There is a variety of customer groups in need of as much processing power as possible. Especially in the field of content creation, which includes editing pictures and videos or even rendering a complex scenery with beautiful effects, performance improvements quickly translate into higher income by the end of the month. With this series of articles we’re going to compare two processors. 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 which CPU is how much faster or slower than another one.

Motherboard MSI Z170I Gaming Pro AC (BIOS 1.5)

ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe (BIOS 1201) CPU Intel Core i5-6600K @ Default

Intel Core i5-6600K @ 4.2 GHz

Intel Core i5-6600K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000

Intel Core i5-2500K @ Default

Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.2 GHz

Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.2 GHz DDR3-1866 Memory G.Skill Ripjaws F4-3000C15Q Quad Channel 2x4GB

G.Skill Ares F3-1866C9D-8GAB Dual Channell 2x4GB Cooler SilentiumPC Fortis 3 HE1425 Malik Customs Edition Graphics Cards nVidia GeForce GTX 980 Drivers NVIDIA ForceWare 344.75 Games and OS Windows 8.1 x64 System Drive OCZ Storage Solutions Arc 100 240GB PSU Seasonic Platinum SS-1000XP / 1000 Watts