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Intel Core i7 965 Extreme CPU Review E-mail
Written by Tom Burdak -GOMD-   
Tuesday, 21 July 2009 00:00

Testing

Benchmarking

To test all systems, processors, and motherboards, Hi Tech Legion has compiled a list of popular programs to test performance; these benchmarks are taken from programs that are available to the public. We have compiled these to create the Hi Tech Legion Benchmark Suite, which includes system, graphics, processor, rendering, compression, and word processing. All scores will be graphed for each specific test under its category: video benchmarks (gaming will be rated in FPS: Frames per second), System scores will be graded by numbers which are given as results by their respective programs, higher will be better unless otherwise specified. If file compression is chosen, all times will be in seconds. All temperatures will be measured in Celsius.

 

Systems

The systems tested will be two from Intel, the Core I7 920 X4 and the Core i7 965 Extreme, and one from AMD, the Phenom II 955 X4..

 

Testing Setups:

Intel Test Setup

Motherboard EVGA X58 3X SLI Classified
Processor Intel Core I7 920 X4 and Intel Core i7 965 Extreme
GPU EVGA GTX 275 SC, single and dual SLI
Power Supply Thermaltake Tough Power 850
Ram 12GB Patriot Viper Series DDR3 1600MHz
Hard Drive Western Digital 7,200 250 GB SATA
DVD ROM Drive> Samsung 22x DVD-ROM/R/RW drive
Operating System Windows Vista "Ultimate" 64-bit

 

AMD Test Setup

Motherboard Asus M4A79T
Processor Phenom II 955 X4
GPU Diamond HD 4890 1024 MB
Power Supply Thermaltake Realpower 650W, 80+
RAM< 4GB Corsair XMS DDR3 1600
Hard Drive Maxtor Diamond Max 10 SATA 1.5 100GB
DVD ROM Asus DVD/RW Drive
Operating System Windows Vista “Ultimate” 32-bit

 

 

Benchmarks

 

System Benchmarks

  • World Bench
  • PCMark Vantage
  • SiSandra (CPU)
  • Everest (Cache and Memory)
  • Cinebench 10 (CPU Rendering)

Gaming Benchmarks

  • 3DMark Vantage
  • Brothers in Arms (Hell's Highway)
  • Crysis
  • World in Conflict

 




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