I'm saying the low resolution TPU uses to test is artificially creating an environment to magnify any CPU differences. The lower the resolution, usually the more the CPU has to work to push more FPS out. How/Why, I have no idea... I just interpret the results. 
At a high level, the higher the resolution, the less the CPU is leaned on by the GPU. This is why at higher resolutions such as 2560x1440 and 4K UHD you don't see much of a difference even with a couple/few generations old CPU. There will always be exceptions, of course. That difference is a lot more at 1080p or TPU's BS 1280x720.
That said, it feels like these Ampere cards, the 3080 and 3090, are even CPU bound to some extent at 1440p trying to push high fps... but I haven't seen or done much testing on that front.
To your point in post 17, I don't buy the conclusion you came up with about more cores/threads helps this game out consider the results. I feel the 9% can be gained by a couple hundred CPU MHz, any IPC increases, and the larger cache sizes of Comet Lake (along with their curiously low res they use). I think I said earlier you'd likely get a few/several % and that is what we're seeing...at that low arse res anyway. Less as it goes higher.
At a high level, the higher the resolution, the less the CPU is leaned on by the GPU. This is why at higher resolutions such as 2560x1440 and 4K UHD you don't see much of a difference even with a couple/few generations old CPU. There will always be exceptions, of course. That difference is a lot more at 1080p or TPU's BS 1280x720.
That said, it feels like these Ampere cards, the 3080 and 3090, are even CPU bound to some extent at 1440p trying to push high fps... but I haven't seen or done much testing on that front.
To your point in post 17, I don't buy the conclusion you came up with about more cores/threads helps this game out consider the results. I feel the 9% can be gained by a couple hundred CPU MHz, any IPC increases, and the larger cache sizes of Comet Lake (along with their curiously low res they use). I think I said earlier you'd likely get a few/several % and that is what we're seeing...at that low arse res anyway. Less as it goes higher.
Maybe... Comet Lake has some hardware mitigations.. but my point is that it isn't a core and thread difference.
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I tried running it at 5.0GHz and it crashed 3 times and messed up HDR in BFV, had to use my backup BFV. So I believe the Gigabyte Z370-HD3 motherboard can't stabilize the processor clocked at 5.0GHz all cores. I can not reproduce the BFV video FPS in post #27. Thinking I need 3080?
