i7 6700 + RTX 2060 6GB - Test In 16 Games

[@dekion261]

I have the same specs almost, except my cpu is a 6700k and I have 32gbs of 4x 8gb low lat ripjaws @ 3600mhz. not much it won't run. in fact so far, I haven't thrown anything at it it won't handle. it is still a beast of a system for as old as it is, but then I never go above 2k as my monitor is 2k. I've been wanting to upgrade by building a new system, but I just don't have any practical need right now. the system does what I need it to do.

[@slaydog5102]

I bought this cpu for my little cuz 1660ti it runs anything he plays

[@bawb244]

I see that the 6700k can overclock but does that mean it can utilize ram over 1833mhz?

[@dekion261]

@bawb244 depends on your motherboard and the ram. if you have both that support XMP.. then yes. if not, you will be running slower, if at all. My ram is set in XMP as 3600mhz 4x8gb ddr4 ripjaws. low lat. my board is failing, I think, but it still supports xmp. However, DDR4 at that generation of i core chips should be running at the lowest 2133mhz natively. at least my acer predator in the corner with a locked bios and i5-6400 won't go higher than 2133 unless i get ram from crucial the board will accept as 2400 which is the highest the board will accept. processor might not. IF you are running a 6700k, then you should be on a board that allows XMP. *I meant by should be on a board that accepts XMP, that you need to use a 6700k on such a board to get everything out of it. *

[@aidenpearce5549]

thanks man ı was afraid of huge bottleneck

[@ClassyHere]

Hey, thanks for the video ! Is it normal that the GPU is very often used at 90% of its capacity or more ? Does it mean this computer would have better performances with a better GPU, without the need to change the other specs ? Thank you

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

It's normal not for any computer in any game to be using any component at any percentage. It will always depend on everything. You're asking a really big question. It will always depend.

[@xaviergl]

Hi there, yes it's normal for your GPU/CPU to reach up to 100% capacity especially when gaming or video editing. If it's often at very high usage % it simply means you're nearly maxing out your components, as long as you have proper cooling everything will be fine. If it's at 100% tho it means the system/game you are using would require an upgrade in CPU/GPU/RAM depending on what is used. So unless you often find yourself at 100% usage and the game is at low FPS, you don't need to upgrade

[@HeroStrike]

if your GPU is bellow 90% your are getting CPU bound. A better cpu will get you more performance

[@kordium666]

I have the same processor and video card, but in many games the video card loads no higher than 40%, and the processor is loaded at 70-90% at 3700 MHz. What could be the problem.

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

It's impossible for me to diagnose the issue from here. Every PC needs to be checked at the spot. However, that is extremely odd. If the CPU temperatures are below 80c degrees and It boosts up to 3.7-4.0GHz, then I'd guess that there's something else putting a load on the CPU in your system.

[@jcsmf1]

RAM in single channel?

[@kordium666]

@@jcsmf1 Yes, that seems to be the problem. I have 3 different RAM. It will have to be changed.

[@meowmeowchannel1564]

I have Psu Aerocool superb 600 w, if it goes with i3 12100f and RTX 2060 will it be enough?

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

Seems like a weak PSU on a first glance. I'm not sure. I checked it on the internet and I wouldn't trust it myself.

[@MisterPikol]

Yes, easily

[@Riloo]

Whats a suitable gpu upgrade for my rig until i squeeze it out for a year or two?. I7 6700 with coolermaster H170pro 16gigs 750w psu Ssd Current gtx 950

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

I would personally upgrade the GPU to GTX 1070 there.

[@Riloo]

@ 6GB OR 8GB sir?

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

@@Riloo GTX 1070 has 8GBs of VRAM.

[@layzeeplays3761]

I have the Intel (R) Core(TM) 7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz 3.40 GHZ and whenever I’m playing Fortnite, the cpu usage goes around 90-100 if I’ve enabled 120fps (lags when the cpu usage is high) but the cpu temp stays low and goes below 70% usage if I’m at 60fps capped. What could be the reason if I may ask. I use the rog g20cb paired with 1070gb 8gb, 32 gb ram.

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

Fortnite doesn't load textures when you open the game. It loads them when you enter a match. That results into high CPU usage and a bit of stutter. You can't fix it. Every first match after opening Fortnite will be like that. If you decide to upgrade something in the future, get a really modern CPU with RAM that has really good timings, that will help a lot.

[@layzeeplays3761]

@ thank you! It’s just not in the beginning, it’s every now and then. So I have a pre built pc ASUS rog g20cb, can I use most of the parts except the cpu and build a new one by just upgrading the CPU? Would you recommend it? It is almost 9 years old though

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

@@layzeeplays3761 I know that PC, it's a black & red thin prebuilt PC. That PC has no upgrade path. If you got it that long ago, it must've been one of the best at the time. That's an OEM computer. In short, you can't use most parts from that PC. There are a lot of things you'll need to know. Building a new PC is fine, in fact, it's what I recommend doing anyway, but make sure you know what you're doing. Be ready if things go wrong. Here is my parts recommendation: CPU: - i5 12400F (budget) DDR4 or DDR5 - Ryzen 7 5700X3D (midrange) DDR4 only - Ryzen 7 7800X3D (high end) DDR5 only GPU: you can keep that GTX 1070. Make sure to clean it and change thermal paste on it if u can. If you wanna get something better, I recommend any RTX 40 series GPU, whichever one the budget allows you to get. You can decide the rest.

[@layzeeplays3761]

@ yeah, that’s the pc. I’ll be building a new one with Ryzen 7 7800x3d soon. Thank you for the help again sir, very much appreciated! :)

[@layzeeplays3761]

@@BenchmarkEnthusiast also would love to see a video on the new intel Arc B580 that just got released today

[@YesSunMi]

I have an i7 6700, 16GB of ram in a single channel, I overclocked them to 3066ghz. I want to use an 8GB RTX 2070, would there be a bottleneck?

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

The CPU will bottleneck the GPU in some games. But a bigger concern, a much bigger concern is a single channel RAM. That will make you lose about 40% of the performance just cause it's running in single channel.

[@YesSunMi]

@@BenchmarkEnthusiast So I need another RAM memory to activate the dual channel and thus my bottleneck would be reduced to around 15% or 10%. I want to play red dead redemption 2 at good fps

[@65guel]

my 6700 is bottlenecking with a 2060 super, in cyberpunk the cpu gets easily to 94-98% while the gpu stands on 60,% 50%, and i'm on dual channel memory with 4 sticks of ram

[@niggablack_69]

Try to play on 1440p resolution

[@BraydonUrmom]

@@65guel i have the same specs what do you get on other games?

[@Riloo]

Whats ur ram number?

[@sebastianrojasmartinez4176]

gracias por la comparativa bro

[@showtimelol294]

Hello Cpu: i7-6700 and Gpu: 2060super and League of Legend 144hz is playable for the most part?

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

Yes. LoL is one of the least demanding games in the world. You'll have no problems if you wanna play the game on highest settings on a 144Hz monitor. You'll have hundreds of FPS without a problem.

[@showtimelol294]

@@BenchmarkEnthusiast thanks! :)

[@W-games-i7w]

​@@showtimelol294 did u make the combo? Because I'm planning to buy rtx 2060s as I have i7 6th too

[@slaydog5102]

​@@W-games-i7wyes if you can't get that try the 1660 ti it goes well with this cpu

[@W-games-i7w]

@@slaydog5102 thank u so much my eyes on 2060s

[@sadixv]

I7 6700 with rtx 3050 LP, is it a good pair?

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

It is. That GPU is basically the limit of i7 6700. I see a lot of people who have similar CPUs that wanna upgrade their Optiplex SFF systems with that GPU.

[@BraydonUrmom]

i have the same specs but 32 g of ddr4 ram think it can run 165fps easily on fortnite?

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

Not easily. Fortnite is extremely demanding on the CPU and it really likes high RAM speed with tight timings. You will have 150-200 FPS on Performance Mode, but there will be frequent small stutters if your RAM frequency is 2133 and the timings of that RAM are bad. If you're on a Z series motherboard and you have 3200MHz CL16 RAM, it'll be good. Anything weaker than that will give you mediocre at best results.

[@BraydonUrmom]

@ even if i turn up the base clock to 4.0 on the cpu? Also thank you

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

@@BraydonUrmom It will help, but not by a lot. What I mentioned will take more priority before you do what you said. Also, don't change the base clock, don't touch it at all. When you overclock, always set a static frequency of the CPU (so that it always stays at the frequency) and don't set the voltage on Auto if you overclock, set manual voltage. Overclocking takes a bit of skill. I recommend not touching it.

[@BraydonUrmom]

@ okay thank you so much bro

[@rayngrace]

Win10 has accepted my Win7 Product Key and in the process of moving some files (pictures/mov/docs) ....updating my STEAM and ORIGIN. Going to take some time to like the newer desktop. I guess Win11 is a no-go with my current PC parts. Entertaining possibilities of even upgrading the GPU...if it doesn't bottleneck the CPU Core i7-6700K Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 3 MSI GTX 970 GPU---wondering if I can upgrade this 🤔 G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin Corsair Hydro Series H100i Corsair 850AX PSU Corsair 750D case Is RTX 2070 even an option? Thanks

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

So, in terms of practical use, I'd say that anything better than RTX 2060 is a stretch. If you overclock that 6700k, it will be able to handle better GPUs. If you don't overclock the CPU, then RTX 2060/2060S/3050 are your best choices in terms of modern Nvidia cards. If you do overclock it, RTX 3060 will become an option for you 'cause the CPU will handle it much better, which is as far as you can upgrade that system. P.S. RTX 2070 is not much better than RTX 2060S or 2060. Better to get RTX 3060 instead in that case.

[@rayngrace]

@Benchmark Enthusiast so much appreciated your guidance. I haven't been in touch with the OC Community since age is catching up to. I'm getting to that age to give up and buy from Falcon-Northwest. Again, much appreciated 🍻

[@zabernathy3050]

i have a i7-6700 and a rtx 2060 with 24 gb of ram and I only get like 50% usage, idk what to do

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

50% usage of what? Not every application is able to fully use your hardware. Also, if you're talking about gaming, do you have vsync off? There are multiple reasons as to why that might be.

[@zabernathy3050]

I do have vsync off, and I mainly play valorant and destiny 2.also, i meant 50% gpu usage max. My cpu stays around 70 celcius or lower too@@BenchmarkEnthusiast

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

@@zabernathy3050 Valorant uses too much CPU and almost no GPU at all, I'm impressed that it can use 50% of your GPU to be honest. idk about Destiny 2. If you want a simple way to figure out if your PC is fine, download Resident Evil 4: Remake (Demo) on Steam and start the campaign. That game will fully use your GPU and CPU. If you don't see 100% usage there, you can assume that something is not right.

[@zabernathy3050]

thank you so much@@BenchmarkEnthusiast

[@supawithdacream5626]

Not utilizing dual channel why 3 sticks it would be better to get 2x 16gb than 3 sticks

[@residkurtic7107]

I found laptop with those specs for 700$. Is it worth it ? Thank you

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

I can't say whether it's worth it or not for you. It's your money, your choice. Only you know what you're looking for and what you want. I can only make videos like this so that people have an easier time understanding of what the hardware is capable of.

[@pablobarrios7681]

Also, have in mind that laptops usually cap the performance of their hardware to save battery, i suggest watching a benchmark of the same laptop model you are looking, and see if it has the performance you want.

[@xKnightmare14]

no not at all, $180 max

[@Lucifer_morningstar-i4h]

Bro my rtx 2060super gets 100 percent usage while playing rdr2 on 73degrees celcius

[@w.iriarte]

Hey master. AMD alternative for i7 6700? 😊

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

In terms of performance, I guess it's Ryzen 5 1400, but's it's hard to say. There are a lot of differences between the two. In terms of price, it's Ryzen 5 3600, which is like 3 times better than i7 6700. There are far too many factors to give you a straight answer. You gotta compare CPU + Motherboard + RAM 'cause i7 6700's max supported RAM frequency is 2133MHz, it's locked, you need a Z board to unlock it. R5 3600's RAM frequency is unlocked. i7 6700 is a locked processor, you can't overlock it, Z board can also unlock it a bit, not fully tho. R5 3600 is an unlocked processor, you can overclock it as much as you want. Ryzen CPUs generally benefit more from better RAM. Intel CPUs, not as much. All that considered, Ryzen 5 2600 + B450 + 3200MHz RAM will cost you the same as i7 6700 + H110 + 2133MHz RAM. The AMD combo will be twice as strong as the intel one. If you cannot find a cheap B450 motherboard, A320 will do too, even if you can't get the RAM speed above 3000MHz. The performance will still be far better than the i7-6700's.

[@w.iriarte]

@@BenchmarkEnthusiast I was wrong in the question. I was referring to a different GPU, mine broke. I am seeing that RX 5600XT is very similar to RTX 2060. Thanks master for the response.

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

@@w.iriarte If you're looking for a GPU, I recommend RX 6600 or better if you wanna go AMD. If you go Nvidia, pick whichever GPU you want. In this case, RTX 2060 will serve you better. RTX 2060 will allow you to use DLSS, which is way better than FSR 2. This might change in the future, but I've had trouble with older than 6000 series AMD GPUs. Nvidia GPUs never had similar issues, which is why I prefer RTX 2060.

[@xamyo]

​@@BenchmarkEnthusiastamd gpu's not support CUDA technology that's means :- when anybody try to render video, from after effect premiere pro so the wasn't use while rendering only Nvidia's gpu works well with rendering even cycles render in blender.

[@elvamp2695]

@@BenchmarkEnthusiast nao o Ryzen 5 1400 n ganha do i7 6700 os Ryzen 5 que ganha e do 2600 pra frente ate o 1600 nao ganha

[@michlasr6468]

Wow😮 to think that u got 120fps on apex its really good

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

It is :) now imagine if we had a better CPU, cause i7-6700 is a bit too weak for RTX 2060. On i3-12100F or something similar, that Average FPS will be 140. I'm trying to re-test RTX 2060 in the upcoming few weeks on a better CPU, just need to find the time and a better CPU for it :)

[@nani7703]

Hello i have same spec with 16gb ram. i play valorant with everything low and in game only hit 90-170 fps how to make it balanced 140+ fps 😅sorry for bad english

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

Valorant is a really CPU-heavy game. Enable multithreading in the game settings and set the graphics on high. Your CPU is most likely fully used by the game, but changing graphics settings won't make you lose or gain FPS since the GPU is sleeping anyway. The game wants a really powerful CPU and a weak GPU. You'd need at least an i5-10400F to get close to 100% GPU usage in Valorant. i7-6700 is not that powerful for Valorant.

[@nani7703]

@@BenchmarkEnthusiast thanks for the replay. if i change CPU the valorant will make better smooth?

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

@@nani7703 If you upgrade to i5-10400F or better CPU and install Valorant on a SSD, your game will be smooth and you will have more FPS. Bear in mind that you will need a new motherboard for the i5-10400F or any other 10th gen CPU cause i7-6700 and i5-10400 CPUs are on different sockets and same motherboard will not work on both.

[@nani7703]

@@BenchmarkEnthusiast thank you so much

[@SleepyApoll0]

I was thinking of getting the Hp prodesk

[@valdirpereira4553]

Intel turbo ?

[@chxsey1]

How would this work with Roblox (my friend is trying to get the same build)

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

Roblox is one of those games that I have no idea about at all. It has changed quite a bit, so I have literally zero info on it and how a PC like this would handle it.

[@chxsey1]

@@BenchmarkEnthusiast oh ok

[@chxsey1]

@@BenchmarkEnthusiastany bottlenecks?

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

@@chxsey1 In most cases there are no bottlenecks in gaming. But i3-10100F is ideal for this GPU. In some CPU heavy games i7-6700 cannot fully use RTX 2060, so a slightly powerful CPU is recommended, like i3-10100F.

[@chxsey1]

@@BenchmarkEnthusiast Hmm I’m thinking about the same build bc I need something that will last and this might be it I’m only playing Roblox while recording and streaming so yea do you think this combo should be able to handle that or……

[@holaaholaa-g1s]

TIENE EL MISMO RENDIMIENTO QUE UNA 1070 TI

[@eliasbernal4773]

Pero es más nueva ya la generación gtx está quedando atrás

[@editorxd9306]

Hi i also have a i7 6700 but don't have graphics card 😢 the one I have is gt 710 will i get more performance or will it just bottleneck

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

GT 710 is one of the weakest GPUs that are available today. The performance of that GPU is as weak as 10th gen intel CPU's integrated graphics, it's very weak. You have a very big GPU bottleneck. You need a better GPU. Generally, GTX 1070 is a good pair for i7-6700. RTX 2060 is not bad either, it's basically as much as this CPU can handle. If your PSU has no power cable for a GPU, then GTX 1650 will be as much as it will handle, but in this case make sure to get the GPU that doesn't need supplementary power.

[@editorxd9306]

@@BenchmarkEnthusiastSo basically for now I'm better of without gt710

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

@@editorxd9306 GT 710 is better than i7 6700's integrated graphics, if you have that GPU, use it.

[@editorxd9306]

@@BenchmarkEnthusiast thanks a lot for the advice

[@rickimhotep1236]

@@BenchmarkEnthusiast Thank you, bro. I was looking for a specific card that pairs with this cpu.

[@nemir99]

I have the same pc, which graphics card do you recommend?

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

I'd get a GTX 1070 honestly.

[@leroyrs]

I run the 6700 with a 3060 and another 6700 with a 2060 super. It works great.

[@Riloo]

@@BenchmarkEnthusiastwhy you think so this?

[@MrXteRRor]

I have the same setup pure bottleneck😢

[@onoffgeorg9828]

I7 6700 is the worst i7, running 2133, a i3 10100 is much better

[@dark_shadow531]

Motherboard will be more expensive remember

[@dark_shadow531]

And cores will be less

[@TitoSRM]

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[@greivine.floresv.8914]

Del 0%

[@dazios6874]

Can u try a i7 6700 with the rx 6600?

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

I don't think I'll ever benchmark that combo. The CPU is too weak and it'll bottleneck the GPU. I simply benchmark the PCs that I build and I don't think I'll ever get a request to build a PC like that.

[@dazios6874]

@@BenchmarkEnthusiast would u reccomend a 2060 for a i7 6700 then? I’m stuck with the i7 cus I have an Alienware prebuilt and I can’t change the motherboard so I just wanna be able to get a little better performance until next year when I build my own

[@BenchmarkEnthusiast]

@@dazios6874 i7-6700 can handle that GPU, but there's no point of RTX 2060 since it can't do much more than what a GTX 1070 can. If you are playing at a 1080p resolution, get GTX 1070. If it's 1440p, then get RTX 2060 and use DLSS, you won't be able to use ray tracing, the GPU is too weak for that. But at 1080p RTX 2060 is too strong for i7 6700 and its older architecture cannot keep up with the GPU, you'll have slow RAM and you won't be able to give that RTX 2060 enough headroom to get the most out of it, which is basically as much performance as a GTX 1070 can deliver. In your specific scenario GTX 1070 will be more suitable. If you want a RTX 2060 tho, get it. But RTX 2060's price is close to RX 6600, maybe even RX 7600. So if you compare those GPUs, look at it like this: Neither can really do ray tracing, but RX 7600 or even 6600 is way stronger than RTX 2060 in raw FPS, so you should start considering that option. It's more about what you're getting for the same price.

[@dazios6874]

@@BenchmarkEnthusiast appreciate it boss