The new PCMark 7 performs a series of tests and gives scores in the following categories: An overall score called PCMark; a Productivity score, which is the system performance when using applications such as web browsing and home office applications; a Creativity score, which is the system performance when viewing, editing, converting, and storing photos and videos; an Entertainment score, which is the system performance when recording, viewing, streaming, and converting TV shows and movies, importing, organizing, and browsing music, and gaming; and a Computation score, which indicates the processing performance of the system. Let’s analyze the results.

The overall PC Mark 7 score of the Core i7-3960X was 5.9% higher than Core i7-990X’s and 2.9% higher than AMD FX-8150’s.

The Core i7-3960X PC Mark 7 Productivity score was similar to the Core i7-990X’s and 7.5% higher than the AMD FX-8150’s.

The Core i7-3960X PC Mark 7 Creativity score was 6.5% higher than the Core i7-990X’s and 12.9% higher than the AMD FX-8150’s.

The Core i7-3960X PC Mark 7 Entertainment score was 9.2% higher than the Core i7-990X’s and 14.2% higher than the AMD FX-8150’s.

The Core i7-3960X PC Mark 7 Computation score was 23% higher than the Core i7-990X’s and 41.4% higher than the AMD FX-8150’s.