Intel Sandy Bridge-E Extreme Intel Core i7-3960X testing with a Intel DX79SI and AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Core i7 3960X Extreme: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X Extreme . 75.08 |================================================ VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X Extreme . 23.60 |================================================ Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 3960X Extreme . 76 |=================================================== POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 3960X Extreme . 812 |================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 3960X Extreme . 39.81 |================================================