Sandy Bridge-E Build Benchmark Results
Benchmarking Custom Sandy Bridge-E Build
After finishing my recent Socket 2011 Sandy Bridge-E Build I ran a few benchmarks to gauge overall performance. I was not disappointed. The upgrade crushes my old Core2Duo system in every test.
Old System |
New System |
Performance Increase |
| Core2Duo 3.0GHz | Core i7-3930k 4.4GHz | + 740% |
| 4GB DDR2-800 | 16GB DDR3-2133 | +138% |
| NVIDIA GTX 280 | Radeon HD 7870 | +156% |
| 2x250GB WD 7200RPM – Raid 0 | 2x128GB Samsung 830 SSD – Raid 0 | +581% |
I ran the following benchmarks to measure performance:
I’ve included the results of all my current benchmarks below if you’d like to compare specifics.
Benchmark Results
Maxon CINEBENCH
OpenGL: 90.42fps | CPU: 13.11pts
Unigine Heaven
FPS: 67.0 | Scores: 1687 | MinFPS: 35.9 | MaxFPS: 119.2
3DMark11
Overall Score: P7222 3DMarks
PCMark7
Overall Score: 6145 PCMarks
CrystalDiskMark
NovaBench
NovaBench Score: 2238 | Ram: 272 | Graphics: 767 | HardDrive: 39
This is a sweet build! I just bought a Gigabyte 7870 GHz edition for my custom PC (i7 2600, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD 7200RPM,, 750W PSU). Upgraded from a 560 Ti, can’t wait to see the results! :)