It's funny that nobody here is smart enough to realise that the linked benchmark shows a 6700k which is overclocked to 5GHz or higher.
See the best result of the 6700 at 3.4GHz which is basically the exact same CPU except at a lower clock rate.
http://www.ashesofthesingularity.co...-details/e440453e-8f8d-4fca-a73f-2de853e6fd2e
compared to the heavily overclocked 6700k the OP posted
- Core i7-6700K 4C/8T - 4.0 GHz (2015 Skylake)
Average: 107.3 FPS
Normal batch: 125.7 FPS
Medium batch: 113.8 FPS
Heavy batch: 89.2 FPS
http://www.ashesofthesingularity.co...-details/6096dd00-7e11-4368-b588-97413922f5c7
Let's compare the average 68.4 FPS and 107.3 FPS. 107.3/68.4*100= 156%
So that means the overclocked 6700k is 56% faster than the stock 6700.
That's a massive difference. Far bigger than a simple overclock to 4GHz would suggest.
If we multiplicate the stock clock rate of the 6700 at 3.4GHz with 156% the result would be 3.4GHZ*156/100=5.3GHz.
and 5.3GHz can actually be easily achieved with the 6700k.
It's also interesting to note that the game's FPS don't scale with more cores very well. See the result of this 16 core Xeon so this is most likely just a comparison of the single core performance which again mostly depends on the clock speed.
http://www.ashesofthesingularity.co...-details/f37e31c4-299d-44d4-b5d2-40462a551e54