Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme
Intel Core i7-3960X testing with a Intel DX79SI and AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB on Ubuntu 12.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Core i7 3960X EE: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Apache Benchmark 2.4.3
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 16880.41 |==================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 22.78 |=====================================================


Dolfyn 0.527
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 23.97 |=====================================================


FFmpeg 1.0
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 18.25 |=====================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.16
Operation: Blur
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 139 |=======================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.16
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 105 |=======================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.16
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 171 |=======================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.16
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 192 |=======================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.16
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 139 |=======================================================


John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 8106 |======================================================


John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 31555000 |==================================================


John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 38504 |=====================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 13.51 |=====================================================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 17.68 |=====================================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 84.77 |=====================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 15.57 |=====================================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1c
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 121.67 |====================================================


Opus Codec Encoding 1.0.1
WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 9.44 |======================================================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 6.11 |======================================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 64 |========================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 61.66 |=====================================================


VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0
vpxenc
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 28.91 |=====================================================


x264 2012-10-03
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 211.86 |====================================================


Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 99.12 |=====================================================


Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X EE . 38.26 |=====================================================