CPU Benchmarks – Ashes of the Singularity, Cinebench, Handbrake, WPrime and WinRAR
Ashes of the Singularity
Ashes of the Singularity’s dedicated CPU benchmark is an excellent indicator of multi-threaded performance because it can proficiently take advantage of those extra cores. As a result, the Intel i5-7500’s 4-core arrangement struggles and falls by the i7-4770K. Of course, the stock i5-7600K fares better because of the higher frequency.
Cinebench R15
As expected, the i5-7500 cannot compete with higher-end options. Saying that, the Cinebench R15 scores are decent for one of Intel’s cheaper LGA1151 chips.
Handbrake
The CPU’s lower frequency and 4-core setup prove to be quite limiting when converting a 4K MP4 video file. On a more positive note, the conversion times are bound to be faster than the previous offering due to the higher turbo speed, but it’s nothing to write home about.
WPrime
In WPrime, the CPU completes the Pi calculation in an acceptable time but it’s clearly not designed for such a demanding task which loves to use more than 4 threads. Furthermore, the deficit to the i5-7600K may be enough to make some users consider the overclocking CPU as a more worthwhile investment.
WinRAR
The i5-7500 is able to contend with WinRAR compression pretty well and offer similar performance to the i5-7600K.
Disappointing to say the least, hopefully Zen would press Intel to be more aggressive next time.
Instead of a fatter GPU, I wish they added an extra CPU core or two.
no comparison between the iGPU in the AMD APUs?
Hm, why no i5-6500 in the charts? Currently I’m planning an upgrade for Q1 next year and I’m not yet sure which direction to look – 6500, 7500 (most probably, not worth the combined price mobo+CPU) or maybe even switch sides and go for AMD for the first time in my life (although not sure what will be the final price of a Ryzen counterpart to 7500).
Too bad I can’t see the comparison to 6500 and 45xx series
My ASUS TUF Mark 1 auto-tuned my i5-7500 BCLK to 102.5 Mhz. I pushed it fine to 102.9 Mhz. Doesn’t post at 103.0 Mhz. The BIOS values for me DO carry over to Windows. CPU-Z and Speccy show the BCLK hitting 103.0 Mhz still.
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