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So, judging from these benchmarks, the performance seems to rank as follows: For realtime DAW performance, the X58 with its core i7's is far ahead of the P55 in every way and still the better choice. For rendering only , the P55 is on par with the X58 platform - or even better at stock speed ...

Thanks for this thread, valis.

I am relieved to have found a place where these benchmarks are properly analyzed! I searched nearly every other forum only to find very generalised information, and it seems that more specialzed forums like DAWbench or the benchmark forum at Cubendo are not accessible ...