So how is an old X58 I7 920 system holding up. Let´s se.

[Intelfreak]

So im proprly not the only one whit an old system upgraded at time to time over the years whit new GPU´s, SSD, memory and som on. But still going on with the same CPU as i have. So i wash thinking it would be time to se if my old I7 920 is time to be feed to the dogs or it is at is finest on its old days.

 

So to se that i have benchmarked my old junk to se how it holds up. but first some spec on my old junk.

 

CPU: I7 920 @ 4 to 4,35 GHz OC depending on outside temperature. Cooled whit air.

Ram: Triple-channel Corsair 12 GB DDR3 1600 MHz rate at 1,65 voltage (6 x 2 GB modules)

Motherboard: Asus rampage 2 extreme ROG

GPU: 2 X Zotac GTX 970 in sli reference PCB but whit zotac own cooler. original bios modified for higher power target from 106 % to 119 %.

 

First it is unigine heaven benchmark 4.0. First image result is whit CPU at 4 GHz and the GPU´s at stock made in Win 7 and second image is whit CPU at 4,3 GHz and GPU´s OC in win 10 pro.

 

Next up is 3Dmark fire strike single card and sli run,extreme and ultra + first image from when i wash running two GTX 660 Ti in sli.

 

SteamVR benchmark OBS: This does not support SLI so this run is whit only one card

 

CPU-z benchmark stock, 4 GHz and 4,35 GHz test.

 

unigine valley benchmark 1.0 bench.

 

 

Cinebench R15

 

 

Monster Hunter Online Benchmark. First image is single card and second is two cards. Test is done with ranking mode.

 

Super PI mod

 

 

And as the last thing. Wprime and Hwbot prime.

 

 

So how you think this 7 year old system holds up?

[Qyoon]

I still have an I7 920 on a Rampage II extreme with 12Gb Corsair dominator ram, same cpu, mobo , ram lol.

It was the standard high end gaming machine in the past i guess.

I gave it to my little bro with my "old" GTX960 FTW , it's doing VERY good on most games.

He can play GTA5 60 fps with almost everything max setting except AA and texture quality.

important : he plays on a 720p TV

 

But 4,3Ghz ? wow, you have serious cooling , mine was hitting 4,2Ghz in winter but 4Ghz most time and it's very hot with aircooling / AIO WC.

You can feel the hot air going out by the top of the case even in idle for mine. 

[ybriK]

Somewhat still "good" but the tdp doesn't cut it for me, I'd rather get a used 2500K. If I was in a position for budget used builds.

[Intelfreak]

8 minutes ago, Atsura said:

I still have an I7 920 on a Rampage II extreme with 12Gb Corsair dominator ram, same cpu, mobo , ram lol.

It was the standard high end gaming machine in the past i guess.

I gave it to my little bro with my "old" GTX960 FTW , it's doing VERY good on most games.

He can play GTA5 60 fps with almost everything max setting except AA and texture quality.

important : he plays on a 720p TV

 

But 4,3Ghz ? wow, you have serious cooling , mine was hitting 4,2Ghz in winter but 4Ghz most time and it's very hot with aircooling / AIO WC.

You can feel the hot air going out by the top of the case even in idle for mine. 

My cooling is still air. Im using a Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme with two Silverstone FM121 fans and arctic silver 5 thermalpaste. Does cheap AIO wc is not much better than a air cooler. If you want good water cooling you will need custom water loop. But yeah my cpu does also get hot at 4.3 GHz (cores can hit around 80 C) and at 4 GHz temp are not goin higher than 70 C.

 

http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2244

[Qyoon]

I tried in the past corsair H50 that wasn't cabable to handle the cpu when oc to 4Ghz in the past

Then changed for a Bequiet Dark Rock Pro C1; capable and handling the head but def not in silence.

Temps were around 45-50°C idle and like 75+°C on the highest core, was doing ok considering the cpu.

 

Gived the Aio to my sister and never used one again lol.

[Speakerator]

Well, I'm only one generation further, rocking a Z68 board with a 2500 non-k. It's a shame there are no 1055 chips with more than 16 lanes. I'd love to go SLI with my 970, but I'm not willing to sacrifice my audio card nor WiFi^^ Performance-wise, even older non-overclocked chips still go pretty strong

[Intelfreak]

11 minutes ago, ybriK said:

Somewhat still "good" but the tdp doesn't cut it for me, I'd rather get a used 2500K. If I was in a position for budget used builds.

I cant denied that first gen I7 chips are power hungry, but i have lived whit this CPU the last 7 year where the last 3 years it has been oc 24/7 and my power bill is not that bad. You shut have seen the power bill when i had 3 x GTX 285 i triple sli. That power use hurt a lot. at ilde one GTX 285 used 35 watt compared to a GTX 970 that only uses 9 watt per card in ilde. compared to the GTX 285 the power use on my I7 920 even oc is nothing.

 

But you are right an i5 2500K use less power.

 

10 minutes ago, Atsura said:

I tried in the past corsair H50 that wasn't cabable to handle the cpu when oc to 4Ghz in the past

Then changed for a Bequiet Dark Rock Pro C1; capable and handling the head but def not in silence.

Temps were around 45-50°C idle and like 75+°C on the highest core, was doing ok considering the cpu.

 

Gived the Aio to my sister and never used one again lol.

For an i7 920 you would need a H100 to cool it down. I stick to a nice air cooler, just as good, less moving parts that can go wrong and no risk of leaks.

 

7 minutes ago, Speakerator said:

Well, I'm only one generation further, rocking a Z68 board with a 2500 non-k. It's a shame there are no 1055 chips with more than 16 lanes. I'd love to go SLI with my 970, but I'm not willing to sacrifice my audio card not WiFi^^ Performance-wise, even older non-overclocked chips still go pretty strong

Its a shame it is non K model you have since K model tent to oc very well. But else yes older quad core cpu are that bad. Even after so many years. I can clearly remenber back when single core cpu where the shit. You cut change cpu at least every 3 year if you wanted to run games maxed out. it is not how it is to day. Money saved.

[Qyoon]

1 minute ago, Intelfreak said:

For an i7 920 you would need a H100 to cool it down. I stick to a nice air cooler, just as good, less moving parts that can go wrong and no risk of leaks.

Well it was at time H100 wasn't even existing , the only AIO they had was Corsair CWC H50

 

[Speakerator]

20 minutes ago, Intelfreak said:

Its a shame it is non K model you have since K model tent to oc very well. 

True - and I regret that till today every now and then. Dont know why I cheaped out on that, guess I was young and stupid. Still works on modern titles maxed out nonetheless, even at 1440p. Though I don't know if I tried recent super-cpu intensive games

[NumLock21]

The impressive scores is from your modern GTX 970 in SLI, but Cinebench R15 shows the true age of your CPU. It's still a okay CPU.

[Intelfreak]

32 minutes ago, Atsura said:

Well it was at time H100 wasn't even existing , the only AIO they had was Corsair CWC H50

 

Yeah you a right on that. But also so much more the right thing to stick with air at the time for tis cpu.

 

14 minutes ago, Speakerator said:

True - and I regret that till today every now and then. Dont know why I cheaped out on that, guess I was young and stupid. Still works on modern titles maxed out nonetheless, even at 1440p. Though I don't know if I tried recent super-cpu intensive games

CPU intensive games. Try GTA V or Crysis 3 jungle level.

 

 

[Nena Trinity]

That CPU is legendary!

[Unhelpful]

I gave my i7-950 and my X58 board to a friend, still kicking, I believe  

[Intelfreak]

On ‎07‎-‎04‎-‎2016 at 8:19 PM, NumLock21 said:

The impressive scores is from your modern GTX 970 in SLI, but Cinebench R15 shows the true age of your CPU. It's still a okay CPU.

Agreed, I7 920 is not in the top of food chain any more. Compared to an oc I7 6700K there is an I7 920 Beginning to show it age, but after 7 years there shut also be a difference. Non the less it still doing good job when it comes to gaming. Even 7 year after it come out, it can still handle the most cpu intensive games at least those i have tried. That includes GTA V, Metro 2033/last light, BF4, Crysis 3. But even so this old cpu still some how manage to fed the GPU´s. GPU load is in most game between 90 and 99 % gpu load and the cards have trouble hitting its power target even in this old rig. My points is that even that this cpu has 7 years behind it, it dosent looks like it is bottleneck to even two modern cards like GTX 970 converted to single card is a GTX 980 Ti.

 

On ‎07‎-‎04‎-‎2016 at 10:36 PM, Nena360 said:

That CPU is legendary!

Haha dit not know this CPU is a legend. But if this is a legend are CPU's like core 2 quad Q6600 and I5 2500/I7 2600K legends to?

 

On ‎07‎-‎04‎-‎2016 at 10:38 PM, JoeyDM said:

I gave my i7-950 and my X58 board to a friend, still kicking, I believe  

If oc that cpu shut have some life left in it for gaming at least. If he video converting when he may consider getting a 6 core i7 or Xeon for X58.