3960 Intel Core i7-3960X testing with a ASUS P9X79 PRO and Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce 210 512MB on Gentoo/Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-3960X - Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce 210: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.50GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 PRO, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 240GB INTEL SSDSC2BW24 + Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB, Graphics: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce 210 512MB, Audio: Intel C600/X79, Monitor: 24EA53, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 4.13.10-gentoo (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 6.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 fast: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 5.70GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 PRO, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 240GB INTEL SSDSC2BW24 + Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB, Graphics: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce 210 512MB, Audio: Intel C600/X79, Monitor: 24EA53, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 4.13.10-gentoo (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 6.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-3960X - Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce 210 . 1488520.50 |========== fast .............................................. 2154358.54 |===============