2600k-overclock
Comparing a stock speed i7-2600K processor and an overclocked one. Hyper-212 Evo air cooling (Corsair SP120 quiet fan + stock fan in push/pull, and 4 chassis fans). Asus P8Z68-V PRO motherboard.


Stock: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB KINGSTON SH103S3, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection

	OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20140120, File-System: xfs

Auto-performance-4439MHz: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 5.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB KINGSTON SH103S3, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA Device 13c2, Audio: NVIDIA ID 71, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection

	OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-123.20.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20140120, File-System: xfs


AIO-Stress 0.21
Test: Random Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Stock .................... 2895.71 |======================================
Auto-performance-4439MHz . 3293.24 |===========================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Stock .................... 9893.83  |=========================
Auto-performance-4439MHz . 16526.34 |==========================================


GnuPG 1.4.10
1GB File Encryption
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock .................... 8.75 |==============================================
Auto-performance-4439MHz . 7.53 |========================================


Gzip Compression
2GB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock .................... 13.55 |=============================================
Auto-performance-4439MHz . 11.36 |======================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock .................... 14.10 |=============================================
Auto-performance-4439MHz . 12.19 |=======================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Stock .................... 496.33 |===================================
Auto-performance-4439MHz . 626.13 |============================================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock .................... 8.97 |==============================================
Auto-performance-4439MHz . 7.15 |=====================================


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
Stock .................... 113722 |======================================
Auto-performance-4439MHz . 133271 |============================================


PyBench 2008-08-14
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Stock .................... 2394 |==============================================
Auto-performance-4439MHz . 2069 |========================================


SQLite 3.7.3
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock .................... 31.05 |=============================================
Auto-performance-4439MHz . 30.93 |=============================================


System XZ Decompression
Phoronix Test Suite v5.4.1
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock .................... 4.50 |==============================================
Auto-performance-4439MHz . 3.85 |=======================================


Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock .................... 28.99 |=============================================
Auto-performance-4439MHz . 23.51 |====================================


Unpacking The Linux Kernel
linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock .................... 8.16 |==============================================
Auto-performance-4439MHz . 6.74 |======================================