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Intel Core I7 950 3.06GHz Quad Core Processor Review

Manufacturer: Intel
Product: Core i7-950 Bloomfield CPU - BX80601950
Date: Thu, Dec 16, 2010 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Dan Stoltz -
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Futuremark 3DMark 11

3DMark 11 Screenshot

3DMark 11 is the latest version of the world’s most popular benchmark for measuring the 3D graphics performance of gaming PCs. 3DMark 11 uses a native DirectX 11 engine designed to make extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11, including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading.

3DMark 11 Settings

Since Futuremark is releasing 3DMark11 today we decided to run the benchmark at both performance and extreme presets to see how our hardware will run.

3DMark 11 Benchmark Results

Benchmark results: The Intel Core I7 950 was able to take the top spot in the performance setting of Futuremark 3DMark 11 by 1% or 47 3DMarks over the much more expensive Intel Core I7 970. Though when running the extreme setting for Futuremark 3DMark 11 the Intel Core I7 970 was able to edge out the I7 950 by three points.

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Review Index
Page 1 - Intel Core i7-950 3.06GHz Bloomfield CPU
Page 2 - The Legit Reviews Test System
Page 3 - SiSoftware Sandra 2010c
Page 4 - x264 HD Video Encoding
Page 5 - Cinebench R11.5
Page 6 - PCMark Vantage
Page 7 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 8 - Futuremark 3DMark 11
Page 9 - wPrime
Page 10 - Colin McRae: DiRT2
Page 11 - Aliens Vs. Predator Benchmark v1.03
Page 12 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Page 13 - Power Consumption
Page 14 - Overclocking the Intel Core I7 950
Page 15 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions