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3.33GHz Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series - The King of the Hill

Introduction

A year has passed not since the launch of Intel's Nehalem EP CPU's and the infamous supporting Tylersburg chipset. The workplace within industry in so many areas transformed overnight with many completely astounded at the huge increase in productivity output. Some remained sceptical and waiting a few months before making the transition and when they did. Wished they had so completed the transition much earlier as they had missed out on some very significant moves forward. Whether server based, workstation or data centre's loads workloads increased and the "need for speed" moved up a gear. All walks of life just got easier.

Our previous outings on the platforms shown all had neatly tucked away 3.2GHz CPU's, several months down the line came forth the 3.33GHz CPU. We resisted the uptake for many months as the platforms here had to be completely stable for the launches of all the new professional graphics cards and there was a few. Most interesting was the coming of August and the advent of ATI's Professional Crossfire Technology. Which then brought us to the point of "choice". This new choice shocked many within the professional graphic's industry and a complete new era came upon us.

Therefore, we now see a brief lull in new cards so we decided it was time to look at upgrading the mainboards to the top bin 3.33GHZ Xeons and see just how much performance increase could be gained from the 3.2GHz Xeon's. Our tag line of " fast is good fast is what we like and the need for speed" was now firmly to the front of our mindset.

So lets recap briefly on the Intel Nehalem EP CPU's and the supporting Tylersburg chipset (Our thanks here to Intel's PR for this information).

Intel® Xeon® Processor 5000 Sequence

The Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series automatically and intelligently adjusts server performance according to your application needs for an up to 9x performance gain over single-core servers at 18 percent less operating power. This enables you to achieve a 9:1 server consolidation ratio, reducing operating costs by up to 90 percent resulting in an estimated 8-month return on a new server investment.

Processor Number	Cache	Clock Speed	Intel® QuickPath Interconnect	System Type	Power	Number of Cores
W5590	8MB	3.33 GHz	6.40 GT/s	DP	130W	4
W5580	8MB	3.20 GHz	6.40 GT/s	DP	130W	4

Features and benefits of the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series

Next-generation Intel® microarchitecture	· Intelligent next-generation Intel® microarchitecture adapts to the workload, automatically increasing processor frequency for greater performance
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology	· Better performance enabled by Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, increasing processor frequency and enabling faster speeds when conditions allow
Intel® Intelligent Power Technology	· Lower energy costs while minimizing impact to performance by automatically putting processor and memory into the lowest available power state
Integrated power gates	· Individual cores are reduced to near-zero power independent of other operating cores
Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT)	· Virtualize different generations of Intel® Xeon® processor–based servers in the same pool to deliver peak performance during high-use periods and automatically reduce energy cost during low-use periods
Intel® Virtualization Technology FlexMigration	· Integrates multiple generations of Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers, improving flexibility for failover, load balancing, and disaster recovery
Intel® 64 architecture	· Flexibility for 64-bit and 32-bit applications and operating systems
DDR3 memory support up to 1333 MHz	· Up to 64 GB/s for three times the memory bandwidth over previous memory technology · Up to 144GB supports higher performance for data-intensive applications · Enhanced reliability, availability, and serviceability features
Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel® I/OAT)	· Moves data more efficiently for fast, scalable, and reliable network performance · Ability to significantly reduce CPU overhead, freeing resources for more critical tasks
Enhanced reliability and manageability	· Many memory controller features, together with PCI Express* RAS features, combine to help improve platform reliability vs. previous-generation platforms · New features include Error Correcting Code (ECC) system bus, new memory mirroring and I/O hot-plug

Page 1 - Introduction
Page 2 - System Set-Up and Software used
Page 3 - One 3.33GHz Xeon Sandra 2010 CPU Tests
Page 4 - One 3.33GHz Xeon Bentley MicroStation Benchmark and POV Ray 3.7 beta 35
Page 5 - One 3.33GHZ Xeon Cinebench 10 64-Bit and Cinebench 11.5 64-bit (New)
Page 6 - One 3.33GHz Xeon SPECviewperf® 10.0 – 64-bit and SPECapc for SolidWorks 2007™
Page 7 - Dual 3.33GHz Xeon Sandra 2010 CPU Tests
Page 8 - Dual 3.33GHz Xeon Bentley MicroStation Benchmark and POV Ray 3.7 beta 35
Page 9 - Dual 3.33GHZ Xeon Cinebench 10 64-Bit and Cinebench 11.5 64-bit (New)
Page 10 - Dual 3.33GHz Xeon SPECviewperf® 10.0 – 64-bit and SPECapc for SolidWorks 2007™
Page 11 - Conclusions and Award

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