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2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3960X Processor Extreme Edition

Intel® Core™ i7-3960X Processor Extreme Edition

Intel® Core™ i7-3960X Processor Extreme Edition

Discover adrenaline on a chip. With the widest array of performance-enhancing features in Intel's new family of processors, the 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor Extreme Edition is the perfect engine for power users who demand unrivaled performance. You'll get maximum desktop power for whatever you do. Thanks to the combination of smart features like Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology 6 physical and 12 logical cores, 15MB Intel® Smart Cache, and Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions, the 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor Extreme Edition is Intel's most tunable, capable, and downright devastating PC processor ever.

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Dominate your competition with the Intel® Core™ i7 processor Extreme Edition. 3DMark* 11 Physics Test is a scene with a large number of rigid bodies (why do we care) simulated and rendered. Unleash smart performance for physics and AI-intensive games with the Intel® Core™ i7-3960X processor Extreme Edition. It's the ultimate weapon for extreme gamers who demand unmatched PC performance.

3DMark* 11 - Physics Score

November 2011

Desktop PC configurations used for extreme performance measurements

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Desktop PC Configurations

Intel® Processor Name

Intel® Core™ i7-990X Processor Extreme Edition

Intel® Core™ i7-3960X Processor Extreme Edition

Processor speed

3.46GHz

3.30GHz

Processor cores/threads

6/12

6/12

Intel® Smart Cache

Unified 12MB L3

Unified 15MB L3

Motherboard manufacturer

Intel® DX58SO2

Intel® DX79SI

Chipset

Intel® X58 Express Chipset

 Intel® X79 Express Chipset

Chipset INF file

 Intel® INF 9.2.0.1030 Intel® INF 9.1.2.1007

Platform BIOS

SOX5810J.86A.0779

SIX791OJ.86A.0193.2011.08.09.1137

System memory

12GB (3x4GB) Samsung* M378B283DZ1-CF8

DDR3-1066 (7-7-7-21 1T)

16GB (4x4GB) Samsung*

DDR3-1600

Hard disk

Intel® X25-M SSD 160GB SATA2 2.5" FW-02HD

Intel® X25-M SSD 160GB SATA2 2.5" FW-02HD

Intel® Matrix Storage Manager

10.5.0.1027

Windows* AHCI

Video card

AMD* Radeon HD 6990

AMD* Radeon HD 6990

Video driver version

8.841.0.0

8.841.0.0

Graphics resolution

1920 x 1200 resolution, 32-bit color

1920 x 1200 resolution, 32-bit color

Operating system

Microsoft* Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit RTM Build 7600, on NTFS

Microsoft* Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit RTM Build 7600, on NTFS

Power management mode

High performance

High performance

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1. 3DMark* 11 focuses on updating and rendering complex game worlds in real-time using DirectX 11. The benchmark workload consists of six tests that produce results from which the 3DMark score is calculated. The Physics Test is a scene where a large number of rigid bodies are simulated and rendered. The rendering is done using lightweight techniques. The rigid bodies collide with each other, and some of them are connected with joints. The simulation is divided to multiple threads by partitioning the simulated world to several isolated regions. The Bullet Open Source Physics Library C++ path is used as the physics SDK for this test, and compiled and linked statically into the test binary at development time.


2. Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark and MobileMark, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations, and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.