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The new standard for PC performance has arrived—6th Generation Intel® Core™ processors! Our blazing fast, feature packed processor family with built-in security is ready to take your productivity, creativity and 3D gaming to the next level.
With a 6th Generation Intel® Core™ processor, play your favorite 3D games in higher resolution, better details, faster frame rates, giving you an amazing gaming experience on your PC.
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Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark*, MobileMark*, and SPEC CPU are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.
Measured by SYSmark* 2014, a benchmark from BAPCo* consortium, which measures the performance of commonly used productivity applications, such as Microsoft Excel* and Adobe Acrobat*. On HD video playback, compared to 5-year-old system.
Pros: This is currently the fastest quad core I7 you can get. The stock clock of 4ghz makes it blazing fast even if you do not choose to overclock. The fact that is is a K model means with the right Motherboard you can easily push it to 4.6ghz, some have pushed these close to 5ghz, but I was not so lucky.
Cons: Very hard to find for sale due to Intel not making enough
Overall Review: I know you are asking yourself should I get this or go for the 5820k. I think it depends on your use case, for video editing and other heavy multi threaded apps you will see better performance on the 5820k, but difference will not be huge and it will use more power and cause more heat. I think the difference in performance is only measurable in benchmarks and not so obvious in real world use. Regardless of your primary use you will be happy with this chip. It does everything very well