A quick update on my bench marking. I have run tests at 5GHz initially, with no manual over clock on the GPU - just using it's standard boost (which goes to 1,946MHz). I have also finally had the chance to do some initial over clocking - I've set my CPU at 5.1GHz with Voltage at 1.375v. This ran stable for 30 mins on Realbench - I may drop the voltage a bit more. Temps maxed at 70c (it's hot here today too).

Here are the Fire Strike Results I have run - Test 1 is 5GHz and Test 2 is 5.1GHz :

3DMark Score

1. 21 847
2. 22 137 + 1.3 %

Graphics Score

1. 29 415
2. 29 745 + 1.1 %

Physics Score

1. 15 367
2. 15 636 + 1.8 %

Combined Score

1. 9 512
2. 9 648 + 1.4 %

Graphics Test 1

1. 142.48 fps
2. 143.33 fps + 0.6 %

Graphics Test 2

1. 116.02 fps
2. 117.82 fps + 1.6 %

Physics Test

1. 48.78 fps
2. 49.64 fps + 1.8 %

Combined Test

1. 44.24 fps
2. 44.88 fps + 1.4 %

Pretty much what everyone has said - a minimal FPS increase from the 100MHz boost to the CPU.

Interestingly my Time Spy were almost identical, within a much smaller margin of difference between them i.e. the 100MHz increase made no difference.

Now for some more interesting results - comparing my old 3930k system with my new 7700k system - I ran a benchmark at the same settings in 2014 with my 3930k at 4.2GHz and a GTX 780 Ti running at 876MHz. Here are those results....

Test 1 is the 3930k, Test 2 is the 7700k

3DMark Score

1. 9 994
2. 22 137 + 121.5 %

Graphics Score

1. 11 086
2. 29 745 + 168.3 %

Physics Score

1. 15 432
2. 15 636 + 1.3 %

Combined Score

1. 4 409
2. 9 648 + 118.8 %

Graphics Test 1

1. 54.20 fps
2. 143.33 fps + 164.5 %

Graphics Test 2

1. 43.40 fps
2. 117.82 fps + 171.5 %

Physics Test

1. 48.99 fps
2. 49.64 fps + 1.3 %

Combined Test

1. 20.51 fps
2. 44.88 fps + 118.8 %

Now we see some differences - unsurprisingly the 3930k 6 core CPU holds up really well still in the physics test, which I would expect. The overall CPU and GPU (and RAM etc) upgrade however has netted huge gains elsewhere. Really pleased with the results.

How this will translate into improved flight sim performance however is not as clear from these tests - I'd be surprised if I'm not going to be pleased with the results once I get around to installing a sim again. I'll report back once I have done this but it'll be a few months yet.

I'll also get around to boosting my GPU a bit but any gains now will be FPS chasing and minimal - the over clock of the 1080 Ti out of the box is already pretty incredible - it is a fantastic GPU.

Good to hear any thoughts or comments.

James

 

 

 

Nice overall results.  Hope you're happy with them!

 

On 4/12/2017 at 4:04 PM, TechguyMaxC said:

Nice overall results.  Hope you're happy with them!

A quick revisit as I'm finally all set up in Iceland after my move from Hong Kong. What changes there have been in that time! My system is absolutely loving P3D v4. Despite all these massive CPUs from AMD and Intel, single core performance seems to still be the most important thing with P3D and I'm having terrific results at 5.1Ghz with my 1080Ti. So nice to be flying again, not tweaking or worrying about OOMs. That's Max in particular previously for all the great advice, it was spot on!

Nice rig and thanks for the direct numbers compare!