Testseek.co.uk have collected 291 expert reviews of the Intel Core i7 6700K 4GHz Socket 1151 and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i7 6700K 4GHz Socket 1151.
August 2015
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The editors liked
Fastest mainstream processor
Reasonable IPC improvement
Decent overclocking potential
Supports DDR4 up to 4266 MHz and beyond
Support for PCI-E M.2 SSDs for insane read/write speeds to non-volatile storage
No more Fully Integrated Voltage Regulators (FIVR)
Runs cooler than previous generations
14nm goodness
It's a bit faster
Intel has opened up the overclocking
Quickest Intel quad-core yet
Versatile new Z170 chipset
Improved IGP performance
Excellent overall performance
Noticeable upgrade over Haswell
Big jump in graphics performance
Slightly more power efficient than Haswell
Excellent overclocking options
The editors didn't like
Needs a new platform
It is very expensive for a quad core with Hyper Threading
Requires yet another motherboard change from previous gens
Abstract: These days there are basically two different groups of customers who demand lots of processing power: content creators and gamers, while this 2D performance comparison is targeting content creators. After having had a look at the following pages you'll ha...
Now that the new 7th generation Intel Core i7-7700K has been tested against the previous 6th generation Intel Core i7-6700K at the same clock speeds (4.5GHz), I have come to my overall conclusion. There is no actual performance increase on the IPC and asi...
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Supports DDR4 up to 4266 MHz and beyond, Support for PCI-E M.2 SSDs for insane read/write speeds to non-volatile storage, No more Fully Integrated Voltage Regulators (FIVR), Runs cooler than previous generations
It is very expensive for a quad core with Hyper Threading, Requires yet another motherboard change from previous gens
The question on everyone's mind, for those whom are still looking at a possible upgrade is very simple; is Skylake worthy of my money and will it be a worthwhile upgrade? There's some very compelling evidence that would suggest a few things, so let's run...
Abstract: In this article we're going to compare the Core i7-6700K to the Core i5-6600K regarding gaming performance. Both processors are tested at stock clocks as well as overclocked to 4.5 GHz and we're going to hit them with quite a few games as well as theoreti...
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Published: 2016-01-08, Author: Andrew , review by: techteamgb.co.uk
Killer chip for the money, and if you are looking for multi-core workload performance, this is it!
it's fairly safe to say, that overclocking your Skylake CPU will require come some more juice from the plugApparently overclocking is fun, but when it comes to the plain facts regarding gaming performance, we see that there is almost no difference apart...
Abstract: At launch, Intel is introducing two new enthusiast CPUs , as well as a new performance chipset, the Z170, which sees DDR4 memory support brought to the mainstream market for the first time.You might be wondering why Intel is launching a new platform wit...
Published: 2015-08-09, Author: Richard , review by: eurogamer.net
The Skylake i7 6700K is the fastest quad-core processor Intel has ever made, and in truly demanding games, it offers a useful bump over the last-gen Haswell and an even steeper increase compared to the 2011/2012 vintage Sandy and Ivy Bridge. Just two ques...
