Intel Pentium G3258 On Linux Review Intel Pentium G3258 Linux hardware review by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Pentium G3258: Processor: Intel Pentium G3258 @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel HD (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz: Processor: Intel Pentium G3258 @ 4.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel HD (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz: Processor: Intel Pentium G3258 @ 4.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel HD (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i3 4130: Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel Device 041e (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i5 4670: Processor: Intel Core i5-4670 @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 4770K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 4790K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 4790k @ Arch: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB PLEXTOR PX-128M5 + 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (540/3505MHz), Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Monitor: BenQ GW2450H, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 3.16.1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 340.32, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 17.78 |=== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 17.80 |=== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 17.79 |=== Core i3 4130 ........... 26.03 |==== Core i5 4670 ........... 29.67 |==== Core i7 4770K .......... 30.75 |==== Core i7 4790K .......... 45.78 |====== Core i7 4790k @ Arch ... 324.71 |============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 29.57 |=== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 29.57 |=== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 29.50 |=== Core i3 4130 ........... 32.10 |=== Core i5 4670 ........... 34.33 |==== Core i7 4770K .......... 35.77 |==== Core i7 4790K .......... 38.63 |==== Core i7 4790k @ Arch ... 445.77 |============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 33.8 MAX: 68.0 Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 33.8 MAX: 75.0 Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 33.9 MAX: 74.0 Core i3 4130 ........... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 31.1 MAX: 65.0 Core i5 4670 ........... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 29.1 MAX: 65.0 Core i7 4770K .......... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 27.9 MAX: 61.0 Core i7 4790K .......... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 25.9 MAX: 60.0 Core i7 4790k @ Arch ... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.2 MAX: 11.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 44.86 |================ Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 44.99 |================ Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 45.21 |================ Core i3 4130 ........... 55.55 |==================== Core i5 4670 ........... 73.94 |=========================== Core i7 4770K .......... 75.77 |=========================== Core i7 4790K .......... 45.01 |================ Core i7 4790k @ Arch ... 128.05 |============================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 80.42 |================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 80.46 |================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 80.64 |================== Core i3 4130 ........... 100.59 |====================== Core i5 4670 ........... 108.11 |======================== Core i7 4770K .......... 113.06 |========================= Core i7 4790K .......... 206.59 |============================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 35.33 |================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 35.26 |================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 35.35 |================== Core i3 4130 ........... 43.68 |======================= Core i5 4670 ........... 51.39 |=========================== Core i7 4770K .......... 53.08 |============================ Core i7 4790K .......... 89.85 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 24.75 |================= Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 24.75 |================= Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 24.75 |================= Core i3 4130 ........... 31.39 |====================== Core i5 4670 ........... 39.82 |=========================== Core i7 4770K .......... 41.08 |============================ Core i7 4790K .......... 68.29 |=============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 23.21 |=================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 28.37 |======================= Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 31.15 |========================= Core i3 4130 ........... 24.61 |==================== Core i5 4670 ........... 52.07 |========================================== Core i7 4770K .......... 51.05 |========================================== Core i7 4790K .......... 57.67 |=============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 2.48132 |============================= Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 2.56372 |============================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 2.68385 |=============================== Core i3 4130 ........... 2.79477 |================================= Core i5 4670 ........... 3.55086 |========================================= Core i7 4770K .......... 3.78402 |============================================ Core i7 4790K .......... 3.86512 |============================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 12.19087 |================================ Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 15.07987 |======================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 16.59220 |============================================ Core i3 4130 ........... 6.28722 |================= Core i5 4670 ........... 13.46583 |==================================== Core i7 4770K .......... 6.82492 |================== Core i7 4790K .......... 7.77818 |===================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 1.81040 |=================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 1.96086 |====================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 2.03143 |======================================== Core i3 4130 ........... 0.76989 |=============== Core i5 4670 ........... 0.81710 |================ Core i7 4770K .......... 2.25567 |============================================ Core i7 4790K .......... 2.29767 |============================================= LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 41.88 |=============================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 34.37 |======================================= Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 31.75 |==================================== Core i3 4130 ........... 39.51 |============================================ Core i5 4670 ........... 34.17 |====================================== Core i7 4770K .......... 33.26 |===================================== Core i7 4790K .......... 29.75 |================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 1831 |============ Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 2288 |=============== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 2515 |================ Core i3 4130 ........... 3060 |=================== Core i5 4670 ........... 4117 |========================== Core i7 4770K .......... 6658 |========================================== Core i7 4790K .......... 7551 |================================================ Core i7 4790k @ Arch ... 7567 |================================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 4343000 |================ Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 5403333 |==================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 5908000 |====================== Core i3 4130 ........... 4725000 |================= Core i5 4670 ........... 9815667 |==================================== Core i7 4770K .......... 10341000 |====================================== Core i7 4790K .......... 11721667 |=========================================== Core i7 4790k @ Arch ... 12075667 |============================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 31148 |=============== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 38910 |=================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 42785 |==================== Core i3 4130 ........... 38698 |================== Core i5 4670 ........... 69901 |================================= Core i7 4770K .......... 84209 |======================================== Core i7 4790K .......... 95655 |============================================== Core i7 4790k @ Arch ... 98445 |=============================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2z Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 57.71 |============== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 65.60 |================ Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 75.41 |================== Core i3 4130 ........... 76.70 |================== Core i5 4670 ........... 129.06 |=============================== Core i7 4770K .......... 168.08 |======================================== Core i7 4790K .......... 193.37 |============================================== Core i7 4790k @ Arch ... 128.94 |=============================== x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 68.36 |============== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 83.67 |================= Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 90.62 |=================== Core i3 4130 ........... 90.12 |=================== Core i5 4670 ........... 143.62 |============================== Core i7 4770K .......... 187.81 |======================================= Core i7 4790K .......... 212.58 |============================================ Core i7 4790k @ Arch ... 223.80 |============================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 1487.27 |============================= Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 1809.27 |=================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 1968.91 |====================================== Core i3 4130 ........... 1627.68 |================================ Core i5 4670 ........... 1820.27 |=================================== Core i7 4770K .......... 1872.94 |==================================== Core i7 4790K .......... 2093.43 |========================================= Core i7 4790k @ Arch ... 2312.60 |============================================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 58.93 |=============================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 48.62 |======================================= Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 45.37 |==================================== Core i3 4130 ........... 50.09 |======================================== Core i5 4670 ........... 31.92 |========================= Core i7 4770K .......... 28.85 |======================= Core i7 4790K .......... 25.92 |===================== Core i7 4790k @ Arch ... 21.50 |================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 199.98 |============================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 164.97 |====================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 154.68 |==================================== Core i3 4130 ........... 158.92 |===================================== Core i5 4670 ........... 90.20 |===================== Core i7 4770K .......... 73.27 |================= Core i7 4790K .......... 65.41 |=============== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 55.20 |=============================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 44.23 |====================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 40.24 |================================== Core i3 4130 ........... 36.84 |=============================== Core i5 4670 ........... 19.01 |================ Core i7 4770K .......... 16.93 |============== Core i7 4790K .......... 14.90 |============= Core i7 4790k @ Arch ... 19.21 |================ Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 17.56 |=============================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 14.69 |======================================= Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 13.59 |==================================== Core i3 4130 ........... 15.22 |========================================= Core i5 4670 ........... 8.01 |===================== Core i7 4770K .......... 8.01 |===================== Core i7 4790K .......... 6.62 |================== Core i7 4790k @ Arch ... 6.17 |================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 77 |================================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 62 |======================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 57 |===================================== Core i3 4130 ........... 52 |================================== Core i5 4670 ........... 34 |====================== Core i7 4770K .......... 24 |================ Core i7 4790K .......... 21 |============== Core i7 4790k @ Arch ... 64 |========================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 15.82 |=============================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 12.79 |====================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 11.54 |================================== Core i3 4130 ........... 14.37 |=========================================== Core i5 4670 ........... 13.30 |======================================== Core i7 4770K .......... 12.86 |====================================== Core i7 4790K .......... 11.53 |================================== FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 19.04 |=============================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 16.16 |======================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 14.62 |==================================== Core i3 4130 ........... 16.05 |======================================== Core i5 4670 ........... 12.59 |=============================== Core i7 4770K .......... 11.77 |============================= Core i7 4790K .......... 10.74 |=========================== Core i7 4790k @ Arch ... 10.02 |========================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 242.57 |=============== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 302.10 |=================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 331.27 |===================== Core i3 4130 ........... 283.73 |================== Core i5 4670 ........... 547.67 |================================== Core i7 4770K .......... 619.17 |======================================= Core i7 4790K .......... 703.87 |============================================ Core i7 4790k @ Arch ... 733.17 |============================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 3306.52 |=== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 3614.05 |=== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 3626.34 |=== Core i3 4130 ........... 4764.80 |==== Core i5 4670 ........... 3834.53 |=== Core i7 4770K .......... 5622.03 |===== Core i7 4790K .......... 5578.02 |===== Core i7 4790k @ Arch ... 50461.26 |============================================