Gtx 1080 ti & old i7 920 @ 3.6ghz bench

[Factum]

Holy necro Batman

Both people are right. As you can see in my sig, i have an i7 930 and just got a 1080 Ti becaues I can't afford to overhaul my system rn. But I can afford a 500 buck upgrade to be able to play in 4K. Even at 4K, games like Arkham Knight and Assasins Creed origins do push the CPU so I know there is a bottleneck.

For most of my other games though like Witcher 3, games run very smooth. GTA V actually runs well on it too. Don't think I'll even bother getting a 6 core XEON. Not sure if there are enough performance boots to merit it.

Overall heres to another 1 or 2 years of having my X58 since 2010. Lucky enough, my ASrock extreme 3 mobo has 2 USB 3.0 ports that work so i just use a hub for it and 2 SATA 6 ports that kinda work fast.

I stumbled on this thread becaues I was googling who else had an X58 paired up with the 1080 Ti. I will be upgrading from 6GB to 12GB though.

I upgraded a X58 system from an i7 920 (4C/8T) to a i7 990X (6C/12T) and it was a large performance boost, even at same clocks.

 

[TruthSeeker]

I upgraded a X58 system from an i7 920 (4C/8T) to a i7 990X (6C/12T) and it was a large performance boost, even at same clocks.

I still have a i7 920 running at 4.6Ghz from day one when I got it! It has 32Gb of OCZ Reaper RAM in it too.

I handed it down to my kids last Christmas when I bought a new rig with 1080ti and 9700K.

I should run this benchmark on both with the 1080ti and see how they stack against each other.

Has anyone already done that? I would love to see the results!

 

[T4rd]

I still have a i7 920 running at 4.6Ghz from day one when I got it! It has 32Gb of OCZ Reaper RAM in it too.

I handed it down to my kids last Christmas when I bought a new rig with 1080ti and 9700K.

I should run this benchmark on both with the 1080ti and see how they stack against each other.

Has anyone already done that? I would love to see the results!

I'm def interested. Still running my old 920 @ 3.9 GHz with 12GBs of RAM and a GTX 1060 6GB and it does fine. I haven't played PC games much in the past several years due going to school while working full time and keeping up with my family, and I've been stuck on mostly PS4 exclusives with the free time I do have, so I haven't cared enough to upgrade it. I just built my son a Ryzen 2600/RX570 8GB rig though and just in general usage, it's noticeably faster than my old rig and it seems just as fast or faster in most games despite the 1060 generally outperforming the 570 in most games I've seen on more current platforms. But I just played the RE2 remake on PC on both machines and that game definitely seems to favor AMD cards, as it ran considerably smoother/faster on his at the same resolution on both.

Having seen how fast his machine is, I'm interested in the upcoming Ryzen 3k series for my next upgrade, as they seem to have the best value point compared to Intel's offerings and it basically comes down to better single-thread performance on Intel or better multi-thread performance on Ryzen via brute force due to them having more cores than their direct competitors.

 

[Archaea]

I still have a i7 920 running at 4.6Ghz from day one when I got it! It has 32Gb of OCZ Reaper RAM in it too.

I handed it down to my kids last Christmas when I bought a new rig with 1080ti and 9700K.

I should run this benchmark on both with the 1080ti and see how they stack against each other.

Has anyone already done that? I would love to see the results!

Plenty of vids out on YouTube. If you are running at 4k or 3440x1440 where your GPU is the biggest bottleneck there might be 10-20% difference.

 

[edo101]

I upgraded a X58 system from an i7 920 (4C/8T) to a i7 990X (6C/12T) and it was a large performance boost, even at same clocks.

Define performance boost. Are we talking about benchmarks or actual gaming?

I could use some more CPU power for games like AC Orirgins that are using 80% of my CPU on average even at 4K

 

[edo101]

if you can upgrade to xeon ,the extra 2 cores will help you a lot in gaming,cost is less than 35 for a x5670 and for x5650-60 less than 20$ ,you will hit 4ghz easy.

Are you speaking from personal experience? I was hesistent to buy one. My AC Origins performance is begging me to however but I wasn't sure if there would be a boost giving it is the same architecture...just with more cores. Are modern games actually using more cores? I'm down for a cheap upgrade but I want it to actually be an upgrade and not just a benchmark upgrade

 

[Archaea]

DX12 games benefit from more cores clearly.

Here's some comparisons with a top player CPU vs. an old Xeon to see how they stack up from a reputable source.

 

[nofearek9]

Are you speaking from personal experience? I was hesistent to buy one. My AC Origins performance is begging me to however but I wasn't sure if there would be a boost giving it is the same architecture...just with more cores. Are modern games actually using more cores? I'm down for a cheap upgrade but I want it to actually be an upgrade and not just a benchmark upgrade

yes i upgraded from i7 950 ,now i have x5660 with 2070,today games need those 2 extra cores.
as wrote you here for gaming i would buy x5650 and another 6gb ram at least.

 

[Factum]

Define performance boost. Are we talking about benchmarks or actual gaming?

I could use some more CPU power for games like AC Orirgins that are using 80% of my CPU on average even at 4K

Actual gaming, I don't do benches.

 

[cybereality]

The images don't seem to work.

You should upload to the forum. All you need to do is drag and drop the image into the post box.

Hope that helps.

 

[deaedius]

Hey guys

Im new to this forum. I just wanted to share my own experience with a GTX 1080 TI in a X58 pc. Al throw i have a I7 980X @ 4.4 GHz (i had a I7 920 running 4.1 GHz before).

This is how it runs for every day use.

https://i.imgur.com/0nLMgfc.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Zrf7OEE.jpg

For those that maybe want a closer look at my rig. Ghetto mods used
https://imgur.com/a/NLahrg9

A few games.

Tom Raider
https://i.imgur.com/5z4Wz2p.jpg

Far Cry 5
https://i.imgur.com/N4fYMQs.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/zhgROXL.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/rFAOjPL.jpg

Benchmark
Cinibench R15 4.4 GHz and 4.75 GHz
https://i.imgur.com/rw8OpM6.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/uez6lAd.jpg

Cinebench R20
https://i.imgur.com/a3wg3Ad.jpg

Valley benchmark
https://i.imgur.com/mDSdQBS.jpg

3Dmark Firestrike
https://i.imgur.com/tuuuOVp.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/apkm4vp.jpg

3Dmark Time Spy
https://i.imgur.com/gQUbIeA.jpg

Steam VR benchmark
https://i.imgur.com/MVBoaD8.jpg

Basemark
https://i.imgur.com/TYgS0lV.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/HxbfkWx.jpg

WEI
https://i.imgur.com/1OQaDSQ.jpg

Performancetest 9
https://i.imgur.com/lHVmgNW.jpg

User benchmark
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/10037039

Overall I7 980X together with GTX 1080 TI has worked surprizingly good. With a high clock 6 core CPU its not so crazy to pair X58 with a GTX 1080 TI.

That is showing your system is very capable and the sheer HP of the 1080ti! For those who will say you system has a CPU bottleneck, yes it is but for the time being that would work for some time in the future until you are ready to upgrade.. Nicely done on that OC!

 

[Intelfreak10]

Hey guys

Im new to this forum. I just wanted to share my own experience with a GTX 1080 TI in a X58 pc. Al throw i have a I7 980X @ 4.4 GHz (i had a I7 920 running 4.1 GHz before).

Full system spec:
Core i7 980X @ 4.42 GHz
Noctua NH-D14 CPU cooler with 3 x noctua nf-f12 industrialppc-3000 pwm 120 MM fans.
ASUS P6X58D Premium Second gen X58 mobo means it has sata 3 and USB 3.0 onboard
12 GB DDR3 ram Corsair 1600 MHz triple channel (6 x 2 GB)
Samsung 950 PRO 256 GB M.2 NVMe SSD For OS
CRUCIAL MX300 2 TB SSD for games only
WD RED 4 TB HDD
WD AV-GP 2 TB HDD
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SC2 GAMING
Thermaltake ToughPower 1500 Watt PSU
Antec Twelve Hundred with all stock fans replaced with Corsair ML120/ML140 PREMIUM/PRO fans.
Windows 10 PRO 64 bit
NZXT SENTRY 3 + Aqua Computer Aquaero 6 XT fan controllers
Se my rig here. Ghetto mods used: https://imgur.com/a/NLahrg9

Maybe some wants to se NVMe SSD on X58 in action. Then take a look at the videos i uploaded. First video shows in bios and then boot and shut down. Seconds video shows a faster boot after i tweaked it a bit.






Game bench Far Cry 5 and Tom Raider


A few Benchmark


And Userbenchmark: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/10037039

 

[Intelfreak10]

The images don't seem to work.

You should upload to the forum. All you need to do is drag and drop the image into the post box.

Hope that helps.

It is fixed now. Had to delete the old post cause for some reason i cut not save. Said something about spam.

That is showing your system is very capable and the sheer HP of the 1080ti! For those who will say you system has a CPU bottleneck, yes it is but for the time being that would work for some time in the future until you are ready to upgrade.. Nicely done on that OC!

Yeah X58 is more capable than many think when it is configured right and thanks about OC. X58 is really fun to play with. The bottleneck is not as big as many want to think it is. That is not what i have been experience at least. It also depends on how demanding a game is. Games like metro exodus and good old Crysis 3 can max out the GPU al ready at 1080P while other games dosent push the GPU nearly as much at 1080P. It also have a lot to say how optimized a game is. Does it only run on 1 or 2 threads or can it take advantage of 8 threads or more. It really also comes down to how the game can use the CPU cores/threads and spread the load over the cores/threads.

 

[Hashiriya415]

Please benchmark some popular games and post utube. I'm excited to watch.

 

[Intelfreak10]

Please benchmark some popular games and post utube. I'm excited to watch.

If that message is to me. The answer is no. I really dont have time for benchmark in the coming future.