{"id":14991,"date":"2025-09-11T15:02:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=14991"},"modified":"2025-09-09T15:20:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T22:20:39","slug":"its-not-just-about-games-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=14991","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s not just about games anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When testing high-end desktop\/workstation processors, gaming isn&#8217;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have to applaud <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@GamersNexus\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@GamersNexus\">Gamers Nexus<\/a> for testing these higher end processors with HEDT workloads like: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>7-zip compression\/decompression where multiple cores are really stressed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gwpg.spec.org\/benchmarks\/benchmark\/specworkstation-4_0\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/gwpg.spec.org\/benchmarks\/benchmark\/specworkstation-4_0\/\">SPECworkstation 4.0<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Monte carlo simulations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Black-Scholes financial modeling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iterative binomial options modeling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openfoam.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.openfoam.com\/\">OpenFOAM <\/a>&#8211; fluid dynamics solver <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/SPEC-GWPG-Dev\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/github.com\/SPEC-GWPG-Dev\">SPEC-GWPG<\/a> heavily multithreaded AI convolution testing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lammps.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.lammps.org\/\">LAMMPS <\/a>molecular medical modeling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gwpg.spec.org\/benchmarks\/benchmark\/specworkstation-4_0\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/gwpg.spec.org\/benchmarks\/benchmark\/specworkstation-4_0\/\">SpecWS<\/a>: Python data science libraries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gwpg.spec.org\/benchmarks\/benchmark\/specworkstation-4_0\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/gwpg.spec.org\/benchmarks\/benchmark\/specworkstation-4_0\/\">SpecWS<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ks.uiuc.edu\/Research\/namd\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ks.uiuc.edu\/Research\/namd\/\">NAMD <\/a>molecular biology benchmark<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gwpg.spec.org\/benchmarks\/benchmark\/specworkstation-4_0\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/gwpg.spec.org\/benchmarks\/benchmark\/specworkstation-4_0\/\">SpecWS<\/a>: Volume CFD test<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chromium.org\/developers\/how-tos\/get-the-code\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.chromium.org\/developers\/how-tos\/get-the-code\/\">Chromium code compile <\/a>benchmark<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blender 3D rendering (CPU)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adobe Photoshop CPU tests<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adobe Premiere CPU for video<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DaVinci Resolve CPU benchmarks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And yes, gaming tests &#8211; even though these high thread count processors are not designed for gaming workloads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IItu46EWaic?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When testing high-end desktop\/workstation processors, gaming isn&#8217;t the only benchmark in town. 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