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
Prime95AnandTechReader2017 - Tuesday, June 20, 2017 - link
Are you sure the numbers are correct as the i7 6950X on your graph here states less than the 135W on your original review of it under an all-core load.Ian Cutress - Tuesday, June 20, 2017 - link
We're running a new test suite, different OSes, updated BIOSes, with different metrics/data gathering (might even be a different CPU, as each one is slightly different). There's going to be some differences, unfortunately.gerz1219 - Monday, June 19, 2017 - link
Power draw isn't relevant in this space. High-end users who work from a home office can write off part of their electric bill as a business expense. Price/performance isn't even that much of an issue for many users in this space for the same reason -- if you're using the machine to earn a living, a faster machine pays for itself after a matter of weeks. The only thing that matters is performance. I don't understand why so many gamers read reviews for non-gamer parts and apply gamer complaints.demMind - Monday, June 19, 2017 - link
This kind of response keeps popping up and is highly short sighted. Price for performance matters to high end especially if you use it for your livelihood.If you go large-scale movie rendering studios will definitely be going with what can soften the blow to a large scale project. This is a fud response.
Spunjji - Tuesday, June 20, 2017 - link
Power efficiency will matter again when Intel lead in it. Been watching the same see-saw on the graphics side with nVidia. They lead in it now, so now it's the most important factor.Marketing works, folks.
JKflipflop98 - Thursday, June 22, 2017 - link
Ah, AMD fanbots. Always with the insane conspiracy theories.AnandTechReader2017 - Tuesday, June 20, 2017 - link
Power draw is important as well as temps, it will allow you to push to higher clocks and cut costs.Say your work had to get 500 of these machines, if you can use a cheaper PSU, cheaper CPU and lower power use, the saving could be quite extreme. We're talking 95W vs 140W, a 50% increase versus the Ryzen. That's quite a bit in the long run.
I run 4 high-end desktops in my household, the power draw saving would be quite advantageous form me. All depends on circumstances, information is king.
Ian posted that everything is running at stock speeds, each version overclocked with power draw would also be interesting, also the difference different RAM clock speeds make (there was a huge fiasco with people claiming nice performance increases by using higher RAM clocks with the Ryzen CPU, how much is Intel's new line-up influenced? Can we cut costs and spend more on GPU/monitor/keyboard/pretty much anything else?)
psychok9 - Sunday, July 23, 2017 - link
It's scandalous... no one graph about temperature!? I suspect that if it had been an AMD cpu we would have mass hysteria and daily news... >:(I'm looking for Iy 7820X and understand how can I manage with an AIO.
cknobman - Monday, June 19, 2017 - link
Nope this CPU is a turd IMO.Intel cheaped out on thermal paste again and this chip heats up big time.
Only 44PCIE lanes, shoddy performance, and a rushed launch.
Only a sucker would buy now before seeing AMD Threadripper and that is exactly why, and who, Intel released these things so quickly for.