Multicore threads
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1465 posts since 25 Sep, 2011
Hello. I have built a new system with an Intel Core i7 8700K, which is a 6-core 12-threads CPU. Does it make sense to switch the 'Multicore threads' setting from 4 (default) to 6 then?
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- u-he
- 28065 posts since 8 Aug, 2002 from Berlin
Don't change it unless you need to. If you still experience performance problems, say, if you have 5 or more instances open, try reducing the number or expanding it.Yorrrrrr wrote:Hello. I have built a new system with an Intel Core i7 8700K, 6-core 12-threads CPU. Does it make sense to switch the 'Multicore threads' setting from 4 (default) to 6 then?
The tradeoff for fewer cores is more work on those cores but overall less CPU. The tradeoff for more cores is overall more CPU consumption due to the house keeping, even though each core gets to work less.
However, with 6 or more cores a machine is usually powerful enough to not expose any perceivable difference between the settings.
