Core i7 7700K processor review: Desktop Kaby Lake
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Singleton99
http://i.imgur.com/EQA91oP.jpg
So i lowered my O/C on my 6700k to 4.5 just to see the difference, and i was expecting to see a increase in performance but for some reason the 6700k is scoring higher not by much but still , ive also have 56 background processes running .
Anyway thanks for a great review ,enjoyed reading it as always:):)
CPC_RedDawn
the fact these overclock to 5GHz so easily does make then very very tempting.
However, I'm gonna wait for Zen review as 4core/8threads is just painful to see on the "high end mainstream" segment in 2017 now.
Just imagine if software developers actually went down the route of multi threading and aimed to improve performance that way in 2006. Maybe AMD wouldn't be in the predicament they are in now and the bulldozer architecture would of actually had some legs.
If both Intel and AMD go the route of lowering clock speeds but increasing core count the devs would have no choice but to program their software to use multiple cores properly instead of just using a few of them.
The Phoenix
nice but im gonna hold off a weeeeeeeeeeeee bit longer before an upgrade
alanm
Great review! Kind of feel insulted by Kaby Lake, that Intel have the gall to release something so ridiculously side-ways like this. I dearly hope that Zen can bitch-slap them so hard they are sent back to the drawing board. Have a feeling from this point on all eyes will be on AMD, doubt anyone will touch a 7700k until Zen is out.
nz3777
Its lonely being the King of the hill lol, That is why Intel has not given us 6-cores for this mainstream segment.
H83
The only improvement Kaby Lake brings over Sky Lake is the overclocking headroom, everything else it´s just meh...
cryohellinc
Once again no major improvement. Still a 4core processor. Wait for Cannonlake / Coffeelake 10nm stuff. That should be interesting, not this.
Matt26LFC
Really can't wait to get my hands on this platform! My LN2 pot is ready!
PrMinisterGR
Thanks for the review! Still 4c/8t for mainstream "performance", AND a new mobo requirement because reasons. Thanks, but no thanks. My next upgrade will be 8c/16t. Everything is multithreaded, and everything that isn't either will be or still run perfectly on Zen.
sykozis
Z170 boards will support Kaby Lake with updated firmware. The MSI Z170 Gaming Pro has already received an update to add support for Kaby Lake. I haven't updated to it, but the update is available.
RavenMaster
Well that was a pretty underwhelming performance. For gaming i mean, only 1 or 2 fps difference most of the time. But i suppose i shouldn't expect much - its only 0.2ghz faster than its predecessor. Intel are getting very lazy these days. I hope AMD lights a rocket under their sluggish asses with Ryzen and forces them to make some breakthroughs.
warezme
Intel is fat and lazy and this processor is proof
When there is no competition, Intel can keep charging hundreds of dollars for essentially no gains in performance over previous generation chips. I refuse to buy any more 4 core chips as even your cheap phones now have 4 cores and some even more. I know they aren't comparable but still it's a freaking phone.
crashburn162
Ok how come other sites like toms say they can't overclock the processor to anything over 4.7ghz which is just 200mhz above did you get a golden cpu ? I mean this seems insane. Also other sites report they can't clock over 4.7ghz stable. The only thing in common that on same ghz the performance isn't worth the upgrade. I just want to know the truth for overclocking.
-Tj-
Yeah nothing special, just a higher binned Skylake with the same ~150mhz gap e.g. Haswell.
gaming is just not worth mentioning @ techpowerup review 7700K @ 4.9GHz
Physics
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/core-i7-7700k-processor-review-desktop-kaby-lake,12.html
Vantage and 06 physics scores, my test 4.7Ghz and cache 4.2ghz like by 4.5Ghz KabbyLake.
https://s6.postimg.org/6m27edcgt/3dmark_vantage_4_7ghz_ram_2_4ghz_168w_120_auto.jpg https://s6.postimg.org/sz9y16del/3dmarko6_4_7ghz_oc.jpg
Overclock sounds good, Haswell ES did 5ghz @ 1.20 - 1.25v, but retail ended a lot worse..
I will wait for Zen, but probably won't upgrade until Zen+ and new intel x86 arch 🤓
Denial
Ars also got it to 5Ghz and clearly managed to run a number of games/benchmarks on it:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/01/intel-core-i7-7700k-kaby-lake-review/
crashburn162
So let me get this straight I may be paranoid all the articles of i7 7700k before AMD showed ZEN the processor was clocking 4.7 . After Ryzen and now rumors it clocks 5.0ghz new batches of the chips arrive ? I don't mind if the i7 clocks at 5.0ghz hell my sandry bridge does but I got a golden processor. I am just saying it's strange . Lot of articles re did it on z270 chipset motherboard except the power consumption lowering, the clock didn't go higher.
MerolaC
Look! I upgraded to the 7700k for free!
http://image.prntscr.com/image/0e1c4d32e7384f76be9daa2499a0a120.pnghttp://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=27635&admin=0a8fcaad6b03da6a6895d1ada2e171002a287bc1
Now, Intel, seriously?
WTF is this crap?
I guess they still don't care that they will have competition.
Maddness
I really am hoping Zen will be a major hit. Intel might finally get off there arse and offer a decent upgrade for current users.
chispy
Great review as always Hilbert , well done.
Awesome to hear that , you shall have lots of fun as this cpus does not have cold bug 😀 meaning full pot of LN2 + lots of voltage and voila 7.0Ghz 😀 will be the norm , over at hwbot they are benching at +7200Mhz on liquid helium ( http://hwbot.org/submission/3412342_dancop_superpi___1m_core_i7_7700k_4sec_937ms ) , many of the world records have fallen already , this cpu is an extreme overclockers dream. This reminds me of the 3770K with no cold bug ( http://hwbot.org/submission/2342306_chispy_cpu_frequency_core_i7_3770k_6805.14_mhz ) back in the day when i was active in hwbot and ranked in the top 10 overlockers worldwide , those days for me are gone but i still like to watch the action going on over there at hwbot 🙂
I heard Intel improved the Tim between the die and ihc and do not need delidding anymore , that's good news. I will continue to wait for Zen as i really want an affordable 8c16t cpu as i believe that will be the sweet spot right now and going forward in the future.
Reddoguk
Everybody already knew this chip was just a respin and basically just cherry picked for higher boost clocks.
Hopefully Zen will force Intel's hand in to bringing a 6/12 or an 8/16 to the masses but i doubt it will. I feel that Intel are so deep in to R&D that prices there will always remain high.
I'm thinking most gamers will just wait for 4.5-5ghz Zen(if possible on all 8/16 cores and be done with Intel).
I personally can wait for Zen 8/16 2nd revision or better stepping chips further down the line.
So many questions to be answered, like is it possible to turn off Zens HT and have 8 cores running @ 5.2ghz 🙂 Who knows might be a thing.
