Testseek.com 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
Improved performance over Haswell
Better power efficiency
More overclocking options than Haswell
More stable overclocking than Haswell
40% more high-speed I/O lanes
Support for DD4 and DDR3
Excellent Multi-threading Performance
Very Reasonable Price
Strong Overclocking Potential
Reasonably priced
Overall improved performance
Quick Sync
HyperThreading
Improved HD video performance
Unlocked
Low Power
Improvement over Devil's Canyon
4.2 GHz stock performance
Top quad core performance
Fastest CPU we've tested
Outside of much pricier Extreme Edition chips
Simplified overclocking options
Chipset delivers more PCI Express wiggle room for super-fast storage
Overclocking options are easier to navigate than in previous models. Chipset delivers more PCI Express wiggle room for super-fast storage. Overall performance is better than any other CPU on the market
Save for Extreme Edition models.
Impressive single core performance and multi-core performance
Minimal power consumption with lower operating temperatures
Manages to match the performance of the Core i7-7700K at stock settings
Cheaper than both the 7700K and Ryzen 7 1700
Motherboards
Performance
Power consumption
Overclocking
DDR4 support
Skylake offers improved efficiency and overclocking over Haswell while the new Z170 chipset tops the Z97 with more USB 3.0/PCIe 3.0 lanes
PCIe 3.0 storage support and Intel RST.
Good performance
Overclocks well
Z170 platform offers new features.
The editors didn't like
None that I found
Minimal Upgrade from Haswell
Immature Platform
Not entirely overclocking friendly
Very hot when overclocked
Premium quad core pricing
In single-threaded tasks
Not substantively faster in our testing than previous-generation chips
Requires a new motherboard
Slightly higher TDP than its year-old Haswell “Devil's Canyon” counterpart
You'll need a new motherboard. Only slight performance gains over previous-generation chips in single-threaded tasks
Multi-thread performance is a slight concern considering the price you pay for this CPU
Should You Buy The Intel Core i7 6700K
The Core i76700K is generally no faster than the i74790K
Which will make it difficult to coax purchases out Haswell and Ivy Bridge owners. Availability is rumored to be limited.
PCMark 8: The Home and Creative test suites will be used for the purposes of this review. The ratings displayed for each test suite will be the total score. Geekbench: This benchmark aims to quickly and accurately measure processor and memory performance...
Abstract: I am going to do a bit of cut and paste here from our first article...again, as it is still pertinent to the discussion.For the last year, the Video Card Forums have been abuzz with
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Published: 2016-05-27, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: Though there are still some hotly anticipated titles due in 2016, we might already have the game of the year on our hands. Overwatch has been on our radar for a while now but it recently blew up in a big way with an open beta that attracted over 9 million...
The Core i7-6700K reached the market under heavy spectating, after the delay of the fifth generation CPUs. Actually, the “Skylake” (sixth generation) CPUs were launched almost simultaneously with the “Broadwell” (fifth generation) ones, considering that t...
EVGA makes a strong entry into the memory market with another formidable product line. Its High Performance 2800 SuperSC DDR4 Series 16GB kit performs great right out the package, but don't hesitate to kick up the frequency. The performance gains aren't m...
Published: 2015-09-27, Author: Eric , review by: futurelooks.com
Improvement over Devil's Canyon, 4.2 GHz stock performance, Top quad core performance
Not entirely overclocking friendly, Very hot when overclocked, Premium quad core pricing
The Intel Core i7-6700K Skylake processor is essentially a smoother, cooler running, and slightly faster version of Devil's Canyon. It features cooler running cores, and DDR4 memory support. The integrated...
Abstract: In 2015, for the first time in history, Intel had two major launches and one of those is going to be covered today by us. In 2013, Intel had launched their Haswell microarchitecture on the 22nm process node which had served the market up till late 2014. E...
Without any serious pressure from AMD at the high-end, Intel has continued its progression of minor improvements to their microarchitecture. However, of the past few generations, this is the most significant update since Sandy Bridge. CPU performance has...
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Published: 2015-08-28, Author: Ian , review by: anandtech.com
The how, what and why questions that surround overclocking often result in answers that either confuse or dazzle, depending on the mind-set of the user listening. At the end of the day, it originated from trying to get extra performance for nothing. Buyin...
Published: 2015-08-10, Author: Ron , review by: modders-inc.com
This review arrives a few days late from the embargo date even though I had the CPU ready for a week before launch. I have only received my first Z170 motherboard the night before the morning embargo, so needless to say, I would not have had the time to...
