Core i5 6500 Ubuntu 15.10 Linux Running pts/rodinia-1.2.2, pts/x264-1.9.0, pts/build-linux-kernel-1.5.3, pts/c-ray-1.1.0, pts/smallpt-1.0.2, pts/encode-flac-1.5.0, pts/encode-mp3-1.4.0, pts/pgbench-1.5.2, pts/apache-1.6.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Core i5 6500 Linux: Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x800 Core i7-4700MQ: Processor: Intel Core i7-4700MQ @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-1758, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CT12 + 1000GB HGST HTS721010A9, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M 2048MB (980/900MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-33-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.6, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.96, OpenGL: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 346.96, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6500 Linux . 254.07 |============================================= Core i7-4700MQ ..... 284.68 |================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6500 Linux . 76.78 |===================================== Core i7-4700MQ ..... 103.81 |================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6500 Linux . 40.74 |=================================================== Core i7-4700MQ ..... 35.29 |============================================ x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 6500 Linux . 142.39 |============================================ Core i7-4700MQ ..... 162.53 |================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6500 Linux . 128.60 |============================================= Core i7-4700MQ ..... 141.54 |================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6500 Linux . 23.48 |========================================== Core i7-4700MQ ..... 28.51 |=================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6500 Linux . 113 |===================================================== Core i7-4700MQ ..... 108 |=================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6500 Linux . 5.69 |============================================ Core i7-4700MQ ..... 6.69 |==================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6500 Linux . 12.16 |============================================ Core i7-4700MQ ..... 14.01 |=================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 6500 Linux . 8058.54 |================================================= Core i7-4700MQ ..... 6992.02 |=========================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 6500 Linux . 35033.94 |================================================