Intel Kaby Lake Core i5 7600K - Clear Linux Comparison Intel Core Kaby Lake Linux benchmarks. Tests for a future article.. 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 Core i5 7600K - Clear: 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: Clear Linux 12720, Kernel: 4.9.3-293.native (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.0-devel, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 + Clang 3.9.1 + LLVM 3.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 220.73 |============================== Core i5 7600K ....................... 201.91 |=========================== Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 226.35 |=============================== Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 243.42 |================================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 484.60 |================================ Core i5 7600K ....................... 499.04 |================================= Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 470.69 |=============================== Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 164.14 |=========== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 34.64 |=============================== Core i5 7600K ....................... 37.87 |================================== Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 33.65 |============================== Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 19.13 |================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 96.72 |============================ Core i5 7600K ....................... 113.43 |================================= Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 96.10 |============================ Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 78.44 |======================= FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 2048 Mflops > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 17498 |================================ Core i5 7600K ....................... 15571 |============================= Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 17966 |================================= Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 18374 |================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 191.53 |================================ Core i5 7600K ....................... 176.11 |============================= Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 195.48 |================================ Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 199.12 |================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 2621.23 |=============================== Core i5 7600K ....................... 2471.76 |============================= Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 2702.01 |================================ Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 2733.62 |================================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 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 6600K ....................... 15.75 |================================ Core i5 7600K ....................... 16.74 |================================== Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 15.46 |=============================== Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 15.38 |=============================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 4.86 |================================== Core i5 7600K ....................... 5.05 |=================================== Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 4.56 |================================ Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 4.54 |=============================== Minion 1.8 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 71.63 |================================ Core i5 7600K ....................... 77.05 |================================== Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 68.78 |============================== Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 63.94 |============================ Minion 1.8 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 126.61 |================================ Core i5 7600K ....................... 129.85 |================================= Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 116.99 |============================== Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 112.39 |============================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 665.00 |=============================== Core i5 7600K ....................... 634.87 |============================= Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 687.63 |================================ Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 719.27 |================================= Darktable 2.0.5 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 50.99 |=============================== Core i5 7600K ....................... 56.80 |================================== Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 49.79 |============================== Darktable 2.0.5 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 0.70 |=============================== Core i5 7600K ....................... 0.78 |=================================== Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 0.69 |=============================== Darktable 2.0.5 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 0.68 |================================ Core i5 7600K ....................... 0.75 |=================================== Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 0.67 |=============================== Blender 2.78a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 801.93 |============================== Core i5 7600K ....................... 889.23 |================================= Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 775.98 |============================= Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 769.82 |============================= Darktable 2.2.1 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 7600K - Clear . 18.33 |================================================ Darktable 2.2.1 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 7600K - Clear . 11.39 |================================================ Darktable 2.2.1 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 7600K - Clear . 8.40 |=================================================