Configurazione di prova e benchmark

Hardware di Test
Processori	Intel Core i7-3770K (Ivy Bridge) 3.5 GHz (35 * 100 MHz), LGA 1155, 8 MB Shared L3, Hyper-Threading enabled, Turbo Boost enabled, Power-savings enabled
	Intel Core i5-3570K (Ivy Bridge) 3.4 GHz (34 * 100 MHz), LGA 1155, 6 MB Shared L3, Turbo Boost enabled, Power-savings enabled
	Intel Core i5-3550 (Ivy Bridge) 3.3 GHz (33 * 100 MHz), LGA 1155, 6 MB Shared L3, Turbo Boost enabled, Power-savings enabled
	Intel Core i5-3550S (Ivy Bridge) 3.0 GHz (30 * 100 MHz), LGA 1155, 6 MB Shared L3, Turbo Boost enabled, Power-savings enabled
	Intel Core i5-3570T (Ivy Bridge) 2.3 GHz (23 * 100 MHz), LGA 1155, 6 MB Shared L3, Turbo Boost enabled, Power-savings enabled
	Intel Core i7-2700K (Sandy Bridge) 3.5 GHz (35 * 100 MHz), LGA 1155, 8 MB Shared L3, Hyper-Threading enabled, Turbo Boost enabled, Power-savings enabled
Pasta Termica	Zalman ZM-STG1
Scheda Madre	Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H (LGA 1155) Intel Z77 Express Chipset, BIOS F7
Memoria	G.Skill 16 GB (4 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600, F3-12800CL9Q2-32GBZL @ 9-9-9-24 and 1.5 V
Hard Disk	Intel SSD 510 250 GB, SATA 6 Gb/s
Scheda Grafica	Intel HD Graphics 4000
	Intel HD Graphics 3000
	Intel HD Graphics 2500
Alimentatore	Cooler Master UCP-1000 W
Software e Driver di sistema
Sistema Operativo	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
DirectX	DirectX 11
Driver Grafici	HD Graphics Driver For Windows 7 (15.26.8.64.2696)

Oltre a testare i quattro processori Core i5, abbiamo effettuato nuovamente i test sul Core i7-3770K e sul Core i7-2700K che hanno rispettivamente la grafica Intel HD Graphics 4000 e 3000.

Benchmark Giochi
Batman: Arkham City	Impostazioni: Lowest Quality Settings, Anti-Aliasing: Disabled, V-sync: Disabled, DirectX 11 Mode, 1280×720, Built-in Benchmark
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Impostazioni: Low Quality Settings, FXAA disabled, V-sync: Disabled, 1280×720, 25-second playback, Fraps
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm	Impostazioni: Good Quality Settings, Anti-Aliasing: 1x AA, Vertical Sync: Disabled, 1280×720, Demo: Crushblow to The Krazzworks, DirectX 11/9
Benchmark Audio
iTunes	Versione: 10.4.10, 64-bit Audio CD ("Terminator II" SE), 53 min., Convert to AAC audio format
Lame MP3	Versione 3.98.3 Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min, convert WAV to MP3 audio format, Command: -b 160 –nores (160 Kb/s)
Benchmark Video
HandBrake CLI	Versione: 0.9.5Video: Big Buck Bunny (720×480, 23.972 frames) 5 Minutes, Audio: Dolby Digital, 48 000 Hz, Six-Channel, English, to Video: AVC Audio: AC3 Audio2: AAC (High Profile)
MainConcept Reference v2.2	Versione: 2.2.0.5440 MPEG-2 to H.264, MainConcept H.264/AVC Codec, 28 sec HDTV 1920×1080 (MPEG-2), Audio: MPEG-2 (44.1 kHz, 2 Channel, 16-Bit, 224 Kb/s), Codec: H.264 Pro, Mode: PAL 50i (25 FPS), Profile: H.264 BD HDMV
Benchmark Applicazioni
WinRAR	Versione: 4.11 RAR, Syntax "winrar a -r -m3", Benchmark: 2010-THG-Workload
WinZip 16	Versione: 16.0 Pro WinZip CLI, Benchmark: 2010-THG-Workload
7-Zip	Versione 9.22 beta LZMA2, Syntax "a -t7z -r -m0=LZMA2 -mx=5", Benchmark: 2010-THG-Workload
Adobe Premiere Pro CS 5.5	Paladin Sequence to H.264 Blu-rayOutput 1920×1080, Maximum Quality, Mercury Playback Engine: Software Mode
Adobe After Effects CS 5.5	Versione: CS5.5Tom's Hardware Workload, SD project with three picture-in-picture frames, source video at 720p, Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously
Adobe Photoshop CS 5.1 (64-Bit)	Versione: 11 Filtering a 16 MB TIF (15 000×7266), Filters:, Radial Blur (Amount: 10, Method: zoom, Quality: good) Shape Blur (Radius: 46 px; custom shape: Trademark sysmbol) Median (Radius: 1px) Polar Coordinates (Rectangular to Polar)
ABBYY FineReader	Versione: 10 Professional Build (10.0.102.82) Read PDF save to Doc, Source: Political Economy (J. Broadhurst 1842) 111 Pages
3ds Max 2012	Versione: 10 x64 Rendering Space Flyby Mentalray (SPECapc_3dsmax9), Frame: 248, Resolution: 1440 x 1080
Adobe Acrobat X Professional	PDF Document Creation (Print) from Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
SolidWorks 2010	PhotoView 360Render 01-Lighter Explode.SLDASM (SolidMuse.com)Image Output Resolution: 1920×1080, Render: Preview Quality "Good", Final Render Quality "Best"
Visual Studio 2010	Compile Chrome project (1/31/2012) with devenv.com /build Release
Benchmark Sintetici
PCMark 7	Versione: 1.0.4
3DMark 11	Versione 1.0.3
SiSoftware Sandra 2012 SP3	CPU Test=CPU Arithmetic/Multimedia, Memory Test=Bandwidth Benchmark, Cryptography, Cache Latency