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This situation is so similar to the previous one that we could have skipped the diagram. However, there is nothing wrong with it: as SPECjvm can generate good load on processors with any number of cores, no wonder it scales well, when a CPU becomes faster.

3D games

Three most CPU-dependent games: Left 4 Dead*, Far Cry 2, and Unreal Tournament 3, the former breaking away from the others. We can explain why Unreal Tournament 3 is one of the leaders here with peculiarities of the test: unlike other game benchmarks, the one for UT3 does not play a recorded demo, but imitates a real game (CTF) with the only difference that all players are controlled by a computer. Potentially, it's indeed much more complex task for a processor, as controlling eight players in real time generates heavy computing load even in case of the most primitive AI (artificial intelligence). However, in general these results are bad (or good -- it depends on the angle of view): games demonstrate the lowest dependence on a CPU, being the inverted leader in our today's article.

* We've published results of Left 4 Dead in the table and on the diagram, because they were the most illustrative numbers in terms of CPU dependence. But don't forget that a given benchmark belongs to the group of optional tests, so it does not affect the overall game score.

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