Intel Skylake / Kaby Lake

[videogames101]

Hopefully I'll be waking up to English Skylake+DDR4 benchmarks and I can finish this build. Sweet dreams AT.

 

[ClockHound]

Don't know what it's worth but here's another review : http://www.gamersky.com/hardware/201508/630547.shtml

Sure hope CPUZ or Photoshop is broken on Skylake...1.744V at 4.2 and 91 degrees. Ouch!

 

[richierich1212]

Sure hope CPUZ or Photoshop is broken on Skylake...1.744V at 4.2 and 91 degrees. Ouch!

Shows 1.32vcore in Intel XTU

 

[Dufus]

Core i7 6700K @ 5.7GHz (Cascade) Geekbench 3 Score by FUGGER
Single-core: 6104
Multi-core: 23878

http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/3128513

Nice to see what clock it was ran at.

So normalizing for 4.2GHz ST and 4GHz MT we get

64-bit ST 4501 - MT 16756

Difference from 32-bit to 64-bit ~9% http://discussions.apple.com/thread/2132106?tstart=0

32-bit ST 4129 - MT 15372

Maybe some throttling with MT, how does the ST now compare with default i7-4790K scores?

 

[Dasa2]

how does the ST now compare with default i7-4790K scores?

this is a 4790k stock with 2133 ram
http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/compare/3122448?baseline=3109169#

and my 2600k at 4.4ghz with 2133c9 ram
http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/compare/3109169?baseline=3120398

 

[iSkylaker]

Amazon starts listing (out of stock though)
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=lga+1151

i7-6700K, $397
i7-6700, $355

Obviously not final price. Although official MSRP from Intel is $350 for the i7-6700K.

 

[ClockHound]

Shows 1.32vcore in Intel XTU

Well...that's a little more comforting...if it was running at 4.8.

 

[iSkylaker]

Based on the image above, temps are a bit high, aren't they?

 

[ClockHound]

Nah...91 degrees...Celsius - nothing to worry about - tons of headroom. When HWmonitor auto switches to Kelvin and turns on AVX, then we worry.

 

[iSkylaker]

Nah...91 degrees...Celsius - nothing to worry about - tons of headroom. When HWmonitor auto switches to Kelvin and turns on AVX, then we worry.

I sense sarcasm in your post, am I correct?

 

[ClockHound]

Nah...91 degrees...Celsius - nothing to worry about - tons of headroom. When HWmonitor auto switches to Kelvin and turns on AVX, then we worry.

I sense sarcasm in your post, am I correct?

Who me?

Comic Sans - Official Sarcasm Font of Anandtech. :biggrin:

 

[Tsavo]

I sense sarcasm in your post, am I correct?

Nope. Skylake is using new electron alignment and pattern smoothing technology. IIRC, Intel said this makes the electrons 28% smoother and 8% smaller than normal.

 

[ClockHound]

Nope. Skylake is using new electron alignment and pattern smoothing technology. IIRC, Intel said this makes the electrons 28% smoother and 8% smaller than normal.

But, only for the iGPU. The CPU cores get their bigger, rougher electrons from the tears of former AMD engineers.

 

[iSkylaker]

Who me?

Comic Sans - Official Sarcasm Font of Anandtech. :biggrin:

ah, I see.

 

[richierich1212]

Amazon starts listing (out of stock though)
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=lga+1151

i7-6700K, $397
i7-6700, $355

Obviously not final price. Although official MSRP from Intel is $350 for the i7-6700K.

Yeah they were there on Amazon and now they disappeared.

 

[tenks]

Broadwell-E should be compatible with X99. There is uncertainty if it will be skipped in favor of Skylake-E, which most likely will not be X99-based.

Yea I'm very aware of this. Broadwell-E's delay/uncertainty has really f'd up my plans (Ive posted this a lot lately lol).

After my original post, I really thought hard about this afterward. Except for x58, Intel's recent platforms only usually last for one tick-tock generation..Sandy/Ivy X79. Haswell/Broadwell x99...it got many thinking how many people actually upgraded from sandy-e to ivy-e? Only the rich and silly? My original plan was to get a 5820k early and maybe throw a broadwell-e in my setup down the line..But how many people really upgrade Cpus in 12-24 months..it sounds like a dumb plan now in retrospect, especially with how crappy broadwell turned out on the regular DT..


I def need 6 cores...I just want some certainty in the HEDT roadmaps. Wonder if they will be update with tomorrow's skylake launch.

 

[escrow4]

Amazon starts listing (out of stock though)
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=lga+1151

i7-6700K, $397
i7-6700, $355

Obviously not final price. Although official MSRP from Intel is $350 for the i7-6700K.

May as well buy a 5820K for that price if you are spending that much. Over here a 4790K is $479 and a 5820K is $548. Even accounting for platform costs I'd likely go hexa for that amount of money.

 

[K47S]

German retailers start listing the CPUs and Mainboards

 

[iSkylaker]

May as well buy a 5820K for that price if you are spending that much. Over here a 4790K is $479 and a 5820K is $548. Even accounting for platform costs I'd likely go hexa for that amount of money.

They will most likely "slash" these prices and set them to its MSRP pricing, just as the listed i7-4790K.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0136JONG8 - i7-6700
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B012M8LXQW - i7-6700K

Still got both links, added both to my wishlist.

 

[ClockHound]

They will most likely "slash" these prices and set them to its MSRP pricing, just as the listed i7-4790K.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0136JONG8 - i7-6700
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B012M8LXQW - i7-6700K

Still got both links, added both to my wishlist.

Nothing stopping you from writing a review now, tho. Why wait, when you can speculate? ;-)

 

[Termie]

TechPowerUp has published 6700K performance numbers in its Z170 review:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/Z170A_GAMING_M7/

Skylake looks pretty strong.

 

[ShintaiDK]

TechPowerUp has published 6700K performance numbers in its Z170 review:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/Z170A_GAMING_M7/

Skylake looks pretty strong.

Very nice power as well, 77W.

They also hit 5Ghz.

 

[HexiumVII]

Yea I'm very aware of this. Broadwell-E's delay/uncertainty has really f'd up my plans (Ive posted this a lot lately lol).

After my original post, I really thought hard about this afterward. Except for x58, Intel's recent platforms only usually last for one tick-tock generation..Sandy/Ivy X79. Haswell/Broadwell x99...it got many thinking how many people actually upgraded from sandy-e to ivy-e? Only the rich and silly? My original plan was to get a 5820k early and maybe throw a broadwell-e in my setup down the line..But how many people really upgrade Cpus in 12-24 months..it sounds like a dumb plan now in retrospect, especially with how crappy broadwell turned out on the regular DT..


I def need 6 cores...I just want some certainty in the HEDT roadmaps. Wonder if they will be update with tomorrow's skylake launch.

I think you'll need to wait for native USB 3.1 for some real futureproofing. I do a lot of work cloning disk and xfering data and would really like the bandwidth when they come out with 3.1 docks. Really disappointed that z107 only has addon cards. Still prob a year away, but i think 3.1 is going to be here to stay as it will prob be integrated into iphone/android phones maybe as early as next year as even Apple made the huge jump already. They should've really called it USB 4.0 since the jump is about as bigger than 2.0-3.0 (another 10x bandwidth, 10x power, better connector). What gives man.

Anyways reviews are starting!

http://wccftech.com/intel-skylake-core-i7-6700k-cpu-review-processor-gaming-performance/

 

[phillyman36]

I called the Microcenter near me before they closed. The guy took a while to find info but he said they have some things on the way. They usually get deliveries before they open and to check the website.

 

[ShintaiDK]

USB 3.1 gen 1 is just USB 3.0 speeds.