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Premiere Pro 2017 Intel Core i7 7700K & i5 7600K Performance

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With the new Kaby Lake CPUs from Intel, the main question everyone wants to know is how much faster they are compared to the old CPUs. In this article, we will be tackling this question in terms of Premiere Pro performance by examining how the new Intel Core i7 7700K and the Intel Core i5 7600K perform compared to the previous generation Intel Core i7 6700K and Intel Core i5 6600K. In addition, we will also look at a number of “High-End” Core i7 CPUs including the i7 6850K, i7 6900K, and i7 6950X.

ANSYS Mechanical & Fluent Benchmark Analysis

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Choosing the right hardware for your ANSYS Mechanical or ANSYS Fluent workstation can be a daunting task. In this article, we want to analyze some of the benchmark data available from ANSYS.com to help you to understand what kind of hardware should give you the best performance for the different ANSYS simulation software packages.

Adobe Lightroom CC 2015.8 Intel Core i7 7700K & i5 7600K Performance

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With the new Kaby Lake CPUs from Intel, the main question everyone wants to know is how much faster they are compared to the old CPUs. In this article, we will be tackling this question in terms of Lightroom performance by examining how the new Intel Core i7 7700K and the Intel Core i5 7600K perform compared to the previous generation Intel Core i7 6700K and Intel Core i5 6600K. In addition, we will also look at a number of “High-End” Core i7 CPUs including the i7 6850K, i7 6900K, and i7 6950X.

Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 Intel Core i7 7700K & i5 7600K Performance

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With the new Kaby Lake CPUs from Intel, the main question everyone wants to know is how much faster they are compared to the old CPUs. In this article, we will be tackling this question in terms of Photoshop performance by examining how the new Intel Core i7 7700K and the Intel Core i5 7600K perform compared to the previous generation Intel Core i7 6700K and Intel Core i5 6600K. In addition, we will also look at a number of “High-End” Core i7 CPUs including the i7 6850K, i7 6900K, and i7 6950X.

Z270, H270, Q270, Q250, B250 – What is the Difference?

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Alongside the launch of Intel’s new consumer Kaby Lake CPUs, there is also a whole new line of motherboard chipsets available. These six chipsets are divided into two separate categories: consumer and business. In this article, we will examine the features of each of the new chipsets to help you determine which is right for you.

SOLIDWORKS 2017 Intel Core i7 7700K & i5 7600K Performance

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With the new Kaby Lake CPUs from Intel, the main question everyone wants to know is how much faster they are compared to the old CPUs. In this article, we will be tackling this question in terms of SOLIDWORKS performance by examining how the new Intel Core i7 7700K and the Intel Core i5 7600K perform compared to the previous generation Intel Core i7 6700K and Intel Core i5 6600K. In addition, we will also look at a number of “High-End” Core i7 CPUs including the i7 6850K, i7 6900K, and i7 6950X.

Z270 vs Z170: What is the Difference?

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With the release of the first Kaby Lake CPUs, Intel has also launched the new Z270 chipset. Unlike some previous launches, where Intel releases all the new chipsets and CPUs at the same time, this time only the top chipset and unlocked (K-series) CPUs will be available at launch.

Kabylake vs Skylake for compute on Linux — Linpack on Ubuntu 1610

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OK, Intel Core-i7 7th gen Kabylake is out. Of course the first thing I want to do is drop a Core i7 7700K in a new Z270 based motherboard, install Linux and run a Linpack benchmark. You know, GFLOP/s and all that. We installed Ubuntu 1610 with a recent release of Intel MKL and fired up a few Linpack job runs. Read on for the not-so dramatic results.

Most Reliable PC Hardware of 2016

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At Puget Systems, we track a lot of data but one of the most important things we track is the failure rates of individual components. Reliability is of our primary values, so this data is invaluable for tracking both individual component, product line, and overall brand failure rates. With 2016 coming to a close, we thought we make public a bit of this data to let you know what hardware we found to be the most reliable in 2016.