Windows 11 24H2, game selection and standard applications
In general, brand new Windows 11 installations with 24H2 and the respective drivers required for the platform were used for all three systems. The number of games in itself says nothing about the relevance and general validity, especially as every user sets their own personal premises very differently anyway. Therefore, a benchmark selection can only be a guideline, but not an absolute judgment. Even after 20 or 30 games, it would be difficult to make that judgment, because something always doesn’t fit or, conversely, fits far too well. That’s why I’ve selected eight games today that were either tailored to AMD or Intel or neither of them in particular and that are also at least partially a little older and have therefore been completely patched. In addition, Counter Strike 2 was added as an FPS by popular request.
The mix thus contains an equal number of games that scale quite well with the CPUs even up to WQHD on the one hand, and on the other, games that are already partially limited by the GPU from Full HD onwards and that actually always run in GPU Bound in WQHD. Nevertheless, these constellations are also highly interesting if certain CPUs deviate from this norm and can still achieve slight advantages against the trend. However, I have deliberately avoided Ultra HD this time because the boundaries are already too blurred. It is not the absolute percentages between the CPU results that are decisive, but the general trend that can be determined across all or most games. If you also use the exact metrics (10 per game and resolution!) and look at the power consumption, including efficiency, then you can quickly make your own decision on what to buy or not.
Test field and test setup
As always, I test ALL processors with the appropriate or specified default options of the motherboard manufacturers, as communicated by the two chip manufacturers. For Intel and Raptor Lake S (Refresh) as well as Arrow Lake S, these are exactly the profiles that Intel has finally published and that MSI as a board partner has also implemented in this form. In addition, there are all firmware updates from both chip manufacturers available to date. AMD can look forward to Precision Boost Overdrive (Auto), which has already been preset by default. The normal user won’t be manually capping the power consumption to the respective TDP class anyway. I also refer to a counter-test that I once carried out on AMD’s PBO, which shows that the power consumption does not increase disproportionately in games, but the performance does.
Test setup in practice
For gaming and the application and workstation tests, I’m once again relying on a GeForce RTX 4090. The test system for the applications is the same as for the gaming test, although I’ve rechromed everything with and since the launch of the Ryzen 7000 series. There is also the realization that DDR5 memory modules are slowly establishing themselves in workstations, but there is still a long way to go. The MSI MAG X870E Carbon WiFi for the Ryzen CPUs is completed with an MSI MEG Z790 Godlike for the Raptor Lake CPUs and an MSI MEG Z890 Ace for the new LGA 1851 socket. The measurements are carried out here in a fully air-conditioned laboratory at 21 °C.
The audio measurements are taken outside in my chamber (room within a room). But all in good time, because today is all about gaming (for now) and later the workstation in the follow-up.
I have also summarized the individual components of the test system in a table:
| Test System and Equipment |
|
|---|---|
| Hardware: |
AMD AM5 Intel LGA 1700 Intel LGA 1851 GeForce RTX 4090 2x 2 TB MSI Spatium M480 Pro, 1x M580 4TB |
| Cooling: |
MSI MAG CoreLiquid 360 (Intel), Semi-Custom Water Cooler Alphacool Eiswolf Extreme (AMD) DOWSIL TC-5888 |
| Case: |
2x Bykski Open Frame Benchtable, 1x Raijintek Paean |
| Monitor: | LG OLED55 G19LA |
| Power Consumption: |
MCU-based shunt measuring (own build, Powenetics software) Up to 10 channels (max. 100 values per second) Special riser card with shunts for the PCIe x16 Slot (PEG) NVIDIA PCAT and FrameView |
| Microscope / Laser: |
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) Keyence VHX-7000 and AE-300 |
| Thermal Imager: |
1x Optris PI640 2x Xi400 Thermal Imagers Pix Connect Software Type K Class 1 thermal sensors (up to 4 channels) |
| Acoustics: |
NTI Audio M2211 (with calibration file) Steinberg UR12 (with phantom power for the microphones) Creative X7, Smaart v.7 Own anechoic chamber, 3.5 x 1.8 x 2.2 m (LxDxH) Axial measurements, perpendicular to the center of the sound source(s), measuring distance 50 cm Noise emission in dBA (slow) as RTA measurement Frequency spectrum as graphic |
| OS/UEFI: | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (all updates/patches, current certified drivers), “Best performance” |
- 1 - Introduction and technical data
- 2 - Heatspreader details and thermal paste
- 3 - Test setup and methods
- 4 - Fast overclocking and undervolting
- 5 - Gaming Performance HD Ready (1280 x 720 Pixels)
- 6 - Gaming Performance Full HD (1920 x 1080 Pixels)
- 7 - Gaming Performance WQHD (2560 x 1440 Pixels)
- 8 - Power consumption and efficiency
- 9 - Temperatures, summary and conclusion
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