Intel 3770K shows 8 cores when its meant to be 4?

[khobbs_uk]

Intel 3770K shows 8 cores when its meant to be 4?

I am looking in the performance section in windows 7, or am i being silly

 

[Traciatim]

It's got hyperthreading, so it looks kind of like 8 cores to the OS.

 

[khobbs_uk]

ah thanks, forgot about them threads lol, thanks