Testseek.com have collected 267 expert reviews of the Intel Core i9 7900X 3.3GHz Socket R4 and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i9 7900X 3.3GHz Socket R4.
June 2017
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The editors liked
Great Multi-threaded Performance
Very Reasonable Price
Far easier overclocking than Haswell and Broadwell
The i9-7900X is the most powerful consumer CPU money can buy
High clock speeds out of the box
Improved memory support
Modern complement of IO
Lots of PCIe lanes (with an i9-7900X at least)
Freak777power 14 hours ago
Pros
10/20 cost now $999
10 cores and 20 processing threads
For $700 less than last year's comparable chip
Single-threaded performance on par with Core i7-7700K
10 cores and 20 processing threads for $999
Speedy single-threaded performance
Strong Performance
Good Overclockers
Feature Packed Platform
Fastest Desktop Processors To Date
Great multi-core performance
Improved single-core performance
Best performing desktop processor to date
Easy to overclock
Current LGA2011v3 CPU coolers will work
X299 platform is great
Strong single-core performance
Beats Threadripper 1950X at multi-threaded media encoding
Monolithic quad-channel memory interface
Fewer things to configure
Plenty of aftermarket cooling solutions
SkylakeX topped our performance charts
Bringing a much better value over BroadwellE on the highend
The editors didn't like
The i9-7900X costs £900/$1000
AMD's Ryzen offers 75 percent of the performance for well under half the price
The quad-core i7-7740X makes no sense—buy a 7700K instead
Confusing product stack that limits platform features
Power hungry
Requires a £100
Freak777power 14 hours ago
Runs hot when overclocked
Similar gaming issues at 1080p as AMD Ryzen chips
New LGA 2066 socket requires a new (and expensive) motherboard
Still pricey compared to Ryzen 7
Relatively pricey
Requires new
Expensive motherboard
Not the fastest at Full HD gaming
Runs hot
Differing PCIe Lane Configurations May Cause Confusion
Pricing May Change When ThreadRipper Arrives
Staggered released
Still 4 Core i9 processors yet to come out
Prices could change with Ryzen ThreadRipper comes out
High price
High idle power draw
No ECC memory support
Fewer PCIe lanes than Threadripper
It's extremely power hungry and considerably more expensive than Ryzen equivalents
Published: 2017-06-29, Author: Michael , review by: phoronix.com
Abstract: Following my initial Intel Core i9 7900X Linux benchmarks this week were questions raised about its power use and thermal efficiency. Here are some tests looking at those factors, including the performance-per-Watt.As a refresher, the Core i9 7900X Skylak...
Abstract: The Skylake-X Intel Core i9-7900X is superior to the Broadwell-E Intel Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition in just about every way.First, the familiar. This is a 10-core processor that can handle 20 concurrent threads at once thanks to Hyper-Threading technolog...
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Published: 2017-06-27, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: We walked away impressed by the speed of Intel's new Skylake-X chips when we reviewed them last week, however thermals were a severe letdown with the Core i9-7900X being too hot to handle even when paired with a premium all-in-one liquid cooler. Given tho...
Published: 2017-06-27, Author: Michael , review by: phoronix.com
Abstract: Since the Intel Core-X Series were announced last month at Computex, I've been excited to see how well this high-end processor will perform under Linux. Linux enthusiasts have plenty of highly-threaded workloads such as compiling the Linux kernel, among...
Published: 2017-06-23, Author: Steve , review by: gamersnexus.net
There's no reason to buy this CPU. It's a 7700K – which is a perfectly fine piece of silicon – but on a more expensive platform. Coupling the 7740X with an X299 results in a hamstrung, crippled motherboard the likes of which further complicates an already...
10 cores and 20 processing threads, for $700 less than last year's comparable chip, Single-threaded performance on par with Core i7-7700K
Runs hot when overclocked, Similar gaming issues at 1080p as AMD Ryzen chips, New LGA 2066 socket requires a new (and expensive) motherboard, Still pricey compared to Ryzen 7
Intel's new 10-core chip is better in almost every way than last year's core-equivalent offering, at a much reduced price. But Intel is facing stiff competition from AMD these days. That, combined with even higher-end Core i9 offerings promised soon, mud...
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Published: 2017-06-23, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
SkylakeX topped our performance charts, bringing a much better value over BroadwellE on the highend
It's extremely power hungry and considerably more expensive than Ryzen equivalents
I think we can all agree that Skylake-X offers mighty impressive performance. The Core i9-7900X blows everything else out of the water and the 7820X does a good job of making Intel's previous-generation 8-core CPU look a little sluggish. Single and dual-t...
Great Multi-threaded Performance, Very Reasonable Price, Far easier overclocking than Haswell and Broadwell
The Core i9 7900X isn't revolutionary. With Its multi-threading prowess would make easy prey of lessor processors and is currently the fastest desktop processor available, at least until 12 core and 14 core variants arrive.Intel has obviously put some ser...
Great multi-core performance, Improved single-core performance, Best performing desktop processor to date, Easy to overclock, Current LGA2011v3 CPU coolers will work, X299 platform is great
Staggered released, still 4 Core i9 processors yet to come out, Prices could change with Ryzen ThreadRipper comes out
Intel's new Core i9 Series processors definitely was a shot back at AMD's Ryzen processors. When Ryzen was released many gamers, enthusiasts, and more importantly content creators realized that it had pretty much identical multi-threaded performance as In...
Published: 2017-06-22, Author: Tom , review by: overclock3d.net
The Intel Core i9-7900X is one of those joyful things to sum up because the precis is so easy; it's blisteringly fast.We fear that might not be enough though, so let's quickly run over the main points.The i7-6950X on a X99 motherboard that was, until now...
