Intel Core i7-980X Extreme 6-Core Processor Review

Name: Intel Core i7-980X Extreme 6-Core Processor Review - Page 8
Brand: Intel

by Marco Chiappetta — Thursday, March 11, 2010, 12:00 AM EDT

In our custom WinRAR x64 benchmark, we take a directory loaded with two hundred, 12.1 megapixel image files and compress them into a single archive using the default WinRAR compression scheme. The length of time it took each system to save the completed archive is represented in the graph below.

WinRAR x64 v3.9 Benchmark

Multi-Threaded File Compression Performance

The new Core i7-980X Extreme powered through our custom WinRAR x64 benchmark with the fastest time, but it was only a few percentage points faster than the Core i7-975.

VSO Image Resizer

Batch Image Processing

For this next test, we use the VSO Image Resizer utility to convert two hundred, 12.1 megapixel image files copied directly from a digital SLR camera to compressed, 640x480 JPGs, suitable for the web. We used the Lanczos filtering method available within the application, which is slower, but offers higher quality compression than most other methods.

This test is single-threaded and does not benefit from additional processing cores. Due to this fact, the Core i7-980X Extreme performs right on par with the similarly clocked Core i7-975.

Tags: Intel, core i7, CPU, 32nm, processor, Gulftown, Extreme Edition

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com