Skylake Clockspeeds and benchmarks!

[Dave2150]

so for someone like me who only games, skylake is the way to go? im rocking a i7 970 at the moment lol

Pretty much, yes.

We'll have to wait for the official review on August 4th/5th to know for sure how good Skylake is, though it's looking very encouraging so far.

Skylake will have the fastest 4 CPU cores known to mankind. As we all know, games love high speed/IPC more than anything else, meaning Skylake should be the fastest gaming CPU available, out of the box, if you're using 1 or two GPU's.

For those using 3-4 GPU's in Crossfire/SLI, then X99 is the way to go, due to the extra PCI-E lanes.

 

[Dave2150]

That's great if it suits your purpose. For me if someone is looking at the higher end mainstream stuff and a typical desktop build I would always recommend X99 as you are getting more cores / cache. Quad channel memory and a soldered chip for a similar cost.

For small form factors things like Skylake are ideal.

You keep saying people are entitled to different opinions, therefore my opinion shouldn't bother you, or require you to make personal comments. I can agree to disagree why can't you?

Of course you're welcome to your own opinion. Time will tell, though if Skylake will be as good as many of us believe it will be, I can see you buying a 6700k/z170 board on the day of release, even though you've done nothing but bash Skylake in this thread so far.

Time will tell, I'll be sure to quote all your negative Skylake posts if you do another U-turn like you have so many times before

 

[Dave2150]

Bash Skylake? Because I think X99 represent better value for money than a higher end Skylake chip..

Your trolling at this point. Think about what your writing.

Take it easy.

I don't think it's a coincidence you just decided to sell your X99 rig, in preparation for a Skylake purchase.

I'm simply stating it makes you look rather foolish if this is the case, since you've done nothing but bash Skylake for the last few weeks/months.

 

[Dave2150]

I thought you were always able to change the base clock on non K CPUs? It's not the best way to overclock a CPU though so the K models will still be the ones to get.

I think it was locked down on the non -K CPU's for the last few generations.

 

[Dave2150]

I haven't bashed Skylake at all. There's no need for this absolute nonsense.

I said X99 for me in my opinion: Something that you say everybody is entitled to, 'only as long as they agree with it seems' represent better value against the higher end Skylake chips.

I have also said Skylake i5 + decent priced mobo will be new sweet spot for gaming. Your leaving stuff like that out because for some reason you want to say I'm bashing Skylake.

Now your making comments on what I'm doing with my stuff.. Getting weird at this point.

I'm not sure what this is about, but I think you should read my posts from a neutral perspective. Maybe take some time out.

Take it easy mate. It's all good.

Not sure why you're angered that I mentioned the fact that you're selling your X99 rig - you shouldn't have posted the thead in orange text in your signature if you wanted it to be private..

I simply dislike hypocrites and trolls. You bashed, trolled and were negative of Skylake many times in this thread. If you end up buying it on release date, rest assured I'll quote your negative/troll posts, and we'll see who looks the silly one

Take it easy, buddy.

 

[Dave2150]

Skylake could be in short supply at launch. http://www.kitguru.net/components/c...ssors-to-be-in-short-supply-initially-report/

Safe to say, it won't be a good time for a Skylake/Fury X build.

I'd take that with a grain of salt. It's a Swedish retailer, I remember they were also very slow to get the 4790k in - OCUK had plenty of 4790k stock while the Swedish store had just preorders.

 

[Dave2150]

OCUK now has dual channel DDR4 kits although the kits for X99 would also work. See here.

Awesome prices there

I'll get the 32GB (2x16GB) kit for sure - lots of room for further expansion

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-447-CS

 

[Dave2150]

Sandy bridge 2500k
8gb ram

TBH that's something only you can answer.

For myself, I'm still running a x58 I7 920 @ 3.6Ghz, from 2008. I'm upgrading mostly for the new technologies/IO (SATA3, U.2/M.2, USB3.1, PCI-E V3, UEFI PWM Fan control) and my recent GPU purchase is bottlenecked by my aging CPU.

I'll either get Skylake or X99, depending on the Skylake reviews next week.

If you don't need or know you won't use any of the features Z170 will give you that you don't currently have, and you're not noticing your GPU getting bottlenecked, then I'd stick with what you have.

 

[Dave2150]

Intel Skylake Core i7-6700K Performance Review Published – Gaming Performance Better Than Core i7-5820K

PC Cars:

GTA5:

Farcry4:

Blood Rogue:

Source: http://diy.pconline.com.cn/675/6751941_3.html

WCCFTech article: http://wccftech.com/intel-skylake-core-i7-6700k-review-gaming-performance-5820k/

 

[Dave2150]

So, it's still looking like Skylake is a better choice for those gaming on 1-2 GPU's. Cheaper, faster, uses less power.

Now I really want to see what the average overclock result will be like

 

[Dave2150]

PC Cars is an interesting one, as I think it's quite CPU bound compared to most games?

Next Tuesday/Wednesday the official reviews appear I think?

Yeh I think it's Tuesday/Wednesday for the official review. Whilst it's nice to get these early reviews, I'll still only trust the Anandtech and other official reviews etc.

 

[Dave2150]

http://wccftech.com/intel-skylake-core-i7-6700k-review-gaming-performance-5820k/

Already posted mate.

 

[Dave2150]

Ye i think the odd few will be getting confused thinking that the Skylake chips will be massively faster when in fact they aren't, already been proven by some of the comments I've seen in various places.

Obviously there is going to be a large gap in the graphs when all are compared at stock speeds, fair comparison would be all @ 4ghz or something. Not saying Skylake chips will be weak but the difference is obviously going to be pretty minimal compared with current CPU's.

Some are acting as if the IPC increase is going to be like a 1ghz boost when in fact it is literally only going to be a few hundred mhz.

It all depends on how Skylake overclocks. We just don't know how the average 6700K will clock yet.

Maybe they will all do 4.8Ghz. Maybe they will all do 4.6Ghz. Maybe 5Ghz - we don't know.

Also bear in mind there's a significant % of people who don't overclock at all, but still buy the top -K CPU, as it's usually still the fastest at stock.

 

[Dave2150]

Can we expect to be able to pre order soon? Will be my first time getting the latest chips on release day.

I doubt they'll be available to preorder, most likely just available at 1pm on August 5th.

I'm still waiting for the official reviews before ordering anything.

 

[Dave2150]

Cool, well I'm looking forward to it.

What do you think of 32GB [4x8GB] DDR4 2666MHz CL16 Corsair Vengeance to go along with a 6770k? I can't decide between that and 16GB [4x4GB] 3000MHz CL15 DDR4.

If the Skylake reviews are favourable, I'll get a 32GB(2x16GB) 2400Mhz kit. That way I can use this kit for many years, since I'll have spare DIMM slots to populate. It's also nice to get the largest DIMM size possible IMO, 16GB dimms are brand spanking new

Games haven't shown any benefit from more than 2400Mhz so far either, so that helps with this decision.

 

[Dave2150]

http://g.pconline.com.cn/x/675/6751941.html

Leaked from a Chinese site. Seems to be on par with the 4790k. Betyer in some ways, worse in others.

Already posted earlier in this thread:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=28375814&postcount=804

This was the leak that showed the 6700k being faster than the 4790k and 5820k in every game.

 

[Dave2150]

So, Z170 motherboards alreeady on sale in Europe! I wonder if OCUK will offer them before Skylake's NDA is up on the 5th?

 

[Dave2150]

Can't wait for these puppies to land!

Same here, I just hope that everything I need to order is available on August 5th, namely the 6700k, Maximus VIII Hero, 32GB(2x16GB) DDR4 from Corsair, knowing my luck one of the three will be delayed/stranded in the desert

 

[Dave2150]

Or worse DOA....

Don't jinx me

 

[Dave2150]

The whole range of asus z170 boards to have over clocking sockets with extra pins?

http://www.kitguru.net/components/m...1151-o-c-socket-on-new-intel-z170-mainboards/

Strange move. I though asus would just fit them to their high end boards to differentiate them from the lower end

Judging by the X99 OC socket, it's purely a marketting gimmick IMO - only those running insane volts through their CPU when cooling with LN2 can see any benefits. So useless for 99%.

I'll still get a Asus board, regardless, though this is mainly due to build quality, the industry's most comprehensive QVL, reliability and well laid out UEFI etc.