Intel i7-6700k Skylake Review

This is a pretty killer CPU, with a great platform and lots to offer, this is Intel’s i7-6700K. Check out the full video review here!

I tested each CPU with a Zotac Amp! Extreme 980, 8GB of applicable RAM and boot SSD.
Here is the full benchmark results:

Benchmarks
i7-6700K i5-6600K i7-4790K
GTA V (FPS) 146 130 132
Dirt Rally (FPS) 117 116 115
3D Mark Physics Score 13665 8806 11607
NovaBench CPU Score 997 596 847
Cinebench (Multi-Core) 925 651 827
Cinebench (Single-Core) 181 169 168
Asus Real Bench
Image 122251 115376 106263
Encoding 102208 81084 88440
Open CL 90189 86908 86908
Heavy Multitasking 98419 68861 81653
System 85228 70683 73434

Round Up
  • Value For Money
  • Performance
  • Functionality
  • Style
  • TechteamGB Score
4.8

Summary

Killer chip for the money, and if you are looking for multi-core workload performance, this is it!