Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz

Price and performance details for the Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

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Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: LGA1151

Clockspeed: 4.0 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.2 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 8

Typical TDP: 95 W

Cache Size: L1: 256 KB, L2: 1.0 MB, L3: 8 MB

Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 64 GB (DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V)

Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz, Intel Core i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2015

CPUmark/$Price: 66.23

Overall Rank: 1054

Last Price Change: $134.99 USD (2023-06-02)

Average CPU Mark

8940

Single Thread Rating: 2509
Samples: 15889*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 11,250
Thread: 2,374

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz

Integer Math	28,140 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	17,398 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	31 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	15,938 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	3,057 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	125,909 KBytes/Sec
Physics	642 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	8,237 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,509 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of December 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 30th of November 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of November 2023.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$248.36 USD	Buy Now!
	$134.99 USD	Buy Now!
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Pricing History

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CybertronPC Thallium Z170 Gaming Desktop - Liquid-Cooled Intel i7-6700K 4GHz Quad-Core Processor, 16GB DDR4 Memory, 2X NVIDIA GTX980 Ti (6GB GDDR5) SLI Graphics, 400GB SSD, 2TB HDD, Windows 10

$3199.00

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 4th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,538
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,412
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,715
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,610
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,030
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,928
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,383
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,779
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,421
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,200
Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz		8,940

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 4th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		212.94
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		153.84
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.20
Intel Core i9-12900K		117.32
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.46
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.88
Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz		66.23
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		32.54
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 4th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,649
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,186
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,049
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,945
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,841
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,708
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,939
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,663
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,569
Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz		2,509

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1959540 - Dec 01 2023		9263
BL1959383 - Dec 01 2023		9192
BL1958859 - Nov 30 2023		9044
BL1958186 - Nov 29 2023		9395
BL1957970 - Nov 29 2023		9156

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz
As of 4th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz		8,940
Intel Core i7-6700 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-6700K		8,089 (-9.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i7-6700K		9,287 (+3.9%)
Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-6700K		9,655 (+8.0%)
Intel Core i7-7700 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-6700K		8,661 (-3.1%)
Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-6700K		8,062 (-9.8%)
Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-6700K		10,759 (+20.4%)
Intel Core i7-5820K @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-6700K		9,859 (+10.3%)
Intel Core i7-4771 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-6700K		7,124 (-20.3%)
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G vs Intel Core i7-6700K		6,767 (-24.3%)
AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-6700K		5,086 (-43.1%)
AMD Ryzen 3 4300G vs Intel Core i7-6700K		10,946 (+22.4%)
Intel Core i5-8600K @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-6700K		10,208 (+14.2%)

Is the Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 4th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,211
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,078
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,571
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,425
Intel Core i9-14900KF		8,375
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,208
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,886
Intel Core i5-14600K		7,862
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,809
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX		7,602
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,544
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,519
Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz		1,407

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