Intel i7-6700K Skylake CPU Benchmarks Appear

[Doobeedoo]

What's with lower boost clock?

[TechSilver13]

I can't afford that platform.

RAM $155 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148866&cm_re=ddr4-_-20-148-866-_-Product

5820K $362 http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=I7-5820KBX&c=CJ

Mobo $164 w/ rebates http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130796&cm_re=x99-_-13-130-796-_-Product

 

Really not that much more than a Z97 4790K build.

[juretrn]

This seems kinda fishy. I'll believe it when I see it.

[MEC-777]

Marginally faster than Haswell/Devil's Canyon...

 

*yawn*

[Agosto]

Looks like another 8-10%... while they promised much more.

I really hope the prices to be reasonable, but I'm afraid they will go up.

[Sakkura]

What's with lower boost clock?

Higher clocks than original Haswell, things just got a bit weird because of the refresh when Broadwell got delayed.

[Guest Kloaked]

Well even with clockspeeds normalized, Sandy to Skylake is a 30% increase in IPC. So as it sits now per say, a 4.4GHz 2500k is comparable to a 4.0GHz 4690k. I'm not sure what you mean about worrying about your chip suddenly dying. It's pretty impossible to kill a modern CPU, unless you are pumping over 1.5v into it on a daily basis.

I would say a 2500k to a 6700k would be totally worth it, and you will definitely have an easier workflow.

I can get 4.4 without a voltage increase. It's just old and I don't wanna boot it up one time during a work session and in get a bsod due to it being semi-old. I'm not expecting it to die like you said, especially since I don't have to up the voltage at all.

The other reason I wanted to upgrade was to get out of having to overclock and possibly get an E3 Xeon. That way I have more threads for when dx12 starts to become a thing.

[FloRolf]

Another Sandy User here. I set myself two scenarios for upgrading:

1. My i7 dies, then upgrade to highest consumer grade available (4790k today)

2. My i7 does not die BUT intel releases an 8c/16t for less than 500 bucks.

 

This is because i seriously don't really want to upgrade an 4c to a newer 4c. Although it's all i need... it just doesnt feel right

[ArcherUBW]

I don't get why people think Intel unleashing what they really have is good for the industry. Or their own bottom line. Them releasing the chips we all know they could would bankrupt AMD and force them to cough up the X86 license to someone else. 

 

Why would Intel put a weak competitor out of misery? AMD can keep struggling and failing, that is not Intels problem to solve. Intel simply needs AMD to have a weak breath so monopoly charges stay away. 

 

Why should Intel be forced to do anything just because AMD has their heads up their ass, thats the real question. 

and why is amd in this predicament in the first place ahem fake Pentium benchmarks

[SurvivorNVL]

Another Sandy User here. I set myself two scenarios for upgrading:

1. My i7 dies, then upgrade to highest consumer grade available (4790k today)

2. My i7 does not die BUT intel releases an 8c/16t for less than 500 bucks.

 

This is because i seriously don't really want to upgrade an 4c to a newer 4c. Although it's all i need... it just doesnt feel right

I'm in the same boat.  For a period of time I contemplated upgrading to the 5930k or 5960x, but now I feel it'd be more effective to just take the 3820, upgrade to the 6700k(even though its 4c to 4c), upgrade for now, and then grab AMD Zen when that is out in Q3 2016 for an 8 core/16 thread processor.

[NAP51DMustang]

well looks like my plan to get a 5820k is still going to be a good one.

[Victorious Secret]

and why is amd in this predicament in the first place ahem fake Pentium benchmarks

Losers keep blaming factors outside their control. Winners keep working to the next victory.

That and AMD owes 2.5 billion in payments, so you'll forgive me for not believing a single word they say when they NEED to sell to avoid bankruptcy as a company.

[NAP51DMustang]

Losers keep blaming factors outside their control. Winners keep working to the next victory.

That and AMD owes 2.5 billion in payments, so you'll forgive me for not believing a single word they say when they NEED to sell to avoid bankruptcy as a company.

yeah faked Pentium benches are not the reason for AMDs current situation. Worse per core performance is.

[juretrn]

yeah faked Pentium benches are not the reason for AMDs current situation. Worse per core performance is.

The big customers care about performance per watt, reliable production and good bulk prices.

[BiG StroOnZ]

I can get 4.4 without a voltage increase. It's just old and I don't wanna boot it up one time during a work session and in get a bsod due to it being semi-old. I'm not expecting it to die like you said, especially since I don't have to up the voltage at all.

The other reason I wanted to upgrade was to get out of having to overclock and possibly get an E3 Xeon. That way I have more threads for when dx12 starts to become a thing.

 

4.4 without any voltage increase is pretty good. I doubt it will just die on its own. It's very hard to kill a CPU. Even with age. I know of Core 2 Duo's still going strong, being used on a daily basis without any problems. I actually just tossed away a Athlon 64 3700+ and an ASUS Socket 754 motherboard from 10-11 years ago that still boots up fine, runs fine without any issues and was overclocked heavily throughout all those years of usage.

 

Well realize that just like the 4790k, the 6700k also has a bump in clock speeds compared to original Haswell, Ivy Bridge and Sandy Bridge. With the 6700k @ 4.2GHz already beating a 4790k @ 4.4GHz you wouldn't even have to overclock if you didn't want to. The ability however to overclock will remain there if you went with a 6700k as opposed to getting a Xeon. Where if its age started to show, you wouldn't be able to overclock it to improve performance. I believe DX12 will help multithreading in games, but I still believe higher clock speeds and stronger IPC will remain more relevant for gaming. Which is why if you got a 6700k for instance and wanted to leave it at stock you would be fine. Then if you ever wanted to install a half decent cooler and overclock it to say 4.4-4.6GHz it would take little to no effort and probably almost no voltage increase to do. Then you would gain more free performance without any expenditure.

[Blaber Dear]

I agree sandy to skylake would be a nice upgrade

[Guest Kloaked]

4.4 without any voltage increase is pretty good. I doubt it will just die on its own. It's very hard to kill a CPU. Even with age. I know of Core 2 Duo's still going strong, being used on a daily basis without any problems. I actually just tossed away a Athlon 64 3700+ and an ASUS Socket 754 motherboard from 10-11 years ago that still boots up fine, runs fine without any issues and was overclocked heavily throughout all those years of usage.

 

Well realize that just like the 4790k, the 6700k also has a bump in clock speeds compared to original Haswell, Ivy Bridge and Sandy Bridge. With the 6700k @ 4.2GHz already beating a 4790k @ 4.4GHz you wouldn't even have to overclock if you didn't want to. The ability however to overclock will remain there if you went with a 6700k as opposed to getting a Xeon. Where if its age started to show, you wouldn't be able to overclock it to improve performance. I believe DX12 will help multithreading in games, but I still believe higher clock speeds and stronger IPC will remain more relevant for gaming. Which is why if you got a 6700k for instance and wanted to leave it at stock you would be fine. Then if you ever wanted to install a half decent cooler and overclock it to say 4.4-4.6GHz it would take little to no effort and probably almost no voltage increase to do. Then you would gain more free performance without any expenditure.

 

I may think more about it whenever I start the work. Right now I was just wanting to get feedback and/or ideas.

 

I also have a big ass D14 and it's able to keep my 2500k cool with just the 140mm fan on it, ha.

[BiG StroOnZ]

I may think more about it whenever I start the work. Right now I was just wanting to get feedback and/or ideas.

 

I also have a big ass D14 and it's able to keep my 2500k cool with just the 140mm fan on it, ha.

 

Well hope some of my feedback assisted you. 

 

D14 should do the trick fine even with one fan; just have to get the new socket 1151 bracket from Noctua if you went with a 6700k. I'm sure they will make them, I don't see why they wouldn't. 

[PlayModeOn]

Any improvement is nice for me. I have been waiting 2 years to replace my FX-8350. I have been preparing for this upgrade for a long time.

[Blackie Sheen]

I would like to point out that the xeon has a lower clockspeed but the same score.

the cores on the xeon are probably much bigger

[Sakkura]

the cores on the xeon are probably much bigger

 

The cores are exactly the same size as any other Haswell CPU cores. Skylake (probably) has smaller cores, but only because of the smaller process node - each Skylake core probably consists of more transistors than each Haswell core.

[PlayModeOn]

You guys talk about how small the improvement is but we have people like me who has the misfortune of buying into AMD CPU hype and gotten a FX-8350 instead of an i5 which is only $20 more (or $20 less for a non-K version). So this upgrade would be sweet to me for gaming and video game develelopment/rendering.

[spyder]

Was thinking of jumping to skylake from Haswell refresh (i5 4690K), I guess there is no point, might aswell just invest in a new GPU for the next year just to stay on the bleeding edge. 

[LukaP]

I would like to point out that the xeon has a lower clockspeed but the same score.

This one bothers me as well, but it could be attributed to lots of factors, like temps, throttling, not boosting, or some other errors in methodology. As always, best to wait till the release, and then check AT's indepth review of the arch

[LukaP]

Was thinking of jumping to skylake from Haswell refresh (i5 4690K), I guess there is no point, might aswell just invest in a new GPU for the next year just to stay on the bleeding edge. 

Its never worth it, one arch to the other, especially not now, when its physically impossible to increase IPC more than a couple percent, since we are nearing its limits (for SISD/SIMD instructions) and intel has already burned themselves once with a long pipeline.

 

Its time for new materials and more efficient programming now (with that i mean, it will be time after about 4nm and lower)