3DMark06 is the latest version of 3DMark franchise, measuring Shader 3.0 (i.e., DirectX 9.0c) performance. We run this software on its default configuration (1280x1024 resolution with no image quality settings enabled), checking the CPU batch results for comparison.

Here Core 2 Extreme QX6700 was the fastest CPU, being 8.61% faster than Core 2 Extreme X6800, 11.14% faster than Core 2 Duo E6700, 19.65% faster than Athlon 64 X2 5000+, 85.66% faster than Pentium 4 3.4 GHz and 96.65% faster than Pentium 4 3.2 GHz.

Analyzing only the CPU score from 3DMark06, Core 2 Extreme QX6700 was also the fastest CPU, being 54.58% faster than Core 2 Extreme X6800, 68.44% faster than Core 2 Duo E6700, 95.31% faster than Athlon 64 X2 5000+, 286.29% faster than Pentium 4 3.4 GHz and 305.07% faster than Pentium 4 3.2 GHz.