The Intel Core i9-7980XE and Core i9-7960X CPU Review Part 1: Workstation
by Ian Cutress on September 25, 2017 3:01 AM ESTBenchmarking Performance: PCMark 10
PCMark 10 is the 2017 update to the family favorite, PCMark 8. PCMark 8 has been part of our test bed since the latest update in Q1. For the most part it runs well, although for some processors it doesn’t recognize, some tests will not complete, leading to holes in our benchmark data (there’s also an odd directory quirk in one test that causes issues). The newest version, PCMark 10, is the answer.
The new test is adapted for more 2016/2017 workflows. With the advent of office applications that perform deeper compute tasks, or the wave of online gamers and streamers, the idea behind PCMark 10 is to give a better ‘single number’ result that can provide a comparable metric between systems. Single metrics never tell the whole story, so we’re glad that Futuremark provides a very detailed breakdown of what goes on.
Ganesh’s article on PCMark 10 goes into more detail than I will here, but the ‘Extended Benchmark’ runs through four different sets of tests: Essential, Productivity, Creation and Gaming. Each of these have sub-test results as well, including startup performance, web performance, video conferencing, photo/video editing, spreadsheets, rendering, and physics, which you can find in Bench.
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tamalero - Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - link
Hey guys, question.. Toms and others have mentioned that they HAD to put watercooling to keep this thing stable.Did the same happened to your sample? Wouldnt that increase the "cost of ownership" even more than the intel counterpart?
I mean, the mobo, the ram, the watercooling kit and then the hefty processor?
samer1970 - Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - link
Water cooling is for overclocking only ... you will be okay using 170 watt TDP rated air cooler if you dont oc.0ldman79 - Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - link
I'm going to grab another cup-o-coffee and read it again, but the performance per dollar, AMD costs about half as much as Intel for several comparable models, how does Intel have better performance per dollar on so many of those graphs?Admittedly my kids are driving me nuts and I've been reading this for two days now trying to finish...
silvertooth82 - Thursday, September 28, 2017 - link
if this is all true... let's say thanks to AMD for poking IntelAnnonymousCoward - Friday, September 29, 2017 - link
Very nice review. So compared to a 6700K/7700K, the 18-core beast is marginally slower in single-thread, and only 2-3x faster in multi-thread.I found the time difference when opening the big PDF to be the most interesting chart. 65W Ryzens take a noticable extra second.
Exceeding the published TDP sounds like lawsuit territory.
nufear - Monday, October 2, 2017 - link
Price for Intel Core i9-7980XE and Core i9-7960XMy opinion, I can not justify to spend extra $700~1k on these processors. The performances weren't that significant.
rwnrwnn7 - Wednesday, October 4, 2017 - link
AVX-512 - What software work with him?for what it used today?
rwnrwnn7 - Wednesday, October 4, 2017 - link
AVX-512 - What software work with him?for what it used today?
DoDidDont - Friday, October 27, 2017 - link
Would have been nice to see the Xeon Gold 6154 in the test. 18 cores / 36 threads and apparently an all core turbo of 3.7Ghz, plus the advantage of adding a second one on a dual socket Mobo.Planning a pair of 6154's on either an Asus WS C621E or a Supermicro X11DPG-QT and Quad GPU set up.
My 5 year old dual E5-2687w system scores 2298 in Cinebench R15, which has served me well and paid for itself countless times over, but having dual 6154's will bring a huge smile to the face for V-ray production rendering.
My alternative is to build two systems on the i9-7980XE, one for content creation, single CPU, single GPU, and the other as a GPU workhorse for V-ray RT, and Iray, single CPU, Quad GPU+ to call on when needed.
So the comparison would have been nice for the various tests performed.
sharath.naik - Sunday, December 3, 2017 - link
Isn't there supposed to be part 2!!!