How many CPU cores does StarCraft 2 use?

Written by Richard Swinburne

August 18, 2010 | 07:06

Tags: #2 #core #cores #cpu #craft #fps #how-many-cores #ii #multithreaded #multi-threaded #pc-gaming #performance #processor #result #scaling #star #starcraft-2 #threads

Companies: #blizzard #test

Testing StarCraft 2 Multi-threading Performance


StarCraft 2

1,920 x 1,080, Very High Detail, 0xAA, 0xAF, DirectX 9.0c, Havok CPU physics

  • 1 Core
  • 2 Core
  • 3 Core
  • 4 Core
  • 5 Core
  • 6 Core
    • 32
    • 45
    • 66
    • 78
    • 72
    • 89
    • 71
    • 89
    • 72
    • 90
    • 73
    • 90
0
10
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60
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80
90
Frames Per Second (higher is better)
  • Minimum FPS
  • Average FPS

In-Game CPU usage

Unfortunately the desktop software gadget bawked at showing 5-cores, but since the graph above shows little difference between four and six cores, we very much doubt there would be much to actually see.


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