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Intel Core i9-7900X testing with a Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming 9 and HIS AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB on Ubuntu 17.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


ram: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X370 SLI PLUS (MS-7A33) v2.0, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 2 x 16384 MB DDR4-1333MHz CMK32GX4M2A2400C16, Disk: 512GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2048MB (1189/3505MHz), Audio: NVIDIA Device 0fba, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.9.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.39, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.24, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

6700k: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170N-Gaming 5, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 2 x 16384 MB DDR4-2133MHz CMK32GX4M2A2400C16, Disk: 512GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Intel HD 530 (Skylake GT2) 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: 34UM95, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit + Broadcom Limited BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.9.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.3, Vulkan: 1.0.24, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x720

i9: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming 9, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 4 x 8192 MB DDR4-2666MHz, Disk: 512GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: HIS AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB (157/300MHz), Audio: Realtek Generic, Network: Intel Connection + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.9.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

i9_v2: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming 9, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 4 x 8192 MB DDR4-2666MHz, Disk: 512GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: HIS AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB (850/1200MHz), Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: PHILIPS FTV, Network: Intel Connection + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.9.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
ram ... 1951.74 |=========================
6700k . 3127.97 |=======================================
i9 .... 4915.18 |==============================================================
i9_v2 . 4901.28 |==============================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
ram ... 227.69 |==============================================
6700k . 229.63 |==============================================
i9 .... 303.48 |=============================================================
i9_v2 . 312.29 |===============================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
ram ... 2073.26 |==========================
6700k . 4411.12 |========================================================
i9 .... 4879.55 |==============================================================
i9_v2 . 4897.65 |==============================================================