The Intel Core i7-7700K (91W) Review: The New Out-of-the-box Performance Champion
by Ian Cutress on January 3, 2017 12:02 PM ESTGrand Theft Auto V
The highly anticipated iteration of the Grand Theft Auto franchise finally hit the shelves on April 14th 2015, with both AMD and NVIDIA in tow to help optimize the title. GTA doesn’t provide graphical presets, but opens up the options to users and extends the boundaries by pushing even the hardest systems to the limit using Rockstar’s Advanced Game Engine. Whether the user is flying high in the mountains with long draw distances or dealing with assorted trash in the city, when cranked up to maximum it creates stunning visuals but hard work for both the CPU and the GPU.
For our test we have scripted a version of the in-game benchmark, relying only on the final part which combines a flight scene along with an in-city drive-by followed by a tanker explosion. For low-end systems we test at 720p on the lowest settings, whereas mid and high-end graphics play at 1080p with very high settings across the board. We record both the average frame rate and the percentage of frames under 60 FPS (16.6ms).
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lopri - Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - link
+1. (minus AMD part. I will believe that one when I see it)Same performance, and even less overclocking (% wise) for bragging rights. Haha.
Michael Bay - Saturday, January 14, 2017 - link
I`m on Ivy Bridge/980 and have exactly zero incentive to upgrade performance-wise. Ten less seconds in winrar hardly matter.fanofanand - Thursday, January 26, 2017 - link
It's not processor performance that prompts today's upgrade, it's i/o.DigitalFreak - Tuesday, January 3, 2017 - link
If I could slap my i7-3770k in a Z270 motherboard I'd do it in a heartbeat. That proc is fine for what I need, but I need an upgrade to the rest of the subsystems. USB 3.1, more SATA III ports, M.2, etc.Lolimaster - Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - link
You can do that with pci expansion cards.Alexvrb - Tuesday, January 3, 2017 - link
So I was looking at the i3-7350K and wondering how well it would overclock without major voltage increases... but then I looked at the price. Cripes, that's no budget overclocker. If you're building a mid-range box and plunking down around $160 for the CPU alone, I figure what's another $60 for the i5-7600K. Or if cash is really tight, just spend a mere $20 more and get the i5-7500. Even at bone stock settings, the two extra physical cores are going to provide a LOT of extra performance in a modern application that can actually use 4 threads.dakishimesan - Tuesday, January 3, 2017 - link
Agree. Same thought process I went through. In fact, the i5 7400 is only 13 dollars more than the i3-k.Lolimaster - Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - link
With cpu's around 4Ghz, there's no point in OC. It's not the same when we had bottlenecked systems using single or dual cores with sub 2.6Ghz that could OC to 3.5Ghz, the extra % of oc vs heat/power consumption reached the diminishing point.2cores for gaming is pathetic.
hapkiman - Tuesday, January 3, 2017 - link
Looks like you better have some real good cooling with this proc. Going to get hot real fast once you start pushing it. Wonder what Intel used for thermal interface material. It's definitely not soldered.ruiner5000 - Tuesday, January 3, 2017 - link
No Battlefield, no Doom? What is this?