Core i7 3960X Cooling Intel Core i7-3960X testing with a Intel DX79SI and Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6770 1024MB on Ubuntu 15.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. i7-3960X Intel Cooler: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 1.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6770 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160128, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Cooler . 104.04 |=============================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Cooler . MIN: 36.0 AVG: 67.8 MAX: 76.0 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Cooler . MIN: 29.0 AVG: 30.3 MAX: 31.0 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Cooler . MIN: 40 AVG: 70 MAX: 79 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Cooler . 20.16 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Cooler . MIN: 63.0 AVG: 72.5 MAX: 74.0 C-Ray 1.1 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Cooler . MIN: 31.0 AVG: 31.1 MAX: 32.0 C-Ray 1.1 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Cooler . MIN: 65.0 AVG: 74.4 MAX: 76.0 x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better i7-3960X Intel Cooler . 205.92 |=============================================== x264 2015-11-02 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Cooler . MIN: 65.0 AVG: 69.5 MAX: 74.0 x264 2015-11-02 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Cooler . MIN: 31.0 AVG: 31.7 MAX: 32.0 x264 2015-11-02 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Cooler . MIN: 68.0 AVG: 72.5 MAX: 76.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius i7-3960X Intel Cooler . MIN: 32.0 AVG: 65.8 MAX: 76.0 GPU Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius i7-3960X Intel Cooler . MIN: 29.0 AVG: 30.6 MAX: 32.0 System Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius i7-3960X Intel Cooler . MIN: 36 AVG: 68 MAX: 79