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Intel logo Core i7-960
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Intel Core i7-960 logo Intel Xeon E5540 logo
General information Core i7-960 Xeon E5540
Launched Q4 2009 Q3 2009
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1366
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 21.9 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 20 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 8 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 80 W 38.5 %
Performance Core i7-960 Xeon E5540
Overall Score 38315 0 % 36626 4.4 %
Future Proof 15 % 0 % 14 % 6.7 %
Benchmark Score 2155 0 % 1799 16.5 %
Single Thread Score 1452.2 0 % 1200.6 17.3 %
Encrypting Data 4915.8 MB/s 0 % 4112.8 MB/s 16.3 %
Compressing Data 71.9 MB/s 0 % 60.3 MB/s 16.1 %
String objects sorting 9942.5 thousand/s 0 % 7778.8 thousand/s 21.8 %
Prime numbers generation 23 millions/s 0 % 20.1 millions/s 12.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 17911.9 millions/s 0 % 14875.1 millions/s 17 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7669.2 millions/s 0 % 6372.6 millions/s 16.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-960, Xeon E5540.

Average frames per second Core i7-960 Xeon E5540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 68.5 FPS 63.5 FPS
High settings 109.7 FPS 101.7 FPS
Medium settings 137.1 FPS 127.1 FPS
Low settings 171.3 FPS 158.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.3 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i7-960 Xeon E5540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.1 FPS 115.2 FPS
High settings 188.9 FPS 184.3 FPS
Medium settings 236.2 FPS 230.3 FPS
Low settings 295.2 FPS 287.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.5 %
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