SYSMark 2007 Performance

Our journey starts with SYSMark 2007, the only all-encompassing performance suite in our review today. The idea here is simple: one benchmark to indicate the overall performance of your machine.

SYSMark 2007 - Overall

With more cores and cache, the Core i7 980X inches ahead of the Core i7 975 in SYSMark 2007. Most of the SYSMark tests show the two Extreme Edition processors trading blows. Sometimes the higher latency cache penalizes the 980X, sometimes its size helps. In lightly threaded workloads, you can expect the 980X to perform like a Core i7 975 - in other words, not bad at all.

Compared to the QX9770, the 980X only 16% faster. That's not terrible given that the QX9770 is 2 years old at this point. There may just be some value in these Extreme Edition parts.

The old Pentium EE 955 can deliver around 40% of the performance of today's 980X. While its two cores and 4 threads were impressive for their time, these days you get the same core/thread count out of a $100 CPU.

SYSMark 2007 - E-Learning

SYSMark 2007 - Video Creation

SYSMark 2007 - Productivity

SYSMark 2007 - 3D

Extreme Edition: 2010 vs. 2008 vs. 2005 Adobe Photoshop CS4 Performance
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  • Meghan54 - Thursday, March 11, 2010 - link

    [QUOTE]where are you getting your xeon pricing info from?

    all i can find from any solid source is the current xeon quad core processors which are running about $2000 on newegg at the moment. [/QUOTE]

    Well, I question your search skills at Newegg, then, if that's all you can find there.

    Just an FYI, Newegg has MANY, MANY sub-$700 Xeon processors for socket 1366, like the W3520, a Bloomfield, for $310, or the W3550 for $600--both Bloomfield quad-core cpus.

    Learn to use search, (ps....main page, cpu/processors, processors-servers, power search, check box socket 1366, look at results. I'm hoping you do understand that there are mouse clicks between step.)
  • formulav8 - Thursday, March 11, 2010 - link

    grow up...
  • softdrinkviking - Thursday, March 11, 2010 - link

    no, i saw all of that stuff. i was looking at the six core chips and i typed quad instead.

    but thanks for getting all nasty and sarcastic anyway.
    i'll try to remember about those mouse clicks next time.

    the point i was trying to make is that the xeon line is going to be more expensive than the comparable home desktop CPUs and that it won't be a simple matter of non-server customers just buying xeons that will outclass the current i7 line-up. (specifically to compete against the 6 core model that this review is about)



  • Drag0nFire - Thursday, March 11, 2010 - link

    I think the point was that you could get 2x cheap quad core Xeons, and run with 8 cores (16 threads) at a small price premium over the $1000 Gulftown.
  • vol7ron - Thursday, March 11, 2010 - link

    I will keep my eyes open for the Xeon, but for some reason, those typically are quite pricey. This $1k price will fall, hopefully sooner, rather than later.

    I am looking forward to both.


    Thanks for the read, Anand,
    vol7ron
  • DrMrLordX - Friday, March 12, 2010 - link

    Here's a list of Gulftown quads for LGA1366:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_future_Intel_...">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fu...rocessor...

    The information isn't complete, but you should be able to do searches on the part that interests you most and get the information that you want.
  • iamezza - Thursday, March 11, 2010 - link

    it won't be dropping in price any time soon. Check the chart on Pg 3 - this is the top intel CPU until 2011 and I can't see AMD releasing a CPU that will compete performance wise with it before then.
  • DarkUltra - Monday, May 3, 2010 - link

    I also miss memory and cache performance tests, and memory overclock results.
  • Kn0xx - Monday, May 17, 2010 - link

    well, this new 6 core comer, will be ( probably ) the entry design for 128 -bit processors that Intel are already working on it.

    128 bit need new multi-core structures. so ..980X is an example of how can a 128-bit core would be =)
  • unmaskedtruth - Sunday, May 23, 2010 - link

    does anyone know if protools le 8.0 is multi-threaded? for recording pro music, is it going to be able to take advantage of "6cores" if i was to go i7-980x route? or is quad-core more than sufficient? cause there is i7-930 which is cost like 80% less than the 980x. what do you guys suggest?

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