Intel Core i7-7700K "Kaby Lake" SANDRA Scores Surface

[PhoenixUK]

As far as i7 goes, Intel has offered no upgrades since 3770k. Quite pathetic to be honest. Curious to see what amd brings to the table, especially in the laptop market.

 

[Trig]

I'm still running an i7-3770 in my main rig and an i7-3770s in the backup rig, the only interest I have in newer CPU's if because I have a Surface Pro 3 and I'm wanting to know whats going to end up in the Surface Pro 5/6, but given that mobile CPU's all seem to be 2/4 rather than the desktops 4/8 then even thats becoming boring..

 

[mmj_uk]

As far as i7 goes, Intel has offered no upgrades since 3770k. Quite pathetic to be honest. Curious to see what amd brings to the table, especially in the laptop market.

They've offered 6, 8 and 10 core processors it's not really their fault that gamers don't need anything more than 4 big cores. Plus like I said, they've been focussing mainly on iGPU performance with mainstream since it's intended primarily for mobile devices.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

I had a 6850k/mobo/ram/m2 ssd upgrade all set in my cart, but I just couldn't pull the trigger. Looking at reviews and judging the performance increase, I just couldn't justify dropping 1k on it. Looks like the 7700k wont get me pulling the trigger either.

 

[PhoenixUK]

They've offered 6, 8 and 10 core processors it's not really their fault that gamers don't need anything more than 4 big cores. Plus like I said, they've been focussing mainly on iGPU performance with mainstream since it's intended primarily for mobile devices.

Well, we had 6 cores back in 2012, this is nothing new. Anyone who needs raw core power will be using xeon setups anyway. It just looks like they've hit performance wall 4 years ago and can only now add more cores like AMD has been doing for years.

Lets see what 2017 brings us, intel 6 and 7 series could just as well not exist.

 

[DragonQ]

Lets see what 2017 brings us, intel 6 and 7 series could just as well not exist.

And let us not forget that the 5 series pretty much didn't exist.

 

[AllBodies]

I had a 6850k/mobo/ram/m2 ssd upgrade all set in my cart, but I just couldn't pull the trigger. Looking at reviews and judging the performance increase, I just couldn't justify dropping 1k on it. Looks like the 7700k wont get me pulling the trigger either.

I'd wait to compare Zen to Kaby Lake. And also, possibly more importantly, see how 3D Xpoint memory SSDs turn out.

If Kaby Lake ends up having the highest minimum-FPS and Xpoint SSDs are affordable and much faster than m.2 SSDs, then for most applications Kaby Lake will be the nicest experience.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Not sure if this is on topic, but with the marginal performance increase seems to come a significant price increase. I was just looking at past orders:

5930k bought in Feb 2016: £454.98
5930k price 7 months later: £570.00

Madness!

 

[IceWind]

i still have a 4770k ES.... at this rate I dont see me replacing it anytime soon... yes DDR4 would be nice but all that money for not a lot of change in performance is not worth it

 

[tlrBeta]

2500K user here, I also had been waiting

 

[Agnostic]

Think I'll wait 'till Lake Lake with my 2500k.

 

[Klo]

Not sure if this is on topic, but with the marginal performance increase seems to come a significant price increase. I was just looking at past orders:

5930k bought in Feb 2016: £454.98
5930k price 7 months later: £570.00

Madness!

I think Brexit has a big role in that.

 

[Sampsy]

Think I'll wait 'till Lake Lake with my 2500k.

Alas, it will be cancelled at the last minute in Lake Lake Gate

 

[malachi]

I think Brexit has a big role in that.

Yep, iPhones gone up in price, iPad's gone up in price, Nvidia K1 up in price also

 

[Besty]

4.5GHZ boost at stock volts aint bad at all.

 

[whiterabbit]

4.5GHZ boost at stock volts aint bad at all.

If it clocks well I might get one. Guessing it'll be around £300. Coupled with a high end Z270 (say £300) it's a circa £600 upgrade.

Not sure I'll get significant performance over my 6700 to justify that.

 

[h4rm0ny]

Just a overclocked Skylake then. This is getting bloody ridiculous!! No doubt they will add on £20-30 on the price because it's "new". I really hope AMD can be competitive with Zen to give Intel a kick up the ass.

Well it's kind of just an overclocked Skylake, true. But 4GHz to 4.5GHz boost is pretty impressive all the same. Should be an impressive chip.

Doesn't this also add Optane / XPoint? That could be a major thing.

 

[DragonQ]

If it boosts to 4.5 GHz at stock, it ain't gonna clock well.

 

[whiterabbit]

If it boosts to 4.5 GHz at stock, it ain't gonna clock well.

That's impossible to be sure of until they hit the market and start getting tested.

 

[AllBodies]

Doesn't this also add Optane / XPoint? That could be a major thing.

Yes.