SiSoftware Sandra 20/20/1 (2020 R1a) Released – Updated Hardware Support

Service Pack 1 (SP1) Download

Update November 25th: Released patch (version 30.24) to add further hardware and software support. Update October 24th: Released patch (version 30.21) to corrrect Windows 7 / Server 2008/R2 run-time issues. We are pleased to release R1 (version 30.24) update for 20/20 (2020) with the following updates: Sandra 20/20 (2020) Press … Read more…

Intel Core i9 10980X (Cascade Lake) Review & Benchmarks – CPU 18-core/36-thread AVX512 Performance

Intel Skylake-X Core i9

What is “Cascade Lake (CSL-X)”? It is one of the 10th generation Core X-Series arch (CSL-X) from Intel – the latest revision of the “Skylake-X” (SKL-X) arch; it succeeds the older 9900 and 7900 X-Series for HEDT platform. Again, as on the desktop/mobile – it is not the “real” 10th … Read more…

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X, 3960X Review & Benchmarks – CPU Performance

What is “Ryzen ThreadRipper 3000 series” (Zen2-TR3)? AMD’s Zen2 TR3 (“Starship”) is the “true” 2nd generation ZEN core on 7nm process shrink while the previous ZEN+ TR2 (“”) core was just an optimisation of the original ZEN TR that introduces many design improvements over both cores. Unlike desktop parts – … Read more…