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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mapesdhs - Thursday, June 9, 2016 - link
Or a used 3930K, they cost diddly now. Use the cost saving on better SSDs, faster RAM, etc.rtho782 - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
Wow.Minor performance boosts at best was expected and I could swallow that and still be excited for BDW-E.
Minor performance boosts and a 70% price boost? I won't bother upgrading then.
ShieTar - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
There is no 70% price boost. The 6900K that replaces the 5960X basically sells at the same price with a good 10% performance boost.The 6950X needs to be compared to last generations E5-2687W V3, which still costs more than 2k$. So Intel actually hands out a 10% to 15% performance boost with a 20% price drop on that front:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1730?vs=135...
pencea - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
It's been10 days since the embargo on GTX1080 reviews was lifted and previews aside, there is still a deafening silence from Anandtech. Yes the apologists will argue Anandtech does a deeper review, give them time and all that but seriously when your review is this late, it begins to look like incompetence. Or perhaps you consider your reviews to be elitist, the holy grail among tech websites and that therefore any delay is acceptable? What pressing projects are the GPU staff working on that could explain this state of affairs?GET IT TOGETHER ANANDTECH YOU USED TO BE BETTER!
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
"there is still a deafening silence from Anandtech"Feedback is always appreciated. I've mentioned a few times now that it's not done yet and is still in the works. But I'm not sure what else you're looking for?
D. Lister - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
In other news, Guru3D has recently put up their 1070 review. Next time guys, use "Review: Part 1" in title, instead of calling it a "Preview". :Pretrospooty - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
He is looking for it to be done, and not "in the works". =)HighTech4US - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
^ T H I SHighTech4US - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
Quote: But I'm not sure what else you're looking for?An actual review.
artk2219 - Monday, June 6, 2016 - link
Sigh, you can't please everyone, and thank you for taking the time and effort to do these reviews in the first place. As always, I look forward to it and hope to see it whenever it's ready.Thank you!