Core i7 3960X processor and MSI X79A-GD65 review

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Performance Mandel | ZLib

Mandel FPU test

The Mandel FPU benchmark measures double precision (also known as 64-bit) floating-point performance through the computation of several frames of the popular "Mandelbrot" fractal. The code behind this benchmark method is written in Assembly, and it is extremely optimized for every popular AMD and Intel processor core variant by utilizing the appropriate x86 or SSE2 instruction set extension.

If you come from the Commodore 64 / Amiga era like yours truly (Peek & Poke commands FTW dude!), you can probably remember rendering Mandelbrot graphics, a mathematical formula that much like a paradox, never ends and is thus repetitive. Back in the 1990s it took me a full day to complete one Mandelbrot image. Amazing where we are right now as the same set of calculations can be done in a split second & even real-time.
The FPU Mandel test again is threaded, multi-processor (SMP) and multi-core aware. The new instruction sets makes the 3960X give a Core i7 980X a run for its money.

ZLib Compression

This integer benchmark measures combined CPU and memory subsystem performance through the public ZLib compression library Version 1.2.2.

The ZLIB compression test was recently overhauled. This integer benchmark measures combined CPU and memory subsystem performance through the public ZLib compression library. CPU ZLib test uses basic x86 instructions, no AVX, and it is multi-processor (SMP) and multi-core (CMP) aware.

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