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$1,189
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▲ 52910 ▼
 $1,189 

6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.6GHz, Ivy Bridge-E.
Release date: Q3 2013.

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▲ 5175 ▼

6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.5 GHz, Sandy Bridge E.
Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Effective Speed 
+1%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 7,798 user samples
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5,121 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 88% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 70% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.65 GHz (avg)
Poor: 70% Great: 88%
SPEED RANK: 265th / 1456
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
2,677 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 87% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 69% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 0.75 GHz (avg)
Poor: 69% Great: 87%
SPEED RANK: 274th / 1456
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		78.4 % +1% 77.9 %
Average Score 
+0%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		86.2 Pts +0% 86 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		98 Pts 99.9 Pts +2%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		196 Pts 198 Pts +1%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		381 Pts +1% 378 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		619 Pts +4% 595 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+2%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		95.2 Pts +1% 94.7 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		118 Pts +3% 115 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		231 Pts +2% 227 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		450 Pts +1% 444 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		728 Pts +3% 710 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+32%
Market Share
Based on 68,153,532 CPUs tested
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.01 % 0.01 %
Value
Value For Money 		52.6 % 80.3 % Much better value.
+53%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		52 % +2% 51 %
Price
Price (score) 		$1,189 $250 Much cheaper.
+79%
Nice To Haves 
+1%
Age
Newest 		130 Months 122+ Months Slightly more recent.
+6%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		905 Pts +4% 870 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		776 Pts Slightly faster 64-core speed.
+5% 		737 Pts
Specifications 
Launch Date
Launch Date 		Q3'13 Q4'12
Lithography
Lithography 		22 nm 32 nm
Memory Types
Memory Types 		DDR3 1333/1600/1866 DDR3 1066/1333/1600
Memory Bandwidth
Max Memory Bandwidth 		59.7 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
PCI Express Revision
PCI Express Revision 		3.0 2.0

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Conclusion 
Average Bench 78.4%
Average Bench 77.9%
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The Core i7-4960X is Intel's top of the range desktop processor which sports six physical and twelve hyper-threaded cores. The 4960X was released in 2013 but it uses an FCLGA2011 socket which is supported only by the X79 chipset and is now three years old. As a result an investment in this processor forgoes the last three years worth of platform advances which include, amongst other things, on-board USB 3.0 and additional SATA 600 MB/s ports. Comparing the 4960X and the 4930K shows that when overclocked, the 4930K is able to best the extreme 4960X at nearly half the price! Finally comparing the latest Haswell 4770K to the 4960X shows that 4770K is again able to best the 4960X, this time at a small fraction of the price. The 4960X is significantly overpriced and there is far better value available elsewhere. [Mar '14 CPUPro]

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