Skylake
One of the most visited parts of the AnandTech website is our benchmark database, Bench. Over the last decade we've placed as much benchmark data as we can in there for every sample we can get our hands on. As the CPU editor, one of my duties is to maintain the CPU part of Bench, making sure the benchmarks are relevant and the newest components are tested. Today we are announcing our latest major Bench refresh with our new Benchmark suite, and some very lofty goals.
Xiaomi Unveils Mi Notebook Air, from $525
Today Xiaomi has introduced its first pair of notebooks and unvieled the Mi Notebook Air family. As the name suggests, these are aimed head first into Apple's Air line...
49 by Anton Shilov on 7/27/2016
HP Updates The Z240 Workstation With The Core i7-6700K
HP has an interesting announcement today - they are refreshing their existing Z240 workstation, which is targeted towards small and medium-sized businesses, with a non-Xeon Core i7 based processor...
16 by Brett Howse on 7/26/2016
ASUS Unveils ZenBook Flip UX360CA: Ultra-Thin Convertible Laptop for $699
This week ASUS has introduced its ZenBook Flip UX360CA convertible notebooks, the company’s first ZenBook with 360° hinge based on the Skylake-based Intel Core M processor. The system sports...
29 by Anton Shilov on 7/8/2016
Evaluating the Toshiba OCZ RD400 M.2 NVMe SSD on a Skylake NUC
The Skylake NUCs have faced plenty of issues since their introduction late last year. However, stability has improved with the latest BIOS updates. One of the issues with the...
16 by Ganesh T S on 7/5/2016
The Intel Compute Stick (Core m3-6Y30) Review
Small and power-efficient computers in the form of NUCs and Compute Sticks are here to stay. The Compute Stick form factor is the x86 version of the popular ARM-based...
105 by Ganesh T S on 6/27/2016
Intel Announces Xeon E3-1500 v5: Iris Pro and eDRAM for Streaming Video
The rise of video stream services, especially live services, has accelerated the need for dynamic and on-the-fly conversion of video content and the infrastructure to do so. Moving from...
28 by Ian Cutress on 5/31/2016
GIGABYTE Aero 14: Thin Gaming Laptop with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and 10-Hour Battery Life
GIGABYTE has introduced its new Aero 14 gaming laptop, which weds a relatively thin form-factor with high-performance components such as an Intel Skylake-H CPU, and a NVIDIA GeForce GTX...
33 by Anton Shilov on 5/30/2016
The Intel Skull Canyon NUC6i7KYK mini-PC Review
The desktop computing market has been subject to severe challenges over the last few years. The ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) PC market that emerged with the introduction of the Intel...
133 by Ganesh T S on 5/23/2016
Price Check May 2016: The Intel Core i7-6700K Is Finally Available at Its MSRP
Nine months. This is how long it has taken the retail price of Intel’s Core i7-6700K processor to drop to the level recommended by Intel. Despite slow sales of...
37 by Anton Shilov on 5/20/2016
Intel Releases BIOS Version 0044 for Skylake NUCs
BIOS updates for motherboards and mini-PCs aren't usually important enough to warrant explicit coverage. However, Intel's latest release for the Skylake NUCs (the Core i3 and Core i5 versions...
30 by Ganesh T S on 5/17/2016
MSI Announces New Krait and C232 WS Motherboards for Xeon E3 v5 CPUs
In the past week MSI has introduced two new motherboards that are compatible with Intel’s latest Xeon E3 v5 processors and based on the Intel C232 chipset - the...
29 by Anton Shilov on 5/6/2016
The ASRock E3V5 Performance Gaming (C232) Motherboard Review
If you want to run a Skylake E3 Xeon, it needs to be placed in a motherboard with either the C232 or C236 chipsets. This is a change from...
22 by Ian Cutress on 5/4/2016
HP Unveils Premium Chromebook: 3K Display, Intel Core M, 16 GB of RAM and USB-C
HP has announced a new family of Chromebooks, which are powered by Intel’s high-performance processors and feature stylish design, aluminum body, high-resolution display and even Bang & Olufsen...
145 by Anton Shilov on 5/3/2016
Intel Adds Crystal Well-based Skylake-R Processors: 65W with 128MB eDRAM
Intel has added three new microprocessors for embedded and highly-integrated applications into its lineup. The new CPUs are based on the Skylake microarchitecture and feature high-performance integrated graphics cores...
67 by Anton Shilov on 5/2/2016
MSI Cubi 2 Plus vPro Skylake mini-STX PC Review
The desktop PC market has been subject to many challenges over the last few years. However, the miniaturization trend (including the introduction of the ultra-compact form factor - UCFF...
24 by Ganesh T S on 4/27/2016
HP Unveils Third-Gen All-In-One Z1 Workstation: 4K Display, Intel Xeon, Professional Graphics
HP last week introduced its third-generation HP Z1 all-in-one workstation. The new system offers higher performance than its predecessor as well as a 4K resolution display. The new Z1...
27 by Anton Shilov on 4/25/2016
Apple Refreshes MacBook with Skylake-based Core M and New Rose Gold Color
Today Apple has introduced its new generation of its MacBook laptops. On the specification sheets, this generation introduces Intel Skylake based Core m processors, updated integrated graphics, a faster...
106 by Ian Cutress & Anton Shilov on 4/19/2016
The MSI Z170A SLI PLUS Review: Redefining the Base Line at $130
MSI’s motherboard range seems to expand every generation. Alongside the channel range, there’s the MSI Gaming, micro-ATX gaming, OC Certified, Krait, ECO, SLI PLUS, PC Mate and some I...
62 by Ian Cutress on 4/13/2016
The ASUS Maximus VIII Extreme Review: The Other $500 Option
On the back of our last $500 motherboard review, it was clear that a number of readers were surprised that a mainstream motherboard could cost so much. We took...
70 by Ian Cutress on 4/7/2016
HP Unveils Spectre: The World’s Thinnest Laptop
HP has announced its new Spectre laptop - the world’s thinnest 13.3” notebook. Despite its miniature size, the Spectre uses Intel’s Core i5/i7 microprocessor, a PCIe-based SSD, a full-size...
75 by Anton Shilov on 4/5/2016
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