Best LGA 1150 CPU $200

Harjots7482 · Apr 14, 2016

Hi everyone!
I have a Gigabyte B85M-DS3H-A and am looking to buy a new CPU for 200 or less!

Right now I am looking at the i5 4590 or the Intel Xeon e3-1230v3! Right now I have the Pentium G3258 will I see a big performance increase?

I will be pairing the new CPU with my 7950!

If not those two CPUs what would you recommend?!

Thanks!

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Geekwad · Apr 14, 2016

If you're close to one of these:

http://www.microcenter.com/product/442355/Xeon_E3_1231V3_35GHz_LGA_1150_Boxed_Processor

http://www.microcenter.com/product/434177/Core_i5-4690K_35GHz_LGA_1150_Boxed_Processor

The Xeon would be my choice, even though you'd get a few more fps with the unlocked and overclocked i5.

The 8 threads would still be better over the longer period, or if streaming, recording, and multitasking while gaming.

Harjots7482 · Apr 14, 2016

Haha it's a few states away!

What about out of the two I have linked?

Thanks!

photonboy · Apr 14, 2016

Harjots7482 :

He linked the same CPU's as you.

I WANT to say the Xeon is the best choice, however the Passmark scores don't seem to agree with my expectations. They show the i5-4590 being almost 17% faster for single thread workload which is most scenarios.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E3-1220+v3+%40+3.10GHz
vs
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-4590+%40+3.30GHz

I can only assume this has something to do with the way the MULTIPLIERS work for the cores so it may be dropping more for the Xeon under load. Either that or Passmark is way off. It's my understanding that the core architecture is supposed to be the same. Is there some difference I'm not aware of aside from the missing iGPU, frequency and hyperthreading?

I had assume it would be about 5.7% in favor of the i5-4590 for single thread just going by the Max Turbo difference (3.7 vs 3.5).

There's also the Intel iGPU which is worth mentioning though you may not care. It's handy for troubleshooting, and may even be used in some future DX12 games. In general not used though.

Summary?
I'd say get the i5-4590 unless you can find confirmation that Passmark is wrong.

photonboy · Apr 14, 2016

*I was UPDATING so sorry about that.

My answer may have changed a lot as I found new evidence (Passmark) to suggest the i5-4590 was best.

Harjots7482 · Apr 15, 2016

I suppose then my next question would be is the upgrade worth it? Will I see performance increases? Thanks

Geekwad · Apr 15, 2016

photonboy :

I would throw out there that the passmark you linked was to the E3-1220 v3 @ 3.10GHz, but the one most available in the market is the E3-1231 v3 @ 3.40GHz (the one I linked, and closer to the 1230v3 the OP linked). Those passmark scores are different:

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E3-1230+v3+%40+3.30GHz

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E3-1231+v3+%40+3.40GHz

Which reflects the gaming benchmarks a bit differently (real world user experience), even put up against the unlocked i7:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usvHezHmCJ4

So I'd vote for the Xeon.

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