally' then there's no reason not to be using the 6700k oc'd for the best performance.
 
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