Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake Delidding Analysis

Testing & Methodology

Hardware

• Combination of motherboards
• CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K Retail Sample
• GPU: Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 980Ti 6GB GDDR5
• RAM: Crucial Elite 16GB (2x8GB) 2666MHz
• Cooling: Thermaltake Water 3.0 AIO with Gelid GC-Extreme
• Case: Lian Li T80 Test Bench
• Storage Drives: Main storage: Toshiba OCZ VX500 500GB SATA, Test Devices: Toshiba OCZ VX500 500GB SATA , Toshiba OCZ RD400 512GB NVMe M.2 and Patriot SuperSonic Magnum 256GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive
• PSU: Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 850W
• Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
• Networking: ASUS RT-AC68U router

Software

• AIDA64
• CoreTemp
• HWMonitor
• Prime95

Testing Process

To determine the impact of the delidding process, it seemed appropriate to assess the temperatures in AIDA64’s stress test which outlines the thermal curve. Additionally, the fan and pump speed were set to 100% to prevent a software issue or motherboard BIOS reading impacting on the results.