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Skylake-X review: Intel Core i9-7900X and the X299 platform

Introduction Intel's new X-Series consists of i5, i7, and reissued i9 processors, all of which require the same X299 chipset that comes with the LGA2066 socket. The S-series processors will continue to be used with the 200 chipset. In some applications and games, we've encountered performance trends that didn't match our expectations. Considering that Skylake X has a speed advantage due to higher clock speeds as well as new architectural... Intel has reduced the shared Last Level Cache (LLC-L3) and transferred it from an inclusive to a non-inclusive (but exclusive) approach. This was done with the help of an efficient caching algorithm that improves the hit rate of the L2 cache ... The Basin Falls X299 chipset The Kaby Lake-X and Skylake-X processors sit in an LGA2066 socket (R4), powered by an X299 chipset with 6 watts of power, underscoring Intel's strategy of using server chipsets for their HEDT- Li... Why should it always only hit AMD when a change of architecture leads to application-specific "collapses" in the expected performance or, more simply put, the CPU in certain applications simply does not... Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation Because we were just so nice, we continue the high-altitude flight of the overclocked Core i7-6950X, because even with this benchmark the optimization problem described above is very clear:... Grand Theft Auto V (DX11) GTA V restores the old pecking order and also shows two things. First, it's still an Intel domain, but AMD has made up for it with the Ryzen CPUs! It's really amazing how to deal with some fine... Project Cars (DX11) Even with Project Cars, the chemistry between the new CPU and the engine is right, even though it was observed time and again that all 10 cores clocked up to 4.0 GHz, even though they were not all busy. But we would... Introduction During the launch article of AMD's Ryzen 7 CPUs, we had already explained all workstation and HPC benchmarks in great detail and also questioned the background for many results in some cases even down to the last detail. En... Important preliminary remark Since Intel no longer realizes the contact between Die and Heatspreader by metallic solder at Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X, but also uses cheaper TIM (Thermal Interface Material) to use the same way. Cooling with the Chiller crowbar In order to be able to achieve usable (overclocking) results, we had to switch from the normal water cooling to the Alphacool Ice Age Chiller 2000, as already mentioned in the previous chapter. ... What is left for us after all these pages as a summary? Intel's market leadership in recent years is ultimately based on a continuous offer of more or less large updates, which of course also this time a certain amount of expected...

Project Cars (DX11)

Even with Project Cars, the chemistry between the new CPU and the engine is right, even though it was observed time and again that all 10 cores clocked up to 4.0 GHz, even though they were not all busy. However, we would take it less into the cheating category, because it only occurs in some applications. Why ever, because it could also be on the motherboard.

Although Intel still dominates the FPS numbers in the game, AMD has made up for it, especially in the frametimes and the Uneveness index. But here, too, the Core i9-7900X is currently the measure of things.

 

Rise of the Tomb Raider (DX11)

Since the DirectX12 implementation raises plenty of questions, we've started again with DirectX11. Even if the average FPS values do not express this so clearly – in the case of min-FPS one can already see clearer differences.

If you look at the detailed graphics, you will quickly find what you are looking for when it comes to uncovering the smaller differences.

 

Tom Clancy's The Division (DX12)

Finally, let's analyze this game, in which the differences are again only marginal and stand out for everything in the Min-FPS.

This impression continues with the detailed graphics and you don't see a really clear trend.

 

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