So we’re using theCore i5-10600Kin aZ490testbed, which allows for a core-for-core comparison with the Ryzen 5 3600.
Both AMD and Intel platforms are configured with the same hardware, outside the motherboard and processor.
Our SATA drive is theSamsung 870 QVO8TB, a great choice for high storage capacity.
And finally, we have the Western Digital WD120EMAZ 12TB as our hard drive contender.
For random reads it’s much the same story.
But as we’ve seen, synthetic performance doesn’t translate well to real world gaming performance.
So let’s look at some games.
However what also appears true, is that this game likes a fast CPU for loading as well.
However all three CPUs were similar when loading off a SATA drive.
As expected, Ryzen doesn’t benefit from having PCIe 4.0 here either.
The big outlier is the Ryzen 5 3400G.
In Death Stranding, there was no significant difference in load times between AMD and Intel.
However, once again using the Ryzen 5 3400G was noticeably slower.
The Outer Worlds is an interesting case for AMD vs Intel load times.
Let’s move on.
However the Ryzen 5 3400G was noticeably slower for loading.
Finally, we have Planet Coaster.
Here the 3400G is several minutes slower than other platforms at loading.
Interesting times ahead that’s for sure.
