Intel Core i5 6600K Skylake CPU Tests Intel Core i5 6600K Linux CPU benchmarks. Tests results by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Core i5 6600K: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel Connection OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.1.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150810, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.3 (git-ccef890), Compiler: GCC 5.1.1 20150618, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 5775C: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.1.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150810, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.3 (git-ccef890), Compiler: GCC 5.1.1 20150618, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 A10-7850K: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 512MB (351MHz), Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.1.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150810, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.3 (git-ccef890) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.1.1 20150618, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 4770K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: G237HL, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.1.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150810, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.3 (git-ccef890), Compiler: GCC 5.1.1 20150618, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 A10-7870K: Processor: AMD A10-7870K Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88XM-E, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 1024MB (355MHz), Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.1.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150810, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.3 (git-ccef890) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.1.1 20150618, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 4790K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3P, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.1.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150810, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.3 (git-ccef890), Compiler: GCC 5.1.1 20150618, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 FX 8320E: Processor: AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core @ 3.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) v4.0, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB (157/300MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.1.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150810, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.3 (git-ccef890) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.1.1 20150618, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 FX 8370: Processor: AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Killer, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: AMD FirePro V8700 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.1.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150810, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.3 (git-ccef890) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.1.1 20150618, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i5with DDR4-3200: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600 @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB SAMSUNG MZ7KM240, Graphics: Intel HD 530, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SAMSUNG, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 8260 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.3, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ......... 20.13 |====================== Core i7 5775C ......... 21.24 |======================= A10-7850K ............. 44.67 |================================================ Core i7 4770K ......... 21.40 |======================= A10-7870K ............. 41.05 |============================================ Core i7 4790K ......... 19.37 |===================== FX 8320E .............. 38.85 |========================================== FX 8370 ............... 35.90 |======================================= Core i5with DDR4-3200 . 19.06 |==================== FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096 Mflops > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K ......... 18004.00 |============================================= Core i7 5775C ......... 15648.00 |======================================= A10-7850K ............. 5439.72 |============== Core i7 4770K ......... 11754.00 |============================= A10-7870K ............. 6022.78 |=============== Core i7 4790K ......... 13946.00 |=================================== FX 8320E .............. 6383.84 |================ FX 8370 ............... 6809.24 |================= Core i5with DDR4-3200 . 18017.00 |============================================= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ......... 8.90 |======================= Core i7 5775C ......... 8.06 |===================== A10-7850K ............. 18.59 |================================================ Core i7 4770K ......... 12.91 |================================= A10-7870K ............. 17.32 |============================================= Core i7 4790K ......... 8.34 |====================== FX 8320E .............. 14.13 |==================================== FX 8370 ............... 11.20 |============================= Core i5with DDR4-3200 . 9.44 |======================== CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K . 31827.66 |================================= Core i7 5775C . 42602.98 |============================================ A10-7850K ..... 24141.70 |========================= Core i7 4770K . 40885.74 |========================================== A10-7870K ..... 25516.35 |=========================== Core i7 4790K . 51025.17 |===================================================== FX 8320E ...... 20860.07 |====================== FX 8370 ....... 22362.71 |======================= x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K . 176.49 |============================================= Core i7 5775C . 198.23 |=================================================== A10-7850K ..... 88.83 |======================= Core i7 4770K . 187.79 |================================================ A10-7870K ..... 94.13 |======================== Core i7 4790K . 214.61 |======================================================= FX 8320E ...... 137.49 |=================================== FX 8370 ....... 169.29 |=========================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K ......... 2780.10 |============================================== Core i7 5775C ......... 2510.89 |========================================= A10-7850K ............. 868.86 |============== Core i7 4770K ......... 1747.73 |============================= A10-7870K ............. 965.60 |================ Core i7 4790K ......... 2040.13 |================================== FX 8320E .............. 742.58 |============ FX 8370 ............... 792.57 |============= Core i5with DDR4-3200 . 2796.07 |============================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K . 100.68 |=========================== Core i7 5775C . 89.84 |======================== A10-7850K ..... 207.14 |======================================================= Core i7 4770K . 98.05 |========================== A10-7870K ..... 194.01 |==================================================== Core i7 4790K . 84.49 |====================== FX 8320E ...... 133.97 |==================================== FX 8370 ....... 109.85 |============================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ......... 15.13 |================== Core i7 5775C ......... 17.59 |===================== A10-7850K ............. 40.26 |================================================ Core i7 4770K ......... 17.07 |==================== A10-7870K ............. 38.11 |============================================= Core i7 4790K ......... 15.04 |================== FX 8320E .............. 24.44 |============================= FX 8370 ............... 19.53 |======================= Core i5with DDR4-3200 . 17.06 |==================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ......... 28 |===================== Core i7 5775C ......... 22 |================= A10-7850K ............. 67 |=================================================== Core i7 4770K ......... 25 |=================== A10-7870K ............. 63 |================================================ Core i7 4790K ......... 22 |================= FX 8320E .............. 39 |============================== FX 8370 ............... 32 |======================== Core i5with DDR4-3200 . 29 |====================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ......... 4.98 |======================= Core i7 5775C ......... 6.35 |============================= A10-7850K ............. 10.49 |================================================ Core i7 4770K ......... 5.95 |=========================== A10-7870K ............. 9.95 |============================================== Core i7 4790K ......... 5.36 |========================= FX 8320E .............. 10.35 |=============================================== FX 8370 ............... 9.63 |============================================ Core i5with DDR4-3200 . 4.87 |====================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ......... 10.85 |============================ Core i7 5775C ......... 11.78 |============================== A10-7850K ............. 18.74 |================================================ Core i7 4770K ......... 11.25 |============================= A10-7870K ............. 17.78 |============================================= Core i7 4790K ......... 9.90 |========================= FX 8320E .............. 18.90 |================================================ FX 8370 ............... 17.57 |============================================= Core i5with DDR4-3200 . 10.69 |===========================