![]() With just a BIOS update one can use the new Kaby Lake CPU on existing Z170 platform. With hike in the clock speed the Core i7-7700K offers a noticeable performance boost at stock clock against its predecessor generation Core i7-6700K CPU, making it the fastest desktop processor every produced by Intel. Just increase of 4 extra PCIe Express Lanes.įor most enthusiasts out there the new Core i7-7700K CPU is nothing great to like about.Not much of a performance difference against Skylake CPU.Still crappy internal Thermal interface material (TIM).Z270 chipset shows slight increase in storage performance.Newer 4000+ MHz of XMP profiles for DDR4 memory.There was not a major power consumption difference noticed between i7-6700K and i7-7700K CPU. Intel have just only changed the IHS design in Kaby Lake, the internal thermal compound is still crappy as that of the 6th generation of processors. The new TIM on i7-7700K appears to work slight better under sub-zero temperature or it seems that the TIM on i7-6700K has aged due to time. Now we put load on both CPUs by started Intel Extreme Tuning Utility CPU stress test for 10 minutes and plot the following graph registering change in temperatureįrom above temperature testing we noticed that with AIO cooling solution the new Kaby Lake showed poor thermal performance than the older Skylake generation, but extreme cooling showed a slight different story, there is little less increase in temperature of i7-7700K CPU than that of i7-6700K CPU under a 10 minutes stress test. Second we cooled down both CPUs up to -34C using Single stage Phase Changer. First we used AIO cooler (Cooler Master Nepton 240M ) on both CPUs. To check thermal handling of both CPUs we used two different approach. ![]() Maximum OC up to 5.4GHz Thermal Performance ![]() Test system configuration - Kaby Lake CPUīenchmarks - CPU Benchmarks - DISK Overclocking GIGABYTE Z170X Gaming G1 Sponsor : GIGABYTE INDIA Increase in Maximum PCIe Express 3.0 Lanes from 20 to 24 lanes.Increase in Maximum High Speed I/O Lanes ( HSIO) from 26 to 30 lanes.Intel Rapid Storage Technology Version 15 against older version 14.New Intel Optane Technology, which promising the elimination of system bottleneck which requires fast and better storage memory.The Intel's new Z270 chipset offers following plus points against the older Z170 chipset. Testingįor testing both Skylake and Kaby Lake CPU, we are using board with Intel Z170 chipset for Skylake (GIGABYTE Z170X Gaming G1) and for Kaby Lake we are using a new motherboard (GIGABYTE Z270X Gaming 5) with Intel's new chipset, the Intel Z270 chipset.įor even comparison I have overclocked the Skylake CPU up to 4.5GHz to match the max core speed of Kaby lake CPU. ![]() But we can clearly see that Intel have removed some of the test point pads from Kaby Lake it seems as all of the testing have already conduct during Skylake. On bottom contact pad side, we have the same number of by-pass capacitors and exact pads layout as Skylake. Taking a close look on the Kaby lake CPU, Intel have redesigned the IHS(Integrated Heat Spreader) of the processor, increasing the top contact area of IHS by small fraction. We will be comparing Intel Core i7-6700K against Intel Core i7-7700K cpu below. Let's find out below.įirst the latest three generation of Intel's top of the line desktop end processors side by side.įrom left to right, first we have Intel Core i7-6700K the Skylake processor, than there is the Intel Broadwell-E Core i7-6950X processor a 10-cores 20- threads beast and last on the right hand side we have the new Intel's Kaby Lake Core i7-7700K Quad-Core processor. This review is not about an in-depth technological analysis of the Kaby Lake architecture, but instead a head on comparisons of Kaby Lake and Skylake (its predecessor) processor.īuild on a 14 nanometer and with the same LGA 1151 socket as Skylake, the Kaby Lake processor seems to be just an optimized version of Skylake with factory overclocking or it is something all together a different story. The Intel Core I7-7700K to be exact and prepared this review/comparison to show what new Intel is to offer with Kaby lake. We are very excited to get an early sample of Intel's next 7th generation of Kaby Lake desktop processor.
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