#CPU BENCHMARK TEST DRIVERS#

For Intel, we were forced to use three different test systems for the results shown, and if I wanted to go back to first-gen Ryzen we'd need yet another test system.

All the AMD CPUs tested here were done with a single test system using the MSI X570S Carbon Max motherboard. The primary explanation is that we didn't test many low-end or older Intel CPUs as it's a serious pain in the backside. The bottom half of the graph is dominated by AMD.

It was also intriguing to see the i3-12100 beating the Core i7-10700K, Intel's 10th-gen isn't particularly impressive in this game despite working well enough. We played the game for about half an hour with this CPU just to see what it was like and the numbers don't lie, the Core i3 was flawless despite a constant utilization of over 90% and often being maxed out. Interestingly, the 4-core / 8-thread Core i3-12100 also managed to deliver perfectly playable smooth performance with 115 fps on average. That's not to say the 8, 12 and 16-core Zen 3 CPUs aren't faster, they clearly are, but the 5600X had no issue delivering high refresh rate performance without a hitch. It's interesting to see the 5600X beating the 10900K and delivering almost 10% greater 1% low performance after all the talk of games needing more cores, especially in what appears to be one of the most CPU intensive games we've ever seen. The 5600X and 11600K are also found delivering a similar level of performance, though the 1% lows of the 6-core Zen 3 part were slightly stronger, and much stronger than the 10-core 10900K. The Core i7-11700K and Ryzen 7 5800X can also be seen neck and neck meaning the 12700K was 16% faster than AMD's 8-core Zen 3 part when using the same memory. Quite surprisingly, the 11th-gen Core processors also performed really well as the 11900K can be seen matching the 5900X which isn't unheard of, but half the time the 11900K ends up slower than the 10900K. That said, it was 8% faster than the 12900K when using the same DDR4 memory.Īs you might have expected, the Intel Alder Lake CPUs outperform the standard Zen 3 parts, but in such a CPU intensive game you might not have expected the 12600K to match the 5950X and the E-core disabled 12400 to come in ahead of the 12400F. The 5800X3D which we used for the GPU benchmark is slower than the DDR5-enabled 12900K, trailing by a 7% margin with 162 fps on average. So with that let's get into the results… Benchmarks Medium Quality 1080p, 1440p, 4Kįirst up we have the medium quality preset data at 1080p, and we'll start from the top where we find the 12900K using DDR5-6400 memory allowing for 175 fps on average, which is a 17% improvement when compared to the DDR4-3200 configuration. When compared to the GPU benchmark, we've tweaked our CPU pass, it's very similar but we've included a few quick twitches with a web swing at the end. That said, we have included a second configuration for the Core i9-12900K using DDR5-6400. On the memory front, all CPUs have been tested using dual-rank, dual-channel DDR4-3200 CL14 memory, so it's an apples-to-apples comparison in terms of memory performance. We'll be testing at 1080p, but also 1440p and 4K, using a range of quality settings including the medium preset, very high, and then a ray tracing configuration using the high quality preset, so there's loads of data to go over.

#CPU BENCHMARK TEST DRIVERS#

Last week we threw 43 GPUs at the game to see which models performed the best in their respective price ranges, but noted at the time that CPU performance also appeared to be a real concern for this game, with very high utilization seen with the Ryzen 7 5800X3D.įollowing that performance review, many readers reported seeing much lower performance than what was shown with the 5800X3D, and you were of course using a slower processor, but now we're going to get a good look at just how much difference your CPU can make when it comes to frame rates in Spider-Man Remastered.įor this CPU benchmark test we'll be using the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti and Game Ready display drivers 516.94. We're back with another big Spider-Man Remastered benchmark, this time focusing on CPU performance.

Cpu benchmark test