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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 AMD Ryzen 7 1800x @ 3.8GHz: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core @ 3.79GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte AB350-Gaming 3-CF, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 480GB OCZ ARC100 + 1000GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB SanDisk SDSSDX12 + 128GB OCZ AGILITY4 + 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM000-9TS1, Graphics: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB, Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.10.4-1-ARCH (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 3.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3440x1440 Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 4770K . 21.40 |=========================== Core i7 4790K . 19.37 |======================== Core i7 5775C . 21.24 |=========================== Core i5 6600K . 20.13 |========================= A10-7850K ..... 44.67 |======================================================== A10-7870K ..... 41.05 |=================================================== FX 8320E ...... 38.85 |================================================= FX 8370 ....... 35.90 |============================================= FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096 Mflops > Higher Is Better Core i7 4770K .............. 11754.00 |========================== Core i7 4790K .............. 13946.00 |=============================== Core i7 5775C .............. 15648.00 |=================================== Core i5 6600K .............. 18004.00 |======================================== A10-7850K .................. 5439.72 |============ A10-7870K .................. 6022.78 |============= FX 8320E ................... 6383.84 |============== FX 8370 .................... 6809.24 |=============== AMD Ryzen 7 1800x @ 3.8GHz . 13143.00 |============================= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 4770K .............. 12.91 |============================== Core i7 4790K .............. 8.34 |=================== Core i7 5775C .............. 8.06 |=================== Core i5 6600K .............. 8.90 |===================== A10-7850K .................. 18.59 |=========================================== A10-7870K .................. 17.32 |======================================== FX 8320E ................... 14.13 |================================= FX 8370 .................... 11.20 |========================== AMD Ryzen 7 1800x @ 3.8GHz . 7.07 |================ CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 4770K . 40885.74 |========================================== Core i7 4790K . 51025.17 |===================================================== Core i7 5775C . 42602.98 |============================================ Core i5 6600K . 31827.66 |================================= A10-7850K ..... 24141.70 |========================= A10-7870K ..... 25516.35 |=========================== FX 8320E ...... 20860.07 |====================== FX 8370 ....... 22362.71 |======================= x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 4770K . 187.79 |================================================ Core i7 4790K . 214.61 |======================================================= Core i7 5775C . 198.23 |=================================================== Core i5 6600K . 176.49 |============================================= A10-7850K ..... 88.83 |======================= A10-7870K ..... 94.13 |======================== FX 8320E ...... 137.49 |=================================== FX 8370 ....... 169.29 |=========================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 4770K .............. 1747.73 |========================== Core i7 4790K .............. 2040.13 |============================== Core i7 5775C .............. 2510.89 |===================================== Core i5 6600K .............. 2780.10 |========================================= A10-7850K .................. 868.86 |============= A10-7870K .................. 965.60 |============== FX 8320E ................... 742.58 |=========== FX 8370 .................... 792.57 |============ AMD Ryzen 7 1800x @ 3.8GHz . 1133.96 |================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 4770K . 98.05 |========================== Core i7 4790K . 84.49 |====================== Core i7 5775C . 89.84 |======================== Core i5 6600K . 100.68 |=========================== A10-7850K ..... 207.14 |======================================================= A10-7870K ..... 194.01 |==================================================== FX 8320E ...... 133.97 |==================================== FX 8370 ....... 109.85 |============================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 4770K .............. 17.07 |================== Core i7 4790K .............. 15.04 |================ Core i7 5775C .............. 17.59 |=================== Core i5 6600K .............. 15.13 |================ A10-7850K .................. 40.26 |=========================================== A10-7870K .................. 38.11 |========================================= FX 8320E ................... 24.44 |========================== FX 8370 .................... 19.53 |===================== AMD Ryzen 7 1800x @ 3.8GHz . 7.97 |========= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 4770K .............. 25 |================= Core i7 4790K .............. 22 |=============== Core i7 5775C .............. 22 |=============== Core i5 6600K .............. 28 |=================== A10-7850K .................. 67 |============================================== A10-7870K .................. 63 |=========================================== FX 8320E ................... 39 |=========================== FX 8370 .................... 32 |====================== AMD Ryzen 7 1800x @ 3.8GHz . 36 |========================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 4770K .............. 5.95 |======================== Core i7 4790K .............. 5.36 |====================== Core i7 5775C .............. 6.35 |========================== Core i5 6600K .............. 4.98 |==================== A10-7850K .................. 10.49 |=========================================== A10-7870K .................. 9.95 |========================================= FX 8320E ................... 10.35 |========================================== FX 8370 .................... 9.63 |======================================= AMD Ryzen 7 1800x @ 3.8GHz . 5.58 |======================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 4770K .............. 11.25 |========================== Core i7 4790K .............. 9.90 |======================= Core i7 5775C .............. 11.78 |=========================== Core i5 6600K .............. 10.85 |========================= A10-7850K .................. 18.74 |=========================================== A10-7870K .................. 17.78 |======================================== FX 8320E ................... 18.90 |=========================================== FX 8370 .................... 17.57 |======================================== AMD Ryzen 7 1800x @ 3.8GHz . 9.64 |======================