Intel Core i7-870 Lynnfield Processor
SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility capable of benchmarking the performance of individual components inside a PC. Each of the benchmarks below were run a total of five times with the highest and lowest scores being discarded and an average being calculated from the remaining three.
7-Zip is an open source Winzip-style file compression utility that has the ability to compress and decompress many file formats including its own .7z compression scheme. 7-Zip also comes complete with its own benchmarking utility for gauging the compression and decompression speed of the system that it is installed on.
Results Observations
Again, we see that the raw grunt of the i7-870 appears to take the spoils in Sisoft Sandras assessment of the CPUs capabilities. Strangely though, the little i5-750 came out on top when the CPUs were being used for compression and decompression benchmarking. This area is one of AMD’s strong points and thus put in a very good performance, almost matching Intels finest.
Let’s move on to our 3D Benchmarks…
