2017-09-12-1619 Intel Core i7-4870HQ testing with a Apple Mac-2BD1B31983FE1663 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048MB on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-4870HQ: Processor: Intel Core i7-4870HQ @ 2.59GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-2BD1B31983FE1663, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB APPLE SSD SM0512, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048MB (925/2508MHz), Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4208, Network: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-33-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: NVIDIA 381.22, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 10560x2160 Intel Core i7-7700: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700 @ 4.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Serval WS, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WDS250G1B0B- + 1000GB Seagate ST1000LM014-1EJ1 + 3001GB My Book 1235, Graphics: EFI VGA, Audio: Realtek ALC898, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2400 Gigabit + Intel Device 24fb OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-33-generic (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.24, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Intel Core i7: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Apple SSD, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 500GB APPLE SSD SM0512F, Graphics: Intel Iris Pro + NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 1536MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: macOS 10.12.5, Kernel: 16.6.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 8.1.0 (clang-802.0.42) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 8.3.3, File-System: MS-DOS FAT32, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 MBP with microcode: Processor: Intel Core i7-4870HQ @ 1.85GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-2BD1B31983FE1663, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB APPLE SSD SM0512, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048MB (925/2508MHz), Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4208, Network: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-33-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: NVIDIA 381.22, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 microcode attempt 2: Processor: Intel Core i7-4870HQ @ 1.85GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-2BD1B31983FE1663, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB APPLE SSD SM0512, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048MB (925/2508MHz), Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4208, Network: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-33-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: NVIDIA 381.22, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 FFmpeg 3.3.3 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4870HQ . 13.58 |=================================== Intel Core i7-7700 ... 5.74 |=============== Intel Core i7 ........ 6.55 |================= MBP with microcode ... 18.96 |================================================ microcode attempt 2 .. 19.25 |=================================================