4K Video Rendering Speed 4 Cores VS 8 Cores | i7 4790K 4.5GHz vs i7 5960X 4.4Ghz HD

Video edition and rendering at 4K can be taxing on your CPU. It takes a tremendous amount of time especially if the project is north of 15 minutes. So to reduce the time investing in a multi-core CPU is a smart investment. But just how much faster is an 8 Core 16 threaded CPU VS a 4 Core 16 thread CPU? Specs 8 Cores 16 thread system Full system specs Intel i7 5960X overclocked to 4.4Ghz MSI Gaming 7 X99A MSI Gaming X GTX 1080 Ti + NZXT Kraken G10 Bracket + NZXT X41 AIO Cooler GeForce 391.35 driver 32GB of Corsair Vengeance LPX 2666Mhz DDR4 Corsair Graphite 780T Black Corsair HX 1000i PSU Corsair H110i Samsung 850 EVO 500GB Samsung SM951 M.2 128GB PCIe 3.0 SSD OCZ Agility 128GB SSD Toshiba 3TB HDD WD Blue 3TB HDD Acer XR342CK 3440x1440 Ultra Wide 4 core 8 thread system Full system specs Intel i7 4790K overclocked to 4.5Ghz Asus Maximus VII Ranger z97 NVIDIA Zotac AMP Extreme GTX 980Ti GeForce 391.01 driver 16GB of Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400Mhz DDR3 Phanteks Entho M Pro Corsair AX 860 PSU Cooler master Hyper 103 500GB x2 HDD 7200RPM Seagate Barracuda