HPCC Intel Core i7-4790K testing with a ASRock Z97 Extreme6 and ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 2048MB on LinuxMint 17.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-4790K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB Seagate ST240HM000 + 500GB Western Digital WD5002AALX-0 + 63GB SanDisk SDSSDP06 + 256GB PLEXTOR PX-G256M, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 2048MB (901/891MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung S24B20/S24B30, Network: Intel Connection OS: LinuxMint 17.1, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.4.5, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.38, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i3-4370: Processor: Intel Core i3-4370 @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X10SLV-Q v1.01, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128M55, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: LinuxMint 17.1, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.4.5, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7-4870HQ: Processor: Intel Core i7-4870HQ @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-13F1, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB KINGSTON RBU-SNS, Graphics: Intel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Crystal Well HD Audio, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: LinuxMint 17.1, Kernel: 3.16.0-31-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.4.6, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3: Processor: AMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3 @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI AM1I (MS-7865) v2.0, Chipset: AMD Family 16h Root Complex, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 64GB M4-CT064M4SSD2, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon HD 8400 / R3 1024MB, Audio: AMD Kabini HDMI/DP, Monitor: S24B20/S24B30 + S24B20/S24B30, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: LinuxMint 17.2, Kernel: 3.16.0-38-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.6.13, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.2, OpenGL: 4.3.13374, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Celeron T3500: Processor: Celeron T3500 @ 2.09GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: American Megatrends 080016, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH7, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 320GB Western Digital WD3200BEVT-2, Graphics: Intel 4 IGP, Audio: Intel NM10/ICH7, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: LinuxMint 17.2, Kernel: 3.16.0-38-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.6.13, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K ................ 5.21880 |====== Intel Core i3-4370 ................. 26.90000 |============================== Intel Core i7-4870HQ ............... 28.35000 |================================ AMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3 . 12.12000 |============== Celeron T3500 ...................... 10.92000 |============ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K ................ 3.26092 |============================ Intel Core i3-4370 ................. 3.10000 |=========================== Intel Core i7-4870HQ ............... 3.86000 |================================= AMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3 . 0.71000 |====== Celeron T3500 ...................... 0.58000 |===== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K ................ 0.63626 |=== Intel Core i3-4370 ................. 6.96000 |================================= Intel Core i7-4870HQ ............... 3.79000 |================== AMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3 . 3.41000 |================ Celeron T3500 ...................... 6.32000 |============================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K ................ 1.75864 |=============================== Intel Core i3-4370 ................. 1.01000 |================== Intel Core i7-4870HQ ............... 1.86000 |================================= AMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3 . 0.10000 |== Celeron T3500 ...................... 0.40000 |======= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad GB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K ................ 2.12441 |=============== Intel Core i3-4370 ................. 4.71000 |================================= Intel Core i7-4870HQ ............... 2.40000 |================= AMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3 . 1.19000 |======== Celeron T3500 ...................... 1.92000 |============= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Random Access GUP/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K ................ 0.01086 |================================= Intel Core i3-4370 ................. 0.01000 |============================== Intel Core i7-4870HQ ............... 0.01000 |============================== AMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3 . 0.01000 |============================== Celeron T3500 ...................... 0.01000 |============================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Latency usecs < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K ................ 0.66069 |====================== Intel Core i3-4370 ................. 0.65000 |====================== Intel Core i7-4870HQ ............... 0.92000 |=============================== AMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3 . 0.98000 |================================= Celeron T3500 ...................... 0.90000 |============================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth GB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K ................ 0.90929 |=============== Intel Core i3-4370 ................. 1.91000 |================================ Intel Core i7-4870HQ ............... 1.98000 |================================= AMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3 . 0.51000 |========= Celeron T3500 ...................... 0.61000 |========== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K ................ 12918.91 |================================ Intel Core i3-4370 ................. 8590.69 |===================== Intel Core i7-4870HQ ............... 8405.22 |===================== AMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3 . 2445.49 |====== Celeron T3500 ...................... 1378.86 |===