Identify real performance gains beyond frame rate by testing under various conditions and using benchmark tools.
Identify real performance gains beyond frame rate by testing under various conditions and using benchmark tools.
First time posting here in this forum so pardon me if I messed up on following a certain guideline or stumbled on the wrong subforum. I'm currently pending an upgrade from i5-7400 to Ryzen 5 5600 because I decided to go for this Newegg deal as I've kinda been on the fence for a CPU upgrade. I've learned that going from i5-7400 to Ryzen 5 3600 will already unlock 1080p high refresh rate gaming so I can only imagine how much better the gaming performance upgrade is going to be from i5 7th gen to a Zen 3 Ryzen 5. The current expectation that I currently have is that since the CPU is a huge upgrade, gaming performance on this build will now be more likely to be bottlenecked by the GTX 1060 3GB that I plan to re-use and not be bottlenecked by the CPU but even with that GPU bottleneck, I'm expecting that I might encounter less stutters and jitters in the games that I play (the current games I'm playing namely being Halo MCC, Scarlet Nexus, Genshin Impact, Apex Legends, and OOTP) I also expect that I could have a chance now to run the PS3 emulator, RPSC3, because I couldn't run the emulator with the i5-7400 since the minimum requirements are 4 cores/8 threads for the CPU . With those expectations in mind, my question is apart from a better gaming experience with the CPU upgrade, what other tangible or noticeable differences can I look for? l wanted to ask about this because I wanted to avoid buyer's remorse from this CPU upgrade before I can afford a high refresh rate monitor and a better GPU lol since this current build has been a bit fine for 1080p 60FPS apart from when I played Halo Infinite (can't recall if it was exactly during a flight test or after the game release). Another reason I wanted to ask about this is so that I could maybe run some benchmarks like, see how much higher of a bitrate in streaming/recording I could afford to go to without experiencing frame drops and take note of some hiccups that I am more likely to encounter with the 4c/4t i5 than the 6c/12t Ryzen 5 while I still haven't swapped out the CPU and motherboard. edit: I specifically mentioned "tangible/noticeable" differences because I'm anticipating that I'm gonna easily miss out on stuff like being able to screen share on Discord with minimal to no freezes or stutters on the new CPU Edited August 3, 2022 by 1UpMango
You're already using nvenc with your 1060, so upgrading the CPU won't make a noticeable change. The real focus should be on increasing bitrate by raising it. Make sure your internet speed supports the higher usage. In general, Windows performance and everyday use depend mostly on the storage drive. Switching to an SSD will significantly boost speed, but the difference between cheaper and more expensive drives is minimal. Once that's handled, background applications become the key factor. A stronger CPU helps run more tasks, but too many resource-hungry programs still slow things down. Clearing unnecessary software usually gives the best results for keeping older systems functional. In short, you probably won't see much improvement outside of gaming, since that's the most demanding task.
Besides gaming, which appears to be the main activity for your CPU, you probably won't see any noticeable impact.