Intel 4670K i5 Haswell Review & Overclocking

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Our last batch of purely CPU based tests continue to demonstrate how well optimised the Hyper-Threading has become in recent years. Even a monster overclock isn’t enough to overcome a lack of cores, even virtual ones.

x264 Benchmark 5.0

Video encoding is one of the most demanding things you can do with your computer. Surprisingly the overclocked i5-4670K is once again a match for a stock i7-4770K. Of course if all you’re doing is encoding video then you’d be better off with Xeon’s or even a LGA2011 setup, but it’s nice to know that casual media sharers wont be left twiddling their thumbs with a Core i5-4670K.