Core i7 5960X Haswell-E Ubuntu Linux Intel Core i7-5960X testing with a Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF and Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7 5960X: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-6cd0dbc 2014-08-29 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 + Clang 3.5.0-+rc4-1~gd~t, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Intel Core i7 4930K @4.2Ghz: Processor: Intel Core i7-4930K @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X79-UD3, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 5 x 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARX-00P + 512GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EZRX-00D + 256GB M4-CT256M4SSD2, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT, Audio: Realtek ALC898, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-35-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, OpenGL: 1.3 Mesa 4.0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Intel Core i7-4930K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4930K @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X79-UD3, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 512GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Western Digital WD2003FZEX-0, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC898, Monitor: BenQ FP94VW, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection + Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-35-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 1440x900 CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X ......... 5.61 |======================================= Intel Core i7 4930K @4.2Ghz . 6.12 |=========================================== Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 3.06 |====================== Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 2.91 |==================== BLAKE2 20130131 Phoronix Test Suite v5.4.0m0 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X ......... 5.06 |===================================== Intel Core i7 4930K @4.2Ghz . 5.90 |=========================================== Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 5.90 |=========================================== Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Microseconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X ......... 1917 |========================================== Intel Core i7 4930K @4.2Ghz . 1980 |=========================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X ......... 11750 |========================================== Intel Core i7 4930K @4.2Ghz . 10246 |===================================== Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 6136 |====================== Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 7008 |========================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X ......... 18205333 |======================================= Intel Core i7 4930K @4.2Ghz . 17196333 |===================================== Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 9489167 |==================== Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 10883333 |======================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X ......... 148402 |========================================= Intel Core i7 4930K @4.2Ghz . 142774 |======================================= Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 90666 |========================= Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 96333 |=========================== x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X ......... 310.08 |========================================= Intel Core i7 4930K @4.2Ghz . 258.21 |================================== Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 199.34 |========================== Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 198.42 |========================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X ......... 38204 |========================================== Intel Core i7 4930K @4.2Ghz . 33890 |===================================== Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 26591 |============================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X ......... 23.58 |========================================= Intel Core i7 4930K @4.2Ghz . 23.95 |========================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X ......... 43.23 |========================== Intel Core i7 4930K @4.2Ghz . 53.72 |================================= Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 69.20 |========================================== Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 67.04 |========================================= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X ......... 17.24 |====================================== Intel Core i7 4930K @4.2Ghz . 19.27 |========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X ......... 9.60 |==================== Intel Core i7 4930K @4.2Ghz . 16.26 |================================== Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 19.83 |========================================== Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 19.58 |========================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X ......... 3.77 |============================ Intel Core i7 4930K @4.2Ghz . 4.51 |================================== Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 5.72 |=========================================== Primesieve 5.0 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X ......... 46.83 |================================ Intel Core i7 4930K @4.2Ghz . 50.53 |=================================== Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 61.13 |========================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X ......... 13 |========== Intel Core i7 4930K @4.2Ghz . 51 |====================================== Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 61 |============================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X ......... 5.22 |======================================= Intel Core i7 4930K @4.2Ghz . 4.52 |================================== Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 5.77 |=========================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X ......... 14.09 |======================================= Intel Core i7 4930K @4.2Ghz . 12.07 |================================= Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 15.32 |========================================== Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 15.24 |========================================== FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X ......... 11.58 |========================== Intel Core i7 4930K @4.2Ghz . 15.89 |==================================== Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 17.96 |========================================= Intel Core i7-4930K ......... 18.42 |==========================================