Intel Core i7-7820X 8-Core 16-Thead Processor Review

Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Firestrike

The i7-7820X is no slouch, setting a very impressive score of 20932. It’s a little behind the Threadripper, but given it’s half the price of the TR4, that’s a damn impressive score by any measure. Once overclocked though, its only a fraction slower than Threadripper, which is obviously amazing given the lower price and core count.

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Unigine Superposition 1080p Extreme

Switching to a more GPU bound task, the 7820X has no issues keeping up with anything else on the market, with a small boost to the GPU coming from the overclocked CPU, albeit on a small one. Overall though, this is a great score.

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PCMark 10 Express

More cores aren’t always the winner for PCMark 10, which saw the new i7 beating out the much more expensive i9 and the Threadripper by quite a larger margin. When it comes to day to day tasks, the i7-7820X is a bit of a beast. It further hammered a lead while overclocked, moving into second place behind the 7740X.

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WPrime 32M and 1024M

This is where those extra cores come into play, as the new i7 sets our fourth fastest score to date. Of course, the only things beating it are much more expensive extreme processors. Overclocking cut around 12 seconds from the time, but the i7 stayed firmly in 4th place.

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Cinebench R15

As predictable as can be, the scores for Cinibench look much like the WPrime scores, with the new i7 clocking out 4th highest score at both stock and overclocked settings. For rendering, this CPU certainly has some impressive performance to offer, even more so given its price compared to what it’s competiting against.

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Handbrake MP4 to MKV Conversion 4K

Transcoding 4K video was a breeze on this CPU, setting 64 FPS with ease. Overclocking actually lowered the performance, suggesting it throttled, but that’s nothing that can’t be fixed with a more powerful CPU cooler.

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