Intel Core i7 990X Testing

Benchmarks for an Intel Core i7 990X Gulftown comparison. This is currently Intel's $999 USD fastest six-core system based on Gulftown, not Sandy Bridge. Look for more in an upcoming Phoronix article.

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Intel Core i7 990X TestingProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsMonitorAudioOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzIntel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores)SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 HydraIntel Sandy Bridge3072MB250GB Seagate ST3250310ASATI Device 6738DELL P2210HUbuntu 10.102.6.38-999-generic (x86_64)GNOME 2.32.0X Server 1.9.0vesa 2.3.02.1 Mesa 7.9-develGCC 4.4.5ext41280x1024Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores)ATI Device 6738 (960/1150MHz)radeon 6.14.992.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.41920x1080Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 Cores)ASRock X58 SuperIntel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R320GB Seagate ST3320620ASNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1100MHz)Realtek ALC889ADELL S2409W2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64)nouveau 0.0.16Intel Core i7 970 @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores)2.1 Mesa 7.9-develGCC 4.4.5 + Clang 4.2.1 + llvm 2.6Intel Core i7 X 990 @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores)GCC 4.4.5AMD Phenom 9950 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores)ASRock AOD790GX/128MAMD RS780 + SB700/SB8005632MB40GB INTEL SSDSA2M040 + 640GB Western Digital WDC WD6400AAKS-2 + 250GB Western Digital WDC WD2500JB-00GATI Radeon HD 3300 384MB (700/400MHz)DELL ST22102.6.35-28-generic (x86_64)fglrx 8.78.302 x Intel Xeon L5410 @ 2.33GHz (8 Cores)Supermicro X7DALIntel 5000X MCH8192MB2 x 64GB C300-CTFDDAA064MNVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 512MB (650/900MHz)Debian 6.02.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64)GNOME 2.30.2X Server 1.7.7NVIDIA 195.36.313.2.0 NVIDIA 195.36.31ext33360x1080OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Core i3 2100: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.- Core i7 920: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.- Core i7 970: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.- Core i7 990X: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.- Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i: Compiz was running on this system. AMD CnQ was enabled.- 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz: .

Intel Core i7 990X Testingx264: H.264 Video Encodingffmpeg: AVI To NTSC VCDencode-mp3: WAV To MP3compress-7zip: Compress Speed Testcompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionhimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverbullet: 3000 Fallbullet: 1000 Stackbullet: 136 Ragdollsbullet: 1000 Convexbullet: Prim Trimeshbullet: Convex Trimeshbullet: Raytestsc-ray: Total Timepovray: Total Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Sampleshmmer: Pfam Database Searchminion: Solitairenpb: FT.Bnpb: IS.Cnpb: LU.Anpb: MG.Bnpb: UA.Aopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancegraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinggraphics-magick: Resizingttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappingbuild-apache: Time To Compilebuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilepgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per SecondCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz46.0913.1122.94771219.96286.8915.5218.338.6111.2111.2120.5924.01128.4284722525.01143.973675.74156.255207.574211.8621.6373.15409662.1934.99612.55146.5474.1710.9819.221261111.23341.4512.3614.116.528.839.1217.0319.8861.6570814415.22115.056574.63184.429338.245760.7735.0386.5349123108.6024.07352.71148.1774.5315.0328.441370210.95199.7516.1919.378.5012.2812.4323.4127.4071.2993614416.75185.814647.54124.318238.344560.7535.6645.6857103118.0030.35366.38113.5313.1525.39204137.02451.6014.2116.597.7110.5910.7820.0023.4034.027889111.71187.493246.42133.899827.744361.5749.2453.4379128179.8622.79258.29148.01135.2312.1722.45239516.05286.3012.9115.227.009.779.9918.5621.6635.947307210.27166.803959.76148.2211466.984525.7955.7557.7389143210.9523.29227.7840.6623.4338.41720823.66131.9738.1838.6421.6425.5122.5341.1747.93135.76140423427.55693.782184.4762.623829.822058.9913.9849.00368045.378.50604.0381.1919.9837.2898279.68156.2725.8330.9413.0817.8916.6031.4536.8753.76131611826.92219.802682.6253.765531.201397.0318.5434.38508689.4432.58340.62OpenBenchmarking.org

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video EncodingCore i7 990XCore i7 9702x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCore i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i3 2100Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i306090120150SE +/- 3.41, N = 6SE +/- 1.84, N = 6SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 1.44, N = 3SE +/- 1.46, N = 6SE +/- 0.93, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 3135.23113.5381.1974.5374.1746.0940.66

FFmpeg

AVI To NTSC VCD

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 0.6.1AVI To NTSC VCDCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i3 2100Core i7 970Core i7 9202x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i612182430SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 310.9812.1713.1113.1515.0319.9823.43

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2WAV To MP3Core i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i3 2100Core i7 970Core i7 9202x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i918273645SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.04, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.16, N = 519.2222.4522.9425.3928.4437.2838.41

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed TestCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCore i3 2100Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i5K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 309.89, N = 3SE +/- 217.92, N = 3SE +/- 197.11, N = 6SE +/- 8.65, N = 3SE +/- 12.50, N = 3SE +/- 106.85, N = 5SE +/- 9.74, N = 323951204131370212611982777127208

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionCore i7 990XCore i7 9702x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCore i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i3 2100Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i612182430SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 36.057.029.6810.9511.2319.9623.66

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverCore i7 970Core i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 990XCore i7 9202x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i100200300400500SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.94, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.69, N = 3451.60341.45286.89286.30199.75156.27131.97

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: 3000 Fall

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 3000 FallCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 9202x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i918273645SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 312.3612.9114.2115.5216.1925.8338.18

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: 1000 Stack

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 1000 StackCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 9202x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i918273645SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 314.1115.2216.5918.3319.3730.9438.64

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: 136 Ragdolls

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 136 RagdollsCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i3 21002x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i510152025SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 36.527.007.718.508.6113.0821.64

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: 1000 Convex

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 1000 ConvexCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 9202x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i612182430SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 38.839.7710.5911.2112.2817.8925.51

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: Prim Trimesh

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: Prim TrimeshCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 9202x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i510152025SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 39.129.9910.7811.2112.4316.6022.53

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: Convex Trimesh

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: Convex TrimeshCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 9202x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i918273645SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 317.0318.5620.0020.5923.4131.4541.17

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: Raytests

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: RaytestsCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 9202x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i1122334455SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 319.8821.6623.4024.0127.4036.8747.93

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeCore i7 970Core i7 990X2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCore i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i3 2100Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i306090120150SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 334.0235.9453.7661.6571.29128.42135.76

POV-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPOV-Ray 3.6.1Total TimeCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 9202x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i3006009001200150070873078884793613161404

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesCore i7 990XCore i7 9702x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCore i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i3 2100Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i50100150200250SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 37291118144144225234

Timed HMMer Search

Pfam Database Search

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i3 21002x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i612182430SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 310.2711.7115.2216.7525.0126.9227.55

Minion

Benchmark: Solitaire

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.9Benchmark: SolitaireCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 990XCore i7 920Core i7 9702x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i150300450600750SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.78, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 1.06, N = 3SE +/- 1.49, N = 3115.05143.97166.80185.81187.49219.80693.78

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: FT.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.BCore i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 990XCore i3 2100Core i7 9702x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i14002800420056007000SE +/- 6.60, N = 3SE +/- 17.54, N = 3SE +/- 1.62, N = 3SE +/- 56.81, N = 5SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 1.57, N = 3SE +/- 225.85, N = 66574.634647.543959.763675.743246.422682.622184.47

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: IS.C

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: IS.CCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz4080120160200SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3184.42156.25148.22133.89124.3162.6253.76

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: LU.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.ACore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i5 2500KCore i7 9202x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCore i3 2100Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 23.27, N = 3SE +/- 27.47, N = 3SE +/- 31.43, N = 3SE +/- 33.06, N = 3SE +/- 4.69, N = 3SE +/- 21.33, N = 3SE +/- 31.88, N = 311466.989827.749338.248238.345531.205207.573829.82

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: MG.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BCore i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 2100Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz12002400360048006000SE +/- 1.04, N = 3SE +/- 2.51, N = 3SE +/- 4.59, N = 3SE +/- 4.11, N = 3SE +/- 1.70, N = 3SE +/- 1.48, N = 3SE +/- 1.95, N = 35760.774560.754525.794361.574211.862058.991397.03

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: UA.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.ACore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i3 21002x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i1326395265SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 355.7549.2435.6635.0321.6318.5413.98

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0aRSA 4096-bit PerformanceCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 990XCore i7 970Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i7 9202x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz20406080100SE +/- 0.30, N = 4SE +/- 0.22, N = 4SE +/- 0.02, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 4SE +/- 0.03, N = 486.5373.1557.7353.4349.0045.6834.38

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 9202x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 389795750494036

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: ResizingCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i3 21002x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3143128123103968680

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping

OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.1vPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCore i3 2100Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i50100150200250SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3210.95179.86118.00108.6089.4462.1945.37

Timed Apache Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.2.17Time To CompileCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i7 970Core i7 990XCore i5 2500KCore i7 9202x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCore i3 2100816243240SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 38.5022.7923.2924.0730.3532.5834.99

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 2.6.25Time To CompileCore i7 990XCore i7 9702x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 GhzCore i5 2500KCore i7 920Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i3 2100130260390520650SE +/- 8.95, N = 6SE +/- 6.43, N = 6SE +/- 0.74, N = 3SE +/- 2.06, N = 3SE +/- 6.16, N = 6SE +/- 6.04, N = 3SE +/- 10.33, N = 3227.78258.29340.62352.71366.38604.03612.55

PostgreSQL pgbench

TPC-B Transactions Per Second

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.1TPC-B Transactions Per SecondCore i5 2500KCore i7 970Core i3 2100306090120150SE +/- 2.90, N = 3SE +/- 0.68, N = 3SE +/- 1.17, N = 3148.17148.01146.54


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