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Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Ivy Bridge Processor Review

Manufacturer: Intel
Product: Intel Core i7-3770K CPU
Date: Mon, Apr 23, 2012 - 12:00 PM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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3DMark Vantage & 3DMark 11

3DMark Vantage

3DMark Vantage is the new industry standard PC gaming performance benchmark from Futuremark, newly designed for Windows Vista and DirectX10. It includes two new graphics tests, two new CPU tests, several new feature tests, and support for the latest hardware. 3DMark Vantage is based on a completely new rendering engine, developed specifically to take full advantage of DirectX10, the new graphics API from Microsoft.

3DMark Vantage

The Performance settings were used for testing, so a resolution of 1280x1024 was used.

3dmark Vantage Benchmark Results

Benchmark Results: The Intel Core i7-3770K finished in third place, which is where it has finished in most of the benchmarks with a solid score of 21293 3DMarks.

3dmark Vantage Benchmark Results

Benchmark Results: The GPU score for the Intel Core i7-3770K is the second highest for this test platform.

3dmark Vantage Benchmark Results

Benchmark Results: The CPU benchmark results in 3DMark Vantage showed the Intel Core i7-3770K coming in third place again with a score of 26646 3DMarks.

Integrated Graphics Testing

Intel Core i7-2700K w/ Intel HD 3000 Graphics:
3dmark Vantage

Intel Core i7-3770K w/ Intel HD 4000 Graphics:
3dmark Vantage

With the AMD Radeon HD 6950 video card removed from the test system we ran 3DMark Vantage on both integrated graphics engines and found a huge difference. The Intel Core i7-2700K processor with the Intel HD 3000 Graphics scored P2343 in 3DMark Vantage with the performance preset.  The Intel Core i7-3770K with Intel HD 4000 graphics scored P4313 on the same test. This is a 45.4% performance increase on the overall score of this benchmark!

3dmark 11

Since the Intel HD 4000 Graphics supports DirectX 11 you can run 3DMark 11 on the Intel Core i7-3770K processor without the need of a discrete graphics card.  We found the 3770K was able to score P776 in this benchmark.

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Review Index
Page 1 - Intel Goes 22nm and Raises The Bar
Page 2 - Intel Core i7-3770K Processor
Page 3 - Test System & Specifics
Page 4 - SiSoftware Sandra 2012 SP4
Page 5 - x264 HD Encoding
Page 6 - CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5
Page 7 - Handbrake
Page 8 - POV-Ray 3.7 RC5
Page 9 - Cinebench R11.5
Page 10 - PCMark 7
Page 11 - 3DMark Vantage & 3DMark 11
Page 12 - Resident Evil 5
Page 13 - H.A.W.X. 2 Benchmark
Page 14 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Page 15 - Total System Power Consumption
Page 16 - Intel Core i7-3770K CPU Water Temp Testing & Overclocking
Page 17 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions