The Intel Broadwell-E Review: Core i7-6950X, i7-6900K, i7-6850K and i7-6800K Tested
by Ian Cutress on May 31, 2016 2:01 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- Intel
- Enterprise
- Prosumer
- X99
- 14nm
- Broadwell-E
- HEDT
Office Performance
Dolphin Benchmark: link
Many emulators are often bound by single thread CPU performance, and general reports tended to suggest that Haswell provided a significant boost to emulator performance. This benchmark runs a Wii program that ray traces a complex 3D scene inside the Dolphin Wii emulator. Performance on this benchmark is a good proxy of the speed of Dolphin CPU emulation, which is an intensive single core task using most aspects of a CPU. Results are given in minutes, where the Wii itself scores 17.53 minutes.
WinRAR 5.0.1: link
Our WinRAR test from 2013 is updated to the latest version of WinRAR at the start of 2014. We compress a set of 2867 files across 320 folders totaling 1.52 GB in size – 95% of these files are small typical website files, and the rest (90% of the size) are small 30 second 720p videos.
3D Particle Movement
3DPM is a self-penned benchmark, taking basic 3D movement algorithms used in Brownian Motion simulations and testing them for speed. High floating point performance, MHz and IPC wins in the single thread version, whereas the multithread version has to handle the threads and loves more cores.
Web Benchmarks
On the lower end processors, general usability is a big factor of experience, especially as we move into the HTML5 era of web browsing. As browsing moves into a multithreaded arena and web applications get more advanced, it is all the more important to have an appropriate level of performance.
Mozilla Kraken 1.1
Google Octane v2
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jwcalla - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
No time for a 1070 review but a dozen-page day-one review for a platform nobody is going to buy.rhysiam - Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - link
Different authors. It's Ryan Smith who tackles the GPU reviews.GreenReaper - Thursday, March 2, 2017 - link
It is just as important to write the reviews for things people should not buy as it is for those they should. Perhaps more-so, so that people avoid making a mistake!ex_User - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
Haven't you forgotten to change the following line on overclocking page: "MSI has improved its overclocking options as of late on the Z170 platform(...)"?jardows2 - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
Little confused. The chart shows the i7-6950X as 10 core/ 20 threads, but you state it is"a full $634 more than the 8-core i7-6900K"I thought the i76900K was 4 core - 8 threads. Am I missing something here?
GTRagnarok - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
6900K is 8C/16T. Maybe you're thinking of the mainstream Skylake 6700K?jardows2 - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
That would be my confusion! Thanks for setting me straight!mapesdhs - Thursday, June 9, 2016 - link
Don't blame yourself, Intel's product naming is really dumb.zeeBomb - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
Golly...dreams money CAN'T buy.maxxbot - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
I've been easy on Intel these past few years but they deserve nothing but ridicule for this launch, the fact that you still need a spend a full $1000 for any 8-core CPU is a disgrace.