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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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Microsoft Excel 2007
Microsoft Office Excel 2007 is a powerful and widely used tool with which you can create and format spreadsheets, and analyze and share information to make more informed decisions. It allows you to import, organize and explore massive data sets within spreadsheets and then communicate your analysis with professional-looking charts. Excel 2007 also provides tools to “see” important trends and find exceptions in your data.
The Black-Scholes model is used in our Excel test to calculate a theoretical call and put price using the five key determinants of an option's price: stock price, strike price, volatility, time to expiration, and short-term (risk free) interest rate.
This workload calculates the European Put and Call option valuation for Black-Scholes option pricing using Monte Carlo simulation. It simulates the calculations performed when a spreadsheet with input parameters is updated and must recalculate the option valuation. In this scenario we execute approximately 300,000 iterations of Monte Carlo simulation. In addition, the workload uses Excel lookup functions to compare the put price from the model with the historical market price for 50,000 rows to understand the convergence. The input file is a 70.1 MB spreadsheet and with 10 times the calculations of the first test; this one should take a bit longer to complete.
Benchmark Results: With
300,000 iterations of Monte Carlo simulation taking place in this
benchmark, it takes all the processors a bit longer to finish as it puts
a good load on the system. The Intel Core i7 875K was barely a second slower than the Intel Core i7-975 processor. Very impressive results!!
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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 |
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