980x Intel Core i7 980X testing with a ASUS P6X58D PREMIUM and AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB on Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite. 980x: Processor: Intel Core i7 980X @ 3.33GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P6X58D PREMIUM, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VO370M, Network: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit OS: Linux, Kernel: 3.3.6-1-ck (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.11.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.96.4 Catalyst 12.4, OpenGL: 4.2.11631, Compiler: GCC 4.7.0 20120505, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 980x-video-encode: Processor: Intel Core i7 980X @ 3.33GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P6X58D PREMIUM, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VO370M, Network: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit OS: Linux, Kernel: 3.3.6-1-ck (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.11.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.96.4 Catalyst 12.4, OpenGL: 4.2.11631, Compiler: GCC 4.7.0 20120505, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 980x-compile: Processor: Intel Core i7 980X @ 3.33GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P6X58D PREMIUM, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VO370M, Network: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit OS: Linux, Kernel: 3.3.6-1-ck (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.11.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.96.4 Catalyst 12.4, OpenGL: 4.2.11631, Compiler: GCC 4.7.0 20120505, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 2600k: Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8P67, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 400GB SAMSUNG HD403LJ, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1280MB (732/1900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Arch, Kernel: 3.3.6-1-ck (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.12.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.49, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.49, Compiler: GCC 4.7.0 20120505, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 980x .. 50.09 |================================================= 2600k . 65.08 |================================================================ FFmpeg 0.10 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better 980x-video-encode . 12.06 |================================================== 980x-video-encode . 12.12 |================================================== 980x .............. 12.52 |==================================================== 2600k ............. 9.73 |======================================== x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 980x-video-encode . 161.06 |=================================================== 980x-video-encode . 161.29 |=================================================== 980x .............. 146.59 |============================================== 2600k ............. 143.23 |============================================= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 980x-compile . 25.81 |======================================================== 2600k ........ 26.16 |========================================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 980x-compile . 74.99 |==================================================== 2600k ........ 82.07 |========================================================= World of Padman 1.2 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 980x .. 59.27 |====== 2600k . 622.23 |=============================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 980x .. 155 |==================================================== 2600k . 196 |================================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 980x .. 86 |================================================================= 2600k . 89 |=================================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 980x .. 138 |===================================================== 2600k . 173 |================================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 980x .. 86 |================================================================= 2600k . 89 |=================================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better 980x .. 19044667 |========================================================= 2600k . 20466333 |============================================================= TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better 980x .. 134.58 |=============================================================== 2600k . 130.43 |============================================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better 980x .. 8.41 |================================================================= 2600k . 8.38 |================================================================= OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better 980x .. 52.80 |=================================== 2600k . 95.90 |================================================================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better 980x .. 1362.57 |================================================ 2600k . 1744.43 |============================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better 980x .. 44.77 |================================================================ 2600k . 42.71 |============================================================= Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 980x .. 21711.27 |============================================= 2600k . 29209.28 |============================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 980x .. 24.50 |================================================= 2600k . 31.95 |================================================================ Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better 980x .. 80 |========================================================== 2600k . 92 |=================================================================== Tachyon 0.98.9 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 980x . 10.79 |================================================================= Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 980x .. 85.65 |================================================================ 2600k . 71.79 |====================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better 980x .. 5.67 |================================================================= 2600k . 4.93 |========================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 980x .. 319.52 |=============================================================== 2600k . 282.71 |======================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 980x .. 143.49 |============================================ 2600k . 206.55 |=============================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 980x .. 10651.31 |================================================= 2600k . 13307.13 |============================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 980x .. 5275.80 |====================================================== 2600k . 6035.64 |============================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 980x .. 47.06 |================================================================ 2600k . 42.98 |========================================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better 980x .. 14274.56 |========================================================== 2600k . 14927.75 |============================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better 980x .. 13921.05 |=========================================================== 2600k . 14494.37 |============================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better 980x .. 14556.45 |========================================================== 2600k . 15439.17 |============================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better 980x .. 14856.23 |========================================================= 2600k . 15776.55 |=============================================================