Intel AMD x64 Ubuntu 16.10 Linux 4.10 - Rack Comparison
Intel Core and Xeon Linux benchmarks plus AMD A10 APUs and FX CPUs coming with the Phoronix Test Suite for future comparison. Tests for a future article. 25-way comparison.


Core i5 6500: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD 530 (Skylake GT2) 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Core i5 6600K: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel HD 530 (Skylake GT2) 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Core i5 7600K: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-P, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-P, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6500 ........................ 40.80 |==================================
Core i5 6600K ....................... 34.64 |=============================
Core i5 7600K ....................... 37.87 |================================
Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 33.65 |============================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6500 ........................ 114.63 |=================================
Core i5 6600K ....................... 96.72  |============================
Core i5 7600K ....................... 113.43 |=================================
Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 96.10  |============================


FFTW 3.3.4
Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 2048
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Core i5 6500 ........................ 15742 |==============================
Core i5 6600K ....................... 17498 |=================================
Core i5 7600K ....................... 15571 |=============================
Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 17966 |==================================


TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a
Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping
FPS > Higher Is Better
Core i5 6500 ........................ 161.60 |===========================
Core i5 6600K ....................... 191.53 |================================
Core i5 7600K ....................... 176.11 |==============================
Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 195.48 |=================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Core i5 6500 ........................ 2366.47 |============================
Core i5 6600K ....................... 2621.23 |===============================
Core i5 7600K ....................... 2471.76 |=============================
Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 2702.01 |================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6500 ........................ 171.28 |=================================
Core i5 6600K ....................... 145.20 |============================
Core i5 7600K ....................... 162.48 |===============================
Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 142.81 |============================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6500 ........................ 18.63 |==================================
Core i5 6600K ....................... 15.75 |=============================
Core i5 7600K ....................... 16.74 |===============================
Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 15.46 |============================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6500 ........................ 5.32 |===================================
Core i5 6600K ....................... 4.86 |================================
Core i5 7600K ....................... 5.05 |=================================
Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 4.56 |==============================


Darktable 2.0.5
Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6500 ........................ 60.76 |==================================
Core i5 6600K ....................... 50.99 |=============================
Core i5 7600K ....................... 56.80 |================================
Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 49.79 |============================


Blender 2.78a
Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6500 ........................ 933.62 |=================================
Core i5 6600K ....................... 801.93 |============================
Core i5 7600K ....................... 889.23 |===============================
Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 775.98 |===========================