Core i7-8700K CPU by Intel Review

How We Tested

During our benchmarking sessions, we used the configuration listed below. Between our benchmarking sessions, the only variable devicand was the CPU being tested, besides the motherboard, which had to be replaced to match the different CPUs.
Hardware Configuration

• Motherboard (Coffee Lake): Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
• Motherboard (Kaby Lake): Gigabyte AORUS Z270X-Gaming 7
• Motherboard (AM4): ASRock X370 Taichi
• Memory: 16 GiB, two DDR4-3200 8 GiB Geil modules configured at 2666 MHz
• Boot drive: Samsung 960 EVO 500 GiB SSD
• Video Card: GeForce GTX 1080
• Video Monitor: Philips 236VL
• Power Supply: Corsair CX600

Operating System Configuration

• Windows 10 Home 64-bit
• NTFS
• Video resolution: 1920 x 1080 60 Hz

Driver Versions

• NVIDIA driver version: 387.92

Software Used

• 3DMark
• Blender
• Cinebench R15
• CPU-Z 1.81
• Handbrake
• PCMark 10
• WinRAR 5.5
• V-Ray Benchmark
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
• Dirt Rally
• GTA V
• Hitman
• Rise of the Tomb Rider

Error Margin
We adopted a 4% error margin. Thus, differences below 4% cannot be considered relevant. In other words, products with a performance difference below 4% should be considered as having similar performance.