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That CPU isn't really made for "everyday computing" its more for a server type system. Also being an Engineering Sample it could have come from anywhere along the line of testing and distribution, maybe even early in the line, so that could very well explain some issues you are having.

The 990x is ancient compared to this Xeon, I can't imagine it performing nearly as well overall. But like I said, being an Engineering Sample any number of things could be causing your issues.
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Rogue: In the link you provided above, it says ES processors are the property of Intel, and are not for resale. It also says that if you have an ES, contact Intel. What is the risk of doing that? They may want to re-posses it and unless they are willing to provide a non ES, you would be out a processor.

That1man: Did you run the Intel Processor Identification Utility in the link that Rouge provided? Was this a prebuilt computer that you bought?
 
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This is very true. Doesn't mean they are not out there in the wild. A quick ebay search and I found a few. If you want to keep it I would not call Intel. Just giving him the info on it. In the same respect he should know this info because he purchased something that was taken from Intel and should not be sold. The processor ID utility I sent gave him the same info, because until its certified sale it is not supposed to ID.

There is no way this processor came in a pre-built, its a $2000 server processor. He likely bought it used on ebay or somewhere from a decomissioned server.
 
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i know about engineering samples. do you think a E5-2690 V3 ES 2.4-2.7GHz 12C 30MB is far better than a i7 990x not overclocked. having some problems but im not sure its because of this processor. one problem is the mouse curser randomly lags/ freezes. not a lot but i dont know why. seems its common with windows 10.

another is the sound goes out randomly for about less than a second, not that often but still. this happened with my last system heavily when utorrent was running and downloading heavy. but this is a way better system. i hop some kind of update from MS or a bios update is released that can fix this

thanks for your help
 
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yes i ran the utility and i built this computer. the cpu cost me $400. it works fine but my DAW (FL Studio) at times shows its using 100% of the cpu which makes the sound static real bad as if the cpu cant handle it where as my 990x build didn't have this issue. probaly have to play with the settings in FL.

it boots up pretty fast and everything else seems to be ok except the random mouse lag and sound cutoffs which seem to be common as far as i can tell from googling.

 
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That CPU isn't really made for "everyday computing" its more for a server type system. Also being an Engineering Sample it could have come from anywhere along the line of testing and distribution, maybe even early in the line, so that could very well explain some issues you are having.

The 990x is ancient compared to this Xeon, I can't imagine it performing nearly as well overall. But like I said, being an Engineering Sample any number of things could be causing your issues.
 
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DAW's can be quite finicky. I use Pro tools and there is a multi-page optimization guide that Avid puts out for users to tweak all of the settings in their rig. I haven't used FL studio, so I don't know if there is a similar optimization procedure. That being said, everyone on the Avid forum recommends only Intel CPU's, yet I am getting excellent results with an AMD Phenom II x6 1045t (using an older version of Pro Tools).

I guess my only concern with using the ES processor is that there is no warranty, but it sounds like you bought it used, so there probably wouldn't be a warranty anyway.
 
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might have to upgrade to an official xeon. would you guys consider the i7 5960x? any recommendations? i make music using high end vsts and do a little 3d rendering in cinema 4d plus i use after effects, photo shop, premier etc

im not into bench marking but is there a way to run some kind of test to see if my cpu is performing as should?
 
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You can go to Passmark and download the free (for 30 days, but still works after that) performance test. The only thing is, there may not be any benchmarks to compare that ES processor to. I guess you could compare the results of your test to whatever CPU you think it should be comparable to.

Edit: I just checked the Passmark site, and it does have benchmarks for the Xeon E5-2690. That thing is a beast!

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

 
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The recommendation above is the best way to check for that. The i7 is not a xeon, thats a high end processor really for gaming, I think you could get away with a lower end Xeon for far cheaper to do what you need like a Xeon E5-2609





Hi and welcome to yesterday when we figured that out already.
 
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