VinnieTHack,
Yes, Premiere does benefit from a strong CPU single-thread performance, but is not internally a thread distributed application and almost all the processing is GPU-based. There was a sort of multi-thread selection feature in v 2014 but that was a limited number of processes and that was deleted in v 2015. The Puget Systems article shows the peak efficiency running on 4-5 cores and actually going negative on dual CPU's.
The i7-2600K is an outstanding CPU for that generation. On Passmark Performance Test baselines, the average CPU Mark is
8481 with a Single Thread Mark of
1942. If you were so-inclined, the i7-2700K has a CPU Mark of 8780 and a Single Thread Mark of
2010. But, putting these ratings into perspective, the Xeon E5-2687w v3 ($2,200 each) used in the Puget Systems article has a CPU Mark of
17795 but single threaded is
1940- really the same as the i7-2600K. As the additional cores don't help the processing, really nothing above a 6-core is going to improve the speed.
To upgrade your system, because the of number and size of swaps between CPU, GPU, RAM, and Disk that are occurring with such large files sizes- and much larger with 4K, my suggestion is to increase the RAM to 32GB, adding RAM matching the existing, and add a fast SSD, specifically a Samsung 850 Evo 500GB.
For the important GPU, the amount of video memory is very important in video editing.
In Passmark baselines, the top G3D rating for an i7-2600K is
14217 from a GTX 1080. No. 2 is GTX 1070 at 13440, 3= GTX 1070. In fact, all of the top 100 i7-2600K systems (of 10,030 tested) are all GTX: 1080, 1070, Titan X (No. 8 13121), 980Ti, 970. The top Radeon is a "Pro Duo" is No 346 @
11110.
I suggest a pair of GTX 1060 6GB (about $240 to $500), which means two GPU's, 2.560 CUDA cores, and a total of 12GB of GDDR5. For comparison, the Radeon HD 5770 has a Passmark G3D rating of
1690 while a GTX 1060 6GB averages
8679. the top score for a Pair of GTX 1060's with an i7-2600K is
11017. There is a good argument for using a single GTX 1070 ($370 to $500) as those have 8GB memory and 2,560 CUDA cores, and a single unit will be efficient- average Passmark of
10958, similar to a pair of GTX 1060's but having -4GB memory. Many have commented on the difference in running on PCI 2.0 and 3.0 not to be noticeable nor apparently is running the card as PCIe x8 instead of x16.
As for GPU make and model, perhaps have a look at
this article that compares GTX 1060 specifications and features and
the corresponding one for the GTX 1070. From
GPU test reports based on FPS in games, for the GTX 1060, it appears the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Gaming X is the fastest- and it appears to have two nice, big fans and for video processing I'm a big fan of big fans. For GTX 1070, t
he Zotac GTX 0170 AMP! Extreme is given a high rating- and three fans. Still, for this important choice, it would be a good idea to look at
reviews centered on video editing.
Cheers,
BambiBoom
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HP z420 (2015) (Rev 3) > Xeon E5-1660 v2 (6-core @ 3.7 / 4.0GHz) / 32GB DDR3 -1866 ECC RAM / Quadro K4200 (4GB) / Samsung SM951 M.2 256GB AHCI + Intel 730 480GB (9SSDSC2BP480G4R5) + Western Digital Black WD1003FZEX 1TB> M-Audio 192 sound card > 600W PSU> > Windows 7 Professional 64-bit > Logitech z2300 2.1 speakers > 2X Dell Ultrasharp U2715H (2560 X 1440)
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[ Passmark System Rating= 5675 / CPU= 22625 / 2D= 815 / 3D = 3580 / Mem = 2522 / Disk = 12640 ] 9.25.16
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