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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hoohoo - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
Single thread performance lower than previous generation, but more cores. Sadly the price is totally out of line.I want to upgrade from an i7-3820, these things do offer the bang but the buck is definitely missing.
hoohoo - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
Shouldn't they be using their GTX 1080? The games do not seem to be CPU bound. Am I reading the charts wrong?pavag - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
"For $1721, [...] can invest in either the 14-core E5-2680 v4 [...] or get double the cores in a 2P system and using the E5-2640 v4 processor: a 10-core 2.4 GHz/3.4 "Ok. You said it, you own it.
Do the benchmarks and compare. I actually need it.
Seekmore - Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - link
Intel I7 6950x-Like it already? It is overpriced and is the most expensive in the history of processors till the date. An excellent Processor with excellent performance calculated for its price and features it supports. One of the fastest processor ranking high in the category.http://www.comparecpus.com/en/intel-i7-5960x-vs-am...
Get other details of Intel I7 6950x Extreme Edition to find out why is everybody looking for it..
Spunjji - Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - link
I saw the prices and threw up a little in my mouth. This is market capitalism at its nadir :(Spunjji - Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - link
...specifically with respect to the tech industry, obviously - didn't to be that hyperbolic.stimudent - Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - link
I just need to do my banking and watch porn. 56 cores should do the trick.Gothmoth - Thursday, June 2, 2016 - link
multitasking is the word.i use lightroom, photoshop, autopano giga at the same time very often.. every core helps.
or i render out a video with premiere while i edit a composition in after effects.
iGigaflop - Thursday, June 2, 2016 - link
I'll keep my 5820k i was kicking myself for not waiting 2 months for the 6800k but broadwell might be a little faster per clock but it doesnt overclock as good as haswell. I run my 5820k at 4.7 at 1.313 volts i think mine in a great overclocker and it never goes above mid 70c. But for everyday use i keep it at 4.2 and it stays around 50c. Im using a h100v2 and a cm storm stryker case. I think pretty much every 5820k should go 4.3-4.5ghz. And im running it off a asus x99 deluxe board. I just hope they keep the x99 v3 socket for skylake e.Jackie60 - Friday, June 3, 2016 - link
Why do you bother with the pointless GPU limited benchmarks-it's a total waste of time and effort and tell us nothing.