Core i7-5930K vs. Core i7-5820K - Content Creation performance analysis
Category : Content Creation
Published by Hiwa Pouri on 07.01.15
There is a variety of customer groups, which demand as much power as possible from their computers in order to accelerate processes in order to become more efficient and in the end increase revenue or add additional value to their projects. Especially in the field of content creation, which includes editing pictures and videos or even rendering a complex scenery with beautiful effects, will benefit largely from fast processors as well as a powerful underlying system architecture. With this series of articles we're going to compare two processors with every single article. The CPUs tested are being run at stock clocks as well as overclocked and apart from that we will also vary the memory frequency. It is our goal to show in depth which CPU is how much faster or slower than another one.


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Motherboard
  • ASUS Maximus VII Hero (BIOS 0224)
CPU
  • Intel Core i7-5930K @ Default
  • Intel Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz
  • Intel Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000
  • Intel Core i7-5820K @ Default
  • Intel Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz
  • Intel Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000
Memory
  • G.Skill Ripjaws F4-3000C15Q Quad Channel 4x4GB
Graphics Cards
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 980
Drivers
  • Windows 8.1 x64 (up to date)
  • NVIDIA ForceWare 344.75
Games and OS
  • Windows 8.1 x64
  • All games were up to date on the
System Drive
PSU
  • Seasonic Platinum SS-1000XP / 1000 Watts


Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - WinRAR
Page 2 - Sysmark Page 9 - Frybench
Page 3 - 3DMark Page 10 - HWBot Prime
Page 4 - XTU Page 11 - UCBench
Page 5 - Cinebench Page 12 - Performance Rating
Page 6 - SiSoft Sandra Page 13 - Power Consumption
Page 7 - Blackhole Page 14 - Conclusion
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Sysmark

Overall

  Points %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 1'715 103.69 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 1'978 119.59 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 2'020 122.13 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 1'654 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 1'971 119.17 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 2'013 121.70 %

Office Productivity

  Points %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 1'473 103.88 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 1'685 118.83 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 1'716 121.02 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 1'418 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 1'683 118.69 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 1'704 120.17 %

Media Creation

  Points %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 2'305 111.95 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 2'603 126.42 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 2'661 129.24 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 2'059 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 2'579 125.25 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 2'653 128.85 %

Data

  Points %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 1'602 100.95 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 1'768 111.41 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 1'812 114.18 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 1'587 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 1'764 111.15 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 1'806 113.80 %


Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - WinRAR
Page 2 - Sysmark Page 9 - Frybench
Page 3 - 3DMark Page 10 - HWBot Prime
Page 4 - XTU Page 11 - UCBench
Page 5 - Cinebench Page 12 - Performance Rating
Page 6 - SiSoft Sandra Page 13 - Power Consumption
Page 7 - Blackhole Page 14 - Conclusion
[pagebreak]

3DMark

Fire Strike Physix

  Points %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 14'641 101.38 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 16'789 116.26 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 16'944 117.33 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 14'441 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 16'726 115.82 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 16'928 117.22 %

3DMark 11 Physix

  Points %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 12'096 101.77 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 13'078 110.03 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 13'717 115.40 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 11'886 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 12'984 109.24 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 13'300 111.90 %

3DMark Vantage Physix

  Points %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 41'187 101.80 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 46'400 114.69 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 46'688 115.40 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 40'457 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 46.322 114.50 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 46'400 114.69 %


Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - WinRAR
Page 2 - Sysmark Page 9 - Frybench
Page 3 - 3DMark Page 10 - HWBot Prime
Page 4 - XTU Page 11 - UCBench
Page 5 - Cinebench Page 12 - Performance Rating
Page 6 - SiSoft Sandra Page 13 - Power Consumption
Page 7 - Blackhole Page 14 - Conclusion
[pagebreak]

XTU (Intel Extreme Tuning Utility)

  Points %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 1'490 100.68 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 1'656 111.89 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 1'662 112.30 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 1'480 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 1'652 111.62 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 1'660 112.16 %


Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - WinRAR
Page 2 - Sysmark Page 9 - Frybench
Page 3 - 3DMark Page 10 - HWBot Prime
Page 4 - XTU Page 11 - UCBench
Page 5 - Cinebench Page 12 - Performance Rating
Page 6 - SiSoft Sandra Page 13 - Power Consumption
Page 7 - Blackhole Page 14 - Conclusion
[pagebreak]

Cinebench R15

  Points %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 1'223 114.41 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 1'228 114.87 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 1'231 115.15 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 1'069 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 1'220 114.13 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 1'224 114.50 %


Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - WinRAR
Page 2 - Sysmark Page 9 - Frybench
Page 3 - 3DMark Page 10 - HWBot Prime
Page 4 - XTU Page 11 - UCBench
Page 5 - Cinebench Page 12 - Performance Rating
Page 6 - SiSoft Sandra Page 13 - Power Consumption
Page 7 - Blackhole Page 14 - Conclusion
[pagebreak]

SiSoft Sandra

Arithmetik Dhrystone

  GIPS %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 240.00 101.85 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 274.66 116.55 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 276.13 117.18 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 235.65 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 274.00 116.27 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 275.48 116.90 %

Arithmetik Whetstone

  GFLOPS %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 146.35 102.44 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 167.00 116.90 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 173.63 121.54 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 142.86 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 166.38 116.46 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 172.40 120.68 %

Multimedia Integer

  MPixels/sec %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 380.11 100.15 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 423.51 111.58 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 425.97 112.23 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 379.55 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 421.54 111.06 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 425.68 112.15 %

Multimedia Floating Point

  MPixels/sec %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 357.21 100.34 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 394.68 110.87 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 404.22 113.54 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 356.00 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 394.00 110.67%
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 403.73 113.41 %

Cryptography AES

  GB/sec %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 20.45 100.79 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 28.00 138.00 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 28.20 138.98 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 20.29 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 28.00 138.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 28.10 138.49 %

Cryptography SHA

  GB/sec %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 7.95 111.03 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 8.33 116.34 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 8.98 125.42 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 7.16 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 8.27 115.50 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 8.94 124.86 %


Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - WinRAR
Page 2 - Sysmark Page 9 - Frybench
Page 3 - 3DMark Page 10 - HWBot Prime
Page 4 - XTU Page 11 - UCBench
Page 5 - Cinebench Page 12 - Performance Rating
Page 6 - SiSoft Sandra Page 13 - Power Consumption
Page 7 - Blackhole Page 14 - Conclusion
[pagebreak]

Blackhole Benchmark Multithreaded

Single Thread

  Points %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 2'904 101.97 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 3'300 115.87 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 3'394 119.17 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 2'848 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 3'296 115.73 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 3'376 118.54 %

4 Threads

  Points %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 3'784 102.49 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 4'203 113.84 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 4'230 114.57 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 3'692 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 4'200 113.76 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 4'228 114.52 %

Multithreaded

  Points %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 10'992 103.85 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 12'438 117.52 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 12'514 118.24 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 10'584 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 12'432 117.46 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 12'484 117.95 %

Overall

  Points %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 17'680 103.25 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 19'960 116.56 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 20'154 117.69 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 17'124 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 19'928 116.37 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 20'048 117.08 %


Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - WinRAR
Page 2 - Sysmark Page 9 - Frybench
Page 3 - 3DMark Page 10 - HWBot Prime
Page 4 - XTU Page 11 - UCBench
Page 5 - Cinebench Page 12 - Performance Rating
Page 6 - SiSoft Sandra Page 13 - Power Consumption
Page 7 - Blackhole Page 14 - Conclusion
[pagebreak]

WinRAR

  KB/s %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 14.740 101.22 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 15.494 106.39 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 16.699 114.67 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 14'563 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 15.328 105.25 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 16.677 114.52 %


Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - WinRAR
Page 2 - Sysmark Page 9 - Frybench
Page 3 - 3DMark Page 10 - HWBot Prime
Page 4 - XTU Page 11 - UCBench
Page 5 - Cinebench Page 12 - Performance Rating
Page 6 - SiSoft Sandra Page 13 - Power Consumption
Page 7 - Blackhole Page 14 - Conclusion
[pagebreak]

Frybench

  Points %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 198 101.52 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 174 115.52 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 170 118.24 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 201 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 176 114.20 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 172 116.86 %


Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - WinRAR
Page 2 - Sysmark Page 9 - Frybench
Page 3 - 3DMark Page 10 - HWBot Prime
Page 4 - XTU Page 11 - UCBench
Page 5 - Cinebench Page 12 - Performance Rating
Page 6 - SiSoft Sandra Page 13 - Power Consumption
Page 7 - Blackhole Page 14 - Conclusion
[pagebreak]

HWBot Prime

  Points %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 6'622 110.19 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 7'046 117.25 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 7'048 117.28 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 6'010 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 6'484 107.89 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 6'490 107.99 %

Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - WinRAR
Page 2 - Sysmark Page 9 - Frybench
Page 3 - 3DMark Page 10 - HWBot Prime
Page 4 - XTU Page 11 - UCBench
Page 5 - Cinebench Page 12 - Performance Rating
Page 6 - SiSoft Sandra Page 13 - Power Consumption
Page 7 - Blackhole   Page 14 - Conclusion %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 1'414 102.54 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 1'613 116.97 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 1'620 117.48 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 1'379 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 1'612 116.90 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 1'618 117.33 %


Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - WinRAR
Page 2 - Sysmark Page 9 - Frybench
Page 3 - 3DMark Page 10 - HWBot Prime
Page 4 - XTU Page 11 - UCBench
Page 5 - Cinebench Page 12 - Performance Rating
Page 6 - SiSoft Sandra Page 13 - Power Consumption
Page 7 - Blackhole Page 14 - Conclusion
[pagebreak]

Performance Rating

  %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 103.66 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 116.27 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 118.63 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 115.44 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 117.66 %


Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - WinRAR
Page 2 - Sysmark Page 9 - Frybench
Page 3 - 3DMark Page 10 - HWBot Prime
Page 4 - XTU Page 11 - UCBench
Page 5 - Cinebench Page 12 - Performance Rating
Page 6 - SiSoft Sandra Page 13 - Power Consumption
Page 7 - Blackhole Page 14 - Conclusion
[pagebreak]

Power Consumption

Idle

  Watt %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 68 117.24 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 109 187.93 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 122 210.34 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 58 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 99 172.73 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 108 196.36 %

Load

  Watt %
Core i7-5930K @ Default 188 103.87 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2GHz 234 129.28 %
Core i7-5930K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 250 138.12 %
Core i7-5820K @ Default 181 100.00 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2GHz 218 120.44 %
Core i7-5820K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000 231 127.62 %


Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - WinRAR
Page 2 - Sysmark Page 9 - Frybench
Page 3 - 3DMark Page 10 - HWBot Prime
Page 4 - XTU Page 11 - UCBench
Page 5 - Cinebench Page 12 - Performance Rating
Page 6 - SiSoft Sandra Page 13 - Power Consumption
Page 7 - Blackhole Page 14 - Conclusion
[pagebreak]

Conclusion

Default

First of all we’re going to have a closer look at performance differences with standard clock speeds. From our overall performance rating we see that the Core i7-5930K is on average 3.66 % quicker than the Core i7-5820K. Both processors come with six cores and twelve threads, the difference between the two processors are the default base frequency where the 5930K is 200MHz faster than the 5820K which is 3.3 GHz without Turbo Frequency, other than that difference between two six core processors is number of PCI Express Lanes the rest of the specification are exactly same.
If we start searching for the benchmarks with best possible scaling on the i7-5930K, then we find that Cinebench 15 runs 14% faster on this CPU, Sysmark Media Creation is about 12% quicker, SiSoft Sandra Cryptography gains an additional 11% and HWPrime gets boosted by 10%. All other benchmarks benefit by between 0.5% and 3.5%.
We also had a closer look at power consumption and in idle we notice that our test setup with Core i7-5930K was burning 6.90% more power than the same system equipped with Core i7-5820K. In case of load power consumption the difference was 3.87%.

4.2 GHz

Overclocking both processors to 4.2GHz basically shows less than 1% gain between the two CPUs as they are both six-core processors and the difference in number of PCI Express Lanes doesn't make any performance gain.
A closer look at power consumption reveals that overclocking these CPUs make for quite a difference. With the Core i7-5930K we see system power consumption rise by no less than 24.47% under load, when comparing with the default power consumption values. In the case of the Core i7-5820K system power consumption goes up by 20.44%, when the CPU is under full load. In idle the differences are 60.29% (5930K) and 72.73% (5820K). This clearly shows that from an efficiency point of view, overclocking these processors is not attractive.

4.2 GHz DDR4-3000

Having arrived at this point we’re not going to go through every single benchmark anymore since the overall results are still very similar. What’s much more interesting now is checking what performance differences there are when running DDR4 memory at 2133MHz and 3000MHz with both processors.
Overclocking the system with the Core i7-5930K inside we notice that the performance goes up by 2.03%. In the case of the Core i7-5820K the difference is 2.22% on average. If we go and look out for the benchmarks and programs that benefit the most from increased memory clocks, then we see that 3Dmark 11 Physix performs 7.74% quicker with the memory at 3000MHz and in combination with the Core i7-5930K. In the case of the i7-5820K the same benchmark benefits by 2.43%. WinRAR appears to be scaling excellently on both CPUs whereas the i7-5930K benefits by 7.78% and the i7-5820K by 8.78%. Also the results gathered with SiSoft Sandra Cryptography show 7.80% scaling on the i7-5930K and 8.10% on the i7-5820K. Apart from the applications that show scaling there is also Sysmark, which on average benefits by between two and three percent from the increased memory clocks on both processors.
Looking at idle power consumption, the system with Intel Core i7-5930K turns 11.93% more energy into heat, whereas with the i7-5820K consumption goes up by 9.09%. Under full load the differences are 5.96% in the case of the i7-5820K and 6.84% for the i7-5930K.

Recommendation

The performance differences between the two CPUs we've had a closer look at here are minimal. The reason for that is very simple, since the Core i7-5930K clocks only a little bit higher. If you're thinking about buying a Core i7-5930K over an i7-5820K we would recommend you to do so if you're going to assemble a system which benefits from the full 40 PCIe Lanes. Otherwise spending an additional 182 Euro is simply not worth the 3.66% more performance you get.

Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - WinRAR
Page 2 - Sysmark Page 9 - Frybench
Page 3 - 3DMark Page 10 - HWBot Prime
Page 4 - XTU Page 11 - UCBench
Page 5 - Cinebench Page 12 - Performance Rating
Page 6 - SiSoft Sandra Page 13 - Power Consumption
Page 7 - Blackhole Page 14 - Conclusion