> E-Cores are turned off in the BIOS, because setting affinity to P-Cores caused massive stuttering in Call of Duty.
I understand doing this for the purpose of specifically analyzing the P-core microarchitecture in isolation. However this does make the test less interesting for potential customers. I don't think many people would disable E-cores in BIOS if they bought this CPU, so for the purpose of deciding which CPU to buy, it would be more interesting to see results which factor in the potential software/scheduling issues which come from the E-core/P-core split.
This isn't a criticism, just an observation. Real-world gaming results for these CPUs would be worse than what these results show.
I understand doing this for the purpose of specifically analyzing the P-core microarchitecture in isolation. However this does make the test less interesting for potential customers. I don't think many people would disable E-cores in BIOS if they bought this CPU, so for the purpose of deciding which CPU to buy, it would be more interesting to see results which factor in the potential software/scheduling issues which come from the E-core/P-core split.
This isn't a criticism, just an observation. Real-world gaming results for these CPUs would be worse than what these results show.