Legacy CPU Benchmarks

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Legacy CPU Product Benchmarks

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Bench Results

Intel (Sandy Bridge) Core i7 2600K (95W, $317) - 4C/8T, 3.4 GHz, 1MB L2, 8MB L3

Intel (Sandy Bridge) Core i3 2100 - 3.1GHz - 512KB L2 - 3MB L3

Product Ratings & Comparisons

z(Win7) Cinebench R10 - Single Threaded Benchmark
Score in CBMarks - Higher is Better

6397

5094

z(Win7) Cinebench R10 - Multi-Threaded Benchmark
Score in CBMarks - Higher is Better

24933

11046

z(Win 7) x264 HD Benchmark - 1st pass - v3.03
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

97.1

61.7

z(Win 7) x264 HD Benchmark - 2nd pass - v3.03
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

38.8

16.4

z(Win7) 7-zip Benchmark (Win7)
32MB Dictionary - Total MIPS - Higher is Better

21715

8795

z(Win 7) TrueCrypt 7.1 Benchmark (AES Performance)
Mean Encryption/Decryption AES Algorithm - GB/s

3.7

0.281

z(Retired) SYSMark 2012 - Overall
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

212

127

z(Retired) SYSMark 2012 - Office Productivity
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

176

127

z(Retired) SYSMark 2012 - Media Creation
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

197

126

z(Retired) SYSMark 2012 - Web Development
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

221

123

z(Retired) SYSMark 2012 - Data/Financial Analysis
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

268

139

z(Retired) SYSMark 2012 - 3D Modeling
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

234

119

z(Retired) SYSMark 2012 - System Management
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

187

129

z(Retired) SYSMark 2007 - Overall
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

274

215

z(Retired) SYSMark 2007 - Productivity
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

283

221

z(Retired) SYSMark 2007 - E-Learning
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

244

204

z(Retired) SYSMark 2007 - Video Creation
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

255

201

z(Retired) SYSMark 2007 - 3D
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

318

233

z(Retired) Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Retouch Artists Speed Test
Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

11.3

18.9

z(Retired) DivX 6.8.5 Encode (Xmpeg 5.0.3)
Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

29.1

45.9

z(Retired) x264 HD Encode Test - 1st pass - x264 0.59.819
Frames Per Second - Higher is Better

106.4

61.7

z(Retired) x264 HD Encode Test - 2nd pass - x264 0.59.819
Frames Per Second - Higher is Better

36.3

15.9

z(Retired) Windows Media Encoder 9 x64
Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

z(Retired) POV-Ray 3.7 beta 23 - SMP Benchmark
CPU Score in PPS - Higher is Better

4875

2192

z(Retired) 3dsmax r9 - SPECapc 3dsmax 8 CPU Test
CPU Rendering Composite Score - Higher is Better

20.1

10.6

z(Retired) 3dsmax r9 - SPECapc - Radiosity
Render Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

8.405

15.432

z(Retired) 3dsmax r9 - SPECapc - Throne Shadowmap
Render Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

6.24

10.421

z(Retired) 3dsmax r9 - SPECapc - CBALLS2
Render Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

3.41

6.379

z(Retired) 3dsmax r9 - SPECapc - SinglePipe2
Render Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

13.098

28.345

z(Retired) 3dsmax r9 - SPECapc - Underwater
Render Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

14.452

31.075

z(Retired) 3dsmax r9 - SPECapc - SpaceFlyby
Render Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

18.215

31.732

z(Retired) 3dsmax r9 - SPECapc - UnderwaterEscape
Render Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

16.118

30.249

z(Retired) Par2 - Multi-Threaded par2cmdline 0.4
Time to Recover 57.2MB from 707.5MB Archive in Seconds - Lower is Better

17.3

36.4

z(Retired) Blender 2.48a Character Render
Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

40.1

60.8

z(Retired) Microsoft Excel 2007 SP1 - Monte Carlo Simulation
Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

11.1

26.5

z(Retired) Sorenson Squeeze Pro 5 - Flash Video Creation
Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

72.7

153.7

z(Retired) WinRAR 3.8 Compression - 300MB Archive
Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

59.6

86.5

z(Retired) Build Chromium Project - Visual Studio 2010
Compile Time in Minutes - Lower is Better

18.6

43.2

z(Retired) Dragon Age Origins - 1680 x 1050 - Max Settings (no AA/Vsync)
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

156

123.4

z(Retired) Dawn of War II - 1680 x 1050 - Ultra Settings
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

85.2

66.1

z(Retired) World of Warcraft
FRAPS Runthrough - FPS - Higher is Better

118.5

94.1

z(Retired) Starcraft 2
1024 x 768 - Medium Graphics, Ultra CPU Settings

62.6

45.4

z(Retired) Rage vt_benchmark - 1920 x 1200
Time in Seconds to Transcode Textures - Max Threads - Lower is Better

0.18

0.4

z(Retired) Idle Power Consumption (Win7/Radeon HD 5870)
Total System Power Consumption in Watts - Lower is Better

z(Retired) Load Power Consumption x264 HD 3.03 1st pass (Win7/Radeon HD 5870)
Total System Power Consumption in Watts - Lower is Better

128

106.7

z(Retired) Microsoft Excel 2007 SP1
Heavy Math Operations - Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

3.4

z(Retired) 7-zip Real World Compression
Create 300MB Archive - KB/s - Higher is Better

4611

3148

z(Retired) Crysis Warhead - 1680 x 1050 - Mainstream Quality (Physics on Enthusiast) - assault bench
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

90.5

89.5

z(Retired) Far Cry 2 - 1680 x 1050 - Playback (Action Scene) - Medium Quality
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

80.4

59.2

z(Retired) Left 4 Dead - 1680 x 1050 - Max Settings (No AA/AF/Vsync)
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

145.8

121

z(Retired) Fallout 3 - 1680 x 1050 - Medium Quality
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

96.9

86.4

z(Retired) Load Power Consumption (x264 1st Pass)
Total System Power Consumption in Watts - Lower is Better

127.6

122.1

z(Retired) Idle Power Consumption (2010)
Total System Power Consumption in Watts - Lower is Better

80.4

81.1