Intel CPU Thermal Power Use Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com. Xeon E5-2687W v3: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160823, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Core i7-5960X: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160823, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Xeon E5-2609 v4: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 @ 1.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160823, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Core i7-6800K: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160922, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11 Build: CPU AlexNet Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 426835 |=========================== Core i7-5960X .... 424149 |=========================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. 826881 |==================================================== Core i7-6800K .... 401086 |========================= Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11 Build: CPU AlexNet Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 0.00 | Core i7-5960X .... 0.00 | Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. 0.00 | Core i7-6800K .... 0.00 | Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 29.0 AVG: 32.6 MAX: 36.0 Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 38.0 AVG: 40.2 MAX: 42.0 Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. MIN: 25.0 AVG: 26.9 MAX: 29.0 Core i7-6800K .... MIN: 27.0 AVG: 28.1 MAX: 29.0 Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 92 AVG: 117 MAX: 117 Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 89 AVG: 105 MAX: 106 Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. MIN: 88 AVG: 97 MAX: 98 Core i7-6800K .... MIN: 97 AVG: 112 MAX: 115 CPU Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 29.0 AVG: 33.4 MAX: 51.0 Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 28.0 AVG: 38.5 MAX: 50.0 Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. MIN: 23.0 AVG: 27.2 MAX: 32.0 Core i7-6800K .... MIN: 25.0 AVG: 29.5 MAX: 45.0 FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 5289.54 |================================================ Core i7-5960X .... 5285.61 |================================================ Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. 2649.56 |======================== Core i7-6800K .... 5565.28 |=================================================== FFTE 5.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 34.0 AVG: 35.0 MAX: 36.0 Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 32.0 AVG: 32.0 MAX: 32.0 Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. MIN: 28.0 AVG: 28.7 MAX: 29.0 Core i7-6800K .... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 29.0 MAX: 29.0 FFTE 5.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 92 AVG: 99 MAX: 106 Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 88 AVG: 92 MAX: 96 Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. MIN: 97 AVG: 97 MAX: 98 Core i7-6800K .... MIN: 97 AVG: 105 MAX: 113 FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i7-6800K . 52.99 |======================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 185 |====================================================== Core i7-5960X .... 180 |==================================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. 102 |============================== Core i7-6800K .... 189 |======================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute Per Watt > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 1.59 |================================================= Core i7-5960X .... 1.74 |====================================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. 1.05 |================================= Core i7-6800K .... 1.69 |==================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 30.0 AVG: 32.1 MAX: 34.0 Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 31.0 AVG: 38.6 MAX: 40.0 Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. MIN: 25.0 AVG: 25.9 MAX: 27.0 Core i7-6800K .... MIN: 27.0 AVG: 29.4 MAX: 36.0 GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 92 AVG: 116 MAX: 118 Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 88 AVG: 104 MAX: 106 Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. MIN: 88 AVG: 97 MAX: 98 Core i7-6800K .... MIN: 105 AVG: 112 MAX: 113 Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 1784.82 |============================================== Core i7-5960X .... 1772.43 |============================================= Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. 999.29 |========================== Core i7-6800K .... 1995.61 |=================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 15.80 |=============================================== Core i7-5960X .... 17.11 |=================================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. 10.24 |=============================== Core i7-6800K .... 17.69 |===================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 31.0 AVG: 32.9 MAX: 35.0 Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 31.0 AVG: 31.6 MAX: 32.0 Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. MIN: 27.0 AVG: 27.9 MAX: 29.0 Core i7-6800K .... MIN: 28.0 AVG: 29.1 MAX: 32.0 Himeno Benchmark 3.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 92 AVG: 113 MAX: 117 Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 88 AVG: 104 MAX: 105 Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. MIN: 88 AVG: 98 MAX: 98 Core i7-6800K .... MIN: 103 AVG: 113 MAX: 115 Meta Performance Per Watt Performance Per Watt Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 86829.89 |=============================== Core i7-5960X .... 86301.21 |============================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. 138894.40 |================================================= Core i7-6800K .... 59206.27 |===================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 379.50 |==================================================== Core i7-5960X .... 331.65 |============================================= Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. 98.09 |============= Core i7-6800K .... 268.63 |===================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.C Total Mop/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 1.94 |====================================================== Core i7-5960X .... 1.84 |=================================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. 0.90 |========================= Core i7-6800K .... 1.68 |=============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 32.0 AVG: 47.2 MAX: 51.0 Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 31.0 AVG: 45.5 MAX: 50.0 Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. MIN: 26.0 AVG: 31.1 MAX: 32.0 Core i7-6800K .... MIN: 28.0 AVG: 43.3 MAX: 45.0 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 162 AVG: 195 MAX: 200 Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 174 AVG: 180 MAX: 181 Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. MIN: 88 AVG: 109 MAX: 110 Core i7-6800K .... MIN: 160 AVG: 160 MAX: 161 PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 4965.15 |================================================= Core i7-5960X .... 5072.95 |================================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. 5141.27 |=================================================== Core i7-6800K .... 5081.16 |================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 37.82 |======================================== Core i7-5960X .... 41.99 |============================================ Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. 50.48 |===================================================== Core i7-6800K .... 42.57 |============================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 29.0 AVG: 35.4 MAX: 41.0 Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 33.7 MAX: 39.0 Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. MIN: 23.0 AVG: 27.0 MAX: 29.0 Core i7-6800K .... MIN: 25.0 AVG: 31.0 MAX: 37.0 PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 92 AVG: 131 MAX: 166 Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 88 AVG: 121 MAX: 151 Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. MIN: 88 AVG: 102 MAX: 112 Core i7-6800K .... MIN: 97 AVG: 119 MAX: 143 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 92 AVG: 120 MAX: 218 Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 88 AVG: 109 MAX: 182 Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. MIN: 87 AVG: 98 MAX: 113 Core i7-6800K .... MIN: 96 AVG: 114 MAX: 161 x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 338.15 |==================================================== Core i7-5960X .... 307.68 |=============================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. 144.72 |====================== Core i7-6800K .... 258.24 |======================================== x264 2015-11-02 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 29.0 AVG: 32.3 MAX: 35.0 Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 43.0 AVG: 44.0 MAX: 45.0 Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. MIN: 25.0 AVG: 27.0 MAX: 29.0 Core i7-6800K .... MIN: 38.0 AVG: 42.3 MAX: 45.0 x264 2015-11-02 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 202 AVG: 210 MAX: 218 Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 88 AVG: 89 MAX: 90 Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. MIN: 89 AVG: 105 MAX: 113 Core i7-6800K .... MIN: 96 AVG: 105 MAX: 117 x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2609 v4 . 1.38 |=============================== Core i7-6800K ... 2.47 |=======================================================