I put the Core i7-4790K through its paces in the synthetic benchmarking arena—where most overclockers seek their purchase entitlement. System integrity was verified prior, so everything was good to go for synthetic runs.
AIDA 64
SuperPi
Adobe Premiere Pro CC
PCMark 8
Handbrake
Cinebench
WinRAR
The synthetic benchmarks reveal quite an improvement over the Intel Core i7-4770K when it comes to the Intel Core i7-4790K. Most tests show over a 10% improvement, and in the realm of technology, 10% is usually noticeable. How much these extra 10% are worth to you, or applicable, is entirely up to you.