"NOT ENOUGH SAMPLES" - Benchmark of CPU Sample Size ft. 68 CPUs, HUB, & Der8auer
19,400This video is a new entry to our "Most Annoying Comment Benchmark" series, which last time featured the comment of "Too Much Thermal Paste." This time, we're visiting the complaint of sample size. We (and likely most reviewers) have seen this comment posted in comments sections for years -- mostly whenever the person's favorite CPU brand doesn't win -- and now it's time to address that: We tested 68 CPUs, with 20 units per model x 3 models, plus some extras. And this time, we invited Der8auer and Tim from Hardware Unboxed to join us. That's not to mention the fact that, ultimately, asking for more samples isn't viable for reviews. If the options are "no reviews at all" and "reviews with 1 sample but lots of reviewers," we'd always take the second. Also, it doesn't matter in our testing. At least, not for gaming. We'll talk about that.
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Watch our Too Much Thermal Paste video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUWVVTY63hc
Check out Der8auer's sample size video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGbW7orZS-A
Check out Hardware Unboxed's sample size video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRviKkVUAa0
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - The Sample Size Test, ft. HUB & Der8auer
03:09 - An Educational Opportunity: Testing Variance
04:25 - Please Take Our CPUs
05:57 - Important Testing Details
08:11 - Rainbow Six Siege on the 13600K(F)
09:17 - IMPORTANT NOTE on STDEV
13:23 - AMD R5 7600 Rainbow Six Siege
15:45 - Final R5 7600 Rainbow Six Chart
18:05 - R5 7600 GTA V
19:05 - 13600K GTA V
19:53 - 13600K Tomb Raider
20:43 - R5 7600 Tomb Raider
21:16 - 13600K FFXIV
22:10 - R5 7600 FFXIV
22:34 - 13600K Stellaris
23:17 - R5 7600 Stellaris
23:31 - 13600K Far Cry 6
25:25 - R5 7600 Far Cry 6
25:43 - 13600K CSGO
26:52 - R5 7600 CSGO
27:49 - R5 7600 Cinebench R23
28:58 - Consistency of Rankings
31:44 - 20x R3 4100 Tests & Summary
33:54 - What This Means for Reviews
34:38 - Der8auer Joins: OC & Power
39:04 - HUB (Tim) Joins: A Single Sample is Valid
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