Intel® Core™ i7-8700K Processor
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09/13/2019
SummaryThe Intel Core i7-8700K was an exciting processor to benchmark and overclock as Coffee Lake drastically improves performance at a minimal price increase. For $20 more than a 4-core, 8-thread Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake processor you can now get a 6-core, 12-t...
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05/08/2019
SummaryWe recently updated our Linux testing suite a wee bit, making minor changes, but at the expense of dropping all single-threaded benchmarks – by accident. We hadn't thought much about every single set of results being hugely optimized for core counts, whic...
techgage.com
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01/14/2019
SummaryBattling CPUs at $60 is going to be a tough call. Do you throw the best hardware around the chip that money can buy to compare the absolute limits of the hardware under ideal conditions, or do you keep it more reasonable for the price bracket it is intend...
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12/26/2018
SummaryThe Intel i7-9700K received ample criticism at unveil for being the first “gaming,” S-class i7 in recent history to drop hyperthreading. The move was accompanied by an increase in physical core count to 8C, but followed the previous move from 4C/8T to 6C/...
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05/03/2018
SummarySo I think most people will admit that AMD has had a lot of wins this year with all of the Ryzen launches. As I found out in our 1700v7700K coverage the 7700K was still a great performing CPU, especially when looking at gaming performance. But with ju...
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04/02/2018
SummaryIntel core i7-8700K review – While Intel's Core i7-7800X offers an overdockable and affordable way to get six cores and 12 threads, all eyes have been on the mainstream Core i7-8700K instead, and for several reasons. Firstly, the 7800X's quad-channel memo...
topnewreview.comProsHuge six-core power, Highly overclockable, Stable and easy-to-use platform, Mighty single-core speeds and gaming performance, Cheaper than Ryzen 7 1800X,
ConsDoesn't compete with Ryzen 1700 or 1700X on price, Cheaper 8-core Ryzens offer similar multi-core performance, Not compatible with older motherboards
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12/02/2017
SummaryThe 8700k not only met my expectations, but far surpassed what I ever thought the chip would do. The 8700k combines the multitasking of Intel’s HEDT platform, with the single core and gaming performance of their very popular, consumer platform...
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10/06/2017
SummaryWhether or not we have to thank AMD for Intel's quick turnaround on the availability of six-core consumer-grade CPUs we will never know for sure. However, it became very clear to us that the Core i7-8700K hits the sweet spot of multi-core performance almo...
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10/06/2017
SummaryEarly in 2017, Intel released their brand new Kaby Lake platform, featuring a plethora of CPUs and motherboards. The Kaby Lake platform introduced nothing new over what Skylake and its boards already offered. It was simply part of Intel's yearly refresh a...
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10/05/2017
SummaryIt was just nine months ago when we said the Kaby Lake flagship was the chip we've been waiting for. Now, just three quarters later, Kaby Lake has effectively been wiped off the map. The king is dead. Long live the king!The Intel Core i7-8700K, formerly k...
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10/05/2017
SummaryWith Coffee Lake Intel has a very fast processor series offering available for the masses. You can complain about pricing in comparison to the much cheaper Ryzen 5 1600X (229 EURO) but purely seen from a performance perspective, the Core i7 8700K is absol...
guru3d.com -
10/05/2017
SummaryWhat to take from Core i7 8700K?That power draw with the 5 GHz overclock + overclock preset RX 580 8G is brilliant! I used the preset which pulled 1.30v for the 5.0 GHz. I am sure this can do better since its an ES chip, but I wanted to see how it will pe...
hardwarebbq.com -
10/05/2017
SummaryIntel Core i7-8700K And Core i5-8400 Processors -- Find Them At AmazonAlthough they are not based on a totally new architecture, the design choices Intel made with Coffee Lake and its 8th Generation Core processors completely re-shape the company's mainst...
hothardware.comProsStrong Multi-Thread Performance, Killer Single-Thread Performance, Relatively Low Power, High Overclocks
ConsRequires New Motherboards, Despite Using LGA1151 Socket, Not All Unlocked
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10/05/2017
SummaryWith the enormous sales figures that the mainstream Intel processors achieve it is always going to be in everyone's interest when a new model appears.Given the number of cores and performance that we saw when the Ryzen 7 processors appeared there was a si...
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10/05/2017
SummaryThe performance story surrounding the 8th Generation Intel Core processors codenamed Coffee Lake is straightforward. Take the Kaby Lake parts that were already damned good, increase the core count in Core i7, Core i5, and Core i3 families, and also increa...
pcper.com -
10/05/2017
SummaryIntel's 6-core 8th generation Core i7-8700K CPU is the reality check to high-performance, high-priced CPUs like the $2,000 Core i9 and $1,000 AMD Ryzen Threadripper. The real battle for the desktop and consumer's wallets is with this amazingly affordable...
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10/05/2017
Summary2017 has been an interesting year for processors with AMD's long awaited introduction of the Zen-based Ryzen / Threadripper / EPYC processors, Intel's Core X-Series processors for high-end desktops, the Xeon Scalable processor family introduction, and now...
phoronix.com -
10/05/2017
SummaryIt's hard to know where to start here. Besides the exciting times of finally seeing more than 4 cores on the mainstream desktop platform, all 6 cores come out swinging. Intel's i7-8700K consistently placed at or very near the top of all of our benchmark r...
proclockers.com -
10/05/2017
SummaryThe 8th Generation Intel Core processors, codenamed Coffee Lake, are the first Intel processor family to garner so much interest in recent history. Thanks to the Ryzen Effect, Intel is finally increasing the number of processor cores across the board...
techarp.com -
10/05/2017
SummaryIt's time to condense all of our test results into our famous value scatter plots. We use a geometric mean of all of our real-world results to ensure that no one test has an undue impact on the overall index. First up, let's look at gaming performance. T...
Techreport.com -
10/05/2017
SummaryIntel's new mainstream flagship Core i7 processor is a beast. For gamers seeking the ultimate solution there is simply nothing better than the Core i7-8700K. Out of the box performance is incredible, overclocking is even more incredible, power consumption...
techspot.comProsGreat for highend gaming and competent at productivity. Offers better allaround performance than the 7700K. One hell of an overclocker
ConsRelatively expensive compared to Ryzen. Expect to spend $550for the chip, a motherboard and a nice cooler
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10/05/2017
SummaryAs you can see from our results on the previous page this is not an ordinary processor update from Intel. The 8th Generation Core Desktop series is bringing with it increases in core counts finally! We are going to see 6-core i5's and i7's and even quad-c...
thinkcomputers.orgPros6-core in a mainstream Intel chip, 36% multi-core performance improvement over the i7-7700K, Can easily overclock to 5.0 GHz, Single-core performance improvements, Beats Ryzen in gaming performance, Platform has 40 PCI-Express 3.0 lanes
ConsNew motherboard needed, Sort of upsetting if you've bought an i7-7700K recently
Retail prices reported as of 27 Jan 2023 12:56:45 GMT