Intel Core i3/i5/i7 Ubuntu Linux Testing Testing by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com of various Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, and Haswell CPUs under Ubuntu Linux with the Linux 3.13 kernel on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS development build. Intel Core i3 2120: Processor: Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel HD 2000 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.907, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i5 2500K: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.907, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i5 3470: Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel HD 2500 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.907, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 3770K: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.907, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i3 4130: Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12618, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Intel Core i7 4770K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12618, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 4.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87-D3HP-CF, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1CH1 + 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00N + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EADS-00L, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (882/1900MHz), Audio: Creative Labs SB X-Fi, Monitor: LG IPS236, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 3.13.6-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.6.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 334.21, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20140206 + Clang 3.4 + LLVM 3.4 + CUDA 6.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 197.34 |================================================ Intel Core i5 2500K .. 123.10 |============================== Intel Core i5 3470 ... 118.20 |============================= Intel Core i7 3770K .. 90.31 |====================== Intel Core i3 4130 ... 167.50 |========================================= Intel Core i7 4770K .. 93.89 |======================= Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 83.18 |==================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .. 30.35 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 27.54 |============================================= Intel Core i5 3470 .. 26.63 |============================================ Intel Core i7 3770K . 24.89 |========================================= Intel Core i3 4130 .. 25.17 |========================================= Intel Core i7 4770K . 20.76 |================================== LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .. 47.81 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 45.70 |================================================ Intel Core i5 3470 .. 43.72 |============================================== Intel Core i7 3770K . 39.89 |========================================== Intel Core i3 4130 .. 39.21 |========================================= Intel Core i7 4770K . 32.99 |=================================== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .. 4856.85 |====================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 4876.49 |====================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .. 4936.49 |======================================= Intel Core i7 3770K . 5294.77 |========================================== Intel Core i3 4130 .. 5289.39 |========================================== Intel Core i7 4770K . 6101.44 |================================================ Botan 1.11.6 Test: Tiger Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 334.69 |================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 335.39 |================================== Intel Core i5 3470 ... 351.43 |=================================== Intel Core i7 3770K .. 384.54 |======================================= Intel Core i3 4130 ... 386.32 |======================================= Intel Core i7 4770K .. 420.11 |========================================== Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 475.26 |================================================ Botan 1.11.6 Test: KASUMI Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 55.31 |================================= Intel Core i5 2500K .. 55.31 |================================= Intel Core i5 3470 ... 61.34 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3770K .. 67.11 |======================================== Intel Core i3 4130 ... 66.87 |======================================== Intel Core i7 4770K .. 76.89 |============================================== Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 82.78 |================================================= Botan 1.11.6 Test: AES-256 Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 278.42 |== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 3551.21 |=========================== Intel Core i5 3470 ... 3460.46 |========================== Intel Core i7 3770K .. 3786.03 |============================= Intel Core i3 4130 ... 5108.42 |====================================== Intel Core i7 4770K .. 5873.28 |============================================ Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 6239.60 |=============================================== Botan 1.11.6 Test: Twofish Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 148.43 |=============================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 148.33 |=============================== Intel Core i5 3470 ... 161.52 |================================== Intel Core i7 3770K .. 176.64 |===================================== Intel Core i3 4130 ... 181.50 |====================================== Intel Core i7 4770K .. 210.78 |============================================ Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 228.10 |================================================ Botan 1.11.6 Test: CAST-256 Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 62.54 |================================ Intel Core i5 2500K .. 62.68 |================================ Intel Core i5 3470 ... 73.37 |====================================== Intel Core i7 3770K .. 80.24 |========================================= Intel Core i3 4130 ... 76.58 |======================================== Intel Core i7 4770K .. 88.05 |============================================== Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 94.82 |================================================= Botan 1.11.6 Test: X9.19-MAC Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 62.64 |================================= Intel Core i5 2500K .. 63.70 |================================== Intel Core i5 3470 ... 66.98 |=================================== Intel Core i7 3770K .. 73.40 |======================================= Intel Core i3 4130 ... 75.10 |======================================== Intel Core i7 4770K .. 86.22 |============================================= Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 93.13 |================================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 2265 |=============== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 3223 |====================== Intel Core i5 3470 ... 3703 |========================= Intel Core i7 3770K .. 6005 |======================================== Intel Core i3 4130 ... 3026 |==================== Intel Core i7 4770K .. 6619 |============================================ Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 7465 |================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 3815000 |=============== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 7855000 |=============================== Intel Core i5 3470 ... 9102333 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3770K .. 10053000 |======================================== Intel Core i3 4130 ... 4729000 |=================== Intel Core i7 4770K .. 10336667 |========================================= Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 11697333 |============================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 31334 |================ Intel Core i5 2500K .. 52803 |=========================== Intel Core i5 3470 ... 61617 |================================ Intel Core i7 3770K .. 83391 |=========================================== Intel Core i3 4130 ... 38604 |==================== Intel Core i7 4770K .. 84129 |=========================================== Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 94964 |================================================= x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 69.85 |================ Intel Core i5 2500K .. 105.58 |======================== Intel Core i5 3470 ... 113.40 |========================== Intel Core i7 3770K .. 156.41 |=================================== Intel Core i3 4130 ... 89.83 |==================== Intel Core i7 4770K .. 183.23 |========================================== Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 211.89 |================================================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 1391.47 |==================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 1398.90 |==================================== Intel Core i5 3470 ... 1371.88 |=================================== Intel Core i7 3770K .. 1494.68 |====================================== Intel Core i3 4130 ... 1583.81 |======================================== Intel Core i7 4770K .. 1728.63 |============================================ Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 1841.14 |=============================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 57.07 |================================================= Intel Core i5 2500K .. 38.35 |================================= Intel Core i5 3470 ... 38.05 |================================= Intel Core i7 3770K .. 33.05 |============================ Intel Core i3 4130 ... 47.21 |========================================= Intel Core i7 4770K .. 27.90 |======================== Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 24.09 |===================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 201.38 |================================================ Intel Core i5 2500K .. 119.68 |============================= Intel Core i5 3470 ... 117.62 |============================ Intel Core i7 3770K .. 89.43 |===================== Intel Core i3 4130 ... 159.96 |====================================== Intel Core i7 4770K .. 74.60 |================== Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 66.50 |================ Open Porous Media 2013-11-26 OPM Benchmark: Upscale-Relperm Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .. 74.33 |================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 59.45 |=========================== Intel Core i5 3470 .. 57.55 |========================== Intel Core i7 3770K . 56.28 |========================= Intel Core i3 4130 .. 108.35 |================================================= Intel Core i7 4770K . 99.38 |============================================= Primesieve 4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 192.68 |================================================ Intel Core i5 2500K .. 108.53 |=========================== Intel Core i5 3470 ... 98.54 |========================= Intel Core i7 3770K .. 81.45 |==================== Intel Core i3 4130 ... 171.05 |=========================================== Intel Core i7 4770K .. 78.27 |=================== Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 69.29 |================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 65 |============================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 41 |============================= Intel Core i5 3470 ... 40 |============================ Intel Core i7 3770K .. 28 |==================== Intel Core i3 4130 ... 52 |===================================== Intel Core i7 4770K .. 25 |================== Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 73 |==================================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Raytests Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .. 4.17 |=================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 4.14 |=================================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .. 3.97 |================================================= Intel Core i7 3770K . 3.63 |============================================ Intel Core i3 4130 .. 3.36 |========================================= Intel Core i7 4770K . 2.90 |=================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 3000 Fall Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 6.93 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 6.18 |============================================= Intel Core i5 3470 ... 6.22 |============================================= Intel Core i7 3770K .. 5.56 |======================================== Intel Core i3 4130 ... 6.14 |============================================ Intel Core i7 4770K .. 4.51 |================================= Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 4.52 |================================= Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 1000 Stack Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 8.09 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 7.38 |============================================== Intel Core i5 3470 ... 7.36 |============================================= Intel Core i7 3770K .. 6.53 |======================================== Intel Core i3 4130 ... 6.81 |========================================== Intel Core i7 4770K .. 5.07 |=============================== Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 5.15 |================================ Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 1000 Convex Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 7.48 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 7.12 |================================================ Intel Core i5 3470 ... 7.02 |=============================================== Intel Core i7 3770K .. 6.40 |=========================================== Intel Core i3 4130 ... 5.89 |======================================= Intel Core i7 4770K .. 4.85 |================================ Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 4.74 |================================ Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 136 Ragdolls Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 4.85 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 4.40 |============================================= Intel Core i5 3470 ... 4.42 |============================================== Intel Core i7 3770K .. 4.01 |========================================= Intel Core i3 4130 ... 3.89 |======================================== Intel Core i7 4770K .. 3.03 |=============================== Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 2.99 |=============================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Prim Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 1.33 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 1.31 |================================================= Intel Core i5 3470 ... 1.32 |================================================== Intel Core i7 3770K .. 1.21 |============================================= Intel Core i3 4130 ... 1.18 |============================================ Intel Core i7 4770K .. 1.02 |====================================== Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 0.96 |==================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Convex Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 1.68 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 1.66 |================================================= Intel Core i5 3470 ... 1.66 |================================================= Intel Core i7 3770K .. 1.52 |============================================= Intel Core i3 4130 ... 1.42 |========================================== Intel Core i7 4770K .. 1.23 |===================================== Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 1.18 |=================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 7.09 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 6.98 |================================================= Intel Core i5 3470 ... 6.78 |================================================ Intel Core i7 3770K .. 6.14 |=========================================== Intel Core i3 4130 ... 5.44 |====================================== Intel Core i7 4770K .. 4.76 |================================== Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 4.17 |============================= Opus Codec Encoding 1.0.1 WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 10.99 |================================================= Intel Core i5 2500K .. 10.88 |================================================= Intel Core i5 3470 ... 10.84 |================================================ Intel Core i7 3770K .. 10.04 |============================================= Intel Core i3 4130 ... 10.47 |=============================================== Intel Core i7 4770K .. 9.12 |========================================= Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 7.79 |=================================== FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .. 18.07 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 14.46 |======================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .. 14.10 |======================================= Intel Core i7 3770K . 13.21 |===================================== Intel Core i3 4130 .. 16.02 |============================================ Intel Core i7 4770K . 11.78 |================================= Hierarchical INTegration 1.0 Test: FLOAT QUIPs > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 266357773.16 |============================ Intel Core i5 2500K .. 269240362.91 |============================= Intel Core i5 3470 ... 269804024.12 |============================= Intel Core i7 3770K .. 294841328.60 |=============================== Intel Core i3 4130 ... 320166746.44 |================================== Intel Core i7 4770K .. 367634154.08 |======================================= Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 393381734.52 |========================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 232.77 |================ Intel Core i5 2500K .. 424.20 |============================== Intel Core i5 3470 ... 453.87 |================================ Intel Core i7 3770K .. 552.70 |======================================= Intel Core i3 4130 ... 280.33 |==================== Intel Core i7 4770K .. 611.83 |=========================================== Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 684.35 |================================================ Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ... 18.54 |================================================= Intel Core i5 2500K .. 10.46 |============================ Intel Core i5 3470 ... 10.12 |=========================== Intel Core i7 3770K .. 7.90 |===================== Intel Core i3 4130 ... 16.89 |============================================= Intel Core i7 4770K .. 7.92 |===================== Core i7 4770k 4.2Ghz . 6.57 |=================