Intel Core i7-4790K: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i7-4790K is a 4-core and 8-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 4000 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 1058
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 3942
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 8058
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 2469
- 3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
- 4515
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-4790K
- Frequency
- 4000 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 4400 MHz
- Cores
- 4
- Threads
- 8
- TDP
- 88 W
- GPU
- Intel HD Graphics 4600
- Codename
- Haswell
- Package
- Socket 1150 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 1053
- Multi-Core Score
- 4062
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
- Model
- MSI MS-7917
- Motherboard
- MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)
- Power Plan
- Balanced
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i7-4790K
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3
- Base Frequency
- 4.00 GHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 4400 MHz
- Package
- Socket 1150 LGA
- Codename
- Haswell
- L1 Instruction Cache
- 32.0 KB x 4
- L1 Data Cache
- 32.0 KB x 4
- L2 Cache
- 256 KB x 4
- L3 Cache
- 8.00 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 24.00 GB
- Frequency
- 900 MHz
- Type
- DDR3 SDRAM
- Channels
- 2
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 1053 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1479 |
| Integer Score | 977 |
| Floating Point Score | 1146 |
| AES-XTS | 1479 2.52 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 1117 5.65 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 1128 53.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 841 2.37 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 925 1.09 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 950 297.5 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 971 52.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 949 302.3 KB/sec |
| Clang | 1003 7.82 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 942 10.9 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 932 1.17 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 1092 6763.9 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 973 53.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 986 7.59 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1012 25.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1699 83.4 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1922 26.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 1257 1.01 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 950 8.51 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 1113 35.6 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 1042 40.3 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 4062 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 4284 |
| Integer Score | 3908 |
| Floating Point Score | 4357 |
| AES-XTS | 4284 7.30 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 4628 23.4 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 4984 235.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 2569 7.24 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 3520 4.13 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 3978 1.25 Mrows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 4406 239.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 3685 1.15 MB/sec |
| Clang | 4337 33.8 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 3639 42.2 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 4516 5.65 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 5251 32535.1 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 3844 211.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 4203 32.4 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4417 108.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 6246 306.4 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 7963 108.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 5852 4.70 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 3851 34.5 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 2945 94.2 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 1924 74.3 images/sec |