Intel Core i7-990X Extreme Edition Review

Written by Paul Goodhead

March 23, 2011 | 07:58

Tags: #990x #comparative #cpu #extreme #extreme-edition #i7 #lga1155 #lga1366 #overclocking #performance #premium #processor #top-end #x

Companies: #amd #intel

Media Benchmarks

Download from: bit-tech.net

We've developed our own suite of benchmarks using real-world and open-source applications to simulate how PCs are actually used. The suite comprises an image editing test using Gimp, a video encoding test using Handbrake, and a multi-tasking test using 7-Zip to archive and encrypt a large batch of files while an HD movie plays in mplayer.

A score of 1,000 means that the test system is as fast as our reference PC, which used a 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 at stock speed, 2GB of Corsair 1,066MHz DDR2 memory, a 250GB Samsung SpinPoint P120S hard disk and an Asus P5K Deluxe WiFi-AP motherboard. The scoring system is linear, so a machine scoring 1,200 points is 20 per cent faster than our reference system. Equally, a system scoring 1,200 is 4 per cent faster than a system scoring 1,150.

Gimp Image Editing

Website: Gimp

Far from being some kind of pr0n-filtering tool, Gimp is an open-source image editing application - Gimp is an acronym of GNU Image Manipulation Program. Our test simulates how well a PC can manipulate a collection of large digital photos, and to achieve a low time requires a PC with a powerful CPU, plenty of quick memory and efficient access to storage.

Image Editing

Application: Gimp

  • Intel Core i5-2500K (4.9GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-2600K (4.85GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition (4.6GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition (4.4GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-950 (4.3GHz)
  • Intel Core i5-2400 (up to 3.99GHz)
  • Intel Core i5-760 (4.1GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-2600K (3.4GHz)
  • Intel Core i5-2500K (3.3GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-990X Extreme Edition (3.46GHz)
  • Intel Core i5-2400 (3.1GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition (3.33GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-950 (3.06GHz)
  • AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition (4.2GHz)
  • Intel Core i5-760 (2.8GHz)
  • AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition (3.3GHz)
  • 2190
  • 2106
  • 1875
  • 1856
  • 1784
  • 1742
  • 1712
  • 1631
  • 1594
  • 1502
  • 1487
  • 1428
  • 1376
  • 1368
  • 1207
  • 1181
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Video encoding with Handbrake

Website: Handbrake

We use the open-source, GPL-licensed, multi-platform, multi-threaded video encoder Handbrake to encode an HD video using the H.264 codec. This primarily tests multi-threaded CPU and memory subsystem performance.

Video Encoding

Application: Handbrake

  • Intel Core i7-990X Extreme Edition (4.6GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-2600K (4.85GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition (4.4GHz)
  • Intel Core i5-2500K (4.9GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-990X Extreme Edition (3.46GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-950 (4.3GHz)
  • Intel Core i5-2400 (up to 3.99GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-2600K (3.4GHz)
  • Intel Core i5-760 (4.1GHz)
  • Intel Core i5-2500K (3.3GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition (3.33GHz)
  • AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition (4.2GHz)
  • Intel Core i5-2400 (3.1GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-950 (3.06GHz)
  • AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition (3.3GHz)
  • Intel Core i5-760 (2.8GHz)
  • 4305
  • 4063
  • 4042
  • 3935
  • 3415
  • 3188
  • 3062
  • 2972
  • 2850
  • 2649
  • 2624
  • 2573
  • 2569
  • 2408
  • 2106
  • 2037
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