buyers Intel Core i5-2500K testing with a MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) v4.0 and MSI AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. firstuniverse: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) v4.0, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Samsung SSD 840 + 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103SJ + 165GB Western Digital WD1600YD-01N, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: PX2710MW + L70N, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-040800rc3-generic (x86_64) 20160821, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 DailyTracker10-11-16: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) v4.0, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Samsung SSD 840 + 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103SJ + 165GB Western Digital WD1600YD-01N, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: PX2710MW + L70N, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-040800rc3-generic (x86_64) 20160821, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 universe-10-12-16: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) v4.0, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Samsung SSD 840 + 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103SJ + 165GB Western Digital WD1600YD-01N, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: PX2710MW + L70N, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-040800rc3-generic (x86_64) 20160821, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better firstuniverse ..... 894.79 |================================================ universe-10-12-16 . 956.49 |=================================================== SQLite 3.8.10.2 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better firstuniverse ........ 498.90 |================================================ DailyTracker10-11-16 . 454.37 |============================================ universe-10-12-16 .... 462.61 |============================================= FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better firstuniverse ........ 18.33 |================================================ DailyTracker10-11-16 . 18.87 |================================================= universe-10-12-16 .... 18.73 |================================================= Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better firstuniverse ..... 39.28 |==================================================== universe-10-12-16 . 38.63 |=================================================== Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better firstuniverse ..... 74.79 |==================================================== universe-10-12-16 . 72.71 |=================================================== Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better firstuniverse ..... 95.09 |==================================================== universe-10-12-16 . 91.89 |================================================== Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better firstuniverse ..... 12.45 |=================================================== universe-10-12-16 . 12.69 |==================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better firstuniverse ..... 57.07 |==================================================== universe-10-12-16 . 55.58 |=================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better firstuniverse ..... 56.05 |==================================================== universe-10-12-16 . 50.92 |=============================================== IOzone 3.405 Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better firstuniverse ..... 8081.88 |================================================== universe-10-12-16 . 8048.65 |================================================== IOzone 3.405 Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better firstuniverse ..... 55.04 |==================================================== universe-10-12-16 . 42.78 |======================================== AIO-Stress 0.21 Phoronix Test Suite v6.6.1 MB/s > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 485.41 |================================================ Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 6 MB/s > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 27.70 |================================================= Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 12 MB/s > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 39.97 |================================================= Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 48 MB/s > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 73.17 |================================================= IOzone 3.405 Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 6787.64 |=============================================== IOzone 3.405 Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 53.56 |================================================= Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 7.85 |================================================== universe-10-12-16 .... 7.84 |================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 6357 |================================================== universe-10-12-16 .... 6259 |================================================= QGears2 OpenGL + Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 701.40 |=============================================== universe-10-12-16 .... 709.52 |================================================ QGears2 XRender + Text Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 64.09 |================================================= universe-10-12-16 .... 64.11 |================================================= QGears2 XRender + Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 307.66 |================================================ universe-10-12-16 .... 309.92 |================================================ x11perf 1.5 Test: Scrolling 500 x 500 px Operations / Second > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 29067 |================================================= x11perf 1.5 Test: Char in 80-char aa line Operations / Second > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 5393333 |=============================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: Fill 300 x 300px AA Trapezoid Operations / Second > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 2420 |================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px Copy From Window To Window Operations / Second > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 29967 |================================================= x11perf 1.5 Test: Copy 500x500 From Pixmap To Pixmap Operations / Second > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 31000 |================================================= x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px Compositing From Pixmap To Window Operations / Second > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 92400 |================================================= JXRenderMark 1.0.1 12pt Text LCD - Size: 128x128 Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 109614.71 |============================================= JXRenderMark 1.0.1 Linear Gradient Blend - Size: 128x128 Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 23287.78 |============================================== JXRenderMark 1.0.1 Transformed Blit Bilinear - Size: 128x128 Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 36559.51 |============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 248.93 |================================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 1024 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.0 MAX: 26.0 OpenArena 0.8.8 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 239.00 |=============================================== universe-10-12-16 .... 244.40 |================================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 4.1 MAX: 29.0 universe-10-12-16 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.0 MAX: 29.0 Tremulous 1.1.0 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 272.13 |================================================ Tremulous 1.1.0 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 282.97 |================================================ universe-10-12-16 .... 282.23 |================================================ Urban Terror 4.2.013 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 132.57 |================================================ Urban Terror 4.2.013 1280 x 1024 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 7.5 MAX: 21.0 GtkPerf 0.40 GtkComboBox Seconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 10.24 |================================================= universe-10-12-16 .... 10.28 |================================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GtkRadioButton Seconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 5.25 |================================================== universe-10-12-16 .... 5.25 |================================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs Seconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 4.26 |================================================= universe-10-12-16 .... 4.35 |================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 5.75 |================================================== universe-10-12-16 .... 5.80 |================================================== Java SciMark 2.0 FFT Performance Mflops > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 1280.29 |=============================================== universe-10-12-16 .... 1249.08 |============================================== Java SciMark 2.0 SOR Performance Mflops > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 1824.12 |=============================================== universe-10-12-16 .... 1824.55 |=============================================== Java SciMark 2.0 Monte Carlo Performance Mflops > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 986.90 |================================================ universe-10-12-16 .... 987.01 |================================================ Bork File Encrypter 1.4 File Encryption Time Seconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 22.61 |============================================ universe-10-12-16 .... 25.20 |================================================= TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 1221780 |=============================================== universe-10-12-16 .... 1223408 |=============================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 3966 |================================================== universe-10-12-16 .... 3971 |================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 9853667 |=============================================== universe-10-12-16 .... 9859333 |=============================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 70467 |================================================= universe-10-12-16 .... 70451 |================================================= x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 125.36 |================================================ universe-10-12-16 .... 125.51 |================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 186 |=================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 200 |=================================================== universe-10-12-16 .... 199 |=================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 96 |==================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 1836.83 |=============================================== universe-10-12-16 .... 1839.07 |=============================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 33.10 |================================================= universe-10-12-16 .... 33.21 |================================================= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 28.89 |================================================= universe-10-12-16 .... 28.69 |================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 28.49 |================================================= universe-10-12-16 .... 28.50 |================================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 13.51 |================================================= universe-10-12-16 .... 13.49 |================================================= LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 290.70 |================================================ universe-10-12-16 .... 290.53 |================================================ Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 68.18 |================================================= universe-10-12-16 .... 68.07 |================================================= dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 53.41 |================================================= universe-10-12-16 .... 53.39 |================================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 7.37 |================================================== universe-10-12-16 .... 7.35 |================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 11.71 |================================================= universe-10-12-16 .... 11.71 |================================================= Ogg Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 6.90 |================================================== universe-10-12-16 .... 6.90 |================================================== FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 10.00 |================================================= universe-10-12-16 .... 9.98 |================================================= N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 53.18 |================================================= Sudokut 0.4 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 17.97 |============================================ universe-10-12-16 .... 19.82 |================================================= PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 1684 |================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 42938.41 |============================================== universe-10-12-16 .... 43294.15 |============================================== Sunflow Rendering System 0.07.2 Global Illumination + Image Synthesis Seconds < Lower Is Better DailyTracker10-11-16 . 3.00 |================================================== universe-10-12-16 .... 2.97 |================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 194.21 |=================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 141.15 |=================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 85.08 |==================================================== QGears2 OpenGL + Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 7453.81 |================================================== QGears2 XRender + Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 1943.65 |================================================== ET: Quake Wars Demo 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 125.87 |=================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 221.75 |=================================================== World of Padman 1.2 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 340.57 |=================================================== Smokin Guns 1.1 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 383.20 |=================================================== Unigine Heaven 4.0 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 28.10 |==================================================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 134.00 |=================================================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better universe-10-12-16 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 7.5 MAX: 36.0 Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo 3334 ONS-Torlan Botmatch - 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 152.19 |=================================================== Warsow 1.51 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 246.70 |=================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Integer Add MB/s > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 16833.45 |================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Integer Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 16907.45 |================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Integer Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 16913.39 |================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Floating-Point Add MB/s > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 19135.94 |================================================= Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 16477.58 |================================================= Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 16575.78 |================================================= Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 18497.44 |================================================= Stream 2013-01-17 Add MB/s > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 18556.06 |================================================= Stream 2013-01-17 Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 16477.58 |================================================= Stream 2013-01-17 Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 16575.78 |================================================= Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 18556.06 |================================================= Loopback TCP Network Performance Time To Transfer 10GB Via Loopback Seconds < Lower Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 9.49 |===================================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 14.87 |==================================================== Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 20.42 |==================================================== Java SciMark 2.0 Composite Performance Mflops > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 2160.65 |================================================== Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 12939.17 |================================================= BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 31224034.17 |============================================== SciMark 2.0 Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 1285.53 |================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 3974 |===================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 15821 |==================================================== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.9.0 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 62.12 |==================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 129.27 |=================================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 11.15 |==================================================== Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 8.06 |===================================================== Mencoder 1.1 AVI To LAVC Seconds < Lower Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 19.53 |==================================================== NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better universe-10-12-16 . 34837.85 |=================================================