Core i7-6950X CPU Review

How We Tested

During our benchmarking sessions, we used the configuration listed below. Between our benchmarking sessions, the only variable device was the CPU being tested.
Hardware Configuration

• Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme6/3.1
• CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate
• Memory: 16 GiB DDR4-2400 four G.Skill Ripjaws 4 F4-2400C15Q-16GRR 4 GiB memory modules configured at 2133 MHz
• Boot drive: Kingston HyperX Predator 480 GB
• Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 390
• Video Monitor: Samsung U28D590
• Power Supply: Corsair CX750

Operating System Configuration

• Windows 10 Home 64-bit

Driver Versions

• AMD driver version: Crimson 15.11

Software Used

• 3DMark
• Cinebench R15
• CPU-Z 1.76
• DivX 10.6
• Media Espresso 6.7
• PCMark 8
• Dirt Rally
• GTA V

Error Margin
We adopted a 4% error margin. Thus, differences below 4% cannot be considered relevant. In other words, products with a performance difference below 4% should be considered as having similar performance.