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

1. Introduction2. Intel i7 3960x Extreme Edition3. Intel Active Thermal Solution (RTS2011LC)4. Intel i7 3960x & RTS2011LC (Super High Res Gallery)5. Corsair 32GB Vengeance (1600mhz) DDR36. Corsair 32GB Vengeance (Super High Res Gallery)7. Intel DX79SL Extreme Series Motherboard8. Intel DX79SL Extreme Series (Super High Res Gallery)9. Asus P9X79 Deluxe Motherboard10. Asus P9X79 Deluxe (Super High Res Gallery)11. Testing Methodology12. Synthetic: PCMark 713. Synthetic: 3DMark Vantage14. Synthetic: 3DMark 1115. Synthetic: SiSoft Sandra16. Synthetic: Cinebench R11.5 64 bit17. Synthetic: SSD Performance18. Image Quality: HQV Benchmark19. Real World: 3D Rendering20. Real World: Media Encoding21. Technical: Bios & Overclocking22. Overclocking Results: Cinebench23. Overclocking Results: SiSoft Sandra24. Overclocking Results: Media Encoding25. Overclocking Results: PCMark 726. Overclocking Results: 3DMark 1127. Overclocking Results: Gaming Performance28. Technical: Power Consumption29. Closing Thoughts30. View All Pages

HQV Benchmark 2.0 is an updated version of the original tool and it consists of various video clips and test patterns which are designed to evalute motion correction, de-interlacing, decoding, noise reduction, detail enhancement and film cadence detection.

There are two versions of the program, standard definition on DVD and high definition on Bluray. As our audience will be concentrating on HD content so will we.

This has a total of 39 video tests which is increased from 23 in the original and the scoring is also up from a total of 130 to 210. As hardware and software gets more complicated, the software has been tuned to make sure we can thoroughly maximise our analysis.

Read our initial analysis over here.

	AMD HD6990
Dial	4
Dial with static pattern	5
Gray Bars	5
Violin	5
Stadium 2:2	5
Stadium 3:2	5
Horizontal Text Scroll	5
Vertical Text Scroll	5
Transition to 3:2 Lock	5
Transition to 2:2 Lock	0
2:2:2:4 24 FPS DVCAM Video	5
2:3:3:2 24 FPS DVCam Video	5
3:2:3:2:2 24 FOS Vari-Speed	5
5:5 FPS Animation	5
6:4 12 FPS Animation	5
8:7 8 FPS Animation	5
Interlace Chroma Problem (ICP)	5
Chroma Upsampling Error (CUE)	5
Random Noise: Sailboat	5
Random Noise: Flower	5
Random Noise: Sunrise	5
Random Noise: Harbour Night	5
Scrolling Text	5
Roller Coaster	5
Ferris Wheel	5
Bridge Traffic	5
Text Pattern/ Scrolling Text	5
Roller Coaster	5
Ferris Wheel	5
Bridge Traffic	5
Luminance Frequency Bands	5
Chrominance Frequency Bands	5
Vanishing Text	5
Resolution Enhancement	15
Theme Park	5
Driftwood	5
Ferris Wheel	5
Skin Tones	7
Total	196

Class leading performance, although perhaps this system is a little overkill for general high definition media duties.

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