Did this upgrade for the sole reason of upping minimum frame rates. Didn’t change settings in WoW. Maxed out 2x MSAA with Raytracing off. Same Windows 11 install. Same graphics driver.
The rest of my build which did not change: Samsung 28 inch 4k 144hz monitor, 3070 OC, 32GB 3600 CL14, NVME ssd etc. Still using the same CPU cooler as well, Noctua D15.
Went from 9900K @ 4.9 on an ASUS Z390 TUF - to - 5800X3D on an ASUS X570 TUF.
Results aren’t scientific but they are consistent:
Ashran FPS would dip to low 40s before especially when both teams met and the fighting starts. Same scenario is now low 70s.
Boralus FPS running or flying around would dip into the mid 80s, now it dips to the upper 100s.
Oribos would dip to upper 80s, now it dips to the lower 100s. (with similar player activity).
FPS on a whole is up everywhere but my goal is staying above 100 so I only focused on areas where it dipped below that.
Before the upgrade, my 3070 would run at 85-100%. It now stays capped at 100% except for Ashran. So it has become my bottleneck. I’ll probably wait and see what AMD has out next because Nvidia prices are stupid for the 40 series and AMD will allow me to use SAM.
Anyways, info on this game for upgrades is poo except for 1 youtube guy that doesn’t / didn’t demonstrate 4k. AMD’s 3D Cache is fantastic. Thanks
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Thanks for taking the time to do a comparison.
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It seems that Intel has just proven that the 5800X3D is faster at WoW even compared to Intel’s latest unreleased 13-series CPU.
Intel would have NO reason to exaggerate the performance of their competitors product… so chances are very good that the 5800X3D is in-fact the fastest gaming CPU for WoW. The graph also makes it seem like my 5900X (same CPU as 5950X just with 4 cores de-activated) is still holding up quite well. I’m very tempted to swap my 5900X for a 5800X3D although losing 4 cores would be unfortunate. I really wish they had made a 5900X3D.
Benchmarks:
Intel 13 and 12-series WoW Benchmarks compared to AMD
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Wait is this graph official Intel PR? Can you link to where they posted it? How they represent the AMD CPUs in one bar is actually ridiculous.
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Yeah it’s Official. Here is a link to the entire presentation on the Intel website:
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5800X3D looks like a pretty great chip. Might gift one to a friend who’s currently on a 3700X for a nice little bump and life extension for his rig, especially if prices on them drop further before the holidays.
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Hardware Numbers on YT did wide testing of the 5800X3D and 12900K when they got out. The i9 can bear X3D but only with strong DDR5 memory kit which in total gives a much higher price than the Ryzen platform. And there will be X3D chips for Ryzen 7000 as well 
