Ivy Bridge: Core i7 3770K and Core i5 3570K

Category : Reviews

Published by Marc Büchel on 23.04.12

Ivy Bridge, this is the codename of Intels latest CPU generation which is based on an overworked Sandy Bridge microarchitecture. We had the chance to test two new CPUs, namely the Core i7-3770K and the Core i5-3570K. Intel claims that the new quad core processors are faster than the previous generation of Core i7-2XXX as well as Core i5-2XXX CPUs. The new processors also come with 22 nanometer transistors and therefore improved energy efficiency.

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 9 - SuperPi / WPrime
Page 2 - Specifications	Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - Ivy Bridge CPU / Chipset / Overclocking	Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup	Page 12 - Resident Evil 5
Page 5 - Futuremark	Page 13 - Street Fighter 4
Page 6 - Cinebench	Page 14 - Power consumption
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1	Page 15 - Conclusion
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2

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Specifications

	i7-3770K	i5-3570K	i7 2600K	i5 2500K
Codename	Ivy Bridge	Ivy Bridge	Sandy Bridge	Sandy Bridge
Socket	LGA 1155	LGA 1155	LGA 1155	LGA 1155
Manufacturing	22 nm	22 nm	32 nm	32 nm
Transistors	1.4 Billion	1.4 Billion	995 Mio	995 Bio
Die-size	160 mm2	160 mm2	265 mm2	265 mm2
Clock	3.50 GHz (3.90 GHz Turbo)	3.40 GHz (Turbo 3.8 GHz)	3.40 GHz (3.80 GHz Turbo)	3.30 GHz (3.70 GHz Turbo)
Cores / Threads	4C / 8T	4C / 4T	4C / 8T	4C / 4T
Turbo	Yes (2.0)	Yes (2.0)	Yes (2.0)	Yes (2.0)
Bus Speed	100 MHz	100 MHz	100 MHz	100 MHz
Memory	DDR3	DDR3	DDR3	DDR3
Memory controller	Dual Channel	Dual Channel	Dual Channel	Dual Channel
L1 Execution Cache	32 KByte	32 KByte	32 KByte	32 KByte
L1 Data Cache	32 KByte	32 KByte	32 KByte	32 KByte
L2 Cache	256 KByte	256 KByte	256 KByte	256 KByte
L3 Cache	8 MB shared	6 MB shared	8 MB shared	6 MB shared
TDP	77 Watt	77 Watt	95 Watt	95 Watt
C1E technology	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Enhanced Intel Speed Step	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Virtualisation	Vanderpool	Vanderpool	Vanderpool	Vanderpool
Instruction sets	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AES, VT-x, EM64T	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AES, VT-x, EM64T	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AES, VT-x, EM64T	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, VT-x, EM64T

Ivy Bridge - Line-Up

At launch Intel presents 14 new Ivy Bridge CPUs, whereas the manufacturer chose to launch three product lines: mobile Ivy Bridge, desktop Ivy Bridge and low power desktop Ivy Bridge processors. Concerning the mobile CPU line-up there you'll find the Core i7-3920XM, Core i7-3820QM, Core i7-3720QM, Core i7-3612QM and 3610QM. This means that there is a total of five new mobile processors. Regarding the desktop CPUs there are the Core i7-3770K, Core i7-3770, Core i5-3570K, Core i5-3550 and Core i5-3450. Last but not least there are the low power desktop CPUs, which have the names Core i7-3770T, Core i7-3770S, Core i5-3550S and Core i5-3450S.

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 9 - SuperPi / WPrime
Page 2 - Specifications	Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - Ivy Bridge CPU / Chipset / Overclocking	Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup	Page 12 - Resident Evil 5
Page 5 - Futuremark	Page 13 - Street Fighter 4
Page 6 - Cinebench	Page 14 - Power consumption
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1	Page 15 - Conclusion
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2

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Ivy Bridge CPU / GPU / Overclocking

Compared to Sandy Bridge the new Ivy Bridge processors are quite a bit more complex. Therefore the new state-of-the-art desktop CPUs are based on 1.4 billion transistors. The old Sandy Bridge CPUs were based on 995 Million transistors. This means equals about a 40 percent increase regarding the transistor count. On the other hand the die size shrank by 100 square millimeter from 265 square millimeter to 160 square millimeter. Intel has been able to do so by migrating to an new manufacturing process. The new transistors come with 22 nanometer structures. But this is not enough: Intel also overworked the transistors themselves. Therefore they are the first to introduce tri gate transistors, which can be packed with a higher densitiy. The new flagship model, the Core i7-3770K, now has a TDP of 77 Watts. The former performance desktop CPU king, the Core i7-2700K, had a TDP of 95 Watts. Intel could even increase clock speeds to 3.5 GHz standard and 3.9 GHz turbo and they still stay within the lower TDP of 77 Watts.

Intels Z77-Express chipset is the first Chipzilla offers that natively supports USB 3.0. Via PCH there are four USB 3.0 ports which a motherboard manufacturer can make use of. Furthermore there is also PCI Express 3.0 support. Therefore the maximum bandwith the PCI Express bus offers, has doubled. Like this Ivy Bridge is ready, even for next generation GPUs. Regarding SATA port you find the same configuration like with P67 or Z68. What you get is two SATA 6Gbps ports and four SATA 3Gbps ports. If a motherboard manufactutrer wants to provide more than two SATA 6 Gbps ports, then then have to put controllers from ASMEDIA or Marvell onto the PCB. Another improvement over previous chipset is the fact that Z77, combined with Ivy Bridge, can handle up to three independant displays. The predecessors were limited to two displays.
In order to prevent the memory subsystem from becoming a bottlenck there is a dual channel memory interface whereas the individual DIMMs can be clocked at 1600 MHz. Generally we noticed that the integrated memory controller of Ivy Bridge can quite easily cope with memory clocked at 2400 MHz. Nevertheless Intel guarantees stability up to 1600 MHz.

Overclocking

Regarding Ivy Bridge the multiplyer can now but adjusted up to 63. Paired with a BCLK of 110 MHz this results in clock frequencies, which are close to 7 GHz. Results like this have already been reached quite some time before this launch. Ivy Bridge also allows to change the clock frequency of the integrated graphics unit in real time. Earlier on we've been writing about the very good memory overclockability. Intel mentions that up to 2667 MHz are possible. Some days ago we've seen proof that even DDR3-3200 is was possible without the use of extreme cooling methods.

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 9 - SuperPi / WPrime
Page 2 - Specifications	Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - Ivy Bridge CPU / Chipset / Overclocking	Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup	Page 12 - Resident Evil 5
Page 5 - Futuremark	Page 13 - Street Fighter 4
Page 6 - Cinebench	Page 14 - Power consumption
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1	Page 15 - Conclusion
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2

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Test setup

Desktop CPUs

Motherboards	Intel Socket 2011: ASUS Rampage IV Formula Intel Socket 1366: ASUS P6T Deluxe Intel Socket 1156: P7P55D-E Premium Intel Socket 1155: ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe Intel Socket 1155: Intel DP67BG AMD Socket AM3+: ASUS Crosshair V Formula AMD Socket AM3: ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AMD Socket FM1: ASUS F1A75-V Pro
CPUs	AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz AMD FX-8150, 3.6 GHz AMD FX-8120, 3.1 GHz AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz AMD A8 3850, 2.90 GHz AMD Phenom II X6 1090T, 3.20 GHz Intel Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz Intel Core i7 3960X, 3.30 GHz Intel Core i7 3930K, 3.20 GHz Intel Core i7 3820, 3.60 GHz Intel Core i7 3770K, 3.50 GHz Intel Core i7 3570K, 3.40 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 2011: Kingston HyperX H2O 2133 CL 9-9-9-24, 4 x 2 GByte Intel Socket 1155: Kingston HyperX H2O 2133 CL 9-9-9-24, 2 x 2 GByte Intel Socket 1366, 1156: Corsair Dominator TR3X3G1600C8D CL 9-9-9-24, 3 x 2 GByte AMD: Corsair Dominator TR3X3G1600C8D CL 8-8-8-24, 2 x 2 GByte
Graphic Card	Gigabyte GTX 285 Integrated graphics
HDD	Samsung Spinpoint F1 640 GByte
PSU	Enermax Revolution 85+ 1050 Watt

Mobile CPU

CPU - Graphic - Notebook

Intel Core i7-2630QM, 2.0 GHz - NVIDIA GeForce 540M - Toshiba Qosmio F750-F10 Intel Core i5-2410M, 2.3 GHz - Radeon HD 6470M - Sony Vaio S - VPC-SB1s1EW

We are aware of the fact that notebook configurations show significant deviatons. Because of this we recommend to only take a closer look at those benchmarks which show direct CPU performance.

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Page 2 - Specifications	Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - Ivy Bridge CPU / Chipset / Overclocking	Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup	Page 12 - Resident Evil 5
Page 5 - Futuremark	Page 13 - Street Fighter 4
Page 6 - Cinebench	Page 14 - Power consumption
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1	Page 15 - Conclusion
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2

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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 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	22'085	144.55 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	21'980	143.87 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	21'614	141.47 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	21'226	138.93 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	21'173	138.58 %
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600	21'027	137.63 %
Intel Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	20'860	136.54 %
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 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	16'985	111.17 %
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 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	16'155	105.74 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600	15'688	102.68 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	15'634	102.33 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600	15'278	100.00 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	15'087	98.75 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	13'180	86.27 %
Intel Core i7-2630QM	8'172	53.49 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	7'020	45.95 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	6'960	83.75 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 4000)	6'667	43.64 %
Intel Core i5-2410M	5'078	33.24 %
	more is better

CPU

3DMark 06 CPU		Percent
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	9'098	192.96 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	8'848	187.66 %
Intel Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	8'150	172.82 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	7'747	164.31 %
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 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	7'139	151.41 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	6'962	147.66 %
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 i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 4000)	6'667	141.40 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	6'064	128.61 %
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 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	5'765	122.27 %
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 i7-2630QM	4'936	104.69 %
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 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	4'381	92.92 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333	4'242	89.97 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	4'143	87.87 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	3'989	84.60 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	4'044	85.77 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	3'949	83.75 %
Intel Core i5-2410M	3'237	68.65 %
	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 Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	14'714	113.67 %
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	14'656	113.22 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	14'644	113.12 %
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600	14'320	110.62 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	14'262	110.17 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHz DDR3-1600	14'184	109.57 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	13'928	107.59 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	13'657	105.50 %
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 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	13'324	102.93 %
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 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	13'157	101.64 %
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 FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	11'864	91.65 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333	11'444	88.40 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	11'307	87.35 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	11'257	87.64 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	4'115	36.39 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 4000)	4'095	31.63 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	4'045	31.25 %
Intel Core i7-2630QM	4'405	34.03 %
Intel Core i5-2410M	1'989	15.37 %
	more is better

CPU

3DMark Vantage CPU		Percent
Intel Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	40'715	239.64 %
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	40'188	236.54 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	38'653	227.50 %
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 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	28'244	166.24 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 4000)	26'286	154.71 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	25'820	151.97 %
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 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	20'909	123.07 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHz DDR3-1600	21'472	126.38 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	20'171	118.72 %
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 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	18'672	109.90 %
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 i7-2630QM	17'367	102.22 %
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 FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	11'881	69.93 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333	11'054	67.37 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	9'607	56.55 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	9'496	55.89 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	9'222	54.28 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	9'194	54.11 %
Intel Core i5-2410M	8'509	50.08 %
	more is better

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 9 - SuperPi / WPrime
Page 2 - Specifications	Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - Ivy Bridge CPU / Chipset / Overclocking	Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup	Page 12 - Resident Evil 5
Page 5 - Futuremark	Page 13 - Street Fighter 4
Page 6 - Cinebench	Page 14 - Power consumption
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1	Page 15 - Conclusion
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2

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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 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	124 sec	55.61 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	128 sec	57.40 %
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	138 sec	61.88 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	141 sec	63.23 %
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 i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	147 sec	65.92 %
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 Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	173 sec	77.58 %
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 i5-2410M	195 sec	87.44 %
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 i7-2630QM	199 sec	89.24 %
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 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	208 sec	93.27 %
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 FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	230 sec	103.14 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333	237 sec	106.28 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	247 sec	110.76 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	256 sec	114.80 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	270 sec	121.08 %
	less is better

X CPU

Cinebench R10 X CPU		Percent
Intel Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	22 sec	40.00 %
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	25 sec	74.55 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	25 sec	74.55 %
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 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	32 sec	58.18 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	35 sec	63.64 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	35 sec	63.64 %
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 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	41 sec	74.55 %
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 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	46 sec	83.64 %
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 i7-2630QM	52 sec	94.54 %
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 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	72 sec	130.91 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	74 sec	134.55 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	75 sec	136.36 %
Intel Core i5-2410M	94 sec	170.91 %
	less is better

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Page 2 - Specifications	Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - Ivy Bridge CPU / Chipset / Overclocking	Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup	Page 12 - Resident Evil 5
Page 5 - Futuremark	Page 13 - Street Fighter 4
Page 6 - Cinebench	Page 14 - Power consumption
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1	Page 15 - Conclusion
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2

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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.

Arithmetic Benchmark

SiSoft Sandra - Arithmetic - Dhrystone		Percent
Intel Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	242.47 GIPS	381.48 %
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	228.82 GIPS	360.01 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	223.26 GIPS	351.26 %
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 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	149.14 GIPS	234.64 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	129.47 GIPS	203.70 %
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 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	114.84 GIPS	180.68 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	101.00 GIPS	158.90 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	96.00 GIPS	151.04 %
Intel Core i7-2630QM	86.61 GIPS	136.26 %
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 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	73.63 GIPS	115.84 %
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 %
Intel Core i5-2410M	45.51 GIPS	71.60 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333	44.71 GIPS	70.34 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	44.17 GIPS	69.59 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	41.84 GIPS	65.83 %
	more is better

SiSoft Sandra - Arithmetic - Whetstone		Percent
Intel Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	149.16 GFLOPS	267.74 %
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	141.09 GFLOPS	253.26 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	137.57 GFLOPS	246.94 %
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 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	98.78 GLOPS	177.31 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	91.87 GFLOPS	164.91 %
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 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	57.08 GFLOPS	102.46 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	69.48 GFLOPS	124.72 %
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 i7-2630QM	61.01 GFLOPS	109.51 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	60.49 GFLOPS	108.58 %
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 FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	44.23 GFLOPS	79.39 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333	36.88 GFLOPS	66.20 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	35.45 GFLOPS	63.63 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	33.73 GFLOPS	60.55 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333	31.97 GFLOPS	60.98 %
Intel Core i5-2410M	31.82 GFLOPS	50.12 %
	more is better

Multimedia

SiSoft Sandra - Multimedia - Integer		Percent
Intel Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	374.49 MPixel/s	277.59 %
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	351.60 MPixel/s	260.62 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	342.58 MPixel/s	253.93 %
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 FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	269.35 MPixel/s	199.65 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	236.37 MPixel/s	175.21 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	234.54 MPixel/s	173.85 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	229.77 MPixel/s	170.31 %
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 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	190.16 MPixel/s	140.95 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	185.00 MPixel/s	137.13 %
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 i7-2630QM	166.73 MPixel/s	123.59 %
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 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333	149.22 MPixel/s	110.61 %
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 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333	116.72 MPixel/s	86.52 %
Intel Core i5-2410M	76.50 MPixel/s	56.70 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	51.31 MPixel/s	38.03 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	49.72 MPixel/s	36.85 %
	more is better

SiSoft Sandra - Multimedia - Floating point		Percent
Intel Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	505.28 MPixel/s	484.68 %
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	476.00 MPixel/s	456.59 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	467.55 MPixel/s	448.49 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	330.58 MPixel/s	317.10 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	312.13 MPixel/s	299.41 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	228.18 MPixel/s	218.88 %
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 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	154.00 MPixel/s	147.72 %
Intel Core i7-2630QM	153.36 MPixel/s	147.11 %
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 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	132.89 MPixel/s	127.47 %
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 i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333	107.48 MPixel/s	103.10 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	105.19 MPixel/s	100.90 %
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 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	84.16 MPixel/s	80.73 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	82.40 MPixel/s	79.04 %
Intel Core i5-2410M	58.87 MPixel/s	56.47 %
	more is better

Crytography

SiSoft Sandra - Crytography - AES 256		Percent
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	12'750 MB/s	2645.23 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	12'700 MB/s	2634.85 %
Intel Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	12'270 MB/s	2545.64 %
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 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	10'000 MB/s	2074.69 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133	8'480 MB/s	1759.34 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	7'020 MB/s	1456.43 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	6'960 MB/s	1443.98 %
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 FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	5'520 MB/s	1145.23 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	5'500 MB/s	1141.08 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	5'490 MB/s	1139.00 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333	724 MB/s	150.21 %
Intel Core i7-2630QM	641 MB/s	132.99 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600	625 MB/s	129.67 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	621 MB/s	128.84 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	612 MB/s	126.97 %
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 %
Intel Core i5-2410M	358 MB/s	74.27 %
	more is better

SiSoft Sandra - Crytography - SHA 256		Percent
Intel Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	1'850 MB/s	413.87 %
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	1'740 MB/s	389.26 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	1'700 MB/s	380.31 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	1'400 MB/s	313.20 %
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600	1'380 MB/s	308.72 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	1'340 MB/s	299.78 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	1'220 MB/s	272.93 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	1'190 MB/s	266.22 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	1'130 MB/s	252.80 %
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 %
Intel Core i7-2630QM	734 MB/s	164.21 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	593 MB/s	132.66 %
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 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	570 MB/s	127.52 %
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 %
Intel Core i5-2410M	337 MB/s	75.39 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	312 MB/s	69.80 %
	more is better

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 9 - SuperPi / WPrime
Page 2 - Specifications	Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - Ivy Bridge CPU / Chipset / Overclocking	Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup	Page 12 - Resident Evil 5
Page 5 - Futuremark	Page 13 - Street Fighter 4
Page 6 - Cinebench	Page 14 - Power consumption
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1	Page 15 - Conclusion
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2

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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 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	40.18 GB/s	153.07 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	39.51 GB/s	150.51 %
Intel Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	35.55 GB/s	135.43 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	31.10 GB/s	118.48 %
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 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	21.74 GB/s	82.82 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	21.69 GB/s	82.63 %
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 i7-2630QM	17.29 GB/s	65.87 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	15.38 GB/s	58.59 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	15.13 GB/s	57.64 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333	14.95 GB/s	56.95 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	14.51 GB/s	55.28 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333	14.51 GB/s	55.28 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	14.00 GB/s	53.33 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	13.68 GB/s	52.11 %
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 %
Intel Core i5-2410M	9.00 GB/s	34.29 %
	more is better

SiSoft Sandra - Memory bandwidth - Floating point[/fr]		[en]Percent
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	40.33 GB/s	153.76 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	39.92 GB/s	152.19 %
Intel Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	35.53 GB/s	135.46 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	31.28 GB/s	122.68 %
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 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	21.73 GB/s	82.84 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	21.69 GB/s	82.69 %
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 i7-2630QM	17.28 GB/s	65.88 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	15.38 GB/s	58.64 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333	15.10 GB/s	57.57 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	15.00 GB/s	57.19 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333	14.62 GB/s	55.74 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	14.43 GB/s	55.01 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	14.00 GB/s	53.37 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	13.64 GB/s	52.00 %
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 %
Intel Core i5-2410M	9.00 GB/s	34.31 %
	more is better

Memory latency

SiSoft Sandra - Memory latency		Percent
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	24.0 ns	36.36 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	24.1 ns	36.52 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133	57.0 ns	83.36 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	59.5 ns	90.15 %
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600	62.0 ns	93.93 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600	62.0 ns	93.93 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600	63.0 ns	95.45 %
Intel Core i7 965 XE 3.2 GHz DDR3-1600	63.0 ns	95.45 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600	64.0 ns	96.97 %
Intel Core i7 940 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600	65.0 ns	98.48 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600	66.0 ns	100.00 %
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	67.5 ns	102.27 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600	68.0 ns	103.03 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	70.3 ns	106.52 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	70.6 ns	106.97 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	71.9 ns	108.94 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333	72.0 ns	109.09 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	72.8 ns	110.30 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333	73.0 ns	115.15 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	78.4 ns	118.79 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	79.0 ns	119.70 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333	80.0 ns	121.21 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333	81.0 ns	122.72 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333	82.0 ns	124.24 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333	82.0 ns	124.24 %
Intel Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	83.4 ns	126.36 %
Intel Core i5-2410M	88.0 ns	133.33 %
Intel Core i7-2630QM	92.0 ns	139.39 %
	less is better

Memory and cache access

SiSoft Sandra - Memory and cache access		Percent
Intel Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	226.22 GB/s	335.59 %
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	202.53 GB/s	300.53 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	195.93 GB/s	290.65 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	138.29 GB/s	205.15 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	128.53 GB/s	190.67 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	119.49 GB/s	177.29 %
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 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	84.50 GB/s	125.35 %
Intel Core i7-2630QM	83.22 GB/s	123.45 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600	78.06 GB/s	115.80 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	77.80 GB/s	115.41 %
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 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	62.40 GB/s	92.57 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333	57.69 GB/s	85.58 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	56.91 GB/s	84.42 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	56.74 GB/s	84.17 %
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 %
Intel Core i5-2410M	37.68 GB/s	55.90 %
	more is better

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 9 - SuperPi / WPrime
Page 2 - Specifications	Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - Ivy Bridge CPU / Chipset / Overclocking	Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup	Page 12 - Resident Evil 5
Page 5 - Futuremark	Page 13 - Street Fighter 4
Page 6 - Cinebench	Page 14 - Power consumption
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1	Page 15 - Conclusion
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2

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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 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	9.314 sec	61.61 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	9.594 sec	63.46 %
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	9.641 sec	63.78 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	9.891 sec	65.43 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	9.980 sec	66.02 %
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 Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	12.168 sec	80.49 %
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 i7-2630QM	13.572 sec	89.78 %
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 i5-2410M	14.118 sec	93.39 %
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 FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	20.717 sec	137.04 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333	21.466 sec	142.00 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	21.965 sec	145.30 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	24.636 sec	162.97 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	25.319 sec	167.49 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	26.271 sec	173.78 %
	less is better

32M

Super Pi 1.5 XS - 32M		Percent
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	510.776 sec	63.86 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	521.992 sec	65.27 %
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	529.605 sec	66.22 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	539.434 sec	67.45 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	540.806 sec	67.62 %
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 Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	655.014 sec	81.90 %
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 i7-2630QM	735.994 sec	92.02 %
Intel Core i5-2410M	743.492 sec	92.96 %
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHZ DDR3-1600	799.781 sec	100.00 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	1170.907 sec	146.40 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333	1173.496 sec	146.73 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	1234.602 sec	154.37 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333	1294.459 sec	161.85 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	1308.354 sec	163.59 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	1336.377 sec	167.09 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	1450.194 sec	181.32 %
	less is better

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 (1 Core)

wPrime - 32M (1 Core)		Percent
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	30.108 sec	65.27 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	30.903 sec	66.99 %
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	31.201 sec	67.64 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	31.964 sec	69.29 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	32.012 sec	69.40 %
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 Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	38.295 sec	83.02 %
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 %
Intel Core i5-2410M	43.384 sec	94.05 %
Intel Core i7-2630QM	43.865 sec	95.09 %
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 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	49.531 sec	107.37 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	50.114 sec	108.64 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	52.761 sec	114.37 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	52.372 sec	113.53 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	66.019 sec	143.12 %
	less is better

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 9 - SuperPi / WPrime
Page 2 - Specifications	Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - Ivy Bridge CPU / Chipset / Overclocking	Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup	Page 12 - Resident Evil 5
Page 5 - Futuremark	Page 13 - Street Fighter 4
Page 6 - Cinebench	Page 14 - Power consumption
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1	Page 15 - Conclusion
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2

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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.

Benchmark Test

WinRAR - Benchmark Test		Percent
Intel Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	6'506 KB/sec	184.88 %
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	4'595 KB/sec	130.58 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	4'352 KB/sec	123.67 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	4'287 KB/sec	121.82 %
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600	4'131 KB/sec	117.39 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	4'122 KB/sec	117.14 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133	4'108 KB/sec	116.74 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	4'051 KB/sec	115.12 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600	3'998 KB/sec	113.61 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	3'929 KB/sec	111.65 %
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 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	3'840 KB/sec	109.12 %
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 i7-2630QM	3'656 KB/sec	103.89 %
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 FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	3'045 KB/sec	86.53 %
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 %
Intel Core i5-2410M	2'318 KB/sec	65.87 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	1'943 KB/sec	55.21 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	1'821 KB/sec	51.75 %
	more is better

Folder compression

WinRAR - Folder compression (669 Files / 32 Folders / 694 MB)		Percent
Intel Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	69 sec	46.94 %
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	83 sec	56.46 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	84 sec	57.14 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133	88 sec	59.86 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	89 sec	60.54 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	92 sec	62.59 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	92 sec	62.59 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333	104 sec	70.75 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	105 sec	71.43 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	113 sec	76.87 %
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 i7-2630QM	132 sec	89.79 %
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 FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	178 sec	121.09 %
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 i5-2410M	195 sec	132.65 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333	215 sec	146.63 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	230 sec	156.46 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	239 sec	162.59 %
	less is better

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 9 - SuperPi / WPrime
Page 2 - Specifications	Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - Ivy Bridge CPU / Chipset / Overclocking	Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup	Page 12 - Resident Evil 5
Page 5 - Futuremark	Page 13 - Street Fighter 4
Page 6 - Cinebench	Page 14 - Power consumption
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1	Page 15 - Conclusion
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2

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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 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	202.71 fps	161.52 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	193.13 fps	153.89 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	185.22 fps	147.59 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	176.09 fps	140.31 %
Intel Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	175.46 fps	139.81 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	175.29 fps	139.67 %
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 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	117.36 fps	93.51 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	112.67 fps	89.78 %
Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz DDR3-1333	109.52 fps	87.67 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	108.00 fps	86.23 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333	107.91 fps	85.98 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	106.91 fps	85.19 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	93.61 fps	74.59 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	91.87 fps	73.20 %
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 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	87.26 fps	69.53 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 4000)	55.57 fps	44.28 %
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 %
	more is better

1920 x 1080, very high details, 16x AA

Crysis DirectX10 (1920 x 1080 high details, 16x AA)		Percent
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	24.77 fps	126.18 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	24.70 fps	125.83 %
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600	24.69 fps	125.78 %
Intel Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	24.65 fps	125.57 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600	24.65 fps	125.57 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	20.20 fps	102.93 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	20.16 fps	102.70 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	20.02 fps	101.99 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	20.01 fps	101.94 %
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 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	19.83 fps	101.02 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	19.80 fps	100.87 %
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 A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	19.29 fps	98.27 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333	17.15 fps	87.37 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	17.08 fps	87.01 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333	17.03 fps	86.75 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	6.97 fps	35.51 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	5.88 fps	29.95 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 4000)	5.78 fps	29.44 %
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 %
	more is better

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 9 - SuperPi / WPrime
Page 2 - Specifications	Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - Ivy Bridge CPU / Chipset / Overclocking	Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup	Page 12 - Resident Evil 5
Page 5 - Futuremark	Page 13 - Street Fighter 4
Page 6 - Cinebench	Page 14 - Power consumption
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1	Page 15 - Conclusion
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2

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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 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	254.5 fps	174.32 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	236.1 fps	161.71 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	234.1 fps	160.34 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133	199.9 fps	136.92 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	196.5 fps	134.59 %
Intel Core i7 980 X 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600	195.0 fps	135.56 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	205.9 fps	141.03 %
Intel Core i7 990 X 3.46 GHz DDR3-1600	193.4 fps	132.47 %
Intel Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	187.4 fps	128.36 %
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 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	131.5 fps	90.07 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	128.0 fps	87.67 %
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 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	108.1 fps	74.04 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 4000)	104.7 fps	71.71 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	97.6 fps	66.85 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	94.0 fps	64.38 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	85.2 fps	58.36 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	84.2 fps	57.67 %
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 %
	more is better

1920 x 1080, high details, 8x AA

Resident Evil DirectX10 (1920 x 1080 high details, 8x AA)		Percent
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	76.9 fps	104.20 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	76.8 fps	104.07 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	76.4 fps	103.52 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133	76.4 fps	103.52 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	76.0 fps	102.98 %
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 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	75.2 fps	101.90 %
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 FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	73.6 fps	99.73 %
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	97.70 %
Intel Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	71.2 fps	96.48 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	71.2 fps	96.48 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	70.7 fps	95.80 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	70.0 fps	94.85 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	69.9 fps	94.72 %
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 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	23.5 fps	31.84 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	23.5 fps	31.84 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 4000)	11.9 fps	16.12 %
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 %
	more is better

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 9 - SuperPi / WPrime
Page 2 - Specifications	Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - Ivy Bridge CPU / Chipset / Overclocking	Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup	Page 12 - Resident Evil 5
Page 5 - Futuremark	Page 13 - Street Fighter 4
Page 6 - Cinebench	Page 14 - Power consumption
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1	Page 15 - Conclusion
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2

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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 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	642.49 fps	169.56 %
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	628.30 fps	165.82 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	621.13 fps	163.93 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	618.78 fps	163.31 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	601.61 fps	158.77 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	595.43 fps	157.14 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	585.21 fps	154.45 %
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 Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	501.65 fps	132.39 %
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 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	442.19 fps	116.70 %
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 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	413.24 fps	109.06 %
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 A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	354.12 fps	93.46 %
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 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	206.92 fps	54.61 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 4000)	194.70 fps	51.38 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	177.10 fps	46.74 %
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 %
	more is better

1920 x 1080, high details, 8x AA, 16x AF

Street Fighter 4 (1920 x 1080 high details, 8x AA, 16x AF)		Percent
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	107.88 fps	134.78 %
AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz DDR3-1600	106.64 fps	133.23 %
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	102.88 fps	128.54 %
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	102.56 fps	128.14 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	99.23 fps	123.98 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333	98.06 fps	122.51 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	96.88 fps	121.04 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	96.72 fps	120.84 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	95.89 fps	119.80 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	99.14 fps	123.86 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333	90.76 fps	113.39 %
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 %
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 Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	87.02 fps	108.72 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	86.66 fps	108.27 %
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 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	26.91 fps	33.62 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	26.09 fps	32.60 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 4000)	12.31 fps	15.38 %
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 %
	more is better

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 9 - SuperPi / WPrime
Page 2 - Specifications	Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - Ivy Bridge CPU / Chipset / Overclocking	Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup	Page 12 - Resident Evil 5
Page 5 - Futuremark	Page 13 - Street Fighter 4
Page 6 - Cinebench	Page 14 - Power consumption
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1	Page 15 - Conclusion
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2

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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 i5-2410M	12 Watt	9.23 %
Intel Core i7-2630QM	20 Watt	15.38 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	32 Watt	24.62 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 4000)	35 Watt	26.92 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333 (Intel Graphics HD3000)	45 Watt	34.62 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	46 Watt	35.38 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	47 Watt	36.15 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333 (Intel Graphics HD3000)	47 Watt	36.15 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	69 Watt	53.08 %
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30 GHz DDR3-1333	73 Watt	56.15 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	74 Watt	56.82 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333	74 Watt	56.92 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	76 Watt	58.46 %
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-2133	76 Watt	58.46 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	76 Watt	58.46 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	77 Watt	59.23 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	79 Watt	60.77 %
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 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	104 Watt	80.00 %
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 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	131 Watt	100.77 %
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 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	138 Watt	106.15 %
Intel Core i7 975 XE 3.33 GHZ DDR3-1600	140 Watt	107.69 %
Intel Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	145 Watt	111.54 %
	less is better

Load	Consumption	Percent
Intel Core i5-2410M	81 Watt	40.30 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	106 Watt	52.74 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 4000)	111 Watt	55.22 %
Intel Core i7-2630QM	116 Watt	57.71 %
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 i7 2600K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1333	146 Watt	72.64 %
Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz DDR3-1333	150 Watt	74.63 %
Intel Core i7 3570K 3.40 GHz DDR3-1600	151 Watt	75.12 %
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 %
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz DDR3-1600	157 Watt	78.11 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	167 Watt	83.08 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600	178 Watt	88.56 %
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333	179 Watt	89.05 %
AMD A8 3850 2.90 GHz DDR3-1600	181 Watt	90.05 %
AMD A8 3870K, 3.0 GHz DDR3-1600 (HD 6550D)	185 Watt	92.04 %
Intel Core i7 875 K 2.93 GHz DDR3-1600	196 Watt	97.51 %
Intel Core i7 3820 3.60 GHz DDR3-1600	197 Watt	98.01 %
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz DDR3-1333	198 Watt	98.51 %
AMD FX-6100, 3.3 GHz DDR3-1600	200 Watt	99.50 %
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 3930K 3.20 GHz DDR3-1600	207 Watt	102.99 %
Intel Core i7 950 3.06 GHz DDR3-1600	211 Watt	104.98 %
AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz DDR3-1600	214 Watt	106.47 %
Intel Core i7 3960X 3.30 GHz DDR3-1600	215 Watt	106.97 %
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 Xeon E5-2600 3.0 GHz	246 Watt	122.39 %
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 %
	less is better

 

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 9 - SuperPi / WPrime
Page 2 - Specifications	Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - Ivy Bridge CPU / Chipset / Overclocking	Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup	Page 12 - Resident Evil 5
Page 5 - Futuremark	Page 13 - Street Fighter 4
Page 6 - Cinebench	Page 14 - Power consumption
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1	Page 15 - Conclusion
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2

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Conclusion

First of all: during the past years it was an absolute rarity that a new Intel CPU generation was compatible to an earlier chipset. Therefore we like it even more that Ivy Bridge also works in combination with Z68 and P67 Revision B3. The only thing you'll have to do is a BIOS update in order make the board compatible to the Ivy Bridge CPUs. Therefore it would be possible to upgrade a system you bought more than a year ago with the latest CPU. Furthermore it was time that there finally was native support for USB 3.0 via the PCH. With Z77 users finally get chipset native USB 3.0 support. What's also new is that Ivy bridge offers 16 PCI Express 3.0 lanes. Therefore expansion card which need a lot of bandwidth can profit from a throughput which has been doubled.

Quite honestly, Ivy Bridge's performance is just impressive. Frankly speaking: lower dissipation power, higher energy efficiency and more performance per clock, that's what Ivy Bridge offers over Sandy Bridge. With Ivy Bridge, Intel was able to leave Sandy Bridge behind performance wise, whereas Ivy Bridge only has a TDP of 77 Watts compared to the 95 Watt Sandy Bridge has to cope with. In single threaded benchmarks a Core i7-3770K is almost eleven percent faster than a Core i7-2600K and looking a multithreaded benchmarks reveals a 15 percent increase in performance over the Core i7-2600K.
What we also liked was the performance of the IGP (Integrated Graphics Processor). Although Intel is still running behind AMDs Llano there is a very significant increase compared to the HD 3000, which can be found in the Intel Core i7-2600K. If Intel keeps on pushing graphics performance like this, it will take chipzilla another two generations until they can finally keep up or even overtake AMD. The last thing, but definitely not the least, we look at is engery consumption. Especially when we used the integrated graphics processors it was excellent. In idle mode our test system which, equipped with a Core i7-3770K, needed as little as 35 Watts.

Another thing which has been improved, is the integrated memory controller. Although the standard fequency is still at 1600 MHz it's been quite easy to reach 2400 MHz or even 2667 MHz with high performance memory. In our Forum Roger (splmann) Tanner is playing with some 4 x 4 Gigabyte Corsair Vengenace memory and they're running at 1380 MHz (effective 2760 MHz). In a following article we'll show what will be the performance benefits when you increase the memory clocks by 1 GHz.

From today on you can buy a Core i7-3770K for 313 US-Dollar and the Core i5-3570K is available for as little as 212 US-Dollar. There is no doubt, the pricing for Ivy Bridge CPUs is very attractive. On the other hand this leaves a big questionmark behind the princing of Intels Extreme CPUs.

Intels Core i7-3770K can be bought at Steg Computer and Electronics for CHF 339.-

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 9 - SuperPi / WPrime
Page 2 - Specifications	Page 10 - WinRar
Page 3 - Ivy Bridge CPU / Chipset / Overclocking	Page 11 - Crysis
Page 4 - Test Setup	Page 12 - Resident Evil 5
Page 5 - Futuremark	Page 13 - Street Fighter 4
Page 6 - Cinebench	Page 14 - Power consumption
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1	Page 15 - Conclusion
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2

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


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