Intel Core i7-3770S Processor Review
November 6th, 2012 | Viewed 1432 times
And finally, we have an Ivy Bridge processor at goldfries.com
Full details at the official product page
Benchmarks
Canon Digital Photo Professional
Converting 16 18 megapixel RAW file (CR2 format) into JPG format.
| CPU | Time Taken |
| i7-3770S | 112 seconds |
| i7-2600K (4 core 8 threads @ 3.4ghz) | 115 seconds |
| i5-2500K (4 core 4 threads @ 3.4ghz) | 125 seconds |
It’s faster than the i7-2600K by a bit, the i7-3770S was running at 3.5ghz – a turbo boosted speed.
Arcsoft Media Converter 7
Converting a 1 minute 47 second video taken at 1080p 25fps from a Canon EOS 550D to H264 1280×720 (720p) video.
| CPU | Time Taken |
| i7-3770S | 29 seconds |
| i7-2600K (4 core 8 threads @ 3.4ghz) | 37 seconds |
| i5-2500K (4 core 4 threads @ 3.4ghz) | 37 seconds |
We see a marked difference in performance here.
Thermal Performance
Stunning!
It’s running on stock heatsink, temperature taken when ambient is about 25c. Impressive idle mode temperature a little below 40c while full load temperature is maintained at a healthy 60c – 70c range.
Conclusion
As usual, great processors they are.
They key thing to note is that while the i7-2600K has starts at 3.4ghz by default, the i7-3770S starts only at 3.1ghz though both share the same cache size. The selling point of the i7-3770S is the low power consumption of 65w while the i7-2600K starts is at 95w, this is due to the 22nm lithography in Intels 3rd generation Core series processor.
The processor retails at about RM 950 (~305 USD) – now it’s just a matter of whether you can find this processor on the Malaysian market, in which I observe mostly are the 3770K and the 3770.
Graphic performance you say? Well, that will be another article. 
