Intel i7 3960X EE / Gigabyte GA X79 UD3 / 16GB GSkill Ripjaws Z (2133mhz) Review

1. Introduction2. Intel i7 3960x Extreme Edition3. Intel Active Thermal Solution (RTS2011LC)4. Intel i7 3960x & RTS2011LC (Super High Res Gallery)5. GSkill Ripjaws Z (2133mhz)6. GSkill Ripjaws Z (Super High Res Gallery)7. Intel DX79SL Extreme Series Motherboard8. Intel DX79SL Extreme Series (Super High Res Gallery)9. Gigabyte GA X79 UD3 Motherboard10. Gigabyte GA X79 UD3 Motherboard (Super High Res Gallery)11. Technical: Bios & Overclocking12. Testing Methodology13. Synthetic: PCMark 714. Synthetic: Unigine Heaven 2.015. Synthetic: 3DMark Vantage16. Synthetic: 3DMark 1117. Synthetic: SiSoft Sandra18. Synthetic: Cinebench R11.5 64 bit19. Synthetic: SSD Performance20. Synthetic: AIDA 6421. Image Quality: HQV Benchmark22. Real World: 3D Rendering23. Real World: Media Encoding24. Real World: BluRay Playback25. Real World: Flash HD Playback26. Real World: HandBrake 9.527. Gaming: Battlefield 3 - Eyefinity28. Technical: Power Consumption29. Closing Thoughts30. View All Pages

PCMark 7 includes 7 PC tests for Windows 7, combining more than 25 individual workloads covering storage, computation, image and video manipulation, web browsing and gaming. Specifically designed to cover the full range of PC hardware from netbooks and tablets to notebooks and desktops, PCMark 7 offers complete PC performance testing for Windows 7 for home and business use.

At 4.2ghz, the Core i7 3960X EE delivers great all round performance results.

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