Intel Core i7 Performance Various open-source benchmarks by the Phoronix Test Suite v5.6.0 (Dedilovo). NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: iMac, Chipset: Intel 8, Memory: 4 x 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 250 06GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4095MB, Monitor: BenQ GW2765 OS: OS X 10.10.3, Kernel: 14.3.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 6.1.0 (clang-602.0.53) (based on LLVM 3.6.0svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 6.3.2, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - HDR: No - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 . 101.41 |============================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 . 103.20 |============================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 . 64.21 |=============================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 . 64.65 |=============================================== BLAKE2 20130131 Phoronix Test Suite v5.6.0 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 . 5.37 |================================================ Bork File Encrypter 1.4 File Encryption Time Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 . 13.09 |=============================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 . 26.48 |=============================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 . 7.15 |================================================