Benchmarks for the Intel Core i7-7740K Kaby Lake-X CPU surfaced on the SiSoft Sandra Benchmark database last month using an ASRock X299 Gaming Professional motherboard, but now another one has popped up using another motherboard. The X299 chipset is a high-end desktop platform that will be likely using a new LGA2066 socket. These processors are quad-core units equipped with an 8MB cache and has 16 lanes of PCIe 3.0 from the CPU. This 16 lanes of PCIe 3.0 can be configured as a singular 16x or a 1×8+2×4. Unlike its current mainstream desktop Kaby Lake counter-part, the Intel Kaby Lake-X CPUs will not have integrated graphics but will have quad-channel DDR4 support. This is based on the information also leaked by BenchLife.info last month.
From the SiSoft Sandra Benchmark, it shows the Intel Core i7-7740K running at 4.2GHz with a 4.5GHz Turbo. This is also the first time the Intel HEDT platform extends down to offering quad-core eight-threaded processors, options which they only used for the mainstream desktop line previously. In fact the entire X-series family of processors will have a wide range of various core-configurations from 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12-core processors, all on the new X299 motherboard line. At the same time, Intel will also have a Skylake-X CPU which will also be built on the 14nm process but is expected to be for the top-end 12-core/24-thread line with 44 lanes of PCIe Gen 3.
Various information on Intel Coffee Lake CPUs are also coming to light, just a few hours ago more SiSoft Sandra benchmarks show its performance. It is expected that these CPUs will go on Z370 chipset motherboards for Intel’s next generation mainstream desktop platform which will bring about built-in chipset Wi-Fi and native USB 3.1 Gen2 support. The aggressive CPU blitz and moving of the timetable forward can be seen as a counter-offensive move against AMD’s Ryzen which has managed to dominate much of the talk online about processors for the good part of the year so far. It is expected that AMD will also be planning their own answer to Intel’s HEDT line and will feature a 16-core/32-threaded monster on a new socket design.
Source: eteknix
