Intel Core i7-7700K vs Core i7-6700K Benchmarks on Z270 Platform

Loophole35

2016-12-03 14:22

definitely no upgrade from 60xx series but for people buying new PC, kabylake isnt bad choice DDR3 is EOL... DDR4 is current standard, while might not hard to find DDR3 ram for now, but i personally stay away with EOL product and maybe for movie/netflix mania, i read "currently" its the kabylake the only one supported for decoding 4k 10-bit HEVC not sure why no gpu (nvidia/amd) listed as compatible yet (based from what i read few weeks ago)

It's an artificial limitation.

#5365830

chispy

2016-12-03 14:39

Well until Coffee Lake is release around 2019 there won't be a bump in performance on Intel cpus , bring me the Zen i say ....

#5365834

DLD

2016-12-03 14:48

:/ ugh Coffee Lake plz

Intel's engineers are DEFINITELY in a bad need of A Coffee Brake, never mind the lakes... Meanwhile, I am going to closely watch the developments related to Zen CPU...

#5365853

Solfaur

2016-12-03 16:15

you do understand thats a minus 0.02% metascore?

Sure but you forgot "-", in test mentioned 7700k was 0.02% slower.

lolwut? So it's actually 0.02% worse than the 6700K? Thanks for pointing that out, wow...just wow Intel.

#5365854

Denial

2016-12-03 16:19

lolwut? So it's actually 0.02% worse than the 6700K? Thanks for pointing that out, wow...just wow Intel.

We've known Kabylake isn't bringing IPC gains since March. So I'm not sure why people in all these Kabylake threads act surprised.

#5365856

TurboMan

2016-12-03 16:26

PASS !! The 6700K is gonna be my CPU for the life of Kaby lake 7700K. Looks like we going to have to wait for the next gen.

#5365870

Matt26LFC

2016-12-03 17:45

We've known Kabylake isn't bringing IPC gains since March. So I'm not sure why people in all these Kabylake threads act surprised.

I'm not sure either, I think people just like whining. Everyone on these enthusiasts forums knows KL isn't bringing anything in regard to IPC. They also know that process node reductions are getting very hard now. Seems like all the low hanging fruit has been plucked, now we need something paradigm shifting before we see significant increases in performance.

#5365871

VENGEANCE

2016-12-03 17:47

****kk U INTEL.......People u are being milked...dont waist yore money on intel......this is like the biggest scam ever from intel....

#5365873

trocio2

2016-12-03 17:55

Even people who like Intel have hopes in AMD now. This milking is just not acceptable.

#5365890

nicugoalkeper

2016-12-03 19:13

But I still don't know what to say about this: Intel seems to don't even care about AMD ZEN, and this may be because either AMD will not deliver in terms of performance or they will begin mass production/ distribution of the new ZEN 8C/16T or 4C/8T in late 2017. When they will be close to next gen of processors. Will wait and see

#5365895

nz3777

2016-12-03 19:36

****kk U INTEL.......People u are being milked...dont waist yore money on intel......this is like the biggest scam ever from intel....

I kinda feel the same way but you gotta remember the golden-rule.....He who has the gold makes the rules 🙂. Intel is doing what any other company would do when there is no competition, they can milk it, Drain it, whatever they like lol but they will still sell regardless! Yeah alot of us are cheering for Amd this time around. 🙂 Hell if they wanted to they can put the name (intel) on toilet-paper and the shyat would sell like crazy, Thats what happens when your top-dog! Also they are getting a little lazy in my opinion if Amd matches them this time around with Zen we could have some fun times coming up..... That might wake there ass up a little haha.

#5365902

tsunami231

2016-12-03 19:56

There now are several reviews posted on Kaby lake Core i7 7700K. There is a new one though, and this is the first being tested with the new Intel Z270 chipset.... Intel Core i7-7700K vs Core i7-6700K Benchmarks on Z270 Platform

clock for clock it same, turbo vs turbo it not really any better, people that OC could get that performance on 6700k that and intel want more then 100$ more for the 7700k. With that saying IF i didnt get 6700k 6 months ago I would got this instead, but only after the price was no longer be gauged by both intel and retailers

#5365956

Mannerheim

2016-12-03 21:37

fail and its not even funny

#5365966

Elder III

2016-12-03 22:10

If there is no real difference between the two procs, then would it be worth upgrading to the 7700k from my 3770k? Or should I just get the 6700k? Would the newer chipset (Z270) be more future proof? ie will the Z270 be compatible with intel's next wave of CPU's?

I don't think we know yet if Coffee Lake (possibly 2+ years away?) will support socket 1151 or not. As far as features go I would save the money and get an i7 6700K. The OC potential is pretty much the same, and when at the same clocks performance is identical. The main reason to upgrade from in i7 3770K is NVME (M.2 SSDs) and more USB 3 ports, and the i7 6770K has all of those options.

#5365975

fry178

2016-12-03 22:55

@Vengeance/Trocio2 And why wouldn't they. What business would NOT charge more, if they're the performance "leader"? Ppl, please stop the "whining" about intel/nv charging too much, since no one put a gun to your head and forced you to buy their product. I just hope amd charges +500 for the 8/16 cpu, just to see some ppl shut up (about cpu prices...(sarcasm mode: off) @windbane For the price of a 6700 u can get a 5820k, and since most newer games now run on 6-8 cores, i would still wait to see what zen can offer (and most likely cheaper)..

#5365983

SpecChum

2016-12-03 23:46

This just makes me want to upgrade to Zen more. Even if the performance is the same as Intel's latest I'll be going Zen...

#5365986

SpecChum

2016-12-03 23:49

I don't think we know yet if Coffee Lake (possibly 2+ years away?) will support socket 1151 or not. As far as features go I would save the money and get an i7 6700K. The OC potential is pretty much the same, and when at the same clocks performance is identical. The main reason to upgrade from in i7 3770K is NVME (M.2 SSDs) and more USB 3 ports, and the i7 6770K has all of those options.

Even the M.2 thing is a bit of a moot point; you can get an adaptor card for a tenner.

#5366047

Undying

2016-12-04 03:16

Overclocking cpus is going away, to be a thing of the past. It's becoming more evident each gen. You can expect it to be much worse then previous.

My Sandy shows 42% overclock over base clock. And thats on some cheapo air cooling like 212 evo. I dont remember seeing anything close to that numbers on newer gen without some using some beafy cooling. 7700k is boosting to 4.5ghz out of the box. Why bother buying an unlocked chip this days?

#5366064

fry178

2016-12-04 05:09

@SpecChum and lose one pcx port, which on a mAtx even worse. not talking about that i want at least 2 slots, plus a gpu plus a dedicated SC. how many boards will have another pcx free?!

#5366070

Ryrynz

2016-12-04 06:50

Something that isn't factored into the benches is the faster speed shift clocking, this processor should feel a touch snappier, but yeah it's basically a Sky Lake with faster clocks a faster GPU and a hardware HEVC decoder. In saying that these chips are a good deal faster in notebooks over previous models and are well worth getting. Coffee Lake is the one to look out for now.. Quads are basically done unless Intel releases another one with 256MB eDRAM at 95+W sans GPU but I doubt that'll happen. That'll be what they'll use to fight off Zen but yeah Intel is feeling zero pressure.. so why expend more resources than you need to? This is how capitalism works.. It's a pretty **** system really.