Core i7-8700
Performance
Description
The Core i7-8700 is a cpu manufactured by Intel that was released on October 2017. This model has 6 Coffee Lake-S cores with HyperThreading, runs at 3200 MHz as base frequency and has a a thermal design power of 65 W.
Coffee Lake is the second refinement of Intel’s 14nm (Tri-Gate) technology. While it uses LGA1151 socket, it is incompatible with previous generations due to electrical changes in socket’s pins so these CPUs require Z370 chipset. This kind of generation introduced more cores in every range to compete with new AMD’s architecture. Coffee Lake uses DDR4 memory at 2400MHz for i3 and at 2666MHz for i5, i7 CPUs plus iGPU frequency has been increased 50MHz with respect to previous generation.
Coffee Lake is the second refinement of Intel’s 14nm (Tri-Gate) technology. While it uses LGA1151 socket, it is incompatible with previous generations due to electrical changes in socket’s pins so these CPUs require Z370 chipset. This kind of generation introduced more cores in every range to compete with new AMD’s architecture. Coffee Lake uses DDR4 memory at 2400MHz for i3 and at 2666MHz for i5, i7 CPUs plus iGPU frequency has been increased 50MHz with respect to previous generation.
Specs
Official name
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz
CPUID
906ea
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.6 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
6/12
TDP
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
6x256 kB
Cache L3
12288 kB
Release date
October 2017
Mean monothread perf.
73.69k points
Mean multithread perf.
374.06k points
Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
Multithread
Test#1 (Integers)
4.41k
26.95k (x6.1)
Test#2 (FP)
17.12k
108.36k (x6.3)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.53k
38.03k (x6.9)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.84k
5.54k (x0.4)
TOTAL
39.9k
178.89k (x4.5)
SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
Multithread
Test#1 (Integers)
16.22k
95.92k (x5.9)
Test#2 (FP)
23.25k
148.19k (x6.4)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.99k
38.6k (x6.4)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.92k
5.19k (x0.4)
TOTAL
58.39k
287.9k (x4.9)
AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
Multithread
Test#1 (Integers)
16.57k
101.85k (x6.1)
Test#2 (FP)
25.52k
170.31k (x6.7)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.01k
43.12k (x7.2)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.82k
7.11k (x0.6)
TOTAL
60.92k
322.39k (x5.3)
AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
Multithread
Test#1 (Integers)
28.97k
173.36k (x6.0)
Test#2 (FP)
25.65k
156.27k (x6.1)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.93k
37k (x6.2)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.15k
7.44k (x0.6)
TOTAL
73.69k
374.06k (x5.1)
Motherboards where this CPU was tested
Model
Chipset
Release date
RAM models tested along with this CPU
Model
Type
Frequency
Size
Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.
Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.
Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.
Test#1 (Integers) [% vs time]
Test#2 (FP) [% vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [% vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [% vs time]
Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.
If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.
If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.
Test#1 (Integers) [% vs time]
Test#2 (FP) [% vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [% vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [% vs time]
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Kingston Core i7-8700 (This model)
Mode FPU monothread [39.9k points]
Mode FPU multithread [178.89k points]
Mode AVX2 monothread [73.69k points]
Mode AVX2 multithread [374.06k points]
Mode FPU monothread [41.26k points +3.40%]
Mode FPU multithread [191.41k points +7.00%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [72.28k points -1.92%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [383.8k points +2.60%]
Mode FPU monothread [39.5k points -1.02%]
Mode FPU multithread [178.64k points -0.13%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [80.6k points +9.37%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [443.77k points +18.64%]
Mode FPU monothread [42.82k points +7.31%]
Mode FPU multithread [191.54k points +7.07%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [75.27k points +2.14%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [387.99k points +3.73%]
Mode FPU monothread [43.93k points +10.09%]
Mode FPU multithread [176.79k points -1.17%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [77.75k points +5.50%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [372.74k points -0.35%]
Mode FPU monothread [41.34k points +3.61%]
Mode FPU multithread [165.85k points -7.29%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [73.65k points -0.06%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [352.84k points -5.67%]
Mode FPU monothread [44.04k points +10.37%]
Mode FPU multithread [178.11k points -0.44%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [77.34k points +4.95%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [371.08k points -0.80%]
Mode FPU monothread [43.19k points +8.23%]
Mode FPU multithread [137.58k points -23.09%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [74.6k points +1.22%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [345.73k points -7.57%]
Mode FPU monothread [41.54k points +4.10%]
Mode FPU multithread [163.95k points -8.35%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [62.92k points -14.62%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [276.46k points -26.09%]
Mode FPU monothread [37.6k points -5.77%]
Mode FPU multithread [639.48k points +257.48%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [68.33k points -7.28%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [1241.12k points +231.80%]
Mode FPU monothread [36.97k points -7.34%]
Mode FPU multithread [123.2k points -31.13%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [68.92k points -6.48%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [253.93k points -32.12%]
FPU mode comparison
Monothread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
4.41k
This model
Multithread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
26.95k
This model
Monothread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
17.12k
This model
Multithread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
108.36k
This model
Monothread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
5.53k
This model
Multithread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
38.03k
This model
Monothread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
12.84k
This model
Multithread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
5.54k
This model
SSE mode comparison
Monothread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
16.22k
This model
Multithread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
95.92k
This model
Monothread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
23.25k
This model
Multithread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
148.19k
This model
Monothread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
5.99k
This model
Multithread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
38.6k
This model
Monothread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
12.92k
This model
Multithread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
5.19k
This model
AVX mode comparison
Monothread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
16.57k
This model
Multithread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
101.85k
This model
Monothread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
25.52k
This model
Multithread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
170.31k
This model
Monothread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
6.01k
This model
Multithread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
43.12k
This model
Monothread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
12.82k
This model
Multithread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
7.11k
This model
AVX2 mode comparison
Monothread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
28.97k
This model
Multithread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
173.36k
This model
Monothread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
25.65k
This model
Multithread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
156.27k
This model
Monothread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
5.93k
This model
Multithread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
37k
This model
Monothread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
13.15k
This model
Multithread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-8700
7.44k
This model
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