Legit Processor Reviews

Intel Core i7-875K 2.93GHz Unlocked Quad-Core Processor Review

Manufacturer: Intel
Product: Intel Core i7-875K
Date: Thu, May 27, 2010 - 11:00 PM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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SiSoftware Sandra 2010c

Sisoftware Sandra 2010

The Sisoft Sandra 2010c benchmark utility just came out a few weeks ago and we have started to include it in our benchmarking. Sandra 2010 now comes with support for Virtualisation (Virtual PC/Server, Hyper-V, VMware) and GPGPU (OpenCL, DirectX 11 DirectCompute), but today we will be using the program to look at memory and CPU performance!

Sandra 2009 SP2 Benchmark Scores

Results: Sandra 2010c showed that the Intel Core i7 875K having nearly 20GB/s of memory bandwidth, which is great for a dual-channel platform running 1600MHz with CL9 timings.

Sisoftware Sandra 2009

The Sandra Processor Multi-Media benchmark has been a long time favorite of ours to look at floating point performance on processors.

Sandra 2009 SP2 Benchmark Scores

Results: Once again the Intel Core i7-875K processor does very well.

Sisoftware Sandra 2010c

Cryptography has become an important part of our digital life: it allows us to conduct safe transactions online, certify programs and services, keep our data secure and much more. Sandra 2010c has a dedicated benchmark built-in that measures cryptographic performance, which is important on the new Intel 32nm processors like the Core i7 980X that we recently benchmarked. It includes features like AES-NI! Intel AES-NI is a new set of Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) instructions that are going to be introduced in the next generation of Intel processors, as of 2009. These instructions enable fast and secure data encryption and decryption, using the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), defined by FIPS Publication number 197.  The architecture introduces six instructions that offer full hardware support for AES. Four of them support high performance data encryption and decryption, and the other two instructions support the AES key expansion procedure. Let's take a look at how this feature impacts Cryptography performance.

Sandra 2009 SP2 Benchmark Scores

Results: The Intel Core i7 875K Processor does not have AES-NI, so the Cryptographic Bandwidth isn't anything special, but it doesn't bad either!

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Review Index
Page 1 - The Intel Core i7-875K CPU
Page 2 - Core i7 875K CPU-Z
Page 3 - The Test System
Page 4 - SiSoftware Sandra 2010c
Page 5 - Microsoft Excel 2007
Page 6 - x264 HD Encoding
Page 7 - CyberLink MediaShow 5
Page 8 - Handbrake
Page 9 - POV-Ray 3.7 Beta 35
Page 10 - Cinebench R11.5
Page 11 - PCMark Vantage
Page 12 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 13 - Resident Evil 5
Page 14 - Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.
Page 15 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Page 16 - Power Consumption
Page 17 - Intel Core i7 875K Overclocking
Page 18 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions