When testing high-end desktop/workstation processors, gaming isn’t the only benchmark in town. In fact, gaming is not even that important for HEDT processors that often cost upwards to $1000 and are not targeted for gaming.

I have to applaud Gamers Nexus for testing these higher end processors with HEDT workloads like:

• 7-zip compression/decompression where multiple cores are really stressed
• SPECworkstation 4.0
  • Monte carlo simulations
  • Black-Scholes financial modeling
  • Iterative binomial options modeling
• OpenFOAM – fluid dynamics solver
• SPEC-GWPG heavily multithreaded AI convolution testing
• LAMMPS molecular medical modeling
• SpecWS: Python data science libraries
• SpecWS: NAMD molecular biology benchmark
• SpecWS: Volume CFD test
• Chromium code compile benchmark
• Blender 3D rendering (CPU)
• Adobe Photoshop CPU tests
• Adobe Premiere CPU for video
• DaVinci Resolve CPU benchmarks
• And yes, gaming tests – even though these high thread count processors are not designed for gaming workloads