A:Answer It is 7th Generation according to the blue and white Intel sticker placed below the right side of the keyboard. Additionally, if you run "Belarc Advisor" (a free downloadable program) you'll get additional information about the processor. Shortly after setting mine up, I downloaded and ran "Belarc Advisor" and got the following results for the "Processor" category:
2.90 gigahertz Intel Core i7-7500U
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache
4096 kilobyte tertiary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (2 total)
Hyper-threaded (4 total).
That all seems impressive, but note that the "Belarc" report didn't mention the generation of the processor. However, when I look under it's "Controllers" category, I see the following:
Intel(R) 6th Generation Core Processor Family Platform
I/O SATA AHCI Controller.
I'm no expert, so I thought the "Controller" category results would also indicate 7th generation, matching the stickered label of "(Intel) CORE i7 7th Gen" for the processor. Maybe someone else can be of more help.
