Core i7 3960X Cooling 2 Intel Core i7-3960X testing with a Intel DX79SI and Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6770 1024MB on Ubuntu 15.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. i7-3960X Intel Water 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 Arctic Freezer i11: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 1.33GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6770 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160128, Desktop: Unity, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . 100.66 |======================================== Arctic Freezer i11 .......... 103.52 |========================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 43 AVG: 72 MAX: 77 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 38 AVG: 60 MAX: 66 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 32.0 AVG: 32.3 MAX: 33.0 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 29.6 MAX: 30.0 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 45.0 AVG: 74.2 MAX: 80.0 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 29.6 MAX: 30.0 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . 20.24 |========================================== Arctic Freezer i11 .......... 20.16 |========================================== C-Ray 1.1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 68.0 AVG: 74.3 MAX: 76.0 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 53.0 AVG: 62.6 MAX: 64.0 C-Ray 1.1 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 32.0 AVG: 32.8 MAX: 33.0 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 29.9 MAX: 30.0 C-Ray 1.1 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 68.0 AVG: 75.9 MAX: 78.0 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 29.9 MAX: 30.0 x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . 206.42 |========================================= Arctic Freezer i11 .......... 206.65 |========================================= x264 2015-11-02 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 66.0 AVG: 70.3 MAX: 73.0 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 60.0 AVG: 61.3 MAX: 63.0 x264 2015-11-02 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 32.0 AVG: 32.7 MAX: 33.0 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 29.8 MAX: 30.0 x264 2015-11-02 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 66.0 AVG: 71.9 MAX: 76.0 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 29.8 MAX: 30.0 OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . 758.03 |========================================= Arctic Freezer i11 .......... 759.73 |========================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 68 AVG: 76 MAX: 78 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 60 AVG: 63 MAX: 65 OpenSSL 1.0.1g GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 32.0 AVG: 32.9 MAX: 33.0 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 29.9 MAX: 30.0 OpenSSL 1.0.1g System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 70.0 AVG: 78.2 MAX: 80.0 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 29.9 MAX: 30.0 John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . 7271 |=========================================== Arctic Freezer i11 .......... 7291 |=========================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 54 AVG: 68 MAX: 79 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 49 AVG: 60 MAX: 66 John The Ripper 1.8.0 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 32.0 AVG: 33.0 MAX: 33.0 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 29.9 MAX: 30.0 John The Ripper 1.8.0 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 65.0 AVG: 73.0 MAX: 81.0 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 29.9 MAX: 30.0 Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . 16738.79 |====================================== Arctic Freezer i11 .......... 17147.89 |======================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 44.0 AVG: 62.6 MAX: 67.0 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 43.0 AVG: 53.3 MAX: 57.0 Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 32.0 AVG: 33.0 MAX: 33.0 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 29.9 MAX: 30.0 Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 46.0 AVG: 64.6 MAX: 71.0 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 30.0 MAX: 30.0 FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . 13.43 |========================================== Arctic Freezer i11 .......... 11.70 |===================================== FFmpeg 2.8.1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 51.0 AVG: 55.2 MAX: 63.0 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 46.0 AVG: 49.1 MAX: 56.0 FFmpeg 2.8.1 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 33.0 AVG: 33.0 MAX: 33.0 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 29.9 MAX: 30.0 FFmpeg 2.8.1 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 52.0 AVG: 57.6 MAX: 67.0 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 29.9 MAX: 30.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 41 AVG: 66 MAX: 79 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 36 AVG: 57 MAX: 66 GPU Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 32.0 AVG: 32.7 MAX: 33.0 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 29.8 MAX: 30.0 System Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius i7-3960X Intel Water Cooler . MIN: 44.0 AVG: 68.3 MAX: 81.0 Arctic Freezer i11 .......... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 29.8 MAX: 30.0