Football Manager 16 Benchmark Thread

[Guest]

After previous threads by Yugo23 (Hope you don't mind the c/p of your template) I was interested to see how FM16 compares to 14 & 15, as with the 15 thread I've created a save with all 116 leagues from all 59 nations loaded. Total player count is 186.000. Detail level settings are their default values, except setting EPL to full detail.

In an added twist I've also created two start points, Benchmark - A starts on 20th August just like 14 & 15 however as this means that the busiest day of the year (deadline day) is missed I have also created Benchmark - B which will test performance when FM has to process a much larger amount of transfer & contract data.

How do you run this benchmark?

First, download benchmark save games from one of the following mirrors (I will add more as & when I get round to it):

Dropbox: Benchmark - A

Dropbox: Benchmark - B

Once loaded, ensure that auto save interval is disabled, and also set processing to Fast (Less Responsive), found at Preferences, More Match Settings.

Optionally, restart your computer and close any unnecessary programs before running this benchmark. From my experience this has very small effect on processing times, if at all. Also, there was no difference in processing speed with/without huge graphics folder.

After you load benchmark save game, just go on holiday for a week, and measure the time needed for processing.

If you're running on a laptop I suggest having it plugged in & set to High-Performance.

Post your results in the following format:

CPU: Intel Celeron G550

CPU Frequency: 2600 MHz

RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz CL9

OS: Win 7 64-bit

Storage: SSD

Test A

Time: 9 min 56 sec

Test B

Time: 11 min 12sec

Links to older threads for those who want to compare their scores;

FM 15 Benchmark

FM 14 Benchmark

[Guest]

[TABLE=class: grid, width: 950]

<tbody>[TR]

[TD]CPU[/TD]

[TD]Frequency[/TD]

[TD]RAM[/TD]

[TD]Frequency[/TD]

[TD]Storage[/TD]

[TD]OS[/TD]

[TD]Test A[/TD]

[TD]Test B[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i7-6700K[/TD]

[TD]4700 Mhz OC[/TD]

[TD]16GB DDR4[/TD]

[TD]3000 Mhz[/TD]

[TD]SSD[/TD]

[TD]Win 10 64bit[/TD]

[TD]2m 25s[/TD]

[TD]3m 55s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i7-5820k[/TD]

[TD]4160 Mhz OC[/TD]

[TD]16GB DDR4[/TD]

[TD]3200 Mhz CL16[/TD]

[TD]SSD[/TD]

[TD]Win 10 64bt[/TD]

[TD]2m 32s[/TD]

[TD]3m 58s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i5-6600K[/TD]

[TD]4400 Mhz OC[/TD]

[TD]16GB DDR4[/TD]

[TD]3000 Mhz[/TD]

[TD]SSD[/TD]

[TD]Win 10 64bit[/TD]

[TD]2m 32s[/TD]

[TD]4m 14s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i7-5820K[/TD]

[TD]4500 Mhz OC[/TD]

[TD]16Gb DDR4[/TD]

[TD]2133 Mhz CL13[/TD]

[TD]SSD[/TD]

[TD]Win 10 64bit[/TD]

[TD]2m 42s[/TD]

[TD]4m 2s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i7-6820HK[/TD]

[TD]4000 Mhz OC[/TD]

[TD]16GB DDR4[/TD]

[TD]2133 Mhz CL13[/TD]

[TD]SSD[/TD]

[TD]Win 10 64bit[/TD]

[TD]2m 54s[/TD]

[TD]5m 2s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i5-4670K[/TD]

[TD]4100 Mhz OC[/TD]

[TD]16GB DDR3[/TD]

[TD]1600 Mhz CL9[/TD]

[TD]SSD[/TD]

[TD]Win 10 64bit[/TD]

[TD]3m 1s[/TD]

[TD]5m 4s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i7-6700HQ[/TD]

[TD]2600 Mhz (Turbo 3500Mhz)[/TD]

[TD]8GB DDR[/TD]

[TD]2133 Mhz CL13[/TD]

[TD]SSD[/TD]

[TD]Win 10 64bit[/TD]

[TD]3m 23s[/TD]

[TD]5m 23s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i7-4790[/TD]

[TD]3666 Mhz (Turbo 4000Mhz)[/TD]

[TD]8GB DDR3[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]HDD[/TD]

[TD]Win 10 64bit[/TD]

[TD]3m 31s[/TD]

[TD]5m 7s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i7-2600K[/TD]

[TD]4200 Mhz OC[/TD]

[TD]8GB DDR3[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]SSD[/TD]

[TD]Win 10 64bit[/TD]

[TD]3m 37s[/TD]

[TD]5m 52s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i7-6820HK[/TD]

[TD]2700 Mhz (Turbo 3600Mhz)[/TD]

[TD]16GB DDR4[/TD]

[TD]2133 Mhz CL13[/TD]

[TD]SSD[/TD]

[TD]Win 10 64bit[/TD]

[TD]3m 37s[/TD]

[TD]5m 59s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i5-6500[/TD]

[TD]3200 Mhz[/TD]

[TD]16GB DDR4[/TD]

[TD]2113 Mhz[/TD]

[TD]HDD[/TD]

[TD]Win 10 64bit[/TD]

[TD]3m 44s[/TD]

[TD]5m 51s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i7-4710MQ[/TD]

[TD]2500 Mhz (Turbo 3500Mhz)[/TD]

[TD]16GB DDR3[/TD]

[TD]1600 Mhx CL9[/TD]

[TD]SSD[/TD]

[TD]Win 10 64bit[/TD]

[TD]3m 47s[/TD]

[TD]6m 5s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i7-920 (D0)[/TD]

[TD]3995 Mhz OC[/TD]

[TD]6GB DDR3[/TD]

[TD]1537 Mhz OC CL9[/TD]

[TD]HDD[/TD]

[TD]Win 10 64bit[/TD]

[TD]3m 49s[/TD]

[TD]6m 14s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel Pentium G3258[/TD]

[TD]4200 Mhz OC[/TD]

[TD]8GB DDR3[/TD]

[TD]1600 Mhz CL9[/TD]

[TD]SSD[/TD]

[TD]Win 7 64bit[/TD]

[TD]3m 53s[/TD]

[TD]7m 24s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i7-3820[/TD]

[TD]3600 Mhz[/TD]

[TD]16GB DDR3[/TD]

[TD]1600 Mhz[/TD]

[TD]HDD[/TD]

[TD]Win 10 64bit[/TD]

[TD]4m 4s[/TD]

[TD]6m 57s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i5-3570K[/TD]

[TD]3400 Mhz[/TD]

[TD]8GB DDR3[/TD]

[TD]1600 Mhz CL9[/TD]

[TD]SSD[/TD]

[TD]Win 7 64bit[/TD]

[TD]4m 7s[/TD]

[TD]6m 48s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i5-750[/TD]

[TD]3887 Mhz[/TD]

[TD]8GB DDR3[/TD]

[TD]1333 Mhz[/TD]

[TD]SSD[/TD]

[TD]Win 10 64bit[/TD]

[TD]4m 7s[/TD]

[TD]6m 52s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i5-2500K[/TD]

[TD]3300 Mhz (Turbo 3600Mhz)[/TD]

[TD]8GB DDR3[/TD]

[TD]1600 Mhz[/TD]

[TD]SSD[/TD]

[TD]Win 7 64bit[/TD]

[TD]4m 16s[/TD]

[TD]7m 19s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i3-4150[/TD]

[TD]3500 Mhz[/TD]

[TD]8GB DDR3[/TD]

[TD]800 Mhz[/TD]

[TD]HDD[/TD]

[TD]Win 10 64bit[/TD]

[TD]4m 16s[/TD]

[TD]7m 35s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i7-860[/TD]

[TD]3010 Mhz OC[/TD]

[TD]8GB DDR3[/TD]

[TD]800 Mhz[/TD]

[TD]SSD[/TD]

[TD]Win 10 64bit[/TD]

[TD]4m 31s[/TD]

[TD]7m 29[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i7-2670QM[/TD]

[TD]2200 Mhz (Turbo 3100Mhz)[/TD]

[TD]8BG DDR3[/TD]

[TD]1600 Mhz[/TD]

[TD]HDD[/TD]

[TD]Win 7 64bit[/TD]

[TD]5m 01s[/TD]

[TD]8m 11s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]AMD Phenom II X4[/TD]

[TD]3600 Mhz[/TD]

[TD]8GB DDR3[/TD]

[TD]1333 Mhz[/TD]

[TD]SSD[/TD]

[TD]Win 7 64bit[/TD]

[TD]5m 56s[/TD]

[TD]9m 29s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i5-2410M[/TD]

[TD]2301 Mhz[/TD]

[TD]8GB DDR3[/TD]

[TD]1333 Mhz[/TD]

[TD]SSD[/TD]

[TD]Win 7 64bit[/TD]

[TD]6m 26s[/TD]

[TD]13m 28s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i5-6200u[/TD]

[TD]2300 Mhz (Turbo 2800Mhz)[/TD]

[TD]8GB DDR3[/TD]

[TD]1600 Mhz CL11[/TD]

[TD]HDD[/TD]

[TD]Win 10 64bit[/TD]

[TD]7m 1s[/TD]

[TD]11m 46s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i3-330M[/TD]

[TD]2133 Mhzgb DDR3[/TD]

[TD]8GB DDR3[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]SSD[/TD]

[TD]Win 10 64bit[/TD]

[TD]9m 9s[/TD]

[TD]16m 2s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel i3-330M[/TD]

[TD]2133 Mhz[/TD]

[TD]8GB DDR3[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]HDD[/TD]

[TD]Win 10 64bit[/TD]

[TD]9m 25s[/TD]

[TD]16m 37s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel Core2Duo P8400[/TD]

[TD]2260Mhz[/TD]

[TD]4GB DDR2[/TD]

[TD]398 Mhz CL6[/TD]

[TD]HDD[/TD]

[TD]Win 10 64bit[/TD]

[TD]9m 56s[/TD]

[TD]16m 37s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Intel Core2Duo[/TD]

[TD]2400 Mhz[/TD]

[TD]4GB DDR3[/TD]

[TD]1067 Mhz[/TD]

[TD]HDD[/TD]

[TD]OSX Yosemite[/TD]

[TD]12m 19s[/TD]

[TD]23m 48s[/TD]

[/TR]

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Any preferences on the table format? I've gone with ordering by Test A results but could just as easily order by Test B as that is the more strenuous test or even split into two tables for each test.<body id="cke_pastebin" style="position: absolute; top: 584px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; left: -1000px;">[TABLE=class: grid, width: 950]

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[TD]2133 Mhz[/TD]

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[Guest]

CPU: Intel i7-920 (D0)

CPU Frequency: 3995 MHz

RAM: 6GB DDR3 1537 MHz

OS: Win 10 64-bit

Storage: HDD

Test A

Time: 3 min 49 sec

Test B

Time: 6 min 14 sec

CPU: Intel i7-6820HK

CPU Frequency: 2700 MHz (Turbo boost 3600 MHz)

RAM: 16GB DDR4 2133 MHz

OS: Win 10 64-bit

Storage: SSD

Test A

Time: 3 min 27 sec

Test B

Time: 5 min 59 sec

Excellent performance increases when comparing Test A to the FM15 results on my systems, on FM 15 my i7-920 came in at 5m32s & the 6820HK at 5m10s.

Edit: Decided to recreate the Test B criteria on FM15 & OMG the difference is like going from a Classic Beetle to modern 911 Turbo. (sorry Kriss, I'll see if I can give myself an infraction, even though it is an apt comparison)

i7-920: 16m 29sec

i7-6820HK: 16m 55sec

Edit: Wanted to see what the Skylake could do with the frequency locked at a value similar to my old Bloomfield

CPU Frequency: 4000 MHz (all cores)

Test A

Time: 2 min 54 sec

Test B

Time: 5 min 02 sec (really wanted to break 5 minutes )

[bennytee]

CPU: Intel i5 4670k

CPU Frequency: 4100 MHz OC

RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600 MHz CL9

OS: Win 10 64-bit

Storage: SSD

Test A

Time: 3 min 1 sec

Test B

Time: 5 min 4 sec

I may push the overclock a little to see what I get but I got a little unlucky in the K chip lottery and it refuses to play ball without some scary voltage.

[roykela]

CPU: Intel i7-3820

CPU Frequency: 3600 MHz

RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600 MHz

OS: Win 10 64-bit

Storage: HDD

Test A

Time: 4 min 04 sec

Test B

Time: 6 min 57 sec

Quite happy with the results initally.

Will be very interesting to compare when more results come in.

That comparison to FM15 is quite surprising. I know FM16 is quicker but i had no idea that difference was that massive.

It's an almost unbelievable increase in performance. I suppose there's been some much needed optimisation going on for FM16.

Happy with that.

[eple]

CPU: Intel i5-2500K

CPU Frequency: 3.30/3.60 GHz

RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz

OS: Win 7 64-bit

Storage: SSD

Test A

Time: 4 min 16 sec

Test B

Time: 7 min 19 sec

5 year old CPU, but still don't feel the urge to upgrade.

[fabioke]

CPU: I7 2670QM

CPU Frequency: 2.2 GHz/3.1 GHz turbo

RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz

OS: Win 7 64-bit

Storage: HDD

Test A

5 min 01 sec

Test B

8 min 11 sec

Looking forward to see the arrival of the beasts!

[Guest]

Looking forward to see the arrival of the beasts!

Indeed, although that might tip me over the edge in terms of finally replacing the 920. I've been tempted for a couple of years but couldn't really justify it but with Skylake-E close to release & with these performance gains for FM16 I am close to convincing myself.

Edit: I'm interested in seeing if anyone else tries the Test B criteria on FM15, if only to validate my results.

[Makoto Nakamura]

Finally glad to try the benchmark test where I wouldn't be embarrassed to post the results (got somewhere between 12 and 15 minutes last year on my old pc)

CPU: Intel® Core i7-6700K

CPU Frequency: 4.00GHz (overclocked to 4.7GHz)

RAM: 16GB Corsair 3000mhz Vengeance LPX DDR4 (2x8GB)

OS: Windows 10 64-bit

Storage: Samsung 500GB 850 Evo SSD with Seagate 2TB Secondary Hard Drive(Hybrid 8GB SSD)

I think I've got the layout right, but please say if I haven't or if I've forgotten to include anything.

Benchmark A - 2 min 25 sec

Benchmark B - 3 min 55 sec

Very happy with those results

[CFuller]

CPU: Intel Core i7 4790

CPU Frequency: 3666 MHz

RAM: 8GB DDR3

OS: Windows 10 64-bit

Storage: HDD

Benchmark A - 3 min 31 sec

Benchmark B - 5 min 7 sec

[Crispypaul]

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258

CPU Frequency: 4200 MHz

RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz CL9

OS: Win 7 64-bit

Storage: SSD

Test A

Time: 3 min 53 secs

Test B

Time: 7 min 24 secs

First test isn't too bad, not great for the 2nd. Think the 4670k I have ready to install will be in sooner rather than later.

[Guest]

Table added, hopefully we'll get a few AMD chips & maybe even the odd mac or Linux OS.

Nakamura, do you have FM installed on the SSD or the Hybrid drive?

[Makoto Nakamura]

Table added, hopefully we'll get a few AMD chips & maybe even the odd mac or Linux OS.

Nakamura, do you have FM installed on the SSD or the Hybrid drive?

I have it installed on the SSD.

[Guest]

Cheers, lucky guess on my part as that's what I went with in the table.

[bennytee]

Wow, Impressed with the Intel Pentium G3258, cost about £50 retail!

[Crispypaul]

It's good for the price but struggles a bit with newer titles which require more than 2 cores. Solid for FM though.

[bennytee]

For anyone building a system with FM as their only gaming need, which is a lot of people I know (myself included), with that score in mind you could probably build a system for around £200 that would run FM pretty impressively. (Excluding maxed out graphics)

The only issue is that it's only dual core which as of yet only seems to have marginal deficiencies unless you use max details on leagues you aren't currently managing in.

[minigod]

CPU: Intel i3 4150

CPU Frequency: 3500 MHz

RAM: 8GB DDR3 800 MHz

OS: Win 10 64-bit

Storage: HDD

Test A

Time: 4 min 16 sec

Test B

Time: 7 min 35sec

[WillyBroadband]

I'm interested in trying this out, I play on a mid-2015 MacBook Pro with i7, 16GB RAM & SSD. Is that alright as I can only see PC's here..

[Guest]

Of course you can, getting as many different system as possible is the intention.

When you do post can you confirm the exact i7 model number in your MBP.

[Guest]

For anyone building a system with FM as their only gaming need, which is a lot of people I know (myself included), with that score in mind you could probably build a system for around £200 that would run FM pretty impressively. (Excluding maxed out graphics)

The only issue is that it's only dual core which as of yet only seems to have marginal deficiencies unless you use max details on leagues you aren't currently managing in.

Would be interesting to get some scores from other low cost cpu's.

I might add a Test C at some point, same save file but after running for a few seasons to factor in additional stored data.

[Dic]

CPU: Phenom II X4

CPU Frequency: 3600 MHz

RAM: 8GB DDR3 1333 MHz

OS: Win 7 64-bit

Storage: SSD

Test A

Time: 5 min 56 sec

Test B

Time: 9 min 29 sec

Last year it was 7 min 25 sec with the same CPU at 3,8 Ghz

[mattycrewefc]

Hey barside have you benchmarked your defiance as would be good to see how your cpu does?

[Guest]

Both the i7-6820HK entries are the defiance laptop, the i7-920 is my ageing gaming tower.

Edit: Still hoping to see a few older systems being put through their paces, getting that sort of comparison might be more beneficial for those considering an upgrade.

[herne79]

CPU: Intel i5 3570k

CPU Frequency: 3400 MHz

RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 MHz CL9

OS: Win 7 64-bit

Storage: SSD

Test A

Time: 4 min 07 sec

Test B

Time: 6 min 48 sec

[Welshace]

Edit: Still hoping to see a few older systems being put through their paces, getting that sort of comparison might be more beneficial for those considering an upgrade.

I would happily oblige but it'll take me more than 30 mins to download said benchmark saves in the first place

[mattycrewefc]

CPU: Intel Core i5 2410M

CPU Frequency: 2301 MHz

RAM: 8GB DDR3 1333 MHz

OS: Win 7 64-bit

Storage: SSD

Test A

Time: 6 min 26 sec

Test B

Time: 13 min 28 sec

[mattycrewefc]

cant believe the difference on tests on my acer laptop its bad though, how much better do you think my new spec im ordering tommorow will be lol

[Guest]

Assuming that you're going for the i7 option I'd guess at half the time for both tests.

[Guest]

I would happily oblige but it'll take me more than 30 mins to download said benchmark saves in the first place

Didn't think anyone had a connection that slow these days.

[Welshace]

Wales my friend... still no fiber here.

[Guest]

If I could share some of my excess I would.

[Welshace]

The ridiculousness of it all is that my neighbours on either side both have fiber.... granted they are a fair-ish distance away.. but still.

[Abaddon879]

CPU: Intel Core i5 750

CPU Frequency: 3887 MHz

RAM: 8GB DDR3 1333 MHz

OS: Win 10 64-bit

Storage: SSD

Test A

Time: 4 min 07 sec

Test B

Time: 6 min 52 sec

Still just about keeping up, but the Skylake is looking ever more tempting as you say Barside.

Also, impressive optimisation from the guys this year to shave almost two minutes off the processing from last year (5m58s).

[Guest]

The average is panning out at about 30% on last year for Test A, would good to see a few tried the Test B criteria on FM15.

[bennytee]

Right thought i'd give this a go on my laptop too.

CPU: Intel i7 4710mq

CPU Frequency: 2500 MHz (3500MHz turbo)

RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600 MHz CL9

OS: Win 10 64-bit

Storage: SSD

1 - 3m 47s

2 - 6m 5s

I also did a slightly higher overclock from 4.1 to 4.2 on my desktop i5 previously posted.

1 - 2m 57s

2 -5m 4s

A few seconds shaved off test 1 but test 2 is interestingly exactly the same, hard to draw any conclusions without a bigger sample size though.

[Liffa]

CPU: Intel i7-5820K

CPU Frequency: 4500 MHz OC

RAM: 16GB DDR4 2133 MHz CL13

OS: Win 10 64-bit

Storage: SSD

Test A

Time: 2 min 42 sec (average of 2 runs)

Test B

Time: 4 min 2 sec (average of 2 runs)

Test A with maximum detail on both international and club competitions

Time: 16 min 12 sec (one run)

When comparing my results to last years FM 15 benchmarks, it seems like FM 16 utilizes cores/threads better than FM 15

[bestbrother]

CPU: I7 2600K

CPU Frequency: clocked to 4.2Ghz

RAM: 8GB DDR3

OS: Win 10 64-bit

Storage: SSD

Test A - 3m 37s

Test B - 5m 52s

[Guest]

Right thought i'd give this a go on my laptop too.

CPU: Intel i7 4710mq

CPU Frequency: 2500 MHz (3500MHz turbo)

RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600 MHz CL9

OS: Win 10 64-bit

Storage: SSD

1 - 3m 47s

2 - 6m 5s

I also did a slightly higher overclock from 4.1 to 4.2 on my desktop i5 previously posted.

1 - 2m 57s

2 -5m 4s

A few seconds shaved off test 1 but test 2 is interestingly exactly the same, hard to draw any conclusions without a bigger sample size though.

Probably just the inaccuracies of hand timing

[herne79]

I don't usually use my old (2010) 13" Macbook Pro for FM, but thought I'd benchmark it anyway just to compare to older tech and something non-Windows based.

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo

CPU Frequency: 2400 MHz

RAM: 4GB DDR3 1067 MHz

OS: OS X Yosemite (I really should get around to upgrading it to El Capitan )

Storage: Mechanical HDD

Test A

Time: 12 min 19 sec

Test B

Time: 23 min 48sec

By the way, trying to download Test B from Mediafire results in a nasty little file that isn't Test B at all - it's some sort of browser redirect to a so-called Mac Cleaning website. Downloading it to my regular Windows PC is fine however, and I simply transferred the game save to the MBP via my home network.

[Guest]

Strange about the Test B mediafire download, no idea how or why that would happen when downloading to your MBP & I'll delete the mediafire links to be on the safe side.

[fabioke]

CPU: Intel i7-5820K

CPU Frequency: 4500 MHz OC

RAM: 16GB DDR4 2133 MHz CL13

OS: Win 10 64-bit

Storage: SSD

Test A

Time: 2 min 42 sec (average of 2 runs)

Test B

Time: 4 min 2 sec (average of 2 runs)

Test A with maximum detail on both international and club competitions

Time: 16 min 12 sec (one run)

When comparing my results to last years FM 15 benchmarks, it seems like FM 16 utilizes cores/threads better than FM 15

Sad to see that you don't really benefit from the 2 extra physical cores.

[Liffa]

Sad to see that you don't really benefit from the 2 extra physical cores.

Yeah, it could have been better.. Still it's a slight improvement towards the usage of more than four cores, the difference was bigger last year when comparing 6700K vs 5820K, I think both were at 4.5GHz then.

It would be interesting if you Makoto Nakamura could post some results from your 6700K at 4.5GHz just to be able to compare our processors at the same clock speed. The IPC of the 6700K is considerably higher so i'm thinking the 200MHz difference is quite a big factor.

[Guest]

Table updated, credit to herne79 for sticking around long enough to run Test B on the Core2Duo, I think many would have given up.

[herne79]

Haha, YouTube on my other PC ftw .

[RockyFra]

CPU: Intel Core i5 6600k

CPU Frequency: 4.4 GHz

RAM: 16GB DDR4 3000Mhz CL15

OS: Windows 10 64-bit

Storage: SSD

Benchmark A - 2 min 32 sec

Benchmark B - 4 min 14 sec

[Guest]

updated table to here.

Stonking performance from the i5 Skylake, losses a little on Test B but other than that it would be the way to go for those with a reasonable budget, can;t wait to see what Skylake-E chips can do when they get released.

[fabioke]

updated table to here.

Stonking performance from the i5 Skylake, losses a little on Test B but other than that it would be the way to go for those with a reasonable budget, can;t wait to see what Skylake-E chips can do when they get released.

Broadwell-E is going to release first with 10 cores.

I'm more curious to see how Zen will compete.

[Svenc]

By then if you would want a truly stress test for these lines, the difference in cores/threads would show more if the number of competitions simed in full details would increase. How much that is practical (I personally don#t sim that much on full details) is another thing, but it's obvious the number isn't that highly. The OC'ed Pentium G (2 Cores / 2 Threads) is outperforming some Core i5s (4/4). That's Intel's desktop budget line, the level below the Core i3s (2 cores/4 threads). This wouldn't happen even in a typical AAA real-time graphics 3d video game, and those don't scale as much as FM's match sim does, not even at their most optimized, presumably because depending on the number of cores/threads available, the matches are simply calculated in parallel. The more threads available, the more matches can be calculated in parallel. The load is more like application software rather than your average 3d video game, but then as it's a measure of how long it takes to calculate something rather than about consistency of frame rates of images (all stuttering or fluid picture), that's rather logical. :-)

[Guest]

Increasing the number of leagues run on full detail is a true test however having seen hundreds or even thousands of user submitted saves while working at SI the percentage of people who increase the settings from default could be in the single digits.

I do run all comps other than domestic reserve & youth comps in full detail & the unmeasured performance difference over my earlier FM saves is impressive, I'll run the FM15/FM16 comparatives on my machines when I get home to get a value on the difference between the two versions.