So is a 7 year old X58 system obsolete. Lets get some numbers and see.

[Tomgang]

Many of you whit an old system are properly wondering just as i have my self. How far behind are my system compared whit much newer system and shut i upgrade or get a new system for gaming, video editing and so on.

So to help answer that i have benched my old system over the past year and tried different benchmark where my old system is overclokket to compensate for its age as much as possible. In most of the benches my CPU run between 4 and 4,3 GHz and my two GTX 970 also godt a nice oc on them. please be aware of that some bench are done on Windows 7 before i moved to Windows 10 Pro.

My old rig config:
I7 920 @ 4-4,3 GHz air cooled and runs 4 GHz for 24/7 use (at 4,3 GHz the cpu runs to hot som i only use it for bench but those with water cooling shut cut run a chip like mine at 4,3 Ghz or more have sen a few doing 4,5-4,6 GHz on water).
Asus Rampage 2 extreme ROG motherboard
1 PCI sata 3 and USB 3.0 controller.
12 GB DDR3 1600 MHz triple channel memory.
Zotac GTX 970 in SLI whit modified bios for higher power target (from 106 % to 119 % and helped alot to get some nice oc on cards there is based on reference desing).
SSD: Crucial M4 64 GB for OS and a Samsung EVO 250 GB for most used games.
HDD: 1 x WD 1TB caviar black, 1 x WD RED 2 TB and 2 x WD velociraptor 150 GB 10000 RPM i raid 0 for older games.
Windows 10 Pro 64 bits

So here are some numbers from my old rig over the past year. Lets start with Unigine Heaven Benchmark.

GPU´s at stock in sli on windows 7 so after going to windows 10 score may differ today. CPU runs 4 GHz at this test.

After some oc on the cards

For a comparison here are a 3Dmark Firestrike score on my rig with two GTX 660 TI sli before i moved on to GTX 970 SLI.

Moving on to 3Dmark firestrike single card run.

SLI run. CPU at 4 GHz and GPU´s OC lower but not by that much for 24/7 use, my system gets around 15500.

Extreme score.

Ultra score.

So are an old rig like mine VR ready. The answer is yes. Please note SteamVR performence test does not support SLI (at least not when i dit the test so the score are only whit one card. If SLI support the test would properly have been even better).

And as the last bench i have used CPU-z bench. whit the cpu at stock, 4 GHz and at 4,35 GHz.

Stock.

4 GHz

4,35 GHz

So now i just hope others with older systems can help them deside what to do. Also i would like if others with much newer systems will join in with some benchmarks for comparison so help people se if they shut upgrade or get a complete new system. all machines are welcome to show. But i would prefer intel machines whit 2, 4 or 6 cores since this is the most commen to day and AMD CPU´s from 2 to 8 cores.

And else what you guys think. Is the Old X58 obsolete?

Besides this X58 users also have the option and get a I7/Xeon 6 core CPU also.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Good stats Dude.

From one proud X58 owner to another......

 

[Frenzic]

Nope, X58 is not obsolete, i am sure you will get a few more good solid years out of it

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

I am not upgrading till my system dies.

 

[Tomgang]

Good stats Dude.

From one proud X58 owner to another......

Yeah det old X58 systems are still taking there turn even today, 7 years after i came out.

Nope, X58 is not obsolete, i am sure you will get a few more good solid years out of it

I agreed. 1 or maybe 2 years i think is not impossible on less my CPU/mohterboard dies off cause. The GPU´s have pletty of power for 1920x1200 resolution gamming and the cpu handeling them great. Only in GTA V i have seen the CPU being limited factor but i may be caused of all the mods i have installed in the game.

I am not upgrading till my system dies.

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Oh nice CPU and to get to see that a nice xeon can run on my motherboard also. Maybe a xeon is the next upgrade for me

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Oh nice CPU and to get to see that a nice xeon can run on my motherboard also. Maybe a xeon is the next upgrade for me

X5650 is the sweet spot.......

 

[jaggerwild]

stock CPU

http://hwbot.org/submission/3155180_

Extreme

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/11192191

I don't have a X79 board right now....

 

[dorsetknob]

Thats a system that is far from a write off ( got 2 x 1366 on the go both with Xeon X5650 installed )
as caps said x5650 is the sweet spot with a good overclock and 6 ht cores )

 

[R-T-B]

My brother still games with a i7 990x and a GTX 980. It does fine.

 

[cdawall]

I just rebuilt someone's x58 rig at work. Even at stock the 920 still chugs along without issues in any of today's applications

 

[Tomgang]

stock CPU

http://hwbot.org/submission/3155180_

Extreme

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/11192191

I don't have a X79 board right now....

Wow is my system realy not longer behind your system. Pretty sweet.

Thats a system that is far from a write off ( got 2 x 1366 on the go both with Xeon X5650 installed )
as caps said x5650 is the sweet spot with a good overclock and 6 ht cores )

When there is only one way to go for my next update. Get a 6 core xeon.

My brother still games with a i7 990x and a GTX 980. It does fine.

Agreed had just played some the witcher 3 wild hunt and the old junk maxes it out. X58 is still go for gaming.

I just rebuilt someone's x58 rig at work. Even at stock the 920 still chugs along without issues in any of today's applications

In most things a stock I7 920 are still great, but when it comes to gaming im glad i have oc the old chip.
But no matter what I7 920 does a pretty good job taken its age in for a counter.

 

[LightningJR]

X5650 is the sweet spot.......

Yes do this if you can find one for a good price. Your CPU will be the bottleneck in some games but the system is very nice as it is even if it's old.

 

[Tomgang]

So i just tried Unigine Heaven Benchmark on my windows 10 install for those wo where curies to se the difference between win 7 and win 10 run.

In this test the CPU run at 4,35 GHz and GFX base 1292 MHz/boost 1432 MHz (max boost hit 1508 MHz)/Mem 7632 MHz. As you can se there are not that big a difference in score even whit the CPU oc from 4 GHz in win 7 to 4,35 GHz in Win 10.
So it looks like the most limited factor for this benchmark is stil the GPU´s even whit this old CPU.

 

[Fluffmeister]

Still rocking my 920 / X58 setup too, zero issues.

 

[trog100]

benchmarks are not a very good indicator.. my system shows 12% cpu use running valley.. not much above idle..

3dmark is a little different because it has an optimized multi threaded cpu only test in with the overall score.. it paints a false picture because games are not multi thread optimized..

but the gpu is king.. any old half decent cpu will do..

if i deliberative run a very low resolution the cpu will do more work but at normal gaming resolutions the gpu is king.. quite why some folks think otherwise always has puzzled me..

trog

 

[Luke]

Still running 1366 in both my main desktops. i7 970 Hex core in my main PC at home and the 950 in my LAN PC. Also my main VMWare server runs a pair of 1366 Xeons. 7 years old and still going strong. Scary as i have not logged in here for a long time and my system specs are still mostly valid.

 

[Tomgang]

Still rocking my 920 / X58 setup too, zero issues.

Long live the X58

benchmarks are not a very good indicator.. my system shows 12% cpu use running valley.. not much above idle..

3dmark is a little different because it has an optimized multi threaded cpu only test in with the overall score.. it paints a false picture because games are not multi thread optimized..

but the gpu is king.. any old half decent cpu will do..

if i deliberative run a very low resolution the cpu will do more work but at normal gaming resolutions the gpu is king.. quite why some folks think otherwise always has puzzled me..

trog

You are right, this benchmark is not that CPU intensive. I just testet it. But no problem feating my 2 GPU´s. CPU runs 4 GHz and GPU base 1292 MHz and boost up to 1500 MHz and memory runs 7632 MHz at this test.

Still running 1366 in both my main desktops. i7 970 Hex core in my main PC at home and the 950 in my LAN PC. Also my main VMWare server runs a pair of 1366 Xeons. 7 years old and still going strong. Scary as i have not logged in here for a long time and my system specs are still mostly valid.

Wow you got some X58 systems .

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

@Tomgang

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/xeon-owners-club.211143/

 

[Tomgang]

I got improved my score for valley benchmark by clokking the grafik more and let the CPU run 4,3 GHz this time.

 

[vega22]

oc q9550+970 score 8 on that steam vrtest.

but both x48 and x58 shit the bed when it comes to games with many texture calls.

so do z68 and 77 vs skylake and pcie ssd....

image stolen from a friend

 

[Fouquin]

Everyone hates the phrase "future proof" but it's hard to look at the X58 platform, and in extension Nehalem / Westmere, and not agree that it was and is the most future proof platform Intel has made. X79 is going to surpass it in performance/dollar in the used markets here pretty quick (and if you get lucky on a decent board + Xeon 1600 series it already does) however X58 still does basically all the same tricks despite its age. It's a platform that in 2-3 years when we approach a decade since its release it will still be in use due to its stability and performance.

In an extension of that I feel X99 is a true successor to X58. Like X58, it has brought a new generation of features and technologies into a very well deployed and unified platform, and I see it lasting 5-8 years in many enthusiast's rigs.

Keep rocking X58 you diehards.

 

[Moofachuka]

Still rocking my i7 980 & 7970 xfire and I can't be happier. My avg frames is 71.4fps. Still not too shabby for a 4 years old PC haha!

 

[Tomgang]

Alright this time it is Cinebench R15 turn to let the I7 920 shine or maybe say time to get a new CPU. You decide?
About the score: 624 is with the CPU running 4 GHz and 666 (yeah i know this cpu has a "devil inside" get it?) score the CPU runs 4,3 GHz

 

[Easy Rhino]

look at my system specs. both systems are rock solid. this thread actually confirms for me that buying a 970 would not be a mistake given the age of the x58 chipset.

 

[EarthDog]

Obsolete, No... puts a glass ceiling on FPS in some games (for a couple of reasons)... absolutely.

About the score: 624 is with the CPU running 4 GHz and 666 (yeah i know this cpu has a "devil inside" get it?) score the CPU runs 4,3 GHz

And a stock 6700K hits a bit over 1000. That is 50% faster with less clockspeed.

If time is money, I would surely upgrade. If you don't care, well... then there isn't a point to upgrade.