Power Consumption and Temperatures
Power Consumption
The i5-7600K hardly consumes any power in idle scenarios and the load rating hits an average of 126.3-watts. After the overclock was applied, the power draw remains under 150-watts which is pretty impressive given the 5.1GHz frequency.
Temperatures
Unlike the i7-7700K, the more budget-friendly version doesn’t get anywhere near the 90C mark and I didn’t detect any sudden thermal spikes on any of the cores. The 62C average is astounding and I had to double check the stress test a few times to make sure the software wasn’t misreading the thermal values. It seems the lack of hyperthreading and lower voltage results in more consistent temperatures which shouldn’t degrade the CPU’s lifespan.
Seems kind of weird not to include the 6600k in the benchmarks
Yeah, it’s far from ideal to be honest, but the original sample we had some time ago was collected and can’t get hold one of. Perhaps, things will change in the future.
RIP Eteknix.
Are the power consumption figures for just the CPU or rather for the full system?
What a crappy processor. Intel is just milking people at this point and have been for years.
I can’t wait to spend my money on Ryzen.
Con – poor reaction to Zen…. How can this be a reaction to Zen when Zen isn’t out yet? The reaction to Zen will be the processor that comes out after. I think this a good step up from 6600k. Considering theres no other competitors in the market currently. Being able to hit 5ghz is the reason I ordered a 7600k to replace my one month old 6600k. My 6600k can only hit 4.4ghz without going over 1.4v.