Intel Haswell Linux Motherboards
Intel Haswell Linux motherboard comparison for a future article on Phoronix.com.


ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.911, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-f50361c trusty-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Gigabyte Z97-HD3: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.911, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-f50361c trusty-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

X10SRL-F: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 14GB

	OS: Debian GNU/Linux 8, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.4.1-xs104305 Hypervisor

Supermicro H8SGL-F: 

	Processor: AMD Opteron 6348 @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 14GB

	OS: Debian GNU/Linux 8, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.4.1-xs100654 Hypervisor

X10SRL-F iSCSI: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 14GB

	OS: Debian GNU/Linux 8, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.4.1-xs104305 Hypervisor


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.9
Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern
Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better
ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME . 40.47  |==============
Gigabyte Z97-HD3 ...... 21.42  |========
X10SRL-F .............. 36.55  |=============
Supermicro H8SGL-F .... 133.85 |===============================================
X10SRL-F iSCSI ........ 24.55  |=========


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME . 72.31  |=======
Gigabyte Z97-HD3 ...... 82.74  |========
X10SRL-F .............. 459.14 |===============================================
Supermicro H8SGL-F .... 130.41 |=============
X10SRL-F iSCSI ........ 207.97 |=====================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME . 5208 |=================================================
Gigabyte Z97-HD3 ...... 5245 |=================================================
X10SRL-F .............. 4237 |========================================
Supermicro H8SGL-F .... 1655 |===============
X10SRL-F iSCSI ........ 4190 |=======================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME . 44.48 |================================================
Gigabyte Z97-HD3 ...... 44.56 |================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP Stencil
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME . 45.34 |================================================
Gigabyte Z97-HD3 ...... 44.21 |===============================================
X10SRL-F .............. 24.93 |==========================
Supermicro H8SGL-F .... 43.84 |==============================================
X10SRL-F iSCSI ........ 25.12 |===========================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME . 96.41  |============================================
Gigabyte Z97-HD3 ...... 93.13  |==========================================
X10SRL-F .............. 78.37  |====================================
Supermicro H8SGL-F .... 103.43 |===============================================
X10SRL-F iSCSI ........ 77.62  |===================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME . 1680.79 |=======================================
Gigabyte Z97-HD3 ...... 1717.06 |========================================
X10SRL-F .............. 1991.82 |==============================================
Supermicro H8SGL-F .... 544.76  |=============
X10SRL-F iSCSI ........ 1987.63 |==============================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME . 74.85  |==============================
Gigabyte Z97-HD3 ...... 71.84  |=============================
X10SRL-F .............. 68.61  |===========================
Supermicro H8SGL-F .... 117.48 |===============================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME . 22.87 |=======================================
Gigabyte Z97-HD3 ...... 21.75 |=====================================
X10SRL-F .............. 16.25 |============================
Supermicro H8SGL-F .... 27.88 |================================================
X10SRL-F iSCSI ........ 16.34 |============================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME . 82  |=================================
Gigabyte Z97-HD3 ...... 81  |================================
X10SRL-F .............. 63  |=========================
Supermicro H8SGL-F .... 125 |==================================================
X10SRL-F iSCSI ........ 63  |=========================