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 IntelSkylake_Test_01: Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.01GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 750GB Hitachi HTS54757 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-00B, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (135/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2400 Gigabit OS: LinuxMint 18, Kernel: 4.4.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 3.0.7, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.57, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3360x1080 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 |======================================= IntelSkylake_Test_01 . 29.66 |================================= 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 |================= IntelSkylake_Test_01 . 16240.00 |========================================= 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 |================================== 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 |================================== IntelSkylake_Test_01 . 241.26 |================================================ 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 |============= IntelSkylake_Test_01 . 1313.64 |====================== 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 |======================== IntelSkylake_Test_01 . 22.63 |============================ 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 |====================== IntelSkylake_Test_01 . 77 |==================================================== 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 |============================================= IntelSkylake_Test_01 . 4.66 |====================== 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 |============================================== IntelSkylake_Test_01 . 10.14 |==========================