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
Professional Performance: Windows
Agisoft Photoscan – 2D to 3D Image Manipulation: link
Agisoft Photoscan creates 3D models from 2D images, a process which is very computationally expensive. The algorithm is split into four distinct phases, and different phases of the model reconstruction require either fast memory, fast IPC, more cores, or even OpenCL compute devices to hand. Agisoft supplied us with a special version of the software to script the process, where we take 50 images of a stately home and convert it into a medium quality model. This benchmark typically takes around 15-20 minutes on a high end PC on the CPU alone, with GPUs reducing the time.
Cinebench R15
Cinebench is a benchmark based around Cinema 4D, and is fairly well known among enthusiasts for stressing the CPU for a provided workload. Results are given as a score, where higher is better.
HandBrake v0.9.9: link
For HandBrake, we take two videos (a 2h20 640x266 DVD rip and a 10min double UHD 3840x4320 animation short) and convert them to x264 format in an MP4 container. Results are given in terms of the frames per second processed, and HandBrake uses as many threads as possible.
Hybrid x265
Hybrid is a new benchmark, where we take a 4K 1500 frame video and convert it into an x265 format without audio. Results are given in frames per second.
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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.