Intel Core i7 4770K “Haswell” Processor Review

Super PI

Super PI is a computer program that calculates pi to a specified number of digits after the decimal point—up to a maximum of 32 million. It uses Gauss–Legendre algorithm and is a Windows port of the program used by Yasumasa Kanada in 1995 to compute pi to 232 digits.

Under SuperPi 32 million, which is a CPU and RAM intensive benchmark, we see a 7% improvement from the stock Haswell Core i7 4770K part versus its predecessor the Ivy Bridge Core i7 3770K.

AIDA64

AIDA64 Extreme Edition is a streamlined Windows diagnostic and benchmarking software for home users. AIDA64 Extreme Edition provides a wide range of features to assist in overclocking, hardware error diagnosis, stress testing, and sensor monitoring. It has unique capabilities to assess the performance of the processor, system memory, and disk drives. AIDA64 is compatible with all current 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

Running AIDA64’s memory benchmark we see a dramtic improvement in both copy and write performance, though read is actually marginally lower than on the previous generation i7 3770K. With overclocking we see a huge boost in write performance while copy and read see only marginal increases. At stock, compared to the Core i7 3770K, the Core i7 4770K is 13% better at copy, 10% better at write and 1.5% worse at read.

Cinebench R11.5

CINEBENCH is a real-world cross platform test suite that evaluates your computer’s performance capabilities. CINEBENCH is based on MAXON’s award-winning animation software CINEMA 4D, which is used extensively by studios and production houses worldwide for 3D content creation. MAXON software has been used in blockbuster movies such as Spider-Man, Star Wars, The Chronicles of Narnia and many more. CINEBENCH is the perfect tool to compare CPU and graphics performance across various systems and platforms (Windows and Mac OS X). And best of all: It’s completely free.

Running Cinebench we can see the Core i7 4770K gains some decent ground on the Core i7 3770K to the tune of around 8%. It is still some way off the i7 3960X as it has two less cores but with overclocking you can see it jumps right up to 10.64 points at 4.9GHz.