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Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
Test your hardware against popular games.
Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
Test your hardware against popular games.
Intel
Detailed architecture, platform, memory, and feature data for this CPU.
Instruction Sets
About This Product
The Intel Core i7-3930K is a six-core, twelve-thread desktop CPU from the Sandy Bridge-E generation. It offers decent multi-threaded performance for its age, suitable for light content creation or as an upgrade for existing LGA 2011 systems. For new builds at its price point, more modern CPUs offer significantly better single-core performance and power efficiency.
Verdict
βBest for users with existing LGA 2011 systems seeking a budget multi-core upgrade.β
Performance Benchmarks
Scores are grouped by benchmark family so it is easy to compare raw speed, threaded output, and real-world value without mixing scales.
Cross-Platform
Large Sample Pool
Gaming Performance
These results come from real submitted gameplay sessions, so the reference GPU matters as much as the CPU itself.
Reference GPU
Content Warning
Mixed player settings
66 FPS
Smooth
Reference GPU
Minecraft
Mixed player settings
57 FPS
Playable
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