I got both the Phenom II x4 850 and the x6 1055t 95w. They were the two best options for upgrading the CPU in an old Pavilion p6533w. All the games Are on Max Settings except for v sync being turned off for scenes that exceeded 60fps. You can see that Arkham Origins, Tomb Raider, and MGS5 are very well optimized.
Arkham City Didn't seem to want to use all of the cpu or gpu power available which is disappointing because is could have performed better at 1080p, but it just didn't want to.
Arkham Knight, as we all know, is not well optimized for PC at all, but it's still playable. I did notice that while in game the 6 core processor got about 10 fps more while gliding around and riding in the batmobile, but that was after an update that improved vram performance, so I can't say the difference was all in the CPUs.
For the Fallout 4 Benchmarks I tested the performance in 3 different types of locations. First being indoors, second being out in the commonwealth, and third being in the commonwealth in between cramped buildings where performance is known to drop, even on consoles.
For MGS5 I played Mission 50 (Salahanthrepus Extreme) to test the performance with lots of explosions and graphically intense situations. But MGS5 being so well optimized, it will pretty much perform the same no matter what situation your in, whether it be fast action violence and explosions or slow and steady stealth.
The point of all this was to show that Old PCs are still capable of living up to today's standards. You may notice that the recommended CPU on newer games suggest having an i5 or i7 CPU. I think that's mainly listed in order to satisfy consumers that have spent a lot of money on the latest and greatest hardware. A lot of people actually complain when the recommended system requirements on AAA games aren't high enough. People should realize that you don't really need the best hardware to enjoy PC gaming at max settings.

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