Testseek.co.uk have collected 274 expert reviews of the Intel Core i7 4790K 4.0GHz Socket 1150 and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i7 4790K 4.0GHz Socket 1150.
June 2014
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The editors liked
Stock speeds from 4 GHz base and 4.4 GHz boost
Over 500 MHz higher than the CPU it replaces
Measurably better thermal performance at the same voltage and frequencies
Higher overclocking results with our sample (4.8GHz compared with 4.6GHz)
Overclockin
Great out-of-the-box performance
No price rise over the Core i7 4770K
Unmatched performance
Class-leading
Backwards compatible with 8 series motherboards (Z87 etc
Providing motherboard vendors issue BIOS updates)
Excellent outofthebox performance
Overclocking potential seems greater than Haswell's
Lower operating temperatures than Haswell
Retails for the same price as Haswell
Strong and efficient clockforclock performance from the underlying Haswell microarchi
The editors didn't like
Update isn't quite significant enough to upgrade from the initial Haswell CPUs
IGP performance in nonsynthetic benchmarks continues to be a concern
Temperatures are still mediocre – bring back fluxless solder
Overclocking headroom is very limited
Integrated graphics have not improved
Still does not seem to offer overclocking frequency potential competitive with Sandy Bridge (or Ivy Bridge
To a lesser extent)
Potential for relatively quick voltageinduced degradation (more results will make the issue clearer).
Abstract: Today Intel launched their new X99 chipset and Haswell-E CPUs. We took a look at those over here and to accompany that article we now look in a little more detail at the memory they support in our DDR4 Review. Our DDR4 samples for this round-up come from ...
Abstract: Gamers are continuously asking which is the best CPU for their system, from a performance as well as a price perspective. In this series of articles, we're comparing the gaming performance of two CPU's in recent games and we will be showing you which CPU ...
Thanks to it's higher clock-frequency the Core i7 4790K is clearly faster than the 4770K. A good example is the Cinebench benchmark, where the 4770K managed 8,08 points compared the 9,05 points of the 4790K, in other words a 12% increase. This is great ...
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Published: 2014-07-01, Author: Ryan , review by: eteknix.com
Great out-of-the-box performance, No price rise over the Core i7 4770K, Unmatched performance, class-leading, Backwards compatible with 8 series motherboards (Z87 etc, providing motherboard vendors issue BIOS updates)
Temperatures are still mediocre – bring back fluxless solder, Overclocking headroom is very limited, Integrated graphics have not improved,
PricingIntel's Core i7 4790K has an MSRP of $339 and can currently be found at Newegg for $339.99 and Amazon for $339.99. In the UK Scan Computers are selling the Core i7 4790K for £260 and Overclockers UK for £270. At the time of writing Amazon UK are no...
Abstract: Shrinking transistors isn't as easy as it used to be - not even for the mighty Intel - so to fill the void left by Broadwell's no-show, we have the imaginatively titled Haswell Refresh. These CPUs are available right now and while remaining as powerful an...
Let's start the conclusion to this review with the CPU being tested today. Devil's Canyon has had a reasonably interesting development process with Intel noting that when they set out to revise Haswell they brought this model to market in record time. Not...
Published: 2014-06-22, Author: Luke , review by: kitguru.net
Excellent outofthebox performance, Overclocking potential seems greater than Haswell's, Lower operating temperatures than Haswell, Retails for the same price as Haswell, Strong and efficient clockforclock performance from the underlying Haswell microarchi
Still does not seem to offer overclocking frequency potential competitive with Sandy Bridge (or Ivy Bridge, to a lesser extent), Potential for relatively quick voltageinduced degradation (more results will make the issue clearer).
So there we have it. The Devil's Canyon 4790K is indeed a cooler-running Haswell 4770K and with seemingly greater overclocking potential to boot.Focusing more on overclocking, we cannot speak for the entire Devil's Canyon series from our sample size of a ...
So, what to make of the Core i7-4790K? Our sample doesn't overclock as well as we'd hoped - 5GHz on air is possibly a myth, certainly compared to Sandy Bridge standards, but then again, it's early days and we've only had hands on with a single press sampl...
