Intel Core i7-5960X Extreme Edition Review (Haswell-E)

👤by Tim Harmer  Comments 📅29-08-14

Test Setup & Methodology

Motherboard MSI X99S GAMING 9 AC
Memory: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @ 2666MHz 16-17-17-35 (CMK16GX4M4A2666C15R)
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 760
Power Supply: Corsair RM Series RM1000
Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H105

CPUs

X99:-
Intel Core i7 5960X (3.0/4.7GHz - Turbo Boost Enabled) Haswell E
Intel Core i7 5960X (3.0/3.5GHz - Turbo Boost Enabled) Haswell E

X79:-
Intel Core i7 4960X (3.6/4.0GHz - Turbo boost enabled) Ivy Bridge E
Intel Core i7 3960X (3.3/3.9GHz - Turbo boost enabled) Sandy Bridge E

Benchmarks

AIDA 64 - CPU & Memory/Cache Performance
SiSoft Sandra - Compute & Memory Performance
HandBrake - Encoding Performance
Pov-Ray - 3D Image processing Performance
Cinebench R15 - Image processing Performance
AS SSD SATA Performance
Futuremark 3DMark (Firestrike) - Graphical Performance
Futuremark PCMark 8 - Overall PC Performance
Battlefield 4, THIEF, Company Of Heroes 2 & GRID:2 - Gaming Performance