The X99 Platform and Motherboards
When Ivy Bridge-E launched, it was socket drop-in compatible with existing X79 motherboards that launched with the Sandy Bridge-E processor years earlier. Some boards required BIOS updates to work but, for the most part, it was a seamless transition. Companies, like ASUS, MSI and Gigabyte, used the IVB-E launch as an excuse to refresh the X79 platform in some cases with new motherboard models, but for the most part it was business as usual.
That isn't the case with Haswell-E: it requires a new chipset and platform for several reasons. Thus, enter the X99 chipset.
The diagram above shows off the major feature set of the X99 platform. The 40 lanes of PCI Express 3.0 and four channels of DDR4 memory (up to 2133 MHz officially supported) come from the Haswell-E CPU itself, but the X99 chipset offers up some changes as well.
Starting with USB connectivity, X99 offers 14 total USB channels, 6 of which are USB 3.0. All of that funnels into a single 5 Gb/s tunnel back to the chipset, so don't expect to use all of that USB at the same time a peak performance. Intel has integrated a 10/100/1000 NIC for networking and then uses a single lane of PCIe and SM Bus to offer up the Intel Gigabit network controller at high performance levels. Both analog and digital, 8-channel audio remain intact, and there are 8 available lanes of PCIe 2.0 on the chipset as well that board vendors can use to integrate other components. Again, keep in mind that has to converge into a single 5 Gbps connection, so those lanes are more for connectivity than for high performance accessories.
There are 10 SATA connections on X99 as well, all of which can support SATA 6G speeds! The only downside to this is that they are broken up into two "pools" on the chipset – a set of 6 and a set of 4. So while you can run 6-drive RAID configurations on the X99 platform, you cannot run 10-drive arrays on the Intel controller.
It's also a bit of a let down to see DMI 2.0 x4 as the interconnect between all of this I/O and the processor. That connection tops out at 20 Gb/s, well under the theoretical "peak" performance of all the components contained in the X99 chipset.
Comparing the new Haswell-E to Ivy Bridge-E, you can see definite platform and performance improvements. The minimum core count of HSW-E is now 6, rather than 4, and the maximum core count jumps from 6 to 8. Shared cache improves by 25% and the move to DDR4 memory will mean better memory density and better performance (though by how much is debatable). It is great to see the Intel chipset update to support more than two SATA 6G connections, and this also marks the first E-class part to allow BCLK overclocking.
With X99 comes the first time we will see Thunderbolt capability on the E-class platforms, although this is dependent on a Thunderbolt add-in card. ASUS is the only company making Thunderbolt add-on cards currently, and the X99-Deluxe that we used for initial testing does have the necessary header to support the installation of the ThunderboltEX II/Dual two-port controller. This card supports two connections at 20 Gb/s each (bi-directional) and really enhance external connectivity performance for users that have TB accessories or want to dive into that market. I will admit that Thunderbolt build up has been slower than I had wanted but when you see it in action (on say an external RAID array) you'll understand the impact it can have.
With the X99 chipset and the Haswell-E processor comes the first consumer applications of DDR4 memory. Along with it come questions of performance and cost. As we have seen with other major DDR revisions (DDR to DDR2, DDR2 to DDR3), the initial performance of entry-level DDR4 will likely be slightly slower than that of high-end, overclocked DDR3 modules. Still, the quad-channel nature of the controller in Haswell-E results in impressive bandwidth results (at the expense of latency, slightly) that you'll see in our SiSoft results.
We have already seen memory from vendors like Corsair and Kinsgton online and for sale, but I am hesitant to put any weight behind those prices. We'll see how the market looks over the next 1-2 weeks, but I would expect to be paying a premium for DDR4 for some time.
The retail box options of the Core i7-5960X (and the rest of HSW-E) will ship without coolers, which is something that Intel has been doing for enthusiast-targeted CPUs for some time. It just makes sense – more than likely a buyer of part like this has their own cooler or favorite brand they plan on sticking to. If not, Intel will be selling the TS13X self-contained water cooler for just under $100.
I wonder how much difference
I wonder how much difference Broadwell will make in comparison when it comes out- while it looks like there is a difference in bandwidth, it looks like there was mot much change in performance I could attribute to DDR4. The monster cache was also a ? to me. Perhaps that helps with some DCPs? At any rate, I was hoping for a more definitive toe-to-toe performance change.
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To guys claiming your apps
To guys claiming your apps need to be multithreaded to use all the cores, what are you running MS DOS???
I have the new 5960x and i
I have the new 5960x and i think people miss the point of the product “THIS IS NOT FOR GAMES”. I am a 3d artist and having to wait too see where you messed up in your renders is KEY, you have no idea how hard it is to make pretty artwork on a i5 or lower chip.
If you want to render footage for youtube or just video/photo editing then dont buy this chip, its a waste plus it shows the world you have no idea what this chip should be used for.
This chip should be used for 3d artist’s who cant buy a super computer but would like fast renders for stills or short animations but saying that i would think for a long animation you would use an online render farm for the fished peace. Yes gpu rendering is great and becoming more mainstream but even these render engines use the cpu with the gpu to make the renders even faster “the cpu will never go away”.
Anyone wanting to judge this cpu against another needs too pick just 3d rendering as the benchmark and nothing else, its intels fault that they dont know how to market there cpu’s (this is a xeon based cpu and people want to play games on it lol)
GROW SOME BALLS INTEL AND MAKE A CPU RANGE FOR 3D ARTISTS THAT IS NOT A £2000/3000 CHIP (WE KNOW YOU CAN DO IT) we dont need to render a whole animated film but too make high-end images fast so we can learn our craft faster is a must…. we make your games and sell your products with our 3d skills, why not have more of us???
Well thats my rant and if you check A1OFFENDER on youtube that would make me happy ohhhhhhhhhhhh and i will say one thing that alot of people dont seem to know, this cpu will give you less frame dips in game but if that is your only need for the cpu and can afford it, do it (so many people say this chip wont help gaming but it will help with the frame dips but is it worth the extra doh???)
Wrote this in a rush lol peace out off to eat dinner
While I don’t see the need
While I don’t see the need for 2 (or 3) HDDs in an HTPC, it is because of noise and extra heat, more so than the loss of space. They had the space, since they wanted to make it the same width/depth dimensions of typical home theatre hardware, so they put it to use.
Arguably, moving the power supply out was extremely wise, since now it can be passively cooled, instead of forcing the chassis fans to go into overdrive venting the excess heat. Looking at the temps of a Pentium, without the addition of a graphics card or power supply, they really didn’t have the headroom to put any other heat producer inside the chassis.
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