Intel Core i7 990 X
Category : Reviews
Published by Marc Büchel on 01.05.11
Original ImageWith the Core i7 990 X Intel has a new flagship in its portfolio. Therefore they decided to increase the multiplyer by one step which results in a clock speed of 3.46 GHz. Thanks to this CPUs six cores and twelve threads one can expect it to get the performance crown.




How Intels recent Gulftown Core i7 CPUs perform in our benchmarking parcours, that's what we're going to show you on the following pages.



Page 1 - Introduction Page 9 - Super Pi / Wprime
Page 2 - Specifications Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - The Gulftown CPU Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 12 - PT Boats Knights of Seas
Page 5 - Futuremark Page 13 - Resident Evil 5
Page 6 - Cinebench Page 14 - Street Fighter 4
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1 Page 15 - Power consumption
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2 Page 16 - Conclusion


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Specifications

  i7 990 X i7 980 X i7 975 XE i7 960 i7 950
Codename Gulftown Gulftown Nehalem Nehalem Nehalem
Socket LGA 1366 LGA 1366 LGA 1366 LGA 1366 LGA 1366
Manufacturing 32 nm 32 nm 45 nm 45 nm 45 nm
Transistors 1.17 Bio 1.17 Bio 731 Mio 731 Mio 731 Mio
Die-size 248 mm2 248 mm2 263 mm2 263 mm2 263 mm2
Clock 3.46 GHz 3.33 GHz 3.33 GHz 3.20 GHz 3.06 GHz
Cores 6C / 12T 6C / 12T 4C / 8T 4C / 8T 4C / 8T
Turbo Yes (+266 MHz) Yes (+266 MHz) Yes (+266 MHz) Yes (+266 MHz) Yes (+266 MHz)
Bus Speed 133 MHz 133 MHz 133 MHz 133 MHz 133 MHz
Memory DDR3 DDR3 DDR3 DDR3 DDR3
Memory controller Triple Channel Triple Channel Triple Channel Triple Channel Triple Channel
QPI 6.4 GT/s 6.4 GT/s 6.4 GT/s 6.4 GT/s 6.4 GT/s
L1 Execution Cache 32 KByte 32 KByte 32 KByte 32 KByte 32 KByte
L1 Data Cache 32 KByte 32 KByte 32 KByte 32 KByte 32 KByte
L2 Cache 256 KByte 256 KByte 256 KByte 256 KByte 256 KByte
L3 Cache 12 MB shared 12 MB shared 8 MB shared 8 MB shared 8 MB shared
TDP 130 Watt 130 Watt 130 Watt 130 Watt 130 Watt
C1E technology Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Enhanced Intel Speed Step Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtualisation Vanderpool Vanderpool Vanderpool Vanderpool Vanderpool
Instruction sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
SSE4.2, EM64T		 MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
SSE4.2, EM64T		 MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
SSE4.2, EM64T		 MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
SSE4.2, EM64T		 MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
SSE4.2, EM64T


Page 1 - Introduction Page 9 - Super Pi / Wprime
Page 2 - Specifications Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - The Gulftown CPU Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 12 - PT Boats Knights of Seas
Page 5 - Futuremark Page 13 - Resident Evil 5
Page 6 - Cinebench Page 14 - Street Fighter 4
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1 Page 15 - Power consumption
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2 Page 16 - Conclusion



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The Gulftown CPU


With Gulftown Intel presents Bloomfields bigger brother which should show it's muscles especially in the high-end desktop market. Looking at the Core i7 990 X Intel decided to choose a higher default multiplier. Therefore this native six core CPU now clocks with 3.46 GHz. As soon as the Turbo kicks in the CPU is being overclocked by another two multiplier steps or in other words 266 MHz. In this case the CPU is going to operate at 3.73 GHz. Like its predecessor also the Core i7 990 X comes with hyperthreading and you'll therefore see a total of twelve threads in Windows task manager.





Already with the Bloomfield Intel has been very proud of the scalability of Nehalems architecture, respectively the relative easyness to adapt the architecture to different markets. As a consequence it isn't a surprise that there haven't been many changes to the "Die" itself. The only conspicuity is the fact that the Gulftown CPUs carry about 400 million more transistors than their Bloomfield equivalents.





Page 1 - Introduction Page 9 - Super Pi / Wprime
Page 2 - Specifications Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - The Gulftown CPU Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 12 - PT Boats Knights of Seas
Page 5 - Futuremark Page 13 - Resident Evil 5
Page 6 - Cinebench Page 14 - Street Fighter 4
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1 Page 15 - Power consumption
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2 Page 16 - Conclusion



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Test setup

Motherboards
  • Intel Socket 1366: ASUS P6T Deluxe
  • Intel Socket 1156: P7P55D-E Premium
  • Intel Socket 1155: Intel DP67BG
  • ASUS Crosshair IV Formula (AMD)
CPUs
  • AMD Phenom II X6 1090T, 3.2 GHz
  • Intel Core i7 2600K, 3.40 GHz
  • Intel Core i5 2500K, 3.30 GHz
  • Intel Core i7 990 X, 3.46 GHz
  • Intel Core i7 980 X, 3.33 GHz
  • Intel Core i7 975 XE, 3.33 GHz
  • Intel Core i7 965 XE, 3.20 GHz
  • Intel Core i7 950, 3.06 GHz
  • Intel Core i7 940, 2.93 GHz
  • Intel Core i7 920, 2.66 GHz
  • Intel Core i7 875, 2.93 GHz
  • Intel Core i7 870, 2.93 GHz
  • Intel Core i5 750, 2.66 GHz
Memory
  • Intel Socket 1155: Kingston HyperX H2O 2133 CL 9-9-9-27, 2 x 2 GByte
  • Intel Socket 1366, 1156: Corsair Dominator TR3X3G1600C8D CL 8-8-8-24, 3 x 2 GByte
  • AMD: Corsair Dominator TR3X3G1600C8D CL 8-8-8-24, 2 x 2 GByte
Graphic Card
  • Gigabyte GTX 285
HDD
  • Samsung Spinpoint F1 640 GByte
PSU
  • Enermax Revolution 85+ 1050 Watt


Page 1 - Introduction Page 9 - SuperPi / WPrime
Page 2 - Specifications Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - The Gulftown CPU Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 12 - PT Boats Knights of Seas
Page 5 - Futuremark Page 13 - Resident Evil 5
Page 6 - Cinebench Page 14 - Street Fighter 4
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1 Page 15 - Power consumption
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2 Page 16 - Conclusion



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3DMark 06

3DMark 06 is getting older these days. Therefore if you are using really powerful graphic cards you will hit CPU limitation which means that the graphic card isn't the bottleneck in the system. This is also the reason why in recent high-end desktop systems 3DMark 06 scales nicely with the CPU and the graphic card has much less influence on the scores.

Total

3DMark 06 Total   Percent
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 21'027 137.63 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 20'854 136.50 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 20'850 136.47 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 20'413 133.61 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 20'380 133.39 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 18'825 123.22 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 18'368 120.23 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 17'729 116.04 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 17'617 115.31 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 17'463 114.30 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 17'330 113.43 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 16'218 106.15 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 16'197 106.02 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 15'688 102.68 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 15'278 100.00 %
  more is better


CPU

3DMark 06 CPU   Percent
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 7'598 161.15 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 7'466 158.35 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 6'715 142.42 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 6'710 142.31 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 6'053 128.38 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 6'007 127.40 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 5'908 125.30 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 5'539 117.48 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 5'529 117.26 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 5'329 113.02 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 5'166 109.57 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 5'118 108.54 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 4'715 100.00 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 4'527 104.15 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 4'242 89.97 %
  more is better


3DMark Vantage

3DMark Vantage is able to squeeze nearly everything out of a recent system. Therefore the feature liste is also pretty long: DirectX10, FP16-HDR, motion blur, parallax occlusion mapping, GPU-physics simulation and different shader effects are being used to even make recent high-end systems struggle.

Total

3DMark Vantage Total   Percent
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 14'320 110.62 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHz DDR3-1600 14'184 109.57 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 13'641 105.38 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 13'575 104.87 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHz DDR3-1600 13'506 104.33 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 13'391 103.45 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 13'256 102.40 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 13'250 102.36 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 13'183 101.84 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 12'949 100.00 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHz DDR3-1600 12'945 100.00 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 12'933 99.91 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 12'715 98.22 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 12'035 92.97 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 11'444 88.40 %
  more is better


CPU

3DMark Vantage CPU   Percent
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 33'371 196.42 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHz DDR3-1600 32'154 189.25 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 24'035 141.47 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 23'559 138.66 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHz DDR3-1600 21'472 126.38 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 20'078 118.18 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 19'921 117.25 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 19'285 113.51 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 18'444 108.56 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 18'605 109.51 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 17'514 103.08 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHz DDR3-1600 16'990 100.00 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 16'407 96.57 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 12'791 75.29 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 11'054 67.37 %
  more is better


Page 1 - Introduction Page 9 - SuperPi / WPrime
Page 2 - Specifications Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - The Gulftown CPU Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 12 - PT Boats Knights of Seas
Page 5 - Futuremark Page 13 - Resident Evil 5
Page 6 - Cinebench Page 14 - Street Fighter 4
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1 Page 15 - Power consumption
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2 Page 16 - Conclusion



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Cinebench

The test procedure consists of two main components: The first test sequence is dedicated to the computer's main processor. A 3D scene file is used to render a photoreaslistic image. The scene makes use of various CPU-intensive features such as reflection, ambient occlusion, area lights and procedural shaders. During the first run the benchmark only uses one CPU (or CPU core) to ascertain a reference value. On computers that have multiple CPUs or CPU cores and on those that simulate multiple CPUs (via HyperThreading or similar technolgies), Cinebench will run a second test using all available CPU power.

1 CPU

Cinebench R10 1 CPU   Percent
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 144 sec 64.57 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 145 sec 65.02 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 147 sec 65.92 %
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 170 sec 76.23 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 174 sec 78.03 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 178 sec 79.82 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 180 sec 80.72 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 187 sec 83.86 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 195 sec 87.44 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 198 sec 88.79 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 203 sec 91.03 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 207 sec 92.83 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 223 sec 100.00 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 225 sec 100.89 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 237 sec 106.28 %
  less is better


X CPU

Cinebench R10 X CPU   Percent
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 30 sec 54.55 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 31 sec 56.36 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 37 sec 67.27 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 37 sec 67.27 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 43 sec 78.18 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 43 sec 78.18 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 47 sec 85.45 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 48 sec 87.27 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 48 sec 87.27 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 50 sec 90.10 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 52 sec 94.54 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 52 sec 94.54 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 55 sec 100.00 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 63 sec 114.55 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 66 sec 120.00 %
  less is better


Page 1 - Introduction Page 9 - SuperPi / WPrime
Page 2 - Specifications Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - The Gulftown CPU Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 12 - PT Boats Knights of Seas
Page 5 - Futuremark Page 13 - Resident Evil 5
Page 6 - Cinebench Page 14 - Street Fighter 4
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1 Page 15 - Power consumption
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2 Page 16 - Conclusion



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SiSoft Sandra 1

SiSoft Sandra is a theoretical multi purpose benchmark suite which is able to show differences in CPU architectures. We split the tests with SiSoft Sandra into two parts. Therefore on this page you'll find Arithmetic-, Multimedia- and Cryptography-benchmarks.

Arithmetik

SiSoft Sandra - Arithmetik - Drystone   Percent
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 159.00 GIPS 250.16 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 153.00 GIPS 240.72 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 118.00 GIPS 185.65 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 118.00 GIPS 185.65 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 82.85 GIPS 130.35 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 82.58 GIPS 129.92 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 76.77 GIPS 120.78 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 76.30 GIPS 120.04 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 73.16 GIPS 115.10 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 71.68 GIPS 112.78 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 69.91 GIPS 109.99 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 68.53 GIPS 107.81 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 65.56 GIPS 103.15 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 63.56 GIPS 100.00 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 44.71 GIPS 70.34 %
  more is better


SiSoft Sandra - Arithmetik - Whetstone   Percent
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 112.24 GFLOPS 201.47 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 108.72 GFLOPS 195.15 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 83.24 GFLOPS 149.42 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 83.00 GFLOPS 148.99 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 71.95 GFLOPS 129.15 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 66.70 GFLOPS 119.72 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 64.17 GFLOPS 116.31 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 61.40 GFLOPS 110.21 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 61.29 GFLOPS 110.02 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 59.28 GFLOPS 106.41 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 55.71 GFLOPS 100.00 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 55.55 GFLOPS 99.71 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 48.74 GFLOPS 87.49 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 36.88 GFLOPS 66.20 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 31.97 GFLOPS 60.98 %
  more is better


Multimedia

SiSoft Sandra - Multimedia - Integer   Percent
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 290.50 MPixel/s 215.33 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 279.17 MPixel/s 206.93 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 222.85 MPixel/s 165.18 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 201.26 MPixel/s 149.18 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 201.00 MPixel/s 148.99 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 157.76 MPixel/s 116.94 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 175.93 MPixel/s 130.40 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 162.22 MPixel/s 120.24 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 162.11 MPixel/s 120.16 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 155.65 MPixel/s 115.37 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 150.19 MPixel/s 111.32 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 148.78 MPixel/s 110.28 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 134.91 MPixel/s 100.00 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 149.22 MPixel/s 90.41 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 116.72 MPixel/s 86.52 %
  more is better


SiSoft Sandra - Multimedia - Fliesskomma   Percent
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 216.84 MPixel/s 208.00 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 210.19 MPixel/s 201.62 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 153.19 MPixel/s 146.94 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 153.00 MPixel/s 146.76 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 107.48 MPixel/s 103.10 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 137.16 MPixel/s 131.57 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 135.49 MPixel/s 129.97 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 125.15 MPixel/s 120.05 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 125.10 MPixel/s 120.00 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 119.90 MPixel/s 115.01 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 114.74 MPixel/s 110.06 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 114.44 MPixel/s 109.78 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 104.25 MPixel/s 100.00 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 91.48 MPixel/s 87.75 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 90.02 MPixel/s 86.35 %
  more is better


Crytography

SiSoft Sandra - Crytography - AES 256   Percent
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 11'530 MB/s 2392.12 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 11'000 MB/s 2282.16 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 8'480 MB/s 1759.34 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 5'990 MB/s 1161.83 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 5'780 MB/s 1199.17 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 724 MB/s 150.21 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 625 MB/s 129.67 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 579 MB/s 120.12 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 573 MB/s 118.88 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 554 MB/s 114.94 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 530 MB/s 109.96 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 528 MB/s 109.54 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 484 MB/s 100.41 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 482 MB/s 100.00 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 456 MB/s 94.61 %
  more is better


SiSoft Sandra - Crytography - SHA 256   Percent
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 1'380 MB/s 308.72 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 1'032 MB/s 230.87 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 875 MB/s 195.75 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 875 MB/s 195.75 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 887 MB/s 198.43 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 801 MB/s 179.19 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 592 MB/s 132.44 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 581 MB/s 129.98 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 537 MB/s 120.13 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 536 MB/s 119.91 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 522 MB/s 116.78 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 514 MB/s 114.99 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 513 MB/s 114.77 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 492 MB/s 110.07 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 447 MB/s 100.00 %
  more is better


Page 1 - Introduction Page 9 - SuperPi / WPrime
Page 2 - Specifications Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - The Gulftown CPU Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 12 - PT Boats Knights of Seas
Page 5 - Futuremark Page 13 - Resident Evil 5
Page 6 - Cinebench Page 14 - Street Fighter 4
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1 Page 15 - Power consumption
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2 Page 16 - Conclusion



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SiSoft Sandra 2

At this point we deliver the values regarding Memory Bandwidth, Memory Latency as well as Memory and Cache Access.

Memory bandwidth

SiSoft Sandra - Memory bandwidth - Integer   Percent
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 27.28 GB/s 103.92 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 26.62 GB/s 101.41 %
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 26.61 GB/s 101.37 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 26.60 GB/s 101.33 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 26.54 GB/s 101.10 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 26.48 GB/s 100.88 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 26.40 GB/s 100.57 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 26.25 GB/s 100.00 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 19.64 GB/s 74.82 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 17.63 GB/s 67.16 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 17.63 GB/s 67.16 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 14.95 GB/s 56.95 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 14.51 GB/s 55.28 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 13.36 GB/s 50.90 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 13.00 GB/s 49.52 %
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SiSoft Sandra - Memory bandwidth - Floating point[/fr]   [en]Percent
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 27.26 GB/s 103.93 %
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 26.59 GB/s 101.37 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 26.58 GB/s 101.33 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 26.56 GB/s 101.26 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 26.58 GB/s 101.33 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 26.49 GB/s 100.99 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 26.40 GB/s 100.65 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 26.23 GB/s 100.00 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 19.64 GB/s 74.88 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 17.63 GB/s 67.21 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 17.62 GB/s 67.14 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 15.10 GB/s 57.57 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 14.62 GB/s 55.74 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 13.36 GB/s 50.93 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 13.00 GB/s 49.56 %
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Memory latency

SiSoft Sandra - Memory latency   Percent
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 57 ns 83.36 %
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 62 ns 93.93 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 62 ns 93.93 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 63 ns 95.45 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 63 ns 95.45 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 64 ns 96.97 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 65 ns 98.48 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 66 ns 100.00 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 68 ns 103.03 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 72 ns 109.09 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 73 ns 115.15 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 80 ns 121.21 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 81 ns 122.72 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 82 ns 124.24 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 82 ns 124.24 %
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Memory and cache access

SiSoft Sandra - Memory and cache access   Percent
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 114.31 GB/s 169.57 %
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 111.02 GB/s 164.69 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 98.67 GB/s 146.37 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 96.90 GB/s 143.75 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 94.26 GB/s 139.83 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 78.06 GB/s 115.80 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 74.66 GB/s 110.76 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 72.89 GB/s 108.13 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 71.05 GB/s 105.40 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 71.00 GB/s 105.33 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 67.54 GB/s 100.19 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 67.41 GB/s 100.00 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 57.69 GB/s 85.58 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 53.94 GB/s 80.02 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 51.00 GB/s 75.66 %
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Super Pi

Meanwhile Super Pi even in its latest version has become pretty old. Never the less it is able to show scaling to the clock speed nicely.

1M

Super Pi 1.5 XS - 1M   Percent
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 10.015 sec 66.25 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 10.381 sec 68.67 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 10.392 sec 68.74 %
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 11.466 sec 75.84 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 11.589 sec 76.66 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 11.700 sec 77.40 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 11.700 sec 77.40 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 12.636 sec 83.59 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 13.177 sec 87.17 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 13.260 sec 87.71 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 13.760 sec 91.02 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 13.975 sec 92.45 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 15.117 sec 100.00 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 19.376 sec 128.17 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 21.466 sec 142.00 %
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32M

Super Pi 1.5 XS - 32M   Percent
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 535.985 sec 67.02 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 559.963 sec 70.01 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 572.057 sec 71.53 %
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 624.875 sec 78.13 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 635.233 sec 79.43 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 635.701 sec 79.48 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 631.426 sec 78.95 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 678.429 sec 84.83 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 683.795 sec 85.50 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 701.328 sec 87.69 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 707.463 sec 88.08 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 734.089 sec 91.79 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 799.781 sec 100.00 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 1173.496 sec 146.73 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 1294.459 sec 161.85 %
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wPrime

wPrime is based on a multithreaded algorithm to calculate the square root to up to 32 billion digits. Therefore it is possible to put 100 percent load on every core or thread and to see differences between architectures.

32M

wPrime - 32M   Percent
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 32.544 sec 70.55 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 33.522 sec 72.67 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 33.885 sec 73.46 %
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 34.758 sec 75.35 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 35.132 sec 76.16 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHz DDR3-1600 35.338 sec 76.61 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 35.406 sec 76.75 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 36.786 sec 79.74 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 38.297 sec 83.02 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 39.243 sec 85.07 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 39.965 sec 86.64 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 40.395 sec 87.07 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 41.901 sec 90.85 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 45.771 sec 99.22 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 46.130 sec 100.00 %
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Page 3 - The Gulftown CPU Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 12 - PT Boats Knights of Seas
Page 5 - Futuremark Page 13 - Resident Evil 5
Page 6 - Cinebench Page 14 - Street Fighter 4
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WinRAR

WinRAR is a well known archivier. It is highly efficient and it also comes with an integrated benchmark routine. We also do a real world application be archiving a folder which exists on the hard drive.

Integer Test

WinRAR - Interger Test   Percent
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 4'131 KB/sec 117.39 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 4'108 KB/sec 116.74 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 3'998 KB/sec 113.61 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 3'929 KB/sec 111.65 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 3'849 KB/sec 109.38 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 3'738 KB/sec 106.22 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 3'694 KB/sec 104.97 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 3'519 KB/sec 100.00 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 3'489 KB/sec 99.15 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 3'465 KB/sec 98.47 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 3'251 KB/sec 92.38 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 3'169 KB/sec 90.05 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 2'905 KB/sec 82.55 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 2'395 KB/sec 68.06 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 2'395 KB/sec 68.06 %
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Folder compression

WinRAR - Folder compression (669 Files / 32 Folders / 694 MB)   Percent
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 88 sec 59.86 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 104 sec 70.75 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 116 sec 78.91 %
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 120 sec 81.63 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 122 sec 82.99 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 130 sec 88.43 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 135 sec 91.83 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 138 sec 93.88 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 141 sec 95.91 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 147 sec 100.00 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 174 sec 118.37 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 175 sec 119.05 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 181 sec 123.13 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 190 sec 129.25 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 215 sec 146.63 %
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Page 3 - The Gulftown CPU Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 12 - PT Boats Knights of Seas
Page 5 - Futuremark Page 13 - Resident Evil 5
Page 6 - Cinebench Page 14 - Street Fighter 4
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1 Page 15 - Power consumption
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Crysis DirectX10

Crysis is still one of the games which has very high system requirements. Therefore developer Crytek implemented Direct3D-10-API, High-Dynamic-Range-Rendering, Parallax Occlusion Mapping, Soft Shadows, Motion Blur, Depth of Field as well as Soft Particles. We test Crysis by using DirectX10 to show CPU-sacaling especially which low resolutions. If we look at the high resolutions we are able to spot that the CPUs influence compared to the graphic card becomes much less important.

Crysis DirectX10

800 x 600, low details

Crysis DirectX10 (800 x 600 low details)   Percent
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 158.73 fps 126.48 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 156.42 fps 124.64 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 153.58 fps 122.37 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 146.41 fps 116.66 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 142.24 fps 113.34 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 136.38 fps 108.67 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 139.91 fps 111.48 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 135.65 fps 108.09 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 132.60 fps 105.66 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 125.50 fps 100.00 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 122.66 fps 97.74 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 109.52 fps 87.67 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 107.91 fps 85.98 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 90.35 fps 71.99 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 89.77 fps 71.53 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 (Intel Graphics HD3000) 45.31 fps 36.10 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 (Intel Graphics HD3000) 44.10 fps 35.14 %
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1920 x 1080, very high details, 16x AA

Crysis DirectX10 (1920 x 1080 high details, 16x AA)   Percent
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 24.69 fps 125.78 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 24.65 fps 125.57 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 19.99 fps 101.83 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 19.93 fps 101.53 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 19.92 fps 101.48 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 19.79 fps 100.79 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 19.74 fps 100.58 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 19.72 fps 100.48 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 19.69 fps 100.26 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 19.63 fps 100.00 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 19.55 fps 99.59 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 19.35 fps 98.57 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 19.32 fps 98.42 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 17.15 fps 87.37 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 17.03 fps 86.75 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 (Intel Graphics HD3000) 3.78 fps 19.26 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 (Intel Graphics HD3000) 2.02 fps 10.29 %
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Page 3 - The Gulftown CPU Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 12 - PT Boats Knights of Seas
Page 5 - Futuremark Page 13 - Resident Evil 5
Page 6 - Cinebench Page 14 - Street Fighter 4
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1 Page 15 - Power consumption
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PT Boats Knights of Seas DirectX10

PT Boats Knights of Seas is based on the Direct-3D-10 API, supports multicore CPUs and comes with a physics engine. Also at this point we see a good scaling of the CPU at low resolutions and nearly no influence when applying high resolutions.

1024 x 768, low details

PT Boats Knights of Seas DirectX10 (1024 x 768 low details)   Percent
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 102.0 fps 136.18 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 109.7 fps 146.46 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 99.5 fps 132.84 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 98.1 fps 130.97 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 96.9 fps 129.37 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 91.6 fps 123.45 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 88.4 fps 118.02 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 84.5 fps 112.82 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 82.0 fps 109.48 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 75.1 fps 100.27 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 74.9 fps 100.00 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 74.8 fps 99.87 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 74.2 fps 99.07 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 68.5 fps 91.15 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 67.0 fps 89.45 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 (Intel Graphics HD3000) 36.3 fps 48.46 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 (Intel Graphics HD3000) 34.1 fps 45.53 %
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1920 x 1080, high details, 8x AA

PT Boats Knights of Seas DirectX10 (1920 x 1080 high details, 8x AA)   Percent
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 35.2 fps 105.07 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 36.0 fps 107.46 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 35.9 fps 107.16 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 36.1 fps 107.76 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 34.9 fps 104.18 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 34.1 fps 101.79 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 33.9 fps 101.19 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 33.7 fps 100.60 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 33.7 fps 100.60 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 33.6 fps 100.30 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 33.6 fps 100.30 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 33.5 fps 100.00 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 33.5 fps 100.00 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 30.9 fps 92.23 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 30.7 fps 91.64 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 (Intel Graphics HD3000) 6.0 fps 17.91 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 (Intel Graphics HD3000) 5.1 fps 15.22 %
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Page 3 - The Gulftown CPU Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 12 - PT Boats Knights of Seas
Page 5 - Futuremark Page 13 - Resident Evil 5
Page 6 - Cinebench Page 14 - Street Fighter 4
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1 Page 15 - Power consumption
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Resident Evil 5 DirectX10

Resident Evil uses nearly every modern rendering technology: HDR, Hemisphere Lighting, Soft Shadows, Soft Particles, Field- und Motion-Blur oder auch Alpha to Coverage and static Ambient Occlusion. Furthermore Resident Evil 5 has been optimized for multicore architectures and already comes DirectX11 ready. By using the DirectX10 benchmark we can again show you CPU-scaling with low resolutions and the compared to the CPU overproportional influence of the graphics card at high resolutions.

Resident Evil DirectX10

800 x 600, low details

Resident Evil DirectX10 (800 x 600 low details)   Percent
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 199.9 fps 136.92 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 195.0 fps 135.56 %
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 193.4 fps 132.47 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 185.0 fps 126.71 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 171.2 fps 117.26 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 170.0 fps 116.44 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 163.0 fps 111.64 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 160.2 fps 109.73 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 160.2 fps 109.73 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 154.9 fps 106.10 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 146.0 fps 100.00 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 126.7 fps 86.78 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 126.1 fps 86.67 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 110.7 fps 75.82 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 110.6 fps 75.75 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 (Intel Graphics HD3000) 57.5 fps 39.38 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 (Intel Graphics HD3000) 56.0 fps 38.36 %
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1920 x 1080, high details, 8x AA

Resident Evil DirectX10 (1920 x 1080 high details, 8x AA)   Percent
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 76.4 fps 103.52 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 76.0 fps 102.98 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 75.9 fps 102.85 %
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 75.0 fps 101.63 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 74.8 fps 101.36 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 74.3 fps 100.68 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 74.3 fps 100.68 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 74.2 fps 100.54 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 74.1 fps 100.41 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 74.0 fps 100.27 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 73.8 fps 100.00 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 72.9 fps 98.78 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 72.1 fps 81.16 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 60.1 fps 81.44 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 59.2 fps 80.22 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 (Intel Graphics HD3000) 10.8 fps 14.63 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 (Intel Graphics HD3000) 9.7 fps 13.14 %
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Page 2 - Specifications Page 10 - WPrime
Page 3 - The Gulftown CPU Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 12 - PT Boats Knights of Seas
Page 5 - Futuremark Page 13 - Resident Evil 5
Page 6 - Cinebench Page 14 - Street Fighter 4
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1 Page 15 - Power consumption
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2 Page 16 - Conclusion



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Street Fighter4

Street Fighter 4 comes with an extra benchmark version which makes testing you system childrens play. At low resolutions the system requirements are pretty low and we can see CPU-scaling in the results. At high resolution the graphic card becomes more important and the CPUs clock speed has less influence on the fps.

800 x 600, low details

Street Fighter 4 (800 x 600 low details)   Percent
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 520.13 fps 137.27 %
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 504.97 fps 133.27 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 497.45 fps 131.28 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 486.46 fps 128.38 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 460.91 fps 121.64 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 444.66 fps 117.35 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 441.01 fps 116.39 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 432.45 fps 114.13 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 425.52 fps 112.30 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 397.63 fps 104.94 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 385.73 fps 101.80 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 378.91 fps 100.00 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 345.83 fps 91.27 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 312.10 fps 82.37 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 230.69 fps 60.88 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 (Intel Graphics HD3000) 119.68 fps 31.59 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 (Intel Graphics HD3000) 95.83 fps 25.29 %
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1920 x 1080, high details, 8x AA, 16x AF

Street Fighter 4 (1920 x 1080 high details, 8x AA, 16x AF)   Percent
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 98.06 fps 122.51 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 88.25 fps 110.26 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 87.93 fps 109.86 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 90.76 fps 113.39 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 87.18 fps 108.92 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 87.10 fps 108.82 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 85.58 fps 106.92 %
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 82.86 fps 103.52 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 82.51 fps 103.08 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 80.46 fps 100.52 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 80.27 fps 100.29 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 80.17 fps 100.16 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 80.12 fps 100.10 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 80.04 fps 100.00 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 61.23 fps 76.50 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 (Intel Graphics HD3000) 10.24 fps 12.79 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 (Intel Graphics HD3000) 7.46 fps 9.32 %
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Page 2 - Specifications Page 10 - WPrime
Page 3 - The Gulftown CPU Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 12 - PT Boats Knights of Seas
Page 5 - Futuremark Page 13 - Resident Evil 5
Page 6 - Cinebench Page 14 - Street Fighter 4
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1 Page 15 - Power consumption
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Power consumption

Hereby we take the power consumption under load as well as idle. To generate a load situation we use SiSoft Sandra's Burn-In Module and measure the whole systems power consumption. The values we take when the System just booted into Windows and the load drops.

Idle Consumption Percent
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 (Intel Graphics HD3000) 45 Watt 34.62 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 (Intel Graphics HD3000) 47 Watt 36.15 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 73 Watt 56.15 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 74 Watt 56.92 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 76 Watt 58.46 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 81 Watt 62.31 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 85 Watt 65.38 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 86 Watt 66.15 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 91 Watt 70.00 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 106 Watt 81.54 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 126 Watt 96.92 %
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 128 Watt 98.46 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 130 Watt 100.00 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 132 Watt 101.53 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 134 Watt 103.08 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 136 Watt 104.62 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 140 Watt 107.69 %
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Load Consumption Percent
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 (Intel Graphics HD3000) 119 Watt 59.20 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 (Intel Graphics HD3000) 133 Watt 66.17 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 135 Watt 67.16 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333 150 Watt 74.63 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 146 Watt 72.64 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133 154 Watt 76.62 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333 155 Watt 77.11 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 179 Watt 89.05 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 196 Watt 97.51 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333 198 Watt 98.51 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600 201 Watt 100.00 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600 206 Watt 102.49 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600 211 Watt 104.98 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600 216 Watt 107.46 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 220 Watt 109.45 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600 248 Watt 123.38 %
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600 254 Watt 126.37 %
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Page 1 - Introduction Page 9 - SuperPi / WPrime
Page 2 - Specifications Page 10 - WPrime
Page 3 - The Gulftown CPU Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 12 - PT Boats Knights of Seas
Page 5 - Futuremark Page 13 - Resident Evil 5
Page 6 - Cinebench Page 14 - Street Fighter 4
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1 Page 15 - Power consumption
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2 Page 16 - Conclusion



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Conclusion

With its recent Gulftown CPU's Intel has a really fast processor in its portfolio. But as usual their extreme processors come at a very high price tag. For CHF 1179.- (est. EUR 786.-) you get this very exclusive piece of hardware which is future proof because of its massive performance and high thread count. One can definitely say that six of these highly efficient cores paired up with Intels hyperthreading are at least one generation ahead of todays operating systems.

Because of the reason that Gulftown is an up scaled version of Bloomfiield it can profit from all the advantages the Nehalem architecture comes with. The Gulftwon models therefore are equipped with SMT as well as an overworked Turbo-Mode which now is able to raise the clock speeds up to 266 MHz or in other words by two multiplyer steps. Like this the enduser gets a real performance benefit in single threaded applications when the clock speed is as high as possible.

If we look at Gulftowns performance the 990 X is a little bit faster than its predecessor the Core i7 980 X. Because of the clockspeed which had been increased by another 133 MHz to 3.46 GHz one can see a small performance advantage over the i7 980 X. Also in game benchmarks Gulftown is able to make a lasting impression. Every game we tested performed better but we still wouldn't recommend a Gulftown for gaming. The additional money you pay for this CPU is better spent with a high-end graphics card if it only comes down to gaming.

As expected Gulftown isn't the most economic CPU. Never the less 128 Watt in idle is a very good value for such a high-end CPU. This result is down to the shrinked structures which are now only 32 Nanometers wide. But for those expecting big numbers here we have one: under load our 990 X testsystem needed 254 Watts to operate.

If you are looking for the most powerful desktop CPU available then the Core i7 990 X is excatly what you want to buy. There is no other CPU these days which can be compared. Therefore we recommend this CPU to PC enthusiasts as well as overclockers who have the pocket money to buy this very nice piece of hardware. Of course a Core i7 990 X also is a very good investment for a workstation which mainly does rendering operations or other highly multithreaded tasks.

At Brack Electornics AG you can buy the Core i7 990 X to a price of CHF 1099.- (est. EUR 845.-)



Author: Marc Büchel, m.buechel@ocaholic.ch

Page 1 - Introduction Page 9 - Super Pi / Wprime
Page 2 - Specifications Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - The Gulftown CPU Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 12 - PT Boats Knights of Seas
Page 5 - Futuremark Page 13 - Resident Evil 5
Page 6 - Cinebench Page 14 - Street Fighter 4
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1 Page 15 - Power consumption
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2 Page 16 - Conclusion



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