Intel Core i7-11700K Review: Blasting Off with Rocket Lake
by Dr. Ian Cutress on March 5, 2021 4:30 PM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- Intel
- 14nm
- Xe-LP
- Rocket Lake
- Cypress Cove
- i7-11700K
Gaming Tests: Deus Ex Mankind Divided
Deus Ex is a franchise with a wide level of popularity. Despite the Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (DEMD) version being released in 2016, it has often been heralded as a game that taxes the CPU. It uses the Dawn Engine to create a very complex first-person action game with science-fiction based weapons and interfaces. The game combines first-person, stealth, and role-playing elements, with the game set in Prague, dealing with themes of transhumanism, conspiracy theories, and a cyberpunk future. The game allows the player to select their own path (stealth, gun-toting maniac) and offers multiple solutions to its puzzles.
DEMD has an in-game benchmark, an on-rails look around an environment showcasing some of the game’s most stunning effects, such as lighting, texturing, and others. Even in 2020, it’s still an impressive graphical showcase when everything is jumped up to the max. For this title, we are testing the following resolutions:
- 600p Low, 1440p Low, 4K Low, 1080p Max
The benchmark runs for about 90 seconds. We do as many runs within 10 minutes per resolution/setting combination, and then take averages and percentiles.
| AnandTech | Low Resolution Low Quality |
Medium Resolution Low Quality |
High Resolution Low Quality |
Medium Resolution Max Quality |
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DEMD is often considered a CPU-limited title, so when the 11700K is better than the older Intel CPUs is at the low resolution, low quality setting, that confirms that. But as we ramp up the resolution, and the quality, the 11700K falls behind ever so slightly in both averages and percentiles.
All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.
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nandnandnand - Friday, March 5, 2021 - link
Alder Lake on 10nm will fix everything, and be out before the end of the year.kgardas - Friday, March 5, 2021 - link
The power consumption you comment shows while using AVX512 on hand optimized test. Your idea about Alder Lake to solve this is not the correct one as Alder Lake itself will not implement AVX512 ISA at all. IMHO very bad decision by Intel again.TheinsanegamerN - Friday, March 5, 2021 - link
Yeah, some weak ant sized atom cores are what intel needs to fix this problem LOLnandnandnand - Friday, March 5, 2021 - link
You don't need more than 8 big cores for gaming. With a real IPC improvement, 8+8 should be able to beat the 5900X.lmcd - Friday, March 5, 2021 - link
Not likely, but it'll at least beat the 5800X and probably go even on efficiency. The real upside is in the server space and laptop space. I expect Alder Lake to do excellently in both of those segments.nandnandnand - Friday, March 5, 2021 - link
Alder Lake's Golden Cove cores should have a decent IPC improvement over Rocket Lake, so 8 of those cores should be able to match more than 8 Zen 3 cores. Then throw in the 8 Gracemont Atom cores which will be better than Tremont. 8+8 should top 5900X but not 5950X in multi-threaded, and beat Zen 3 in gaming.There's caveats, perhaps related to DDR5 or schedulers, but I will be surprised if the top Alder Lake chip can't beat the 5900X.
DigitalFreak - Friday, March 5, 2021 - link
Sorry, but in this case 8 + 8 does not equal 16.nandnandnand - Friday, March 5, 2021 - link
5900X is 12 cores, not 16. That's what Alder Lake 8+8 has a chance of beating.SaturnusDK - Saturday, March 6, 2021 - link
The problem is that Alder Lake has been pushed to second half of 2021 at the earliest so it will not be competing against Zen3 but Zen4.Pneumothorax - Saturday, March 6, 2021 - link
It might be able to beat the 5900x, but by the time you add in Intel's overpriced motherboards (have you looked at Z590's recently?!) and the premium of DDR5, you're going to be at 5950x+ pricing.