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6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.7GHz, Coffee Lake.
Release date: Q4 2017.

Effective Speed 
+81%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 808,197 user samples
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61,910 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 62% Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 31% Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 0.4 GHz (avg)
Poor: 31% Great: 62%
SPEED RANK: 826th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 53%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Speed boat
746,287 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 100% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 76% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 76% Great: 100%
SPEED RANK: 148th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		48.9 % 88.4 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+81%
Average Score 
+84%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		54.4 Pts 90.1 Pts Much lower memory latency.
+66%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		77 Pts 128 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+66%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		142 Pts 249 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+75%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		235 Pts 466 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+98%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		357 Pts 770 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+116%
Overclocked Score 
+64%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		69.7 Pts 96.5 Pts Much lower OC memory latency.
+38%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		101 Pts 148 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+47%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		189 Pts 292 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+54%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		299 Pts 558 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+87%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		463 Pts 892 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+93%
Value & Sentiment 
+3,669%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.02 % 1.48 % Insanely higher market share.
+7,300%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		59 % 81 % Much more popular.
+37%
Nice To Haves 
+104%
Age
Newest 		77+ Months +1% 78 Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		464 Pts 1147 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+147%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		364 Pts 971 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+167%
Conclusion 
Average Bench 48.9%
Average Bench 88.4%
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Again, don't understand the low rating here. You're looking at desktop level performance (about as good as the FX-8350) at low wattage AND integrated graphics. [Jan '19 TheWildShadow55]

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The i7-8700K is Intel’s latest, top of the range, 8th generation Coffee Lake processor. Like Kaby Lake and Sky Lake before that, Coffee Lake is based on Intel’s 14nm architecture which has been slightly optimized on each iteration. Following AMD’s modus operandi, Intel has upped the cores and threads across the range of their CPUs. In previous generations, a 6-core processor would have been a high-end desk-top (HEDT) processor, however the i7-8700K is the first Intel CPU with 6 cores and 12 threads to be classified (and priced) as a mainstream consumer processor. Specifically, the i7-8700K features a base clock speed of 3.7 GHz which boosts to 4.7 GHz (4.5 GHz for the previous generation i7-7700k), 12MB of smart (L3) cache and 2 channels of DDR4 RAM. The majority of the performance improvements over the 7th generation stem from the higher core count which results in a 50% increase in multi-core speed between the i7-7700k and i7-8700k. A new motherboard will need to be factored into the budget when upgrading to the 8700K as it requires a new Intel Z370 chipset which has supposedly been designed to better deliver power to CPUs with a greater number of cores. Also available in this latest release of CPUs is the 6 core 6 thread i5-8600k which is a more rational option (around $100 cheaper) for the vast majority of users that don’t require hyper-threading. Sandy bridge owners can finally justify an upgrade but with the next iteration of AMD's Zen architecture just around the corner the CPU market will be a lot faster moving now that Intel, once again, has to compete. [Sep '17 CPUPro]

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