Even when editing large music libraries and video editing you will not be disappointed here. On the contrary, here the great strength of the i7 is only really well to the fore, namely the Hyperthreading. Thanks to this feature, you can work in peace even in passing yet.
I would highly recommend this processor, the price of around 300, - Euro I regard as justified, although there are considerably more favorable of AMD CPUs, which can not, however, build on this achievement.