This placed it on par with the Core i7-4790K and Core i5-4670K.
In fact here the mighty 5960X is no better than a low-end Core i3 processor.
Hitman Absolution is the first game to really show the Core i7-5960X at an advantage.

With 80fps at 1680x1050 it was 7% faster than the 4790K and 10% faster than the 4960X.
As a result the 5960X was faster than the 4960X, but slower than the 4670K and 4790K.