On this page we will test a few of our comparison systems against the Core i7 3960X EE and Asus P9X79 System with two XFX HD6870 Black Editions running in Crossfire. We will be using a couple of game engines at various settings.
The Core i7 3960X EE System scores a couple more frames per second when compared against the Core i7 990X at the same clock speeds.
Noticeable frame rate increases when comparing the systems, side by side at lower quality settings.
At these low settings, the Core i7 3960X system manages to pull out ahead by around 16 fps average, generating around 300 fps.