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

Supermicro 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

Supermicro X10SRL-F OCZ: 

	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 |===========================================
Supermicro X10SRL-F iSCSI . 24.55  |========
Supermicro X10SRL-F OCZ ... 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 |============
Supermicro X10SRL-F iSCSI . 207.97 |===================
Supermicro X10SRL-F OCZ ... 366.54 |==================================


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 |==============
Supermicro X10SRL-F iSCSI . 4190 |====================================
Supermicro X10SRL-F OCZ ... 4286 |=====================================


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 |===========================================
Supermicro X10SRL-F iSCSI . 25.12 |========================
Supermicro X10SRL-F OCZ ... 24.99 |========================


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 |===========================================
Supermicro X10SRL-F iSCSI . 77.62  |================================
Supermicro X10SRL-F OCZ ... 77.87  |================================


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  |===========
Supermicro X10SRL-F iSCSI . 1987.63 |==========================================
Supermicro X10SRL-F OCZ ... 1992.47 |==========================================


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 |============================================
Supermicro X10SRL-F iSCSI . 16.34 |==========================
Supermicro X10SRL-F OCZ ... 16.29 |==========================


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 |==============================================
Supermicro X10SRL-F iSCSI . 63  |=======================
Supermicro X10SRL-F OCZ ... 62  |=======================