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).
You might call the Core i7-4790K Haswell's Super Saiyan form. Intel didn't rework its thermal interface material or power delivery because the Core i7-4770K was facing pressure from AMD. No. Devil's Canyon appears as the company's response to guys like me...
Abstract: here's a cogent argument to be made for Intel having the enthusiast end of the desktop PC CPU market sewn up to such an extent that it has little reason to innovate until AMD catches up in the distant future. The lack of competitive pressure has caused technological stagnation at the £150-plus price point, as the Core i7-4770K - primarily a CPU with a basic GPU baked in - isn't going to face renewed competition from AMD's FX processors anytime soon...
Abstract: The month of November sees AMD introduce an A10-6790K APU and Intel debut the Core i5-3340S and Core i5-4440S processors. We also learn a lot about AMD's future roadmap from the APU Developer Summit '13, and share some tidbits about upcoming products. I...
Published: 2018-12-26, Author: Steve , review by: gamersnexus.net
The Intel i7-9700K received ample criticism at unveil for being the first “gaming,” S-class i7 in recent history to drop hyperthreading. The move was accompanied by an increase in physical core count to 8C, but followed the previous move from 4C/8T to 6C/...
Published: 2018-11-26, Author: Steve , review by: gamersnexus.net
By name and by marketing, the i5 CPU is most comparable to the R5 CPUs. The R5 2600's current $160 price-point makes it a less direct comparison, and the 2600X, which would perform about where an overclocked 2600 performs, is about $220. This is also che...
Abstract: Its hard to believe considering we just finished up an Intel launch, but it is already time to check out Intel’s next launch. Kaby Lake was launched at the beginning of this year and the Mainstream lineup of CPUs is getting refreshed with Coffee Lake and Z370. This is the 8th generation of Intel’s Core processors going back to the original launch back in 2006...
Abstract: Its hard to believe considering we just finished up an Intel launch, but it is already time to check out Intel’s next launch. Kaby Lake was launched at the beginning of this year and the Mainstream lineup of CPUs is getting refreshed with Coffee Lake and Z370. This is the 8th generation of Intel’s Core processors going back to the original launch back in 2006...
So I think most people will admit that AMD has had a lot of wins this year with all of the Ryzen launches. As I found out in our 1700v7700K coverage the 7700K was still a great performing CPU, especially when looking at gaming performance. But with ju...
The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Threadripper 1920X are very impressive processors that did extremely well in content creation benchmarks that take advantage of having a 16-core, 32-thread processor in the system. The good news is a good number of app...
Published: 2017-08-10, Author: Steve , review by: gamersnexus.net
By name and by marketing, the i5 CPU is most comparable to the R5 CPUs. The R5 2600's current $160 price-point makes it a less direct comparison, and the 2600X, which would perform about where an overclocked 2600 performs, is about $220. This is also...
