The Skylake Core i3 (51W) CPU Review: i3-6320, i3-6300 and i3-6100 Tested
by Ian Cutress on August 8, 2016 9:00 AM ESTTotal War: Attila
The Total War franchise moves on to Attila, another The Creative Assembly development, and is a stand-alone strategy title set in 395AD where the main story line lets the gamer take control of the leader of the Huns in order to conquer parts of the world. Graphically the game can render hundreds/thousands of units on screen at once, all with their individual actions and can put some of the big cards to task. In our benchmark, the in-game scripted benchmark is used with the option for ‘unlimited video memory’ enabled.
For this test we used the following settings with our graphics cards:
| Total War: Attila Settings | |||
| Resolution | Quality | ||
| Low GPU | Integrated Graphics | 1280x720 | Performance |
| ASUS R7 240 1GB DDR3 | |||
| Medium GPU | MSI GTX 770 Lightning 2GB | 1920x1080 | Quality |
| MSI R9 285 Gaming 2G | |||
| High GPU | ASUS GTX 980 Strix 4GB | 1920x1080 | Quality |
| MSI R9 290X Gaming 4G | |||
For the integrated graphics, despite the difference between the APUs and Core parts, we can see the effect of 10% GPU frequency and a smaller L3 cache has on the i3-6100 (which has 3MB). The i3-6100TE is an oddball of the group, by actually having 4MB of L3 cache, which nudges it ahead of the regular i3-6100 by a small amout. Either way, the Intel GPUs aren't great for Attila gaming at 720p Low.
With the discrete graphics cards, the Core i3s again sit at the top or near the top in a regular staircase. Attila still seems to be a bit of a hog for frame rates at 1080p Ultra, barely scraping 30 FPS average on the GTX 980 with the Core i3 parts.
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fanofanand - Monday, August 8, 2016 - link
LOL nice. I believe Cellar Door was stating that bug77's comments were poorly educated. :PStas - Sunday, August 14, 2016 - link
Maybe he's just giving us some examples?bug77 - Tuesday, August 9, 2016 - link
Based on two assumptions (and nothing more), you know for certain my comment is poorly educated. Nice.Dritman - Thursday, August 18, 2016 - link
Explain to me then, the benefit of having a faster system if the speed boost is imperceptible to the user. You also have no insight into how the original commenter is using their system. Grow up.Voldenuit - Tuesday, August 9, 2016 - link
>Neah, I went i5-2500k -> i5-6600k and there's no noticeable difference.In gaming or general applications? If gaming, are you on a 60 Hz display? That could be the biggest bottleneck right there, assuming you have a modern GPU to go with that 6600K.
VeauX - Monday, August 8, 2016 - link
I have no compelling reason to retire my 2500K still. Running at 4.5GHz 24/7 for years, it is still able to swallow everything I throw at it without issues. The only thing would be the feature set of the new Chipsets (M2 etc...) but .... meh...kmmatney - Tuesday, August 9, 2016 - link
Last Xmas I bought my son a 2600K + motherboard for less than ~$200 on Ebay. It may be old, but still runs everything without a hitch, and having 8 threads is great when needed. Intel is competeing against itself, including what you can get used nowadays.eaglehide - Monday, August 8, 2016 - link
The graphs are not clickable on the GTA V page.sheh - Monday, August 8, 2016 - link
ECC only in low-end CPUs?!owan - Monday, August 8, 2016 - link
ECC is a Xeon feature once you moving up Intel's food chain. If you need 4+ cores and ECC, you need to get a Xeon