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alright guys so you may have noticed that we haven't put up any content during Intel's copulating launch day and that's because I was working on something very interesting for you guys so I won't be talking about the technical specifications or the technical details about Intel's newest architecture since I've already covered that in this video instead I really want to cover what people can expect when they decide to upgrade to Intel's newest processor the i7 8700 K this isn't gonna be the usual Intel vs. AMD thing but rather in comparison of an older system to a newer one provided you want to stay within Intel's platform so the only further ado let's get into it but first a quick message from our sponsor the new NZXT air RGB fans can be daisy chained together for awesome lighting cohesion in your build with vibrant and accurate color illumination all easily controlled through the hue plus via cam software full details in the description below alright so let's talk about the older system because our editor Mike aka sky MTL has been teasing it for about a week on Twitter this is Intel's z68 platform that was launched all the way back in January 2011 but don't let its age of more than 6 years fool you many people jumped on to Sandy Bridge platform and they have skipped Ivy Bridge has Wolff skylake and KB Lake entirely because it really wasn't any reason to one of the main reasons behind Sandy bridges lasting popularity is this processor the i7 2604 about 320 dollars and was actually well priced compared to some previous generation Lynnfield processors this is why Coffee League launch is such a big deal right now after six years the evolved 40 nanometer plus plus manufacturing process on these new processors has allowed Intel to finally move their I 7 Series away from that quad core layout that's been with us in Sandy Bridge was launched the I 787 under K uses six cores along with 12 threads and it costs $360 while that's a good 40 dollars more than the i7 2670 20 and 2017 almost perfectly so in today's dollars this coffee like CPU doesn't technically cost more now with its high speeds and more cores intel also claims that there are notable performance improvements over older processors but that's also a matter of platform improvements to z68 or other chipsets of the Sandy Bridge generation are actually considered very capable by today's standards but there are some key technologies which they are missing back in 2011 features like USB 3.1 gen2 Thunderbolt MDOT to nvme wearing around and even the current SATA 6 gigabits per second interface was added to z68 through slow third party controllers the same goes for PCI 3.0 which wasn't natively supported by Sandy Bridge but was tacked on to motherboards later on even though motherboards like this Asus z3 7ee Strix and gaming may not be all that much different from z2 70 it does have more connectivity options density 68 so you can consider that as a benefit to looking at these newer components but what I'm after here isn't to compare Z 370 and C 68 what I want to find out is whether or not people with Sandy Bridge processors should finally look into upgrading basically the test setups will consist of these Z 370 Strix and I 787 under K or the Asus PZ 68 V Pro and the i7 2608 with those I'll be using a gtx 1070 16 gigabytes of memory all the other components you see in this chart there's also a completely fresh install of Windows 10 and multi-core enhancement was turned off the only major difference will be the memory speeds with Sandy Bridge operating at 1333 megahertz while the coffee Lake system will be operating at 26 66 megahertz those beads were chosen since they represent the upper range of Intel's stock specifications don't worry though I'll get into overclocking later on ok so now on to benchmarks n I'm actually gonna skip these synthetic tests and move on to real-world testing and gaming something else I should mention is that there should be no doubt that the 87 ok is gonna win and the question is whether or not it wins by enough to make upgrading worth a while let's start things off with Adobe Premiere Pro since it happens to be a program I use all the time honestly a video editor would have likely upgraded away from Sandy Bridge a long long time ago and this is why just remember the 26 keh operates at a maximum speed of 900 megahertz lower than the 87 okay and has for less processing threats so of course coffee lake will win in rendering tasks the 87 enter K walks all over the 2600 K and in a big way - it takes less than half the amount of time to render the same scene at stock settings like many of the programs since GIMP is natively a single-threaded program Coffee Lakes additional threats and other optimizations can't be put to full use that means it still beats Sandy Bridge by noticeable margin but nothing like we've seen in previous multi-core tests if you're someone done edits photos for a living I'd still recommend you look into an upgrade since this amount of time being saved could lead to money being saved on your end switching back to a program that benefits from both multi-core enhancements and over all frequencies tells us the VI 780 senator Kate jumps way out of a massive lead again but honestly guys remember that coffee Lake is being compared against a processor that was launched six years ago so the improvements were expected we just wanted to properly put them into context by now it should be pretty obvious that coffee Lake will keep winning rendering tests by a big margin and that's what pov-ray shows I was actually expecting winner results to be a bit closer since its algorithms typically benefit from faster platform storage the lower memory latency and high clock speeds however after I looked a bit closer at the output it looks like the i7 2670 the SSD from writing information at its peak speeds the processor became a bottleneck okay guys so you probably didn't need any of those last charts to tell you that coffee Lake could beat Sandy Bridge without a problem but for people who are rocking the 2600 K and will care about saving time with processor intensive tasks could benefit from making a step up to coffee like but what about gaming you see with modern processors we've shown that more cores don't necessarily lead to higher frame rates in fact in most cases the GPU becomes the bottleneck long before the CPU does so what happens when we throw a 6-0 processor into the mix now to run these tests I'm gonna be using this gigabyte gtx 1070 which should give us a good balance of performance for the price you pay just to make things a bit more interesting I'm also going to throw in a comparison with one of the fastest graphics cards available when the 2600 K was the NVIDIA GTX 680 just remember that the GTX 680 is technically compatible with DX 12 but many of the api's primary rendering optimizations just won't work with the GPUs hardware that and its smaller two gigabyte frame buffer cause performance to suffer in a big way and I know a lot of you guys came here for this and let me tell you the results are pretty eye-opening at slightly low resolution of 1080p the results are really interesting with the 2600 K being only a few frames per second behind in UI 787 and okay remember 1080p is supposed to put more stress on the CPU but it looks like the 2600 K is completely able to hold its own for the most part but there is a difference when we look at the bottom 1% frame rates in dx11 titles like call of duty Grand Theft Auto and overwatch it looks like the 87 in decay delivers a much smoother gaming experience the DX 12 shows both cards pretty much even though there really isn't much to say about this six-year-old setup of a 2600 K and a GTX 680 since just adding a gtx 1070 could double or even triple your frame rates okay let's move on to a bit more demanding resolution of 1440 P now since even more of the processing needs are directed towards the graphics card both the 2600 K and 87 and K end up running neck-to-neck even though it's lower 1% frame rates get closer but there are still a very few dx11 games where the 8700 K provides a slight improvement in overall smoothness but that smoothness is subjective since it's doubtful that many will see the on-screen difference between these two processors meanwhile the GTX 680 drops even further behind since it's to be by frame buffer just gets overwhelmed at this resolution but not so fast here what about overclocking remember these are two unlocked Intel processors and actually the i7 2600k was one of the best clocking processors we've ever had here at harbor Canucks so let's see what kind of additional performance we can squeeze out of these things let's start with how far they overclocked with proper stability the i7 87 okay hits five point one four five gigahertz with a memory speed of 3600 megahertz while the 2600 K ended up getting all the way to just over 4.8 gigahertz with the memory running at just 20 300 megahertz the results are pretty good for both processors in both Adobe Premiere and handbrake the jump and clunk speeds results in much better performance for the i7 2600k but it still doesn't come anywhere closer to beating a stock 87 okay the 8700 K doesn't really extend its lead by all that much in handbrake but that extra clock speed works wonders in premiere switching to gaming and the results are pretty much the same as before since the graphics card ends up being in bottleneck in all of the cases but what you can see here is that the overclock did improve the 2600 K is 99 percentile frame rates in overwatch bringing its overall performance closer to the 87 and okay that's pretty impressive guys and we only needed to upgrade the graphics card just to be completely thorough I also decided to test power consumption and those results weren't really a surprise either from a performance per watt standpoint the coffee Lake processor is miles ahead of the 2600 K but the 87 order K does consume quite a bit of power when it's overclocked just remember that because I don't feel the eighties sooner k delivers additional performance to justify that 51 increase well there you have it guys and I'm gonna wrap this up quickly since the results do speak for themselves now if you're someone who's in much need of faster encryption of faster rendering for day-to-day professional tasks the 87 order K is an awesome upgrade provided you can find one in stock and yes you will need a new motherboard in memory but those are good investments for the time you'll save what really shocked all of us here at Haruka Knox was just how closely matched the 2600 K and 87 under K we're in games especially in dx12 and Vulcan applications meanwhile dx11 seemed to very slightly favored the higher clock speeds of coffee lake but is that minor difference worth the price of a new system absolutely not if the primary use of your system is gaming you are much better off maximizing your graphics card upgrade even if your motherboard still has a pcie 2.0 interface while the newer Z 370 platform does bring connectivity benefits and potentially more processing cores at least with games I tested recommending it to a pure gaming upgrade is extremely hard so what do you guys think about this comparison we're you surprised by the results and are you planning on upgrading let me know in the comments down below on ebay with hurricane x thank you so much watching make sure to subscribe for more similar content and we'll see you and then one