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i5-6400 vs. i5-6400@4.5 w/ GTX 1060 6Gb @ 2Ghz
> The CPU bottleneck in BF1 is tremendous, with a stock i5 Skylake severely bottlenecking the GTX1060.
0:21 min = 48-51 fps vs. 78-81 fps
0:32 min = 49 fps vs. 77 fps
0:51-0:53 min = 46-48 fps vs. 68-69 fps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdV7zhDfA4Y
i5-6400 (3.1) vs i5-6400@4,5 in all new games 2016 (GTX 1060 @ 2Ghz)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOl21O_8_RI
For anyone who doesn't have the funds for a K series i5, you should look into purchasing an ASRock Z170 series board and the cheapest i5-6400 and overclocking it via BLCK to 4.4-4.6Ghz.
The era when an i5 was sufficient for gaming is long past. In today's modern games, the i5 must be overclocked to extract most of the performance out of modern GPUs. Considering Skylake is a rather modern CPU series/architecture, and it can be reasonably assumed that most i5-6400/6500/6600/6600K users will keep their CPU for 3-4 years, as GPUs get even more advanced and next gen games get even more demanding, the CPU bottleneck may become even more severe.
> The CPU bottleneck in BF1 is tremendous, with a stock i5 Skylake severely bottlenecking the GTX1060.
0:21 min = 48-51 fps vs. 78-81 fps
0:32 min = 49 fps vs. 77 fps
0:51-0:53 min = 46-48 fps vs. 68-69 fps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdV7zhDfA4Y
i5-6400 (3.1) vs i5-6400@4,5 in all new games 2016 (GTX 1060 @ 2Ghz)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOl21O_8_RI
For anyone who doesn't have the funds for a K series i5, you should look into purchasing an ASRock Z170 series board and the cheapest i5-6400 and overclocking it via BLCK to 4.4-4.6Ghz.
The era when an i5 was sufficient for gaming is long past. In today's modern games, the i5 must be overclocked to extract most of the performance out of modern GPUs. Considering Skylake is a rather modern CPU series/architecture, and it can be reasonably assumed that most i5-6400/6500/6600/6600K users will keep their CPU for 3-4 years, as GPUs get even more advanced and next gen games get even more demanding, the CPU bottleneck may become even more severe.
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