The Intel Skylake-X Review: Core i9 7900X, i7 7820X and i7 7800X Tested
by Ian Cutress on June 19, 2017 9:01 AM ESTBenchmarking Performance: CPU Legacy Tests
Our legacy tests represent benchmarks that were once at the height of their time. Some of these are industry standard synthetics, and we have data going back over 10 years. All of the data here has been rerun on Windows 10, and we plan to go back several generations of components to see how performance has evolved.
Benchmarking Performance: CPU Office Tests
Comparing Skylake-S and Skylake-X/SP Performance Clock-for-Clock
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Ian Cutress - Monday, June 19, 2017 - link
Thanks!Cellar Door - Monday, June 19, 2017 - link
Good review Ian! But you would agree that this launch feel very 'half-baked'?I don't think there ever was an Intel launch with this many issues on the platform at start.
Ryan Smith - Monday, June 19, 2017 - link
"I don't think there ever was an Intel launch with this many issues on the platform at start."Intel always rolls out some new technology on their HEDT processors, which usually invokes teething issues. X99/HSW-E was the first DDR4 platform, and X79/SNB-E launched with some pretty gnarly PCIe 3.0 issues. So X299/SKL-X is fairly similar to past launches, for better or worse.
Drumsticks - Monday, June 19, 2017 - link
Still working my way through some of the review, but: "The latest KNL chips use 72 Pentium-class" on the microarchitecture analysis page is wrong. Knights Corner was derived from a Pentium but KNL is derived from Silvermont.Ryan Smith - Monday, June 19, 2017 - link
Thanks!Drumsticks - Monday, June 19, 2017 - link
Just finished. Thanks for the review. I look forward to seeing updated gaming benchmarks. Would have loved to see what you had similar to Kaby Lake X showing up here and there, but I understand not wanting to show incomplete data. I trust the editorial integrity of Anandtech more than the comment section, so I'm not crying foul. Can't wait for the follow up!Ian Cutress - Monday, June 19, 2017 - link
Some Kaby-X data is in Bench, mostly the CPU stuff. I need to replace my Kaby i7 that failed.Drumsticks - Monday, June 19, 2017 - link
Will take a look then, thank you!Vanquished - Monday, June 19, 2017 - link
Never visiting your site again. You make excuses for Skylake-X crappy gaming performance but were more than happy to bash AMD for the same issue.What a load of crap, shame on you.
Slappi2 - Monday, June 19, 2017 - link
Wow. RageQuit because you don't like the truth. It's a CPU!