I'm sorry if this has been asked before. I'm a complete newbie in this field and couldn't understand a lot of the other responses to similar questions.
I'm looking to build a computer. It will primarily be for gaming and some computer science work, although that will mostly be introductory level stuff. I will need it to handle some rather intensive engines, such as CryEngine 3. Now, when it comes to processors, my laptop has an i7 4810MQ. I know that in general desktop processors should be more powerful than laptop ones, but when I searched the processor I'm looking at for the desktop (an i5 4430), its passmark is significantly lower than my laptops, 6281 compared to 8821. Are they rated on different scales? Or is the laptop processor actually more powerful in this case?
For reference: My current laptop's benchmark http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-4810MQ+%40+2.80GHz
The processor I'm looking at for the desktop's benchmark http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-4430+%40+3.00GHz
Thank you very much!