Intel Core i7 960

older Released October, 2009

3.2 GHz
Quad core

4.2 Out of 10 CPUBoss Score		I've had this processor for just a little under 3 years and I've got to say for only being a quad core the 960 can handle almost anything you throw at it. by bigkahuna360 (Mar, 2012) Vengeance Performance 3 x 4 GΒ DDR3-1600 - PC3-12800 - CL9 (CMZ12GX3M3A1600C9) RAM Kit finally wrapped this up with. by sip06pp (May, 2012)

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i7 960 5.6 Core i7 920 5.1 FX 8350 7.1
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Core i7 960 4.5 Core i7 920 3.7 FX 8350 5.9
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i7 960 0.0 Core i7 920 0.0 FX 8350 0.0
Fire Strike

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i7 960 0.0 Core i7 920 0.0 FX 8350 0.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i7 960 4.5 Core i7 920 4.2 FX 8350 5.1
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Core i7 960 n.d. Core i7 920 n.d. FX 8350 6.3
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

4.2	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Core i7 960 4.2 Core i7 920 3.9 FX 8350 5.3

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 960
8,542

11,483

7,014

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 960
2,139

1,959

2,193

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 960
142,700 MB/s

2,470,000 MB/s

143,700 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 960
8,363

10,956

7,125

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 960
9,114

12,126

7,791

GeekBench

Core i7 960
10,939

12,796

9,242

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i7 960
5,871

9,134

4,958

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i7 960
1,388

1,164

1,525


	9.7 read review	It doesn't really run to hot considering its 45nm and it can overclock to a good speed.

Overclocking

No need to overclock just yet but all systems are ready to go.

by sip06pp (May, 2012)

summary

Clock speed	3.2 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.46 GHz
Cores	Quad core
Socket type	LGA 1366
Is unlocked	No

features

Has a NX bit	Yes
Supports trusted computing	No
Has virtualization support	Yes
Instruction set extensions	MMX SSE SSE2 SSE4.1 SSE3 Supplemental SSE3 SSE4.2 SSE4
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes

integrated graphics

GPU	None
Label	None
Latest DirectX	None
Number of displays supported	None
GPU clock speed	None
Turbo clock speed	None
3DMark06	None

bus

Architecture	QPI
Number of links	1
Data rate	19,200 MB/s
Transfer rate	4,800 MT/s
Clock speed	2,400 MHz

details

Architecture	x86-64
Threads	8 threads
L2 cache	1 MB
L2 cache per core	0.25 MB/core
L3 cache	8 MB
L3 cache per core	2 MB/core
Manufacture process	45 nm
Transistor count	731,000,000
Max CPUs	1
Clock multiplier	24
Voltage range	0.8 - 1.38V
Operating temperature	Unknown - 67.9°C

overclocking

Overclock popularity	103
Overclock review score	5
Overclocked clock speed	4.35 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	4.28 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked)	3,920.8
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	4.35 GHz

power consumption

TDP	130W
Annual home energy cost	31.32 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	113.88 $/year
Performance per watt	1.61 pt/W
Typical power consumption	105.63W

memory controller

Memory controller	Built-in
Memory type	DDR3-1066 DDR3-800 DDR3
Channels	Triple Channel
Supports ECC	No
Maximum bandwidth	25,599.99 MB/s
Maximum memory size	24,576 MB

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