Intel Core i7-8700 Review: Stock Cooler Falls Flat
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Page 1:The Core i7-8700 Review
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Page 2:The Stock Cooler Dilemma & Test Setup
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Page 3:VRMark, 3DMark & AotS: Escalation
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Page 4:Civilization VI Graphics & AI, Dawn of War III
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Page 5:Far Cry Primal, GTA: V & Hitman
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Page 6:Shadow Of War & Project CARS 2
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Page 7:Office & Productivity
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Page 8:Rendering, Encoding & Compression
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Page 9:Final Analysis
VRMark, 3DMark & AotS: Escalation
VRMark & 3DMark
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Core i7-8700 fell right where we expected it to in VRMark: slightly below the stock Core i7-8700K.
AMD's Ryzen 7 2700X was a little faster though, as was the Core i5-8400. VRMark tends to reward high IPC throughput and frequency, but it also seems to prefer physical cores over simultaneous multi-threading technology.
Although the Core i7-8700 outstripped its K-series counterpart in the Fire Strike test, its lead isn't significant enough to call a definitive win. The heavily-threaded DX11 and DX12 benchmarks ran for an extended period of time. But frequent breaks in the sequence likely helped Core i7-8700 maintain the same level of performance under Intel's stock cooler and Corsair's Corsair H115i.
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
- AotS Escalation - FPS - 1920x1080, CPU Test, DX12 Crazy Preset
- AotS Escalation - FrameTimeoB - 1920x1080, CPU Test, DX12 Crazy Preset
- AotS Escalation - AvFPSoB - 1920x1080, CPU Test, DX12 Crazy Preset
Our three-minute Ashes of the Singularity benchmark scales exceedingly well with additional cores, so it was surprising to see Core i7-8700 perform similarly with both thermal solutions.
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