Upgrading from an Intel Core i7-2600K: Testing Sandy Bridge in 2019
by Ian Cutress on May 10, 2019 10:30 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- Intel
- Sandy Bridge
- Overclocking
- 7700K
- Coffee Lake
- i7-2600K
- 9700K
Gaming: World of Tanks enCore
Albeit different to most of the other commonly played MMO or massively multiplayer online games, World of Tanks is set in the mid-20th century and allows players to take control of a range of military based armored vehicles. World of Tanks (WoT) is developed and published by Wargaming who are based in Belarus, with the game’s soundtrack being primarily composed by Belarusian composer Sergey Khmelevsky. The game offers multiple entry points including a free-to-play element as well as allowing players to pay a fee to open up more features. One of the most interesting things about this tank based MMO is that it achieved eSports status when it debuted at the World Cyber Games back in 2012.
World of Tanks enCore is a demo application for a new and unreleased graphics engine penned by the Wargaming development team. Over time the new core engine will implemented into the full game upgrading the games visuals with key elements such as improved water, flora, shadows, lighting as well as other objects such as buildings. The World of Tanks enCore demo app not only offers up insight into the impending game engine changes, but allows users to check system performance to see if the new engine run optimally on their system.
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| Game | Genre | Release Date | API | IGP | Low | Med | High | |
| World of Tanks enCore | Driving / Action | Feb 2018 |
DX11 | 768p Minimum |
1080p Medium |
1080p Ultra |
4K Ultra |
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All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.
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As with a lot of the CPU benchmarks, the overclocked 2600K sits between the 2600K at stock and the 7700K, at least up to 1080p Ultra. At 4K Ultra, the OC and 7700K are essentially the same performance, but the 2600K at stock certainly has a lower 95th percentile result.
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djayjp - Friday, May 10, 2019 - link
Hey, I know! Let's benchmark a CPU at 4K+ using a mid-range GPU! Brilliant....Ian Cutress - Friday, May 10, 2019 - link
Guess what, there are gaming benchmarks at a wide range of resolutions!eva02langley - Friday, May 10, 2019 - link
I am not sure what is the goal of this? Is it for saying that Sandy Bridge is still relevant, Intel IPC is bad or games developers are lazy?One thing for sure, it is time to move on from GTA V. You cannot get anything from those numbers.
Times to have games that are from 2018 and 2019 only. You cannot just bench old games so your database can be built upon. It doesn't represent the consumer reality.
BushLin - Saturday, May 11, 2019 - link
Yeah, why benchmark a game where the results can be compared against all GPUs and CPUs from the last decade. </s>StevoLincolnite - Sunday, May 12, 2019 - link
GTA 5 is still demanding.Millions of gamers still play GTA 5.
It is one of the most popular games of all time.
Ergo... It is entirely relevant having GTA 5 benchies.
djayjp - Friday, May 10, 2019 - link
Then the GPU is still totally relevant.MDD1963 - Saturday, May 11, 2019 - link
Of course it is....; no one plays at 720P anymore....PeachNCream - Sunday, May 12, 2019 - link
I'd argue that hardly anyone ever played PC games at that resolution. 720p is 1280x720. Computer screens went from 4:3 resolutions to 16:10 and when that was the case, most commonly the lower resolution panels were 1280x800. When 16:9 ended up taking over, the most common lower resolution was 1366x768. Very few PC monitors were ever actually hit 720p. Even most of the low res cheap TVs out there were 1366 or 1360x768.Zoomer - Friday, June 14, 2019 - link
Doesn't matter, the performance will be similar.fep_coder - Friday, May 10, 2019 - link
My threshold for a CPU upgrade has always been 2x performance increase. It's sad that it took this many generations of CPUs to get near that point. Almost all of the systems in my upgrade chain (friends and family) are Sandy Bridge based. I guess that it's finally time to start spending money again.