System Specs & Memory Bandwidth

AMD Kaveri System Specs
  • AMD A10-7870K (3.9GHz - 4.1GHz)
  • Asrock FM2A85X Extreme6
  • 8GB DDR3-2400 RAM
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
  • Crucial MX200 1TB
  • SilverStone Essential Gold 750w
  • Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
AMD Vishera System Specs
  • AMD FX-8350 (4.2GHz - 4.40GHz)
  • Asrock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional
  • 8GB DDR3-2400 RAM
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
  • Crucial MX200 1TB
  • SilverStone Essential Gold 750w
  • Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
Haswell & Broadwell System Specs
  • Intel Core i7-5775C (3.3GHz - 3.7GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-4790K (4.0GHz - 4.4GHz)
  • Intel Core i5-4670K (3.4GHz - 3.8GHz)
  • Intel Core i3-4350 (3.6GHz)
  • Intel Core i3-4130 (3.4GHz)
  • Intel Pentium G3258 (3.2GHz)
  • Asrock Z97 Extreme6
  • 8GB DDR3-2400 RAM
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
  • Crucial MX200 1TB
  • SilverStone Essential Gold 750w
  • Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
Haswell-E System Specs
  • Intel Core i7-5960X (3.0GHz)
  • Asrock Z97 Extreme6
  • 16GB DDR4-2400 RAM
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
  • Crucial MX200 1TB
  • SilverStone Essential Gold 750w
  • Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit

As expected the memory bandwidth performance of the Core i7-5775C is comparable to the higher clocked Core i7-4790K at 29.5GB/s.

The L2 and L3 cache performance of the Core i7-5775C is considerably slower than the i7-4790K for the simple fact that it is clocked a lot lower. Here we see a 17% reduction in L2 bandwidth and a 23% reduction in L3 bandwidth. Keep in mind the maximum operating frequency of the i7-5775C is 16% lower than the i7-4790K.