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: World of Tanks
Albeit different to most of the other commonly played MMO or massively multiplayer online games, World of Tanks is set in the mid-20th century and allows players to take control of a range of military based armored vehicles. World of Tanks (WoT) is developed and published by Wargaming who are based in Belarus, with the game’s soundtrack being primarily composed by Belarusian composer Sergey Khmelevsky. The game offers multiple entry points including a free-to-play element as well as allowing players to pay a fee to open up more features. One of the most interesting things about this tank based MMO is that it achieved esports status when it debuted at the World Cyber Games back in 2012.
World of Tanks enCore is a demo application for its new graphics engine penned by the Wargaming development team. Over time the new core engine has been implemented into the full game upgrading the games visuals with key elements such as improved water, flora, shadows, lighting as well as other objects such as buildings. The World of Tanks enCore demo app not only offers up insight into the impending game engine changes, but allows users to check system performance to see if the new engine runs optimally on their system. There is technically a Ray Tracing version of the enCore benchmark now available, however because it can’t be deployed standalone without the installer, we decided against using it. If that gets fixed, then we can look into it.
The benchmark tool comes with a number of presets:
- 768p Minimum, 1080p Standard, 1080p Max, 4K Max (not a preset)
The odd one out is the 4K Max preset, because the benchmark doesn’t automatically have a 4K option – to get this we edit the acceptable resolutions ini file, and then we can select 4K. The benchmark outputs its own results file, with frame times, making it very easy to parse the data needed for average and percentiles.
AnandTech | Low Resolution Low Quality |
Medium Resolution Low Quality |
High Resolution Low Quality |
Medium Resolution Max Quality |
Average FPS | ||||
95th Percentile |
WoT is a fun test to see 700 FPS+ numbers with the best CPUs. However the differences between the CPUs end up being minor, and in absolute terms the 11700K still has issues, often sitting at the lower end of the results.
All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.
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rfxcasey - Friday, March 19, 2021 - link
Yeah, might have to agree with you on this, from what I've seen the new instructions are amazing. They might be a real game changer but one thing is certain, it's the way of the future.Sgtkeebler - Wednesday, March 24, 2021 - link
Should I buy this or the i9-10900k. I have an i7-9700k but I want to blow my stimulus because I have a pto cash out coming in mayOxford Guy - Saturday, March 27, 2021 - link
If wasting money excites you...Priogeth - Tuesday, July 13, 2021 - link
Gesaz what is all this nonesense about?here some values:
(Name; Speed%*; mem; 1core; 2core; 4core; 8core; 64core; Price; )
11400F: 97.6%; 84pts; 159pts; 313pts; 594pts; 930pts; 1127pts; 200€;
7 3700x: 86%; 78pts; 135pts; 267pts; 508pts; 918pts; 1404pts; 264€;
7 5800x: 98%; 87pts; 157pts; 312pts; 589pts; 1062pts; 1637pts; 380€
9 5900x: 101% 89pts; 159pts, 314pts; 602pts; 1167pts; 2347pts; 500€
11700k: 107%; 87pts; 180pts; 358pts; 679pts; 1206pts; 1681pts; 350€
(100% speed performance = i9-9900k)
the values are from userbenchmark dot com, and can be checked your selves.
you might also want to go and check how these values come together b4 making any statements!
in comperison with these values you can clearly see that the i7-11700k is the top runner! not only in gaming but also in number crushing.
tho i would still more than recomend the ryzen9 5900x/5950x or a threadripper if you realy depend in numbercrushing like renderings and such.
also worth mentioning is the I7-11400F if youre on a budget. best gaming cpu for that price.