Testing: CPU
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Cinebench R10
MAXON CINEBENCH runs several tests on computers to measure the performance of the processor and graphics card under real-world circumstances and makes use of up to 16 cpus or cpu cores. Cinebench’s test process is in two-phases: The first test procedure is directed against the cpu using a 3D render scene and photo realistic image settings shown above to test how fast the cpu can produce the fully rendered scene. During the 1st pass of the test, the benchmark will only use one cpu, or in a multi-cpu core system it will use only a single cpu core to render the photo realistic scene to get a base value against which it will then perform the 2nd phase of the test using all of the cpu cores available. Higher Frames/Second and lower rendering time in seconds equals better performance.
If you compare these results to those from the Intel Core i7-920 review, you’ll see the results are as follows:
| i7-950 | i7-920 | |
| Rendering (1 CPU) | 5498 | 3989 |
| Rendering (x CPU) | 21747 | 16090 |
| Multiprocessor speedup | 3.96 | 4.03 |
The i7-950 Rendering performs 35% faster than the i7-920!
SiSoft Sandra
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SiSoft Sandra results show our i7-950 being #1 for all tests except for Power Management, which it received 3rd on. This is probably because the i7-950 is being overclocked.
WinRAR
When comparing the Gamer Xtreme Si to the results from the Intel Core i7-920 review, our i7-950 gets 5,075 KB/s, compared to the i7-920’s 2,997 KB/s.
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I literally priced out the parts IN the review….page 2. The parts came to $1944.93 from Newegg.com, without the cyberpower t-shirt and accessory bag. Add in the fact that cyberpower saved us the time of building the rig, installing an OS, AND overclocking…I think this is a pretty sweet deal.
As for combinations going, yes you can do whatever combinations you want, and I probably would have put an 850W power supply in the Gamer Xtreme Si myself. When you pick out parts to build a rig, you generally pick them out on the same performance and price brackets – you don’t want to put rims on a Jalopy. If I were to build a Core i7 rig, this is EXACTLY the parts I would have used, except I would have used a WD or Seagate HDD, and a bigger PSU.
Although quite a bit of hassle can be taken out of the equation by buying a rig pre-built, it is still far more cost effective as well as smart to buy one’s own parts and put them together. Many different combinations of not only Hardware capabilities, but also visual and Aesthetic looks can be put together in any shape imaginable, and learning the neccesary things isn’t all of that difficult. One with dedication and saying that they do work hard enough for the money for one of these high end rigs, would have no trouble looking up the neccesary knowhow in order to build one from scratch, plus the money saved can go to buying better parts for the same price as something of this sort prebuilt. Match up the parts on Bestbuy.com Newegg.com or even Ebay.com and then come back and see how much you’ve saved, I can almost gaurantee it will always be in the hundreds, and the higher end it is, the higher the savings. A google search will give you a very good fundamental guide to the process.
Bob,
Here’s the response you were looking for from CyberPowerPC:
“We’ve been swamped with the Windows 7
upgrade for the past 24 hours and have not had a chance to update the
configurator for the Gamer Xtreme SI.
We will be working on getting this updated as soon as possible. Thanks for
the heads up.”
Bob,
This is strange. I’ll contact CyberPowerPC and return with a statement on the matter.
That’s strange, I go to their website, and bring up the Gamer Xtreme-SI and it’s $1699
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Gamer_Xtreme_SI
The Default PSU is 680 Watts Power Supplies (SLI/CrossFire Ready Power Supply). I don’t even see the Corsair 650W available so I’ll just add the 750W version which is +$71
Overclocking isn’t included in that price either. +$90
The default motherboard is the UD3R and not the UD4P +$69
Then the memory isn’t Corsair Dominator by default another +$36
Then finally the Blu-Ray player by default is Lite-On and not the LG another +$13
That brings the acutally price for the system you reviewed to $1978.00.
So that’s still a good price seeing how it’s already put together but that’s along way from the $1699 price from the system you reviewed.
I’m a little worried that they advertise the system here like that for $1699 but you go to their site and it’s about $250 more to get that system. I’m hoping they will fix the pricing soon?
haha midnight madness….no pun intended right?
Awesome Machine. .. Now I have to start saving for one of these myself. Gotta say the case and wiring job did it for me. Black on Black, I would name mine MIDNIGHT MADNESS!