Intel Core i7 3960X Linux

First tests of the Intel Core i7 3960X Sandy Bridge Extreme Edition processor under Linux. Using an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit snapshot with the Linux 3.2 kernel. More tests are on the way on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel. Thanks to Intel Corp for sending out the Core i7 3960X, the Intel X79 motherboard, and the Intel water cooling kit for Sandy-E.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1503095-LI-1112103AR37.

Intel Core i7 3960X LinuxProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionIntel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4700HQIntel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores)Intel DX79SIIntel Sandy DMI216384MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz)Realtek ALC892DELL P2210HIntel 82579LM Gigabit ConnectionUbuntu 12.043.2.0-3-generic (x86_64)Unity 4.24.0X Server 1.10.4fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.114.1.11251GCC 4.6ext41920x1080Intel Core i7-4700HQ @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores)ASUS G750JM v1.0Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th31744MB1000GB Seagate ST1000LM014-1EJ1 + 1000GB TOSHIBA MQ01ABD1 + 1500GB HGST HTS541515A9 + 1000GB 541010A9E680Intel HD 4600 (1200MHz)Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4thHP E231Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit + Broadcom BCM4352 802.11ac WirelessArch rolling3.18.6-1-ARCH (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.14.3intel 2.99.9173.3 Mesa 10.4.6GCC 4.9.2 20150304 + Clang 3.5.1 + LLVM 3.5.1 + ICC + CUDA 6.53840x1080OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Intel Core i7 3960X: Compiz was running on this system.Compiler Details- Intel Core i7 4700HQ: --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-libunwind-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=isl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-install-libiberty --enable-languages=c,c++,ada,fortran,go,lto,objc,obj-c++ --enable-lto --enable-multilib --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-linker-hash-style=gnu Processor Details- Intel Core i7 4700HQ: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave

Intel Core i7 3960X Linuxbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesIntel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4700HQ58.7636.236796.2327.33106OpenBenchmarking.org

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileIntel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4700HQ20406080100SE +/- 0.70, N = 3SE +/- 1.66, N = 458.7696.23

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeIntel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4700HQ816243240SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 636.2327.331. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesIntel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4700HQ20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.73, N = 3671061. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp

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