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.
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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...
Intel is bringing clarity to the 2015 premium consumer processor lineup with the launch of the Skylake-based Core i7-6700K and Core i5-6600K.Though not quite ready to reveal the secret sauce that powers these two processors that harness a revised arch...
Abstract: The th generation of Intel's Core architecture, codenamed ‘Skylake' is the latest in a line of CPUs which began with the Nehalem microarchitecture in Since then Intel followed a ‘tick-tock' development strategy - alternating larger architectural revisio...
