CPU Performance

As you can see from our testing procedures section we do a variety of different benchmarks showing how the I7-3770 handles different applications. These range from synthetic benchmarks for both gaming and computing along with in game and real world testing to give you an idea of what to expect.

In 3Dmark 2011 we use the Physics score to just the CPU’s performance without letting the GPU interfere with the test results. As you can see, and as expected the i7-3960X pulled ahead with its six cores. What is interesting is to see the i7-980X’s results below the i7-3770. This is very impressive considering the 980X is also a six core CPU.

3DMark Vantage tells a different story altogether with both six core CPU’s pulling ahead of the quad core CPU’s. The I7-3770K actually pulls ahead of the i7-3820 when running the high setting and it just barely below with the performance setting.

The I7-3770 actually performed a little worse than expected in the FPU Mandel and Julia tests along with the CPU AES benchmark. In all of those tests we saw performance around the same level that we saw with the i5-2500K. Everything else put the i7-3770 just above or just below the i7-3820.

Cinebench results are always one of my favorite because we have a total overall result and then a single core test also. This shows us overall performance and then we also have a chance to see what to expect on the multitude of games and applications that only take advantage of one core. In that case typically the new CPUs with turbo boost have a distinct advantage. With Intel boosting Ivy Bridges turbo slightly this will show up more here. And as you can see the two six core CPUs are at the top of the list for overall. But when you look down at single core results the i7-3770 has the highest single core test result, slightly edging out the i7-3960X.