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: CPU Legacy Tests
Our legacy tests represent benchmarks that were once at the height of their time. Some of these are industry standard synthetics, and we have data going back over 10 years. All of the data here has been rerun on Windows 10, and we plan to go back several generations of components to see how performance has evolved.
All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.
3D Particle Movement v1
3DPM is a self-penned benchmark, taking basic 3D movement algorithms used in Brownian Motion simulations and testing them for speed. High floating point performance, MHz and IPC wins in the single thread version, whereas the multithread version has to handle the threads and loves more cores. This is the original version, written in the style of a typical non-computer science student coding up an algorithm for their theoretical problem, and comes without any non-obvious optimizations not already performed by the compiler, such as false sharing.
CineBench 11.5 and 10
Cinebench is a widely known benchmarking tool for measuring performance relative to MAXON's animation software Cinema 4D. Cinebench has been optimized over a decade and focuses on purely CPU horsepower, meaning if there is a discrepancy in pure throughput characteristics, Cinebench is likely to show that discrepancy. Arguably other software doesn't make use of all the tools available, so the real world relevance might purely be academic, but given our large database of data for Cinebench it seems difficult to ignore a small five minute test. We run the modern version 15 in this test, as well as the older 11.5 and 10 due to our back data.
x264 HD 3.0
Similarly, the x264 HD 3.0 package we use here is also kept for historic regressional data. The latest version is 5.0.1, and encodes a 1080p video clip into a high quality x264 file. Version 3.0 only performs the same test on a 720p file, and in most circumstances the software performance hits its limit on high end processors, but still works well for mainstream and low-end. Also, this version only takes a few minutes, whereas the latest can take over 90 minutes to run.
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IGTrading - Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - link
Thanks man , after 21 years in IT hardware I don't know ;)Have a fun life and enjoy your "wisdom" :)
whatevs - Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - link
Seeing these new cpus released, sold and used I think Intel has a better idea of what it is doing than you.Good luck competing with Intel in your "experience in the industry" category.
0ldman79 - Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - link
I'm sure he'll be fine.He was here before the "165W" chip and I'm sure he'll be here long after it is gone, same as me.
ZeDestructor - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link
Laptops and tablets break TDP all the time under Turbo loads. I don't see anyone bitching there...0ldman79 - Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - link
It's really no different than if a car was sold with inadequate cooling."Average" heat production at normal speeds is fine, but if you actually come close to using the 300HP the engine produces by, I dunno, pulling a trailer at those same speeds it will overheat and you'll have to pull over and let it cool.
But sure, it's Intel, so it's cool...
HStewart - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link
I have a still running dual Intel Xeon 3Gz 5160 and my biggest complaint is that the box is huge. This machine is 10 years old has 8G of memory and about 5T of storage. It CPU's alone cost around $2000 and in your terms it like the Bentley or my 2000 Toyota Tundra with Lexus Engine with 240,000. In essence you get what you pay for.wolfemane - Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - link
Hate to break it to ya but that Lexus motor IS a Toyota motor. And by going Lexus you way overpaid for a Toyota.Garf75 - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link
Ian, why are there no temperatures posted?extide - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link
Probably because they are highly dependant on the cooler used and the environment it is in. Not really relevant to an article like this.Garf75 - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link
Seriously? As a customer I would want to know if my cooling system is adequate for the job if I'm pushing the CPU.