Core i7 6800K Linux CPU Scaling Performance Intel Core i7-6800K CPU scaling tests by Michael Larabel. 1 Core: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.60GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB (1001/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-39-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 2 Cores: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB (1001/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-39-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 3 Cores: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.60GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB (1001/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-39-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 4 Cores: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB (1001/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-39-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 5 Cores: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (5 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB (1001/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-39-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 6 Cores: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB (1001/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-39-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 6 Cores + HT: 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB (1001/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-39-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better 1 Core ....... 1054 |====== 2 Cores ...... 2345 |============= 3 Cores ...... 3521 |=================== 4 Cores ...... 4692 |========================== 5 Cores ...... 5852 |================================ 6 Cores ...... 6858 |===================================== 6 Cores + HT . 10473 |========================================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better 1 Core ....... 2239667 |======== 2 Cores ...... 4952000 |================== 3 Cores ...... 7425667 |=========================== 4 Cores ...... 9894000 |=================================== 5 Cores ...... 12359667 |============================================ 6 Cores ...... 14804000 |===================================================== 6 Cores + HT . 15102000 |====================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better 1 Core ....... 15868 |======= 2 Cores ...... 35304 |=============== 3 Cores ...... 52992 |======================= 4 Cores ...... 70515 |=============================== 5 Cores ...... 88320 |====================================== 6 Cores ...... 105676 |============================================== 6 Cores + HT . 128595 |======================================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better 1 Core ....... 34.81 |======= 2 Cores ...... 78.18 |================ 3 Cores ...... 115.77 |======================= 4 Cores ...... 150.52 |============================== 5 Cores ...... 185.81 |===================================== 6 Cores ...... 221.07 |============================================= 6 Cores + HT . 277.96 |======================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 1 Core ....... 81 |===================================== 2 Cores ...... 86 |======================================== 3 Cores ...... 94 |=========================================== 4 Cores ...... 102 |=============================================== 5 Cores ...... 108 |================================================== 6 Cores ...... 120 |======================================================= 6 Cores + HT . 128 |=========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 1 Core ....... 46 |===================== 2 Cores ...... 79 |==================================== 3 Cores ...... 96 |=========================================== 4 Cores ...... 109 |================================================= 5 Cores ...... 118 |===================================================== 6 Cores ...... 124 |======================================================== 6 Cores + HT . 131 |=========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 1 Core ....... 98 |================================ 2 Cores ...... 133 |============================================ 3 Cores ...... 147 |================================================= 4 Cores ...... 161 |===================================================== 5 Cores ...... 166 |======================================================= 6 Cores ...... 171 |========================================================= 6 Cores + HT . 178 |=========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 1 Core ....... 148 |============================================ 2 Cores ...... 142 |=========================================== 3 Cores ...... 156 |=============================================== 4 Cores ...... 169 |=================================================== 5 Cores ...... 181 |====================================================== 6 Cores ...... 186 |======================================================== 6 Cores + HT . 197 |=========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 1 Core ....... 82 |=================================================== 2 Cores ...... 93 |========================================================== 3 Cores ...... 92 |========================================================== 4 Cores ...... 96 |============================================================ 5 Cores ...... 93 |========================================================== 6 Cores ...... 92 |========================================================== 6 Cores + HT . 93 |========================================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 1 Core ....... 104.09 |======================================================== 2 Cores ...... 54.61 |============================= 3 Cores ...... 42.97 |======================= 4 Cores ...... 38.07 |==================== 5 Cores ...... 35.99 |=================== 6 Cores ...... 34.17 |================== 6 Cores + HT . 32.97 |================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 1 Core ....... 102.87 |======================================================== 2 Cores ...... 47.73 |========================== 3 Cores ...... 31.87 |================= 4 Cores ...... 23.92 |============= 5 Cores ...... 19.16 |========== 6 Cores ...... 16.00 |========= 6 Cores + HT . 15.59 |======== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better 1 Core ....... 434 |=========================================================== 2 Cores ...... 200 |=========================== 3 Cores ...... 134 |================== 4 Cores ...... 103 |============== 5 Cores ...... 83 |=========== 6 Cores ...... 70 |========== 6 Cores + HT . 54 |======= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better 1 Core ....... 137.83 |======== 2 Cores ...... 299.93 |================= 3 Cores ...... 450.27 |========================== 4 Cores ...... 601.57 |================================== 5 Cores ...... 749.63 |=========================================== 6 Cores ...... 897.50 |=================================================== 6 Cores + HT . 984.73 |======================================================== Blender 2.78a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better 1 Core ....... 195.73 |======================================================== 2 Cores ...... 187.19 |====================================================== 3 Cores ...... 185.04 |===================================================== 4 Cores ...... 184.16 |===================================================== 5 Cores ...... 183.70 |===================================================== 6 Cores ...... 183.18 |==================================================== 6 Cores + HT . 182.88 |==================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better 1 Core ....... 1206.23 |======== 2 Cores ...... 2242.13 |=============== 3 Cores ...... 3217.74 |====================== 4 Cores ...... 4879.65 |================================== 5 Cores ...... 5692.03 |======================================= 6 Cores ...... 6324.32 |============================================ 6 Cores + HT . 7993.04 |======================================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 1 Core ....... 9419.76 |========== 2 Cores ...... 24836.47 |========================== 3 Cores ...... 39346.36 |========================================= 4 Cores ...... 47144.42 |================================================= 5 Cores ...... 52166.35 |====================================================== 6 Cores ...... 51874.35 |====================================================== 6 Cores + HT . 36673.42 |====================================== Darktable 2.0.5 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better 1 Core ....... 208.62 |======================================================== 2 Cores ...... 106.78 |============================= 3 Cores ...... 72.71 |==================== 4 Cores ...... 55.88 |=============== 5 Cores ...... 45.64 |============ 6 Cores ...... 38.94 |========== 6 Cores + HT . 38.55 |========== Darktable 2.0.5 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better 1 Core ....... 1.44 |========================================================== 2 Cores ...... 0.82 |================================= 3 Cores ...... 0.59 |======================== 4 Cores ...... 0.48 |=================== 5 Cores ...... 0.41 |================= 6 Cores ...... 0.37 |=============== 6 Cores + HT . 0.35 |============== Darktable 2.0.5 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better 1 Core ....... 1.41 |========================================================== 2 Cores ...... 0.81 |================================= 3 Cores ...... 0.58 |======================== 4 Cores ...... 0.47 |=================== 5 Cores ...... 0.40 |================ 6 Cores ...... 0.36 |=============== 6 Cores + HT . 0.34 |==============