{"id":106333,"date":"2016-10-03T08:48:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T06:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=106333"},"modified":"2016-10-03T17:42:37","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T15:42:37","slug":"first-intel-core-i7-7700k-benchmarks-revealed-massive-performance-boost-over-skylake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/106333-first-intel-core-i7-7700k-benchmarks-revealed-massive-performance-boost-over-skylake","title":{"rendered":"First Intel Core i7-7700K benchmarks revealed &#8211; massive performance boost over Skylake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first benchmarks for Intel&#8217;s new Kaby Lake Core i7-7700 processor have been revealed, and the results are impressive.<\/p>\n<p>The GeekBench 4 benchmark <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wccftech.com\/intel-core-i7-7700k-benchmarks\/\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly<\/a><\/strong> measures the single-threaded performance of the Core i7-700K as <strong>42% faster than the Skylake i7-6700K<\/strong>, along with\u00a0a multi-threaded performance increase of 20%.<\/p>\n<p>The Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake processor has a TDP of 95W and is built for the same LGA 1151 socket used by the current generation of Skylake processors.<\/p>\n<p>Intel&#8217;s 14nm+ architecture is the main contributing factor to the boost in performance, with the i7-7700K boasting a boost clock speed of up to <strong>4.5GHz<\/strong> and a base clock speed of<strong> 4.2GHz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the GeekBench 4\u00a0scores for the Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake processor:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Single-Threaded Performance: <\/strong>6,131<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multi-Threaded Performance:\u00a0<\/strong>20,243<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out the full GeekBench 4 benchmark <a href=\"https:\/\/browser.primatelabs.com\/v4\/cpu\/583064\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to This is how 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