Intel Core i7 3960X Linux First tests of the Intel Core i7 3960X Sandy Bridge Extreme Edition processor under Linux. Using an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit snapshot with the Linux 3.2 kernel. More tests are on the way on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel. Thanks to Intel Corp for sending out the Core i7 3960X, the Intel X79 motherboard, and the Intel water cooling kit for Sandy-E.
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Intel Core i7 3960X Linux Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Intel Core i7 3960X AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.60GHz Intel Core i7 970 Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores) Intel DX79SI Intel Sandy DMI2 16384MB 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz) Realtek ALC892 DELL P2210H Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64) Unity 4.24.0 X Server 1.10.4 fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11 4.1.11251 GCC 4.6 ext4 1920x1080 AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores) Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800 6144MB 500GB Seagate ST3500320AS AMD Radeon HD 4250 SyncMaster Realtek RTL8111/8168B Fedora 14 2.6.35.14-103.fc14.i686.PAE (i686) KDE 4.6.5 X Server 1.9.5 radeon 6.13.99 2.1 Mesa 7.9 GCC 4.6.0 ext2/ext3 1280x1024 Intel Core i7 970 @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores) ASUS Rampage III Extreme Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R 24064MB 500GB Seagate ST3500630AS + 500GB Seagate ST3500641AS + 2 x 2000GB Western Digital WDC WD2002FAEX-0 AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB Realtek ALC889 ASUS VG236 Ubuntu 11.10 3.0.0-14-generic (x86_64) Unity 4.24.0 X Server 1.10.4 fglrx 8.88.7 GCC 4.6.1 ext4 1920x1080 OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - Intel Core i7 3960X: Compiz was running on this system. - AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.60GHz: Firefox was running on this system. AMD CnQ was enabled. - Intel Core i7 970: Compiz and Firefox were running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Intel Core i7 3960X Linux build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile c-ray: Total Time smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Intel Core i7 3960X AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.60GHz Intel Core i7 970 58.76 36.23 67 118.48 170.32 240 74.09 37.68 80 OpenBenchmarking.org
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Intel Core i7 3960X AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.60GHz Intel Core i7 970 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.70, N = 3 SE +/- 0.98, N = 3 SE +/- 0.66, N = 3 58.76 118.48 74.09
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Intel Core i7 3960X AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.60GHz Intel Core i7 970 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.69, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 36.23 170.32 37.68
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Intel Core i7 3960X AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.60GHz Intel Core i7 970 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 67 240 80
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