Intel Sandy Bridge E Review

Written by James Gorbold

November 14, 2011 | 16:11

Tags: #comparative #cpu #lga2011 #overclock #overclocking #performance #processor #recommended #sandy-bridge #sandy-bridge-e

Companies: #amd #intel

LightWave 9.6

Website: LightWave 9.6

Another commonly used workstation application is Newtek LightWave, which was recently used to create CGI sequences in Iron Man and the Battlestar Galactica TV series.

We used LightWave 9.6 to render a single frame of animation from the scene developed by 3D Speed Machine.

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LightWave 9.6

CPU render

  • 2 x Intel Xeon X5680 (3.33GHz/4.37GHz
  • Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition (3.3GHz/4.7GHz)
  • 2 x Intel Xeon X5650 (2.66GHz/3.8GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-3930K (3.2GHz/4.7GHz)
  • 2 x AMD Opteron 6174
  • AMD FX-8150 (3.6GHz)
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Time in Seconds (lower is better)
  • Stock
  • Overclocked

Read our Performance Analysis for the i7-3960X and i7-3930K

Terragen 2

Website: Terragen 2

Planetside Software’s Terragen 2 is a highly realistic landscape generator used to create background images in films and games such as Star Trek: Nemesis, Stealth and The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. Our script renders a single frame of a snowy mountain scene at 640 x 480 on all the available CPU execution units.

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Terragen 2

CPU render

  • Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition (3.3GHz/4.7GHz)
  • 2 x Intel Xeon X5680 (3.33GHz/4.37GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-3930K (3.2GHz/4.7GHz)
  • 2 x Intel Xeon X5650 (2.66GHz/3.8GHz)
  • AMD FX-8150 (3.6GHz)
  • 2 x AMD Opteron 6174
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    • 5.02
    • 6.00
    • 4.52
    • 6.45
    • 4.59
    • 6.55
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Time in Minutes and Seconds (lower is better)
  • Stock
  • Overclocked

Read our Performance Analysis for the i7-3960X and i7-3930K
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