Intel Core i7-4790K (Devil's Canyon) Review

Testing

Software

Below is a list of the applications we've used for our testing - most of them are available free for public consumption, although some are popular professional software applications. We're in the process of updating our benchmarks so please bare with us - we know some of these are a little dated but they still scale well and highlight any significant performance improvements.

• Shogun 2: Total War (CPU test only)
  
• The Elder Scrolls; Skyrim
  
• Our own Media Benchmarks v2007.235
  
• Maxon Cinebench 11.5 (x64) and R15

We've used Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1, as this is the most flexible and reliable 64-bit OS for testing the applications above.

Hardware (Intel Core i7-4790K)

• Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 2GB graphics card (GeForce driver 335.23 WHQL)
  
• OCZ Vector 150 SSD
  
• Corsair Pro Series Gold HX750 power supply
  
• Asus Maximus VII Hero motherboard
  
• 16 GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 1,866MHz memory
  
• Corsair H80i CPU cooler