Will the 4790k's single thread performance be bested by year's end?

[cspj]

I'm looking to build a high end VR system later this year. I am wondering if the releases between now and then, particularly the Broadwell and Skylake E series, will best the current single thread performance king, the 4790k. Or if you think single thread performance is not extremely important for VR let me know why.

 

[A_Used_Username]

I7 4790K Has very good single thread performance because of the high stock Clock.i7 4790k can easily overclock to 4.6-4.7 with much little effort from a novice overclocker like myself.,you can even get good single thread performance from Sandy Bridge/haswell/broadwell/skylake CPU's by just overclocking them yourself.


as for VR i think getting a good processor like i7 4790k/i7 6700k/i7 5820k would be a smart choice ideally i7 4790k or i7 6700k if you dont wish to buy a AIO cooler for i7 5820k(getting high overclocks req better cooling).,i would still get a quiet aftermarket cooler for the 4790k/6700k though.



personally i say get the best Graphics card you can get and then the best CPU you can afford with your budget,I love my i7 4790k but being stuck with a cheap r9 280 3gb card makes me feel sad since VR reqs gtx970/390....But i can just upgrade later which is the benefit of PC Master Race 😛.

 

[cspj]

I7 4790K Has very good single thread performance because of the high stock Clock.i7 4790k can easily overclock to 4.6-4.7 with much little effort from a novice overclocker like myself.,you can even get good single thread performance from Sandy Bridge/haswell/broadwell/skylake CPU's by just overclocking them yourself.


as for VR i think getting a good processor like i7 4790k/i7 6700k/i7 5820k would be a smart choice ideally i7 4790k or i7 6700k if you dont wish to buy a AIO cooler for i7 5820k(getting high overclocks req better cooling).,i would still get a quiet aftermarket cooler for the 4790k/6700k though.



personally i say get the best Graphics card you can get and then the best CPU you can afford with your budget,I love my i7 4790k but being stuck with a cheap r9 280 3gb card makes me feel sad since VR reqs gtx970/390....But i can just upgrade later which is the benefit of PC Master Race 😛.

Yeah I just wonder if Broadwell or Skylake E will outdo the 4790k. Are they just going to keep focusing on better multicore performance, or are they going to try to outdo their single core record, the 4790k? It seems like even DX12 is unable to utilize more than 4 cores, so it seems kind of pointless to spend more for more cores, at least for gaming.

 

[marko55]

If high clock is your thing and you're gonna overclock, you want the 6700K. It was purely designed for overclocking. Remember, as you add more cores to the CPUs you'll see clock speeds come down. You also won't be able to push those CPUs' cores (like the 5820K) as far with overclocking. Its the nature of the beast.

Building a system with the correct processor is completely dependent on the primary applications (of course). So if VR likes high clocks and can only utilize four cores, the 6700K is your guy all day. The next gen of quad core i7 "might" give you like 10% more performance, so I wouldn't sweat it. If your applications can utilize higher core counts more effectively, like VMWare Workstation or ESX, then adding more cores will add more benefit.

Don't ever sweat "what the next gen will bring." Its never that big of a boost and if you always think this way you'll never pull the trigger on the build. The most recent stuff out is super powerful. Just build your other IO channels (like storage especially) to be super fast with SSDs or you're wasting your money on all that CPU anyway since the data can't get to/from the CPU quickly anyway. A nice high-powered CPU and a PCIe SSD (950 pro) will scream.

 

[ScrewySqrl]

old tech joke: If you can buy it, its already obsolete.

 

[cspj]

old tech joke: If you can buy it, its already obsolete.

It's just weird that the 4790k has been out for like 2 years, you would think it would have been usurped by now.

 

[ScrewySqrl]

stock, I think the 6700K does beat the 4790K. overclocked, it depends on the chip