Intel i7 3960X EE / Asus P9X79 Deluxe / 32GB Corsair Vengeance (1600mhz) Review

On this page we overclock some of the processors at 4.6ghz, 4.8ghz and 5.0ghz … measuring and comparing relative performance with Cinebench R11.5 64 bit.

Intel's 6 core processor designs absolutely dominate this benchmark and there are some interesting results to take from the graph above. When the Core i7 2700k is overclocked to 5ghz it manages to outperform the reference clocked 990X, at one third of the price. However when we compare the Core i7 2700k @ 5ghz to the reference clocked Core i7 3960X EE @ 3.3ghz it falls short, scoring 9.73 points, compared against 11.39 points. The new architecture is showing considerable performance related improvements when powering the Cinema4D engine.

When the Core i7 990X EE is overclocked to 5ghz it manages to outperform the reference clocked Core i7 3960X EE producing a score of 12.13 points compared against 11.39 points. When we overclock the Core i7 3960X EE however, the performance is literally in a class of its own, with nothing even in the same zone. 14 points at 4.8ghz is an incredible result.

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