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| 4.8 Out of 10 |  | by bigkahuna360 (Mar, 2012) by sip06pp (May, 2012) |
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CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of the Intel Core i7 960 among desktop CPUs (over 75W)
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more | |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
| Fire Strike | |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
| 4.8 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
Benchmarks Real world tests of the Intel Core i7 960
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Reviews Word on the street for the Intel Core i7 960
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Overclocking
by sip06pp (May, 2012)No need to overclock just yet but all systems are ready to go.
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary
| Clock speed | 3.2 GHz |
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| 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 |
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| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes |
integrated graphics
| GPU | None |
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bus
| Architecture | QPI |
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| 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 |
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| Overclock review score | 5 |
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.35 GHz |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.32 GHz |
| PassMark (Overclocked) | 3,920.8 |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.35 GHz |
power consumption
| TDP | 130W |
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| 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 |
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| Memory type |
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| Channels | Triple Channel |
| Supports ECC | No |
| Maximum bandwidth | 25,599.99 MB/s |
| Maximum memory size | 24,576 MB |
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