Review: Intel Core i7-6950X (14nm Broadwell)

Memory Performance

We've been careful to run each processor's memory at its maximum supported speed, as mandated by Intel, rather than what the modules can do. The Core i7-6950X's support of the 2,400MHz standard elevates it to the top of the charts for bandwidth, but traversing a quad-channel architecture incurs a greater latency cost than on dual-channel Skylake.