Test System Specs & Memory Performance
Intel Core i7 Test System Specs
- Intel Core i7 980X EE (3.33GHz)
- Intel Core i7 975 EE (3.33GHz)
- Intel Core i7 930 (2.80GHz)
- x3 2GB G.Skill DDR3 PC3-12800 (CAS 8-8-8-20)
- Asus P6T Deluxe (Intel X58)
- ATI Radeon HD 5870 (1GB)
- OCZ GameXStream (700 watt)
- Seagate 500GB 7200-RPM (Serial ATA300)
Software
- Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)
- ATI Catalyst 10.11
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AMD Phenom II X4 and Phenom II X6 Test System Specs - AMD Phenom II X6 1100T (3.30GHz) - AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (3.20GHz) - AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (2.80GHz) - AMD Phenom II X4 965 (3.40GHz) - x2 2GB G.Skill DDR3 PC3-12800 (CAS 8-8-8-20) - Asus Crosshair IV (AMD 890FX) - ATI Radeon HD 5870 (1GB) - OCZ GameXStream (700 watt) - Seagate 500GB 7200-RPM (Serial ATA300) Software - Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) - ATI Catalyst 10.11 |
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Core i5 Test System Specs - Intel Core i5 750 (2.66GHz) - x2 2GB G.Skill DDR3 PC3-12800 (CAS 8-8-8-20) - Asus P7P55D-E Premium (Intel P55) - ATI Radeon HD 5870 (1GB) - OCZ GameXStream (700 watt) - Seagate 500GB 7200-RPM (Serial ATA300) Software - Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) - ATI Catalyst 10.11 |
When measuring memory bandwidth performance with SiSoftware Sandra 2010, the Phenom II X6 processors are much like their quad-core counterparts. The Phenom II X6 1100T's bandwidth reached 14GB/s, which is over 2GB/s less than the Core i5 750 processor.
The EVEREST Ultimate Edition memory bandwidth results resemble those previously seen on Sandra. The Phenom II X6 1100T performed much like the X4 965, delivering roughly 9.1GB/s read and 7.1GB/s write performance. Both the read and write results were considerably lower when compared to the Core i5 and Core i7 processors.
We measured L2 cache performance using EVEREST Ultimate Edition and found that the Phenom II X6 1100T processor is comparable to the Core i5 750 when looking at reads. However, the write performance is considerably higher on the Core i5 750 and the Core i7 processors enjoy an even greater advantage.