Core i7-980X: Dialing In Efficiency With The Right Overclock

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Test Setup, Benchmarks, And Settings

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System Hardware
Hardware	Details
Performance Benchmarks
Motherboard (Socket LGA 1156)	Intel DX58SO (Rev. 1.0) Chipset: Intel X58; BIOS: 5000 (02/16/2010)
CPU Intel II	Intel Core i7-980X Extreme (32 nm, 3.33 GHz, 6 x 256KB L2 and 12MB L3 Cache, TDP 130W)
RAM DDR3 (triple)	3 x 2GB DDR3-1600 (Corsair TR3X6G-1600C8D 8-8-8-24)
Graphics	Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 GPU: Cypress (725 MHz); Graphics RAM: 1,024MB GDDR5 (2,000 MHz); Stream Processors: 1,440
Hard Drive	Western Digital VelociRaptor, 300GB (WD3000HLFS) 10,000 RPM, SATA 3Gb/s, 16MB Cache
Power Supply	PC Power & Cooling, Silencer 750EPS12V 750W
System Software & Drivers
Operating System	Windows Ultimate x64 Updated on 2010-03-03
Drivers and Settings
Intel Chipset Drivers	Chipset Installation Utility Ver. 9.1.1.1025
Intel Storage Drivers	Matrix Storage Drivers Ver. 8.9.0.1023

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Audio Benchmarks and Settings
Benchmark	Details
iTunes	Version: 9.0.3.15 Audio CD ("Terminator II" SE), 53 min. Convert to AAC audio format
Lame MP3	Version 3.98.3 Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min. convert WAV to MP3 audio format Command: -b 160 --nores (160 Kbps)
Video Benchmarks and Settings
Benchmark	Details
Handbrake CLI	Version: 0.94 Video: Big Buck Bunny (720x480, 23.972 frames) 5 Minutes Audio: Dolby Digital, 48000 Hz, 6-channel, English Video: AVC1 Audio1: AC3 Audio2: AAC (High Profile)
Mainconcept Reference v2	Version: 2.0.0.1555 MPEG-2 to H.264 MainConcept H.264/AVC Codec 28 sec. HDTV 1920x1080 (MPEG-2) Audio: MPEG-2 (44.1 kHz, 2-channel, 16-bit, 224 Kbps) Codec: H.264 Pro Mode: PAL 50i (25 FPS) Profile: H.264 BD HDMV
Application Benchmarks and Settings
Benchmark	Details
7-Zip	Version 9.1 beta LZMA2 Syntax "a -t7z -r -m0=LZMA2 -mx=5" Benchmark: 2010-THG-Workload
WinRAR	Version 3.92 RAR Syntax "winrar a -r -m3" Benchmark: 2010-THG-Workload
WinZip 14	Version 14.0 Pro (8652) WinZip Commandline Version 3 ZIPX Syntax "-a -ez -p -r" Benchmark: 2010-THG-Workload
Autodesk 3ds Max 2010	Version: 10 x64 Rendering Space Flyby Mentalray (SPECapc_3dsmax9) Frame: 248 Resolution: 1440 x 1080
Cinebench 11.5	Version 11.5 Build CB25720DEMO CPU Test single and multi threaded
Adobe Photoshop CS4 (64-Bit)	Version: 11 Filtering a 16 MB TIF (15000x7266) Filters: Radial Blur (Amount: 10; Method: zoom; Quality: good) Shape Blur (Radius: 46 px; custom shape: Trademark sysmbol) Median (Radius: 1px) Polar Coordinates (Rectangular to Polar)
Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional	Version: 9.0.0 (Extended) == Printing Preferenced Menu == Default Settings: Standard == Adobe PDF Security - Edit Menu == Encrypt all documents (128-bit RC4) Open Password: 123 Permissions Password: 321
Microsoft Powerpoint 2007	Version: 2007 SP2 PPT to PDF PowerPoint Document (115 Pages) Adobe PDF-Printer
Fritz	Fritz Chess Benchmark Version 4.3.2
Synthetic Benchmarks and Settings
Benchmark	Details
3DMark Vantage	Version: 1.02 Patch 1901 Options: Performance Graphics Test 1 Graphics Test 2 CPU Test 1 CPU Test 2
PCMark Vantage	Version: 1.0.2.0 Patch 1901 PCMark Benchmark Memories Benchmark
SiSoftware Sandra 2010	Version: 2010.1.16.10 Processor Arithmetic, Cryptography, Memory Bandwith