Testing i7 990x procesors

[Perica_Barii]

Setup:
CPU : i7 990x
MB : Gigabyte X58-OC
MEM : OCZ Blade 2000mhz cl7
HDD : WD Raptor 36GB
VGA : 7900 GTO
PSU : ANTEC 1200W

pics of setup:















and the final score...




Validation link :
CPU-Z Validator 3.1

HWBOT 2nd place CPUZ with i7 990x :
Perica_barii's 6982.43 mhz CPU-Z run with Core i7 Extreme 990X @ 6982.4MHz

Big condensation (rain in here all day) stopped us from benching more tests. Hope to try the second processor also...

[SoF]

a notch more volt and 7 ghz maybe - great chip!

[Soulman84]

flowered toilet paper is the key for the extra mhz

btw nice run and nice chip

[KanGaXx]

show benchmark ...... validator is not extreme !!

[slamms]

Nice run, bro!!! And very good parer

Why this settings: high multiplayer and low bclk, maybe need higher BCLK?

[Perica_Barii]

Just got two 990x this morning , will test it more for sure....This is just the first one ,this settings I newer tried before ( always going for higher bclk and lower multi) so this was the right time to try something new.... Will try higher bclk and lower multi also in next couple of days.....

[Hondacity]

retail?

awesome cpu mr perica!

[over@locker886]

Great result! Keep pushing!

[Rasmus66]

Nice chip

[Perica_Barii]

Chip is retail,

batch # 3051B004

[hey]

great cpu mhz not to mean negative but with Gigabyte X58-OC, i only see validations. This mabo is mhz validation mabo sth ? i am seeing many topics but validation, no other benchmarks etc ? please Perica_Barii show us some benchmarks with that setup it should have a lot to show

[Splave]

hehe awesome work

[subaruwrc]

why so high multi? i think 33-35 max is better maybe. what temps for 1.9v+ ?

[Billy-The-Kid]

Very nice CPU my friend!!! Congrat... 7g it´s so close!!!

[Marco André]

Nice chip you got there perica Hope you can reach 7GHz soon and pleeease, show us some benchmarks.

Are you using the onboard buttons to get the last few multis?

[sin0822]

exxccceeelllennt!

isn't higher multi is better in many benchmarks because of decreased latency? but that is what i hear, i have no proof. I would think that higher blck would yield better bench scores.

[dinos22]

killer chip mate, cant wait to see you get some benching under way

[Splave]

exxccceeelllennt!

isn't higher multi is better in many benchmarks because of decreased latency? but that is what i hear, i have no proof. I would think that higher blck would yield better bench scores.

it really doesnt change anything

[Unsurper]

whats the max multi on these chips?

[NoGuru]

Great run! I just got done washing my OC in the sink. I messed up a batch of Dragon Skin and trying to get it off now.

[MythSquare]

flowered toilet paper is the key for the extra mhz

btw nice run and nice chip

Not every toilet paper will work! You should meticulously choose a proper one. The one with flowers and teddy bears on it certainly works, this bears woud gain you addition 100-200MHz! Flowers only about 50MHz.


to the real deal. Nice work, you've got a great gun here man.

[Linuxfan]

How many 990x processors did you test? Thought you might mention that because the title is Testing i7 990x processors...

[sin0822]

yea haha prob had to go through more than 1 to find such a one of a kind CPU like that.

[Linuxfan]

yea haha prob had to go through more than 1 to find such a one of a kind CPU like that.

Could you tell us how each retail 990x did in your testing as well? That'd be interesting to see.

[Perica_Barii]

Only two processors , this I tried first....Will try it on SS today to see how it goes with triple or dual channel memory, and how high I could expect NB to be, then again on Ln2 and some 3D damage I hope...After that I will test the other one. I didn't binned processors , got a lucky hand I guess...