Intel Core i7-11700K Review: Blasting Off with Rocket Lake
by Dr. Ian Cutress on March 5, 2021 4:30 PM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- Intel
- 14nm
- Xe-LP
- Rocket Lake
- Cypress Cove
- i7-11700K
Gaming Tests: Deus Ex Mankind Divided
Deus Ex is a franchise with a wide level of popularity. Despite the Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (DEMD) version being released in 2016, it has often been heralded as a game that taxes the CPU. It uses the Dawn Engine to create a very complex first-person action game with science-fiction based weapons and interfaces. The game combines first-person, stealth, and role-playing elements, with the game set in Prague, dealing with themes of transhumanism, conspiracy theories, and a cyberpunk future. The game allows the player to select their own path (stealth, gun-toting maniac) and offers multiple solutions to its puzzles.
DEMD has an in-game benchmark, an on-rails look around an environment showcasing some of the game’s most stunning effects, such as lighting, texturing, and others. Even in 2020, it’s still an impressive graphical showcase when everything is jumped up to the max. For this title, we are testing the following resolutions:
- 600p Low, 1440p Low, 4K Low, 1080p Max
The benchmark runs for about 90 seconds. We do as many runs within 10 minutes per resolution/setting combination, and then take averages and percentiles.
| AnandTech | Low Resolution Low Quality |
Medium Resolution Low Quality |
High Resolution Low Quality |
Medium Resolution Max Quality |
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DEMD is often considered a CPU-limited title, so when the 11700K is better than the older Intel CPUs is at the low resolution, low quality setting, that confirms that. But as we ramp up the resolution, and the quality, the 11700K falls behind ever so slightly in both averages and percentiles.
All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.
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inighthawki - Monday, March 8, 2021 - link
It's not about the cost of electricity. High power draw typically translates to a lot of heat. My PC is on the upper floor and heat accumulates in my room and it gets extremely hot while gaming in the summer, even with AC on.As you stick to the same process node and continue to crank up the frequency, it gets hotter and hotter and hotter. Skylake didn't run even close to the temps that these new CPUs run at.
And yes, even Zen3 produces a lot of heat when under load.
YB1064 - Saturday, March 6, 2021 - link
How did you conclude that there exist thermal hotspots? Is it an educated guess or did you actually measure a temperature profile? If it was a measurement, was it a thermal image of the socket area of the rear PCB, multiple thermal probes? BTW, your argument does sound logical.ThereSheGoes - Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - link
Aaannddd. these results are obviously flawed. https://www.hardwareluxx.de/index.php/artikel/hard...Nameboy - Saturday, March 20, 2021 - link
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blppt - Friday, March 5, 2021 - link
Wow, couldn't even match the 5800X. AMD really knocked it out of the park with the 5xxx series.FreckledTrout - Friday, March 5, 2021 - link
Fell short while using considerably more power.Azix - Friday, March 5, 2021 - link
I wouldn't call it knocking it out of the part if a 14nm chip is right behind them.DV8_MKD - Friday, March 5, 2021 - link
Yeah, "right behind them" with 20% more power, smhinighthawki - Friday, March 5, 2021 - link
TDP is not a measurement of power draw. The 11700k peak power usage is over 2x the 5800xlmcd - Friday, March 5, 2021 - link
Yea if it was only 20% behind in power draw, that'd be a win at this point.