Review Processor Xeon E3 1225: A Powerful Alternative for Your Desktop

Resident Evil 5

Resident Evil 5 is a fine example of a modern game that truly benefits from the amount of available threads. The benchmark is run in both DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 modes (1024×768), while graphics settings are set to “Low”.

The Core i7-2600K is still faster than the Xeon E3-1225, although not by much.

3DMark Vantage

3DMark Vantage is a popular synthetic game benchmarking software from Futuremark corp. We use the “Entry” preset to test processors and motherboards. Results are presented in three categories: the CPU score, GPU score, and E-Score which is the combined results between CPU and GPU scores. Greater figures represent better results.

The Core i7-2600K has a 41% advantage in CPU processing power, according to 3DMark Vantage. As for the GPU score, there is only negligible difference in performance.

PC Mark Vantage-HDD Suite

PCMark Vantage measures overall system performance through a suite of benchmarks. We focus the test on the “HDD Suite” to see how much the processor is affecting storage performance.
HDD Suite itself uses a couple of real world scenarios to benchmark the storage transfer speed. The final results are presented in points. Higher points mean better performance.

Storage optimization appears to be one of Xeon E3-1225’s strong points. In PCMark Vantage HDD Suite, it leaves the Core i7-2600K by 7%.

Power Consumption

Xeon E3-1225 consumes less power compared to the Core i7-2600K. Its power consumption is 16% and 9% lower during idle and load conditions, respectively. Perhaps this is due to its lower clockspeed.