Monday, December 26th 2016

Intel Core i7-7700K Cracks 7 GHz Bench-Stable Overclock

It may have practically no IPC gains over its predecessor, but Intel's 7th generation Core "Kaby Lake" unlocked processors are shaping up to be an overclocker's delight. A Core i7-7700K sample tested by professional overclocker Allen "Splave" Golibersuch was able to breach the 7 GHz barrier. To achieve this feat however, HyperThreading was disabled, and two of the four CPU cores were also disabled.

Paired with an ASRock Z170 OC Formula motherboard, the i7-7700K was bench-stable at 7022.96 MHz, at the chip's maximum base clock multiplier of 69x, and a base-clock of 101.78 MHz. The Vcore voltage was set at a scorching 2.00V. The chip crunched PiFast in 9.02 seconds, SuperPi 32M in 4 minutes 20.25 seconds, wPrime 32M in 2.953 seconds, and wPrime 1024M in 1 minute 33.171 seconds. Paired with an ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 STRIX OC graphics card, it scored 643,316 points in Aquamark, and 86,798 points in 3DMark 05.
Source: OCLab.ru
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78 Comments on Intel Core i7-7700K Cracks 7 GHz Bench-Stable Overclock

#51
GhostRyder
Sorry, but while this is cool its just not cool enough since it cuts itself to a dual core to achieve this. I always like seeing overclocks but only when its the full chip hitting them even if they are using LN2 to cool it.
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#52
FireKillerGR
GhostRyderSorry, but while this is cool its just not cool enough since it cuts itself to a dual core to achieve this. I always like seeing overclocks but only when its the full chip hitting them even if they are using LN2 to cool it.
ok so 7GHz 4c/8t shouldnt be a problem and you will see more in the future when more chips have been binned. ;)
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#53
eidairaman1
The Exiled Airman
GhostRyderSorry, but while this is cool its just not cool enough since it cuts itself to a dual core to achieve this. I always like seeing overclocks but only when its the full chip hitting them even if they are using LN2 to cool it.
Like the 8350 and 8370
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#54
Scrizz
kid41212003you are still alive :))
:D I see that you are too. :)
msg me bro
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#55
KarymidoN

Hey Look. new processor (with OC) gave u 0min 0sec 688ms faster time on wPrime - 1024m


and 10ms faster PiFast Speeds.

:D WOW SUCH SPEED MUST UPGRADE :roll:
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#56
EarthDog
And the clueless continue their relentless assault.. :(
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#57
DOM
EarthDogAnd the clueless continue their relentless assault.. :(
Need to take them out back I say.... lol
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#58
arterius2
Why not just keep 0.5 cores and clock to over 9000 GHz? Or why not disable all cores and overclock to infinity? Eh? Why the hell not?? Why even stop there??
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#59
champsilva
KarymidoN
Hey Look. new processor (with OC) gave u 0min 0sec 688ms faster time on wPrime - 1024m


and 10ms faster PiFast Speeds.

:D WOW SUCH SPEED MUST UPGRADE :roll:
you know every ms counts when youre talking about benchmarks and splave can found a better cpu.
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#60
KarymidoN
champsilvayou know every ms counts when youre talking about benchmarks and splave can found a better cpu.
we are talking about a new generation that gives you Aprox. 0,734% performance boost... thats the joke.
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#61
champsilva
KarymidoNwe are talking about a new generation that gives you Aprox. 0,734% performance boost... thats the joke.
inst a joke since intel already said that there wont be any performance gain.
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#62
KarymidoN
champsilvainst a joke since intel already said that there wont be any performance gain.
Let propose the following situation:

You work for an X company that sells cars. You are responsible for developing a new car at the request of your CEO. You present your idea of car and it is exactly like the previous one, without changing anything, without any increase in speed, capacity, size, accessories, nothing, it is exactly the same, the only change would be the name.
What would your boss say to you?
If I do this at my job I'm fired.
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#63
champsilva
KarymidoNLet propose the following situation:

You work for an X company that sells cars. You are responsible for developing a new car at the request of your CEO. You present your idea of car and it is exactly like the previous one, without changing anything, without any increase in speed, capacity, size, accessories, nothing, it is exactly the same, the only change would be the name.
What would your boss say to you?
If I do this at my job I'm fired.
Like the Toyota 15/16? The differences are small, same for this 7700K.

This is a optimization plataform such as support for intel optane, HEVC 10bit support using very low power and other small stuff, this is mostly good for laptops.

Im not defending intel here, saying you have to change your 6700K for a 7700K unless you really want/need Netflix 4K on your PC.
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#64
Steevo
Running Win XP 32 bit instead of a 64 bit OS shows more stability than 64 bit does and allows for higher but unstable overclocks for validation. Impressive, but not that impressive as soon we could have instant load fault tolerant benchmarks for not much more than BIOS's and it becomes even less useable.

This is more like, I pumped 1000HP shot of Nitrous into an engine and for the three seconds before it blew up it made 1150HP, so imagine how fast it would have been......
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#65
EarthDog
KarymidoNwe are talking about a new generation that gives you Aprox. 0,734% performance boost... thats the joke.
there is zero IPC differences bud.. none. It's all in clocks.
KarymidoNLet propose the following situation:

You work for an X company that sells cars. You are responsible for developing a new car at the request of your CEO. You present your idea of car and it is exactly like the previous one, without changing anything, without any increase in speed, capacity, size, accessories, nothing, it is exactly the same, the only change would be the name.
What would your boss say to you?
If I do this at my job I'm fired.
carmakers do this all the time... though you are wrong in how. What the 7700k is actually, a mid generation update. You know.. subtle tweaks like the facia, maybe the interior a bit.. etc. Its still a Camry... except this is the 2017 model. They are not taking the camry and slapping an avalon label on it.
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#66
KarymidoN
champsilvaLike the Toyota 15/16? The differences are small, same for this 7700K.

This is a optimization plataform such as support for intel optane, HEVC 10bit support using very low power and other small stuff, this is mostly good for laptops.

Im not defending intel here, saying you have to change your 6700K for a 7700K unless you really want/need Netflix 4K on your PC.
EarthDogcarmakers do this all the time... though you are wrong in how. What the 7700k is actually, a mid generation update. You know.. subtle tweaks like the facia, maybe the interior a bit.. etc. Its still a Camry... except this is the 2017 model. They are not taking the camry and slapping an avalon label on it.
A new generation should bring more performance. The fact that people defend Intel saying that this is normal only proves that Intel have the market in their hands, and even if AMD releases new processors, even if they are better than Intel's current generation, consumers will still choose intel. This is called being a fanboy.
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#67
Prima.Vera
KarymidoNA new generation should bring more performance. The fact that people defend Intel saying that this is normal only proves that Intel have the market in their hands, and even if AMD releases new processors, even if they are better than Intel's current generation, consumers will still choose intel. This is called being a fanboy.
100% agree. I hate it too when people are defending those corporations that are overly rich because of brainwashing their consumers or the consumers are ignorant.
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#68
BiggieShady
Prima.Vera100% agree. I hate it too when people are defending those corporations that are overly rich because of brainwashing their consumers or the consumers are ignorant.
I hate when people assume that making a new generation of CPUs is exactly the same as making a new flavor of Cheetos. How could they put the same flavor on the market and call it a new flavor? Ridiculous.
Expecting never ending IPC increases like cpu arch is something you jot down on the napkin when you are bored at the dinner, and scoffing off at the achievable high clocks ... and to top it off calling others ignorant, brainwashed and in defense of rich corporations ... that's not only childish but also ironic because fanboyism is when you defend a company in spite of series of bad products, not when you praise a company because of the series of excellent products.
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#69
EarthDog
KarymidoNA new generation should bring more performance. The fact that people defend Intel saying that this is normal only proves that Intel have the market in their hands, and even if AMD releases new processors, even if they are better than Intel's current generation, consumers will still choose intel. This is called being a fanboy.
It's not a new generation though... it's a refinement of the current process. This is really no different than Devils canyon (4790k) was to Haswell (4770k)..

You all must really not like amd considering how their ipc increased from bulldozer to piledriver on the fx line which the former has been out for 5 years. Seems more stagnent than Intel who has had some ipc increases over the last 5 years...

...let's look at the forest and not the trees before we go calling others fanboys. Those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. ;)
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#70
rushwhq
Darksword2 of 4 cores disabled? Nope, sorry... doesn't count as a real overclock in my book.
Which book do u read? my goshh..
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#71
cdawall
where the hell are my stars
rushwhqWhich book do u read? my goshh..
The not understanding the point of extreme overclocking book.
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#72
DOM
cdawallThe not understanding the point of extreme overclocking book.
Lmao why you so nice.... say how you really feel :roll:
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#73
cdawall
where the hell are my stars
DOMLmao why you so nice.... say how you really feel :roll:
What's sad is I am much meaner in person about things like this lol.
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#74
Prima.Vera
BiggieShady... that's not only childish but also ironic because fanboyism is when you defend a company in spite of series of bad products, not when you praise a company because of the series of excellent products.
You basically just contradicted yourself. LOL. The hypocrisy / :) :) :)
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#75
BiggieShady
Prima.VeraYou basically just contradicted yourself.
Only convoluted, not contradictory ... I realize fanboyism is actually something else, but I like to define it in terms of rationality ... if you favor one company over other for your own benefit it's beyond fanboyism because it's logical.
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