Legacy CPU Benchmarks

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Legacy CPU Product Benchmarks

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Bench Results

Intel (Sandy Bridge) Core i5 2500K (95W) - 4C/4T, 3.3GHz, 1MB L2, 6MB L3

Intel (Westmere) Core i7 980X - 3.33GHz - 1.5MB L2 - 12MB L3

Product Ratings & Comparisons

z(Retired) Dawn of War II - 1680 x 1050 - Ultra Settings
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

82.3

77.6

z(Retired) World of Warcraft
FRAPS Runthrough - FPS - Higher is Better

119.4

107.7

z(Retired) Crysis Warhead - 1680 x 1050 - Mainstream Quality (Physics on Enthusiast) - assault bench
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

91.6

89.1

z(Retired) Far Cry 2 - 1680 x 1050 - Playback (Action Scene) - Medium Quality
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

78.9

74.3

z(Retired) Left 4 Dead - 1680 x 1050 - Max Settings (No AA/AF/Vsync)
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

142.7

141

z(Retired) Fallout 3 - 1680 x 1050 - Medium Quality
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

90.3

86.1

z(Retired) SYSMark 2007 - Overall
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

265

257

z(Retired) SYSMark 2007 - E-Learning
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

244

219

z(Retired) SYSMark 2007 - Video Creation
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

251

297

z(Retired) SYSMark 2007 - Productivity
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

273

249

z(Retired) SYSMark 2007 - 3D
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

296

271

z(Retired) Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Retouch Artists Speed Test
Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

12.6

12.4

z(Retired) DivX 6.8.5 Encode (Xmpeg 5.0.3)
Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

31.3

z(Retired) x264 HD Encode Test - 1st pass - x264 0.59.819
Frames Per Second - Higher is Better

100.8

96.5

z(Retired) x264 HD Encode Test - 2nd pass - x264 0.59.819
Frames Per Second - Higher is Better

27.7

48.8

z(Retired) Windows Media Encoder 9 x64
Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

z(Retired) 3dsmax r9 - SPECapc 3dsmax 8 CPU Test
CPU Rendering Composite Score - Higher is Better

17.4

19.7

z(Retired) 3dsmax r9 - SPECapc - Radiosity
Render Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

10.45

7.426

z(Retired) 3dsmax r9 - SPECapc - Throne Shadowmap
Render Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

6.677

6.345

z(Retired) 3dsmax r9 - SPECapc - CBALLS2
Render Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

3.923

3.528

z(Retired) 3dsmax r9 - SPECapc - SinglePipe2
Render Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

15.101

13.572

z(Retired) 3dsmax r9 - SPECapc - Underwater
Render Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

17.455

15.991

z(Retired) 3dsmax r9 - SPECapc - SpaceFlyby
Render Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

20.995

18.195

z(Retired) 3dsmax r9 - SPECapc - UnderwaterEscape
Render Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

17.925

17.147

z(Win7) Cinebench R10 - Single Threaded Benchmark
Score in CBMarks - Higher is Better

5860

4731

z(Win7) Cinebench R10 - Multi-Threaded Benchmark
Score in CBMarks - Higher is Better

20381

27056

z(Retired) POV-Ray 3.7 beta 23 - SMP Benchmark
CPU Score in PPS - Higher is Better

3439

6424

z(Retired) Par2 - Multi-Threaded par2cmdline 0.4
Time to Recover 57.2MB from 707.5MB Archive in Seconds - Lower is Better

19.8

22.9

z(Retired) Blender 2.48a Character Render
Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

46.1

45.5

z(Retired) Microsoft Excel 2007 SP1 - Monte Carlo Simulation
Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

15.4

8.58

z(Retired) Sorenson Squeeze Pro 5 - Flash Video Creation
Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

90.8

70.1

z(Retired) WinRAR 3.8 Compression - 300MB Archive
Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

70.5

68.1

z(Retired) Idle Power Consumption (2010)
Total System Power Consumption in Watts - Lower is Better

79.9

102

z(Retired) Load Power Consumption (x264 1st Pass)
Total System Power Consumption in Watts - Lower is Better

133

185.5

z(Win 7) x264 HD Benchmark - 1st pass - v3.03
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

100

87.1

z(Win 7) x264 HD Benchmark - 2nd pass - v3.03
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

28.7

46.1

z(Win7) 7-zip Benchmark (Win7)
32MB Dictionary - Total MIPS - Higher is Better

15274

28264

z(Retired) 7-zip Real World Compression
Create 300MB Archive - KB/s - Higher is Better

4369

4022

z(Retired) Microsoft Excel 2007 SP1
Heavy Math Operations - Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

4.4

2.621

z(Retired) Dragon Age Origins - 1680 x 1050 - Max Settings (no AA/Vsync)
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

159.4

170.6

z(Retired) Idle Power Consumption (Win7/Radeon HD 5870)
Total System Power Consumption in Watts - Lower is Better

73.4

79.5

z(Retired) Load Power Consumption x264 HD 3.03 1st pass (Win7/Radeon HD 5870)
Total System Power Consumption in Watts - Lower is Better

125.6

170

z(Retired) Build Chromium Project - Visual Studio 2010
Compile Time in Minutes - Lower is Better

27.1

15.1