A CPU summary finally??? CPU Holomark scores Now with GPUs
Rhino 6, all done on 64bit version.
Okay so it has been asked for a while, so I thought hey why not do it.
There is a lot of people than want to know what difference CPUs have over each other.
This is a list of CPU scores for Holomark 2.60 (incomplete) and 2.61.
What I would ask is for people to keep posting their Holomark scores in the thread below.
Shout out to @Holo for this.
[Edit] I figured people would be more interested in the GPUs rather than the individual timings for each CPU tests, so Iāve swapped these.
Also itās ordered by CPU score.
Q&A
Q - Identical CPUs have drastically different scores?
A - Different GPUs causing bottle necks, overclocked cores or something else, or first time run on a new machine; I canāt pinpoint each case.
Q - Identical systems improve scores on second test?
A - Is it the first time youāve run this test on your machine? Iāve also noticed some differences by running my systems though CPU+GPU stress tests then launching Holomark and getting similar results to having run Holomark twice. Warming up the system seems to help performance, donāt just take a score from a system youāve literally just turned on.
Q - My CPU has a high turbo/boost than another CPU, but scores lower?
A - Turbo clocking is not sustained, hence why overclocking is increasing the base clock of a CPU. Base clocks and cores are important here not turbo.
And here is V2.6 just for reference and so you can see that there isnāt much difference between AA levels.
I will try and update my tables as frequently as possible.
[Edit] Although people used to say Rhino was primarily single core utilization. Any CPU with good (not necessarily high) core count + high base clock speeds, which is fairly recent, will perform fine.
Just donāt skimp on your other components.
Does holomark recognize overclocking? Seems unlikely that none of these cpus are overclocked unless Iām misunderstanding what the āclock speedā vs āmax clockā fields mean?
@nscross
āClock speedā is base, though some maybe higher if people have overclocked their base.
As far as āMax clockā, I canāt be 100% sure, but I would assume that the CPU test does not run long enough for the boost clock to kick in.
If you consider there are 8 CPU tests, they are relatively short for each and there would be a small, almost unnoticeable pause between them for us. So even if the cores āturboā up, thereās no reason to keep a sustained boost from itās perspective between pauses.
(this is purely a guess on my part from what I know)
Probably a more important factor is that in the real world a CPU never consistently boosts for long periods of time, which is why you overclock your base to get it closer to the āturboā.
Iām going to be building my 1st. rig. Not sure exactly how to read this but it looks like the i7-8700K is the way to go. Right now I can get either the i7-8700k or the R7-3700x for $200. Which way should I go? I am in the AEC field.
I should first say that youāre right, this table should not be read peanuts for peanuts, as we only have very few results from a lot of the same model CPUs and it would be nice to have a 3700x on the table.
Whether itās true or not, the GPUs seem to be having an effect on CPU scores, as well as re-runs yielding different results.
Also a 3700x for $200 damn thatās good.
Iām not a fan boy of either red or blue, but AMD in 2019 definitely is a strong contender.
Iām going to guess that you work with large files both in storage and number of parts, with high tolerances.
If weāre just talking about CPUs I personally would have 3700x.
You might expect the 3700x to perform similar to the 9900k, but I can in no way say this.
What I will say is that I prefer the 3700x for itās AM4 socket, which has more CPU upgrade options; as well as the higher RAM speed support.
That being said I donāt know anything about the rest of your workflow or software. Iām taking a stab in the dark and guessing you wonāt run long important/final simulations on this machine, given the CPUs; in which case you wonāt need ECC memory. Neither of these support ECC, I just wanted to check.
Important
Donāt neglect the rest of youāre build, I donāt know exactly what you work with, so Iām going of the information I have. However RAM and GPU are still important, your PC is only as good as itās weakest part.
Sorry for the long reply, I never like just saying X is better than Y without explaining and I wouldnāt take anyoneās advice if they didnāt justify it.
This is really great info. Thanks for the quick response. I use rhino, sketch up, adobe suite (photoshop, inDesign), AutoCad, ArcGIS (large data sets apply here), and would use any other design software necessary for a project in reality, but those are what I use most. While single core performance has been the most important, it seems the new version of Rhino and Photoshop are starting to utilize up to 8 cores (no more than that). Considering the Nvidia RTX 3080 is right around the corner and boasts significant improvements in rasterization I will opt for a 2060 super or possibly 2070 regular as Nvidia is going to reintroduce the 2070 regular into the market and adjust pricing. That should last me through the intro of the next gen cards and Iāll buy when prices settle.
The benchmarks on the Ryzen 3950x seem to be more positive than expected. Especially since the 3950x is ābinnedā and thermals are performing better than expected I will stick with the AM4 socket and go with the 3700x immediately. Iāll look to a 3950x upgrade in the future.
For the rest of the build Iām going with 32gb of Ram and making sure the air flow is good. Thanks again for the info.
