Intel Core i7 2700K

8.6

9.1

8.7

Ingredients: Cinebench R10 32-bit, GeekBench and x264 HD 4.0 (Pass 1)

Single-core Performance

Performance of an individual core

8.9

9.7

9.3

Ingredients: Cinebench R10 32-bit (1-core) and x264 HD 4.0 (Pass 2)

Overclocking

How much speed can you get out of the processor?

10.0

9.8

9.8

Ingredients: Unlocked, Maximum Overclocked Clock Speed (Air) and 2 more

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?

6.8

7.1

7.9

Ingredients: Performance Per Dollar

8.5

CPUBoss Score

Performance Real world tests of Intel Core i7 2700K

GeekBench

Intel Core i7 2700K

17,008

Core i7 2700K 17,008

AMD FX 8350

12,966

FX 8350 12,966

Intel Core i5 2500K

13,525

Core i5 2500K 13,525

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x264 HD 4.0

Intel Core i7 2700K

96.15 fps

Core i7 2700K 96.15 fps

Intel Core i5 2500K

86.9 fps

Core i5 2500K 86.9 fps

Intel Core i7 3770K

103.1 fps

Core i7 3770K 103.1 fps

3D Mark 11 (Physics)

Intel Core i7 2700K

8,000

Core i7 2700K 8,000

Intel Core i7 3820

10,530

Core i7 3820 10,530

Intel Core i5 2500K

5,990

Core i5 2500K 5,990

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3DMark Vantage is the new industry standard PC gaming performance benchmark from Futuremark, newly designed for Windows Vista and DirectX10.

Core i7 2700K by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2011)

3DMark Vantage is based on a completely new rendering engine, developed specifically to take full advantage of DirectX10, the new graphics API from Microsoft.

Core i7 2700K by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2011)

3D Mark 06 (CPU)

Intel Core i7 2700K

6,952

Core i7 2700K 6,952

Intel Core i7 3770K

7,941

Core i7 3770K 7,941

Intel Core i7 3770

7,909

Core i7 3770 7,909

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Cinebench R10 32-Bit

Intel Core i7 2700K

18,885

Core i7 2700K 18,885

Intel Core i7 3770K

25,703

Core i7 3770K 25,703

AMD FX 8350

23,437

FX 8350 23,437

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Benchmark Results: The Intel Core i7-2700K has a 3% clock frequency boost over the 2600K and in Cinebench we saw a 2.3% performance improvement.

Core i7 2700K by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2011)

Cinebench R10 32-Bit (Single Core)

Intel Core i7 2700K

5,120

Core i7 2700K 5,120

Intel Core i7 3770K

6,862

Core i7 3770K 6,862

Intel Core i5 3570K

6,557

Core i5 3570K 6,557

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Features Key features of the Intel Core i7 2700K

clock speed

Core i7 2700K3.5 GHz

FX 83504 GHz

Core i5 2500K3.3 GHz

Results: The Intel Core i7-2700K processor performed just a tad better than the 2600K, which is what we expected for only having a 100MHz clock speed increase.

Core i7 2700K by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2011)

While Intel isn't making a big deal with the launch of this processor we found it interesting since that 100MHz clock frequency increase was enough for the Intel Core i7-2700K to beat or tie the AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer processor.

Core i7 2700K by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2011)

turbo clock speed

Core i7 2700K3.9 GHz

FX 83504.2 GHz

Core i5 2500K3.7 GHz

It will be really interesting to see how the Intel Core i7-2700K compares to the Intel Core i7-3820 as they both have four cores and the same turbo clock speeds.

Core i7 2700K by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2011)

But all of its other characteristics are identical: 8MB of cache, four cores and eight threads (thanks to Intel’s Hyper-Threading technology), integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000, and the full line of shiny Sandy Bridge features, ranging from Turbo Boost 2.0 (which temporarily increases processing speed when the appropriate head room is available), Quick Sync Video (for faster rendering and conversion of video files), and so on.

Core i7 2700K by PCMag (Apr, 2012)

L2 cache

Intel Core i7 2700K

1 MB

Core i7 2700K 1 MB

AMD FX 8350

8 MB

FX 8350 8 MB

Intel Core i7 3770K

1 MB

Core i7 3770K 1 MB

Like the 2600K, the 2700K has a 95W TDP, an unlocked clock multiplier, 8 MB L3 cache, 4 CPU cores, and can execute up to 8 threads at once.

Core i7 2700K by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2011)

gpu clock speed

Core i7 2700K850 MHz

Core i7 3770K650 MHz

Core i5 3570K650 MHz

The screen shot above is of the Intel Core i7 2700K running at full load across all the available cores.

Core i7 2700K by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2011)

You can see all of the CPU-Z and GPU-Z information for this test platform below.

Core i7 2700K by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2011)

overclocked clock speed (air)

Core i7 2700K5.06 GHz

Core i7 4770K3.5 GHz

Core i7 37704.19 GHz

It can be easily overclocked, I have not encountered any BSOD's with it and it is amazingly fast.

Core i7 2700K by R.-Calderon (Apr, 2012)

it is an awesome processor for folding since it runs cool and is so stable at such high overclocks.

Core i7 2700K by DizZz (Jan, 2013)

overclocked clock speed (water)

Core i7 2700K5.34 GHz

Core i7 4770K3.5 GHz

Core i7 37704.46 GHz

I have not had to overclock the bios and am happy running the chip at it's default speed.

Core i7 2700K by Edwin-Dombkowski (Mar, 2013)

So, if you plan on overclocking and if you are comfortable with overclocking, then buy this CPU.

Core i7 2700K by spikefromspace (Apr, 2012)

Our analysis How does it stack up against its top 10 competitors

pros

Is hyperthreaded

Maximizes usage of each CPU core
Instruction-set-extensions

AES, AVX, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, Supplemental SSE3
Quite good memory controller

Built-in
High clock speed

3.5 GHz
Is unlocked

An unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
Lots of l3 cache

8 MB
Quite good turbo clock speed

1,350 MHz
Socket type

LGA 1155
Quite low GPU clock speed

850 MHz
Many more processing threads

8
Very good GeekBench score

17,008
Good 3DMark06 CPU score

6,952
Has a built-in GPU

A separate graphics adapter is not required
Good 3DMark11 physics score

8,000
Quite good overclocked clock speed (Air)

5.06 GHz
Lots of l3 cache per core

2 MB/core
Good cinebench r10 32Bit (1-core) score

5,120
High Maximum Operating Temperature

72.6 °C
Good cinebench r10 32Bit score

18,885
Good performance per watt

22.57 pt/W
Quite good overclocked clock speed (Water)

5.34 GHz

cons

Not much l2 cache

1 MB
Not much l2 cache per core

0.25 MB/core
Fewer number of displays supported

2
Bad performance per dollar

6.5 pt/$
Less recently release date

Oct, 2011

full specs

Reviews Word on the street

	Rated 80% Read the review (Apr, 2012) It supports only DirectX 10.1 (DX10.1), not DX11, and won’t provide more than adequate support for any builder who declines (for whatever reason) to use a discrete video card.

	Rated 80% Read the review (Dec, 2011) We've transitioned through 90nm, 65nm, 45nm and 32nm silicon, with 22nm CPUs just around the corner.

	Read the review (Oct, 2011) T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat utilizes the XRAY 1.6 Engine, allowing advanced modern graphical features through the use of DirectX 11 to be fully integrated; one outstanding feature being the inclusion of real-time GPU tessellation.

	Rated 96% by 43 users at amazon.com I upgraded to the i7-2700K from a Core2 Extreme so normal day-to-day activities like web browsing and email perform about the same, but system-intensive games and video encoding are noticeably faster. Rated 100% by by J.-Miner (Jun, 2012) The i7-2700k is very fast and much more energy efficient than my past intel CPUs. Rated 100% by by Eric (Feb, 2013) The i7 also has greater tolerance, its core and graphics clock can reliably cycle 100MHz and 250MHz higher then an i5 respectively. Rated 100% by by Eric-Guideng (Jul, 2012)

	Rated 96% by 1 users at www.overclock.net i would highly recommend this cpu to anyone who needs a processor that has a lot of OC potential and can make use of the extra threads. Rated 100% by by DizZz (Jan, 2013) the 2700k is essentially a higher binned 2600k but that means you will probably be able to OC it higher. Rated 100% by by DizZz (Jan, 2013) I have been able to overclock this processor to 5.3ghz @ 1.45v stable with temperatures under 50 degrees under load under water. Rated 100% by by DizZz (Jan, 2013)

Socket Type

Benchmark Results:The AMD FX-8150 was able to out perform the Intel Core i7-2700K in this gaming benchmark, but we did see a 1-2 FPS improvement over the Core i7-2600K.

When it comes to pricing the Intel Core i7-2700K carries a recommended channel price of $332.

Benchmark Results: PCMark 7 showed that the AMD FX-8150 was able to score 4351 points and the Intel Core i7-2700k scored 4333.

Intel Core i7 2700K | Rated 100% by by Ty (Jul, 2012)

Socket

3.5ghz is fast, but when it runs cool, and everything is working fine, I can get this thing clocked at around 4.5ghz!

Now, with the 2700K and making use of its 8-thread hyper-thereaded architecture, I am getting one DxO-converted frame every 6 seconds (and one lightroom frame every 1-2 seconds)!

Intel Core i7 2700K | Rated 100% by by NaturePhotoFelix

Because you are a member of H.A.W.X. 2 and you are one of the finest military aviators the world has ever known.

Intel Core i7 2700K | Rated 80% by by Tech Radar (Dec, 2011)

Multicore

Yes, it's a very nice little quad-core chip.

While a fault in a core part of a CPU requires the entire CPU be scrapped, Intel can still sell a CPU with a fault in the cache part by disabling it.

Intel Core i7 2700K | Rated 100% by by Eric-Guideng (Jul, 2012)

Suffice to say we view its hidden cores as evidence Intel has taken its foot off the gas.

Intel Core i7 2700K | Rated 80% by by Tech Radar (Dec, 2011)

Performance

Benchmark Results: The x264 HD benchmark is very CPU intensive and it showed the Intel Core i7-2700K beating the AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer on both the first and second passes.

Intel Core i7 2700K | Rated 80% by by PCMag (Apr, 2012)

For better integrated graphics at this point, AMD APUs are the preferred way to go—but you’ll sacrifice raw performance as a result.

The Sisoft Sandra 2011 SP5 benchmark utility just came out a few weeks ago and we have started to include it in our benchmarking.

Intel Core i7 2700K | Rated 100% by by NaturePhotoFelix

Applications

If I had built the rig for gaming, I'd probably pick an i5 instead and put the extra money into the GPU, since most games are running single-threaded for the heavy part.

Pre-set profiles eliminate the need for any complex settings and you can just drag-and-drop the video files you want to convert straight into the application.