would it be worth it to upgrade my cpu for a i7 8700?

[maillet]

Hi! I was wondering iff it would make a big difference in my videogames framerates iff i upgraded my cpu for a i7 8700. Thanks for your time!

PROCESSOR: Intel Core i5-6500 Skylake
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 3
RAM: 16Gb DDR4 2133MHz, Dual channel, Kingston Hyper X Fury Black
GRAPHIC CARD: Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming
SSD: Samsung SSD 850 EVO, 1TO
Wi-Fi ADAPTER: TP-LINK AC600 Archer T2U Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
CASE: NZXT S340 Elite, with 4 chasis fans
POWER SUPPLY: SeaSonic Focus Plus series, 850W, gold certified, full
Modular
KEYBOARD: Logitech K120
MOUSE: Diablo 3 by SteelSeries
EXPLOITATION SYSTEM: Windows 10 Pro, 100% Valid and authentic
MONITOR: Alienware AW2518H, 25", G-SYNC, 240Hz, 1ms, 1080p

 

[delaro]

Yes the 8700 is 30% faster on single core loads and considerably faster on multi thread. With a 240hz monitor your better off with a k series and pushing a high overclock.

 

[maillet]

do you think my i5 actually causes bottlenecking?

 

[feelinfroggy777]

In some games that are CPU intense, you will see a bigger jump in performance, but in games that are not CPU heavy, the difference will be a lot smaller. The IPC for both chips are the same as there is little difference core to core. If I had a 6500, I would look for a 6700/7700 to drop in to your current motherboard. The difference between the 8700 and the 6700/7700 is only a couple of percent difference.

See the review from techpowerup.com below. The 8700k is 2% faster than the 7700k. 2% is within the margin of error and you will never see a 2% difference in fps. But you will save a good bit of money with the 6700/7700.

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/Ryzen_7_2700X/13.html

 

[feelinfroggy777]

do you think my i5 actually causes bottlenecking?

At 1080p, in games that can use more than 4 threads, your i5 is slowing down your 1080 some.

 

[maillet]

so you say i wouldnt get any slowdowns or any problems of any kind with a 7700?

 

[Zerk2012]

Hi! I was wondering iff it would make a big difference in my videogames framerates iff i upgraded my cpu for a i7 8700. Thanks for your time!

PROCESSOR: Intel Core i5-6500 Skylake
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 3
RAM: 16Gb DDR4 2133MHz, Dual channel, Kingston Hyper X Fury Black
GRAPHIC CARD: Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming
SSD: Samsung SSD 850 EVO, 1TO
Wi-Fi ADAPTER: TP-LINK AC600 Archer T2U Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
CASE: NZXT S340 Elite, with 4 chasis fans
POWER SUPPLY: SeaSonic Focus Plus series, 850W, gold certified, full
Modular
KEYBOARD: Logitech K120
MOUSE: Diablo 3 by SteelSeries
EXPLOITATION SYSTEM: Windows 10 Pro, 100% Valid and authentic
MONITOR: Alienware AW2518H, 25", G-SYNC, 240Hz, 1ms, 1080p

You would se improvement in CPU intensive games, but to use a i7 8700 processor you would also need a new motherboard.

Their a big performance difference. 32% in just the single core speed.
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-8700-vs-Intel-Core-i5-6500/3940vs3513

Even a big performance difference in the 6500 and 7700. 20% in just the single core dpeed.
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-6500-vs-Intel-Core-i7-7700/3513vs3887

 

[maillet]

thanks for your time!

 

[delaro]

As mentioned above going to a 8700 would require a new motherboard but you can move to a Core i7-7700K or i5 7600K or i7 7700. All of these will give you at least a 20% increase in single thread performance stock.

A 7700K or 7600K with good cooling will hit 4.8-5ghz really easy and that is a huge leap over what you currently have, you will see a FPS difference in every major Title on the market right now just upgrading the CPU.