The Core i7-7700 4-Core 2.9GHz is a high-end power efficient CPU based on Intel's 14nm, Kaby Lake microarchitecture. It offers 4 physical cores (8 logical), initially clocked at 2.9GHz, which may go up to 3.8GHz using Turbo Boost.
It doesn't feature an unlocked multiplier therefore it can't be overclocked using traditional methods.
It has 8MB of L3 Cache. Level 3 cache is a static memory bank of a processor and it is used to feed it instructions. This processor also supports DDR4 based RAMs with maximum memory support of 64GB.
It has a maximum Thermal Power Design of 35W. It is an excellent power efficient processor. It also has a Configurable TDP down power design of 25W, in this the processor base clock runs at 1.9GHz.
Among its many features, HyperThreading, Turbo Boost 2.0 and Virtualization are activated are enabled.
It features Intel HD Graphics 630 integrated GPU with 350MHz base clock and turbo boost frequency of 1.15GHz. Video memory will depend on the amount of RAM paired with CPU but maximum limit is 64GB.
This CPU is likely to offer excellent computational performance and will not be the bottleneck in any modern gaming PC.
| Release period |
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| 30-Jan-2017 |
| Popular Game System Requirements | ||
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| Game | Min. | Rec. |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator | 11% | 11% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 15% | 10% |
| Valorant | 69% | 47% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 24% | 10% |
| Horizon: Zero Dawn | 39% | 11% |
| Grounded | 53% | 10% |
| Marvel's Avengers | 24% | 10% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 20% | 30% |
| Halo Infinite | 24% | 10% |
| Death Stranding | 22% | 4% |
