Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Intel Haswell Xeon Server Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 testing with a ASUS X99-A and AMD FirePro V8800 2048MB on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 @ 3.80GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS X99-A, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ ARC100, Graphics: AMD FirePro V8800 2048MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-30-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 . 13528 |================================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 . 21010000 |============================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 . 171188 |=============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 . 162 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 . 128 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 . 202 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 . 227 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 . 99 |=================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 . 51.35 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 . 11.25 |================================================ Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 . 20803.00 |=============================================