Intel Core i7 5960X CPU Core Linux Scaling Intel Core i7 5960X Haswell-E CPU core scaling benchmarks on Ubuntu Linux. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. 16 Threads: 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: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-2828680 2014-09-12 utopic-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 8 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-2828680 2014-09-12 utopic-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 7 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (7 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-2828680 2014-09-12 utopic-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 6 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-2828680 2014-09-12 utopic-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 5 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (5 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-2828680 2014-09-12 utopic-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 4 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-2828680 2014-09-12 utopic-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 3 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-2828680 2014-09-12 utopic-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 2 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-2828680 2014-09-12 utopic-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 1 Thread: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-2828680 2014-09-12 utopic-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Core i7 990X @ 4Ghz: Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 2.53GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X58A-OC, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080 + 1500GB Western Digital WD15EADS-00P + 1500GB Western Digital WD15EARS-00Z + 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1CH1 + 500GB SAMSUNG HD501LJ + 256GB Samsung SSD 840 + 256GB C300-CTFDDAC256M, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2048MB (705/3104MHz) OS: Gentoo 2.2, Kernel: 3.16.3-aufs (x86_64), Desktop: Openbox 3.5.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 343.22, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3 + LLVM 3.5.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 16 Threads . 498.48 |========================================================== 8 Threads .. 301.89 |=================================== 7 Threads .. 287.05 |================================= 6 Threads .. 244.74 |============================ 5 Threads .. 205.11 |======================== 4 Threads .. 164.70 |=================== 3 Threads .. 123.22 |============== 2 Threads .. 87.34 |========== 1 Thread ... 43.83 |===== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better 16 Threads .......... 11577 |================================================== 8 Threads ........... 7411 |================================ 7 Threads ........... 6492 |============================ 6 Threads ........... 5568 |======================== 5 Threads ........... 4643 |==================== 4 Threads ........... 3716 |================ 3 Threads ........... 2790 |============ 2 Threads ........... 1975 |========= 1 Thread ............ 990 |==== Core i7 990X @ 4Ghz . 8115 |=================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better 16 Threads .......... 17760000 |=============================================== 8 Threads ........... 17600000 |=============================================== 7 Threads ........... 15455000 |========================================= 6 Threads ........... 13247667 |=================================== 5 Threads ........... 11053667 |============================= 4 Threads ........... 8848000 |======================= 3 Threads ........... 6643000 |================== 2 Threads ........... 4652333 |============ 1 Thread ............ 2335667 |====== Core i7 990X @ 4Ghz . 12173333 |================================ TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2z Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better 16 Threads .......... 266.07 |================================================= 8 Threads ........... 212.23 |======================================= 7 Threads ........... 195.62 |==================================== 6 Threads ........... 171.06 |================================ 5 Threads ........... 146.70 |=========================== 4 Threads ........... 120.62 |====================== 3 Threads ........... 92.92 |================= 2 Threads ........... 48.90 |========= 1 Thread ............ 35.46 |======= Core i7 990X @ 4Ghz . 186.22 |================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 16 Threads .......... 28.16 |===================================== 8 Threads ........... 31.90 |========================================== 7 Threads ........... 37.89 |================================================== 6 Threads ........... 36.91 |================================================= 5 Threads ........... 34.68 |============================================== 4 Threads ........... 31.02 |========================================= 3 Threads ........... 26.36 |=================================== 2 Threads ........... 21.29 |============================ 1 Thread ............ 11.84 |================ Core i7 990X @ 4Ghz . 25.91 |================================== x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 16 Threads .......... 243.77 |================================================= 8 Threads ........... 215.70 |=========================================== 7 Threads ........... 196.41 |======================================= 6 Threads ........... 169.40 |================================== 5 Threads ........... 144.93 |============================= 4 Threads ........... 122.34 |========================= 3 Threads ........... 101.78 |==================== 2 Threads ........... 78.43 |================ 1 Thread ............ 45.67 |========= Core i7 990X @ 4Ghz . 191.98 |======================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 16 Threads .......... 116 |============================================ 8 Threads ........... 121 |============================================== 7 Threads ........... 119 |============================================= 6 Threads ........... 113 |=========================================== 5 Threads ........... 107 |========================================= 4 Threads ........... 104 |======================================= 3 Threads ........... 90 |================================== 2 Threads ........... 82 |=============================== 1 Thread ............ 102 |======================================= Core i7 990X @ 4Ghz . 137 |==================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 16 Threads .......... 116 |==================================================== 8 Threads ........... 116 |==================================================== 7 Threads ........... 112 |================================================== 6 Threads ........... 108 |================================================ 5 Threads ........... 102 |============================================== 4 Threads ........... 94 |========================================== 3 Threads ........... 83 |===================================== 2 Threads ........... 67 |============================== 1 Thread ............ 50 |====================== Core i7 990X @ 4Ghz . 108 |================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 16 Threads .......... 153 |================================================ 8 Threads ........... 158 |================================================== 7 Threads ........... 154 |================================================= 6 Threads ........... 150 |=============================================== 5 Threads ........... 146 |============================================== 4 Threads ........... 141 |============================================ 3 Threads ........... 134 |========================================== 2 Threads ........... 120 |====================================== 1 Thread ............ 117 |===================================== Core i7 990X @ 4Ghz . 165 |==================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 16 Threads .......... 153 |============================================ 8 Threads ........... 150 |=========================================== 7 Threads ........... 146 |========================================== 6 Threads ........... 143 |========================================= 5 Threads ........... 138 |======================================= 4 Threads ........... 133 |====================================== 3 Threads ........... 126 |==================================== 2 Threads ........... 116 |================================= 1 Thread ............ 140 |======================================== Core i7 990X @ 4Ghz . 182 |==================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 16 Threads .......... 79 |=============================================== 8 Threads ........... 77 |============================================= 7 Threads ........... 78 |============================================== 6 Threads ........... 77 |============================================= 5 Threads ........... 77 |============================================= 4 Threads ........... 77 |============================================= 3 Threads ........... 77 |============================================= 2 Threads ........... 77 |============================================= 1 Thread ............ 90 |===================================================== Core i7 990X @ 4Ghz . 88 |==================================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 16 Threads .......... 34.10 |=================== 8 Threads ........... 33.67 |================== 7 Threads ........... 34.42 |=================== 6 Threads ........... 34.55 |=================== 5 Threads ........... 36.63 |==================== 4 Threads ........... 39.02 |===================== 3 Threads ........... 44.20 |======================== 2 Threads ........... 53.62 |============================= 1 Thread ............ 91.21 |================================================== Core i7 990X @ 4Ghz . 25.75 |============== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 16 Threads . 50.71 |======== 8 Threads .. 58.38 |========= 7 Threads .. 65.41 |========== 6 Threads .. 74.34 |============ 5 Threads .. 86.88 |============== 4 Threads .. 105.76 |================= 3 Threads .. 137.28 |====================== 2 Threads .. 189.84 |============================== 1 Thread ... 367.57 |========================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 16 Threads .......... 9.75 |====== 8 Threads ........... 10.56 |======= 7 Threads ........... 12.02 |======== 6 Threads ........... 13.99 |========= 5 Threads ........... 16.74 |=========== 4 Threads ........... 20.88 |============= 3 Threads ........... 27.79 |================== 2 Threads ........... 39.23 |========================= 1 Thread ............ 78.06 |================================================== Core i7 990X @ 4Ghz . 16.42 |=========== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better 16 Threads .......... 14 |===== 8 Threads ........... 19 |======= 7 Threads ........... 22 |======== 6 Threads ........... 25 |========= 5 Threads ........... 30 |=========== 4 Threads ........... 38 |============== 3 Threads ........... 50 |================== 2 Threads ........... 72 |=========================== 1 Thread ............ 141 |==================================================== Core i7 990X @ 4Ghz . 69 |=========================