Intel Core i7-5775C Review: Broadwell is off to a rough start on the desktop

[noel24]

So, is it worth me upgrading my 3570K yet?

Not even Skylake is worth upgrading over anything Intel's that got K on it. If Broadwell is any indication, Skylake may have similar problems with overclocking over 4GHz. Wait.

 

[gkovacs]

I would really welcome some Linux benchmarks, like the excellent sysbench that can test CPU and IO performance, and has a very useful MySQL benchmark as well.

It would be also be useful to compare these processors in some kind of virtualization test... like running two benchmarks (one CPU and one IO intensive with virtualized IO ofkoz) at the same time in two separate KVM or Virtualbox guests, and see how they cope with that kind of load.

I suspect the huge L4 cache of the 5775C would prove more useful if tested under these circumstances.

 

[noel24]

So, is it worth me upgrading my 3570K yet?

Not even Skylake is worth upgrading over anything Intel's that got K on it. If Broadwell is any indication, Skylake may have similar problems with overclocking over 4GHz. Wait.

I just realized You might be trolling Me. Good job!

 

[Guest]

Obviously the Iris Pro 6200 graphics and future versions of it will filter down to more affordable chips, it is just a matter of time.

You should also remember that AMD's current line of GPUs is based on the aging GCN 1.x architecture, and built on the aging 28 nm process. It's also just a matter of time for AMD to release 14 nm GCN 2.0 chips, and that's what Intel is going to compete with in the IGP market.

 

[cliffordcooley]

A T9600 with an ssd is undistinguishable from a i5 Ivy until you throw in the mix some games or rendering work.

I moved from a core2 quad to sandy bridge. The core2 quad is nearly indistinguishable from the i3. The core2 duo is far slower, no matter what storage device is used. By your reasoning you might as well compare them to a Netbook with a SSD.

 

[Squid Surprise]

How does it compare to the x9000, circa 2008?

While we can't go back in time, I DO have to kind of agree with the principle that CPUs haven't really been improving that much recently... while there certainly are benefits in a new i7/i5, the difference between something from 7 years ago is less than the difference between the first Pentiums and the 486...

 

[lripplinger]

I'm still sporting a "Lynnfield" i7-860 45nm part on an P55 chipset Asus board. Still going strong and does what I need. It would be nice to build a new system when Skylake comes out though. This "Broadwell" part is just a stepping stone to Skylake, at least from what it sounds like.

 

[Steve]

Yeah but there is a reason it isn't in the i3's - Iris Pro with EDRAM is very expensive to produce. Even if they did make an i3 with these graphics it would likely cost over $200 and have vastly inferior drivers.

Until proven otherwise I only see Iris Pro graphics as Intel trying to prove they "can" make graphics as good as AMD. But unless they can make it as economically as AMD can this is nothing to brag about.

Quite a lot of assumptions here. First of all it isn’t in the Core i3’s because there aren’t any yet. We aren’t saying Intel is going to completely overtake AMD this generation but you surly have to admit this is a mammoth leap from the previous generation.

We saw no driver problems with the games we tested. I am confident Intel has the budget to support a pretty decent driver team

So, is it worth me upgrading my 3570K yet?

Depends on what you do but I am pretty sure the answer is ‘no’ anyway.

 

[Guest]

Now AMD should release APU + HBM then...

 

[JAMF72]

It will be interesting to see a revisit of this CPU and see how it performs under Windows10 and Dx12, when the iGPU can be made to work together with the dGPU in the "explicit asynchronous multi-GPU" mode. I wonder if it's value for newer games will take the top spot then.

 

[Guest]

Although I like the spectrum of tests, I was wondering why in 2015 your still using the defunct DX11 ?
Hasn't anyone at Techspot heard of DX12 ? Try to impress me by conducting all tests in DX12
from now on, even if you think it might blow a fuse because its 'new software' !

 

[Squid Surprise]

Although I like the spectrum of tests, I was wondering why in 2015 your still using the defunct DX11 ?
Hasn't anyone at Techspot heard of DX12 ? Try to impress me by conducting all tests in DX12
from now on, even if you think it might blow a fuse because its 'new software' !

Everyone loves trolls... but REALLY? I'm sure there will be a plethora of tests in a couple of weeks though...