Friday, September 29th 2017
Core i7-8700K Reviewed by Lab501
Ahead of the 5th October reviews NDA, Lab501 posted their review of the Core i7-8700K six-core processor using samples not provided by Intel, paired with an Aorus Z370 Ultra Gaming motherboard. The tests reveal that the i7-8700K trades blows with the Ryzen 7 1800X in multi-threaded tests, despite two fewer cores, and has a clear leadership in single-threaded tests. It also reveals that the i7-8700K may not be as pricier than the i7-7700K as previously thought. Interestingly, the i7-8700K also spells trouble for "Skylake-X" Core i7 SKUs such as the i7-7800X and i7-7820X, as it offers multi-threaded performance in proximity to them, while being cheaper overall.
The Core i7-8700K is able to sustain its Turbo Boost frequencies of 4.20 GHz better than Intel's other Core X HEDT chips, which translates into higher gaming performance. The tests reveal that today's games still don't need six cores, and on the merit of high sustained clock speeds alone, the i7-8700K is shaping up to be among the fastest processors you can choose for gaming PC builds. Lab501 also got the i7-8700K to overclock to 5.1 GHz with relative ease. The chip runs feisty hot at overclocked speeds, but rewards with HEDT-like performance. Find other interesting findings of Lab501 in the source link below.
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The Core i7-8700K is able to sustain its Turbo Boost frequencies of 4.20 GHz better than Intel's other Core X HEDT chips, which translates into higher gaming performance. The tests reveal that today's games still don't need six cores, and on the merit of high sustained clock speeds alone, the i7-8700K is shaping up to be among the fastest processors you can choose for gaming PC builds. Lab501 also got the i7-8700K to overclock to 5.1 GHz with relative ease. The chip runs feisty hot at overclocked speeds, but rewards with HEDT-like performance. Find other interesting findings of Lab501 in the source link below.
102 Comments on Core i7-8700K Reviewed by Lab501
Will wait for next Ryzen for comparison, as apparently the 12nm version will come this February.
Lets wait and see what happens then. Am4's longevity + solder is more attractive to me than 10 extra fps.
But lets wait and see.
PS - 5.1ghz was on air... they benched cinebench at 5.2 and pifast at 5.3......all on that 'toothpaste' ...
Stuff like this matters for 100+ Hz gamers, alot.
1800X is pretty much a maxed out Ryzen chip. There's barely any OC headroom. And it's more expensive than 8700K.
Not to mention that 5 GHz probably will be no problem on Coffee Lake because of 14nm++ optimization/tweaks ^^ Even cheap air cooling will be able to do 4.8 GHz.
I'll take that "toothpaste" over non-overclockable Ryzen CPU's. Reaching 4 GHz is far from easy and most fail, when 100% stability is required.
Ofc theres a reason.
Meanwhile, 10-15 years on, the soldered chip will work just as well as it did out of the box, as is evidenced by the plethora of old chips that still work fine.
On a 6 core CPU, there really should be solder.And perhaps you should educate yourself on why people dont want TIM instead of solder. omg.
They just want a CPU at some point and think complaining about toothpaste to the market leader will make any difference for their future (whenever that is) purchase.
Its a bit sad IMO, and its also getting very very old now.
Lol, never had that happen where it dries out. People claim kt does, but also dont seem to understand that is its normal consistency.
Also, people dont keep cpus for 10-15 years... lol. A P4 or A64 would make me cry if i had to use one of those for anything... and that is just 10-12 years ago..
Also, while you're at it, show me a dried out TIM under a non-delidded Ivy Bridge, because that's the oldest toothpaste chip in the portfolio. I'll let you know, I have one, and it performs 100% identical to what it did on day one.
Anyways, 8700k seems to be pretty good performer. Let’s hope Intel doesn’t mess up with pricing.
Over time the thermal conductivity does decrease slighty but at stock speeds these chips have plenty of thermal headroom.
www.dowcorning.com/content/publishedlit/11-1688A-01.pdf
Its gunna be lols once AMD starts using paste :eek:
8700k is a bit too expensive for me, but the 8600k's price/performance is at least on par with ryzen I think (again, on average) and as a casual content creator my very much free programs prefer singlethread performance and games of course still LOVE high clockspeeds, although more cores never hurts. I game at 1440p though, so I want the high mins of an oc-ed 8600k or a 8700k, not so much the averages or highs, but the mins are just that much higher than on ryzen still and I can't wait for the 12nm refresh, so coffee lake seems like the best option atm.