Somewhat agree, however some might aspire to a high core count only to find it is not helpful with the vast majority of software being run on the desktop, which is what matters for the vast majority of users, and probably the vast majority of readers here as well. Not caring about single threaded performance doesn't actually mean it's an insignificant consideration...
That is like going to a tractor pull when a guy just toasted everyone and asking him to do a quarter mile to see how fast he can run his rig down the strip! :biggrin:
This box is for rendering where more cores is better. It's not a desktop system so single core compute scores are meaningless. That's why this is a CINEBENCH thread, to show off what SMP can do!
Too bad the 2011 Xeons are locked making the SR-X platform, well useless. (In the form of overclocking) The socket 1366 Xeons overclocked like champs. As a matter of fact I've seen 12 core 24 thread 5690 at 4.66GHz hitting 23 in Cinebench! Of course for 24/7 100% load on these means watercooling of the cpu and chipset is absolutely mandatory for stability, but it just shows that even "old school" SR-2 systems still have lots of muscle to flex and being a three year old platform, that says a LOT!!!