Linux 4.12 To 4.14 7980XE Intel
Core i9 7980XE Extreme Edition Linux Benchmarks.


Linux 4.12.0: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (36 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.12.0-041200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.1 (LLVM 5.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Linux 4.13.0: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (36 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-041300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.1 (LLVM 5.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Linux 4.14 Git: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (36 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170924, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.1 (LLVM 5.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (36 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170924, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.1 (LLVM 5.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 559.60 |==========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 519.56 |=======================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 594.97 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 593.75 |=============================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 139897 |==========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 129886 |=======================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 148739 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 148433 |=============================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 544.84 |=========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 546.53 |=========================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 599.10 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 601.89 |=============================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 136207 |=========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 136629 |=========================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 149772 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 150468 |=============================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 12
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 1307.35 |===========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 1300.60 |==========================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 1347.82 |============================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 1349.15 |============================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 1290.82 |============================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 1302.30 |============================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 1274.17 |===========================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 1265.26 |===========================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 669.11 |========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 753.07 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 750.77 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 720.72 |===========================================


BioShock Infinite
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Medium
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 106.17 |============================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 107.22 |============================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 108.59 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 108.90 |=============================================


Dota 2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ... 65.10 |=======================================================
Linux 4.13.0 ... 65.43 |=======================================================
Linux 4.14 Git . 65.40 |=======================================================


ET: Legacy 2.75
Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ... 216.47 |===================================================
Linux 4.13.0 ... 222.03 |====================================================
Linux 4.14 Git . 229.07 |======================================================


The Talos Principle
Renderer: OpenGL - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ... 47.84 |===================================================
Linux 4.13.0 ... 48.37 |====================================================
Linux 4.14 Git . 51.37 |=======================================================


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ... 212.36 |====================================================
Linux 4.13.0 ... 213.05 |====================================================
Linux 4.14 Git . 220.68 |======================================================


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Copy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 51893.12 |===========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 51887.80 |===========================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 51932.64 |===========================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 51948.78 |===========================================


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Scale
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 39932.08 |===========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 39873.60 |===========================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 39891.20 |===========================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 39950.28 |===========================================


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Triad
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 45072.84 |==========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 45370.54 |===========================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 45436.96 |===========================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 45618.38 |===========================================


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Add
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 46074.80 |==========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 46738.76 |===========================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 46829.12 |===========================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 46934.62 |===========================================


FFTW 3.3.6
Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 512
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 22254 |=============================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 22459 |==============================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 22540 |==============================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 22578 |==============================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 690.85 |===========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 697.20 |===========================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 717.25 |============================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 730.32 |=============================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 149.29 |==========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 155.06 |============================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 156.57 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 158.08 |=============================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 345.15 |=============================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 323.20 |==========================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 293.88 |======================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 339.77 |============================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 755.72 |=========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 823.40 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 825.93 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 832.16 |=============================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 968.16  |==========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 1010.13 |===========================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 1017.90 |============================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 1022.85 |============================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 1235.91 |==========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 1182.07 |========================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 1291.97 |============================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 1298.76 |============================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 31305 |==============================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 31305 |==============================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 31221 |==============================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 31286 |==============================================


x264 2017-09-08
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 334.11 |=============================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 334.36 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 332.98 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 329.85 |============================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 2961.36 |=========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 2945.67 |========================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 3204.23 |============================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 3130.26 |===========================================


asmFish 2017-09-19
1024 Hash Memory, 26 Depth
Nodes/second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 56598501 |===========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 55427442 |==========================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 55675411 |==========================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 56931116 |===========================================


ebizzy 0.3

Records/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 614079 |===========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 623378 |============================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 638289 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 602749 |==========================================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 22.18 |==============================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 22.20 |==============================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 21.33 |============================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 21.05 |============================================


Timed PHP Compilation 7.1.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 46.41 |=============================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 47.03 |==============================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 44.58 |============================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 44.26 |===========================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 5.94 |===============================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 5.63 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 5.51 |============================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 5.47 |===========================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.5
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 10.09 |==============================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 10.09 |==============================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 9.42  |===========================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 9.38  |===========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 9062.67 |==========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 9244.69 |===========================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 9419.82 |============================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 9179.73 |===========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 13828.06 |===========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 13550.61 |==========================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 13805.70 |===========================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 13088.46 |=========================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPOP
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 3084687.96 |=========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 2357600.38 |===============================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 2780359.96 |=====================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 2534723.29 |==================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SADD
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 2482300.20 |=======================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 2382237.29 |=====================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 2633893.42 |=========================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 2492605.08 |=======================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPUSH
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 2139655.25 |=======================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 2105436.42 |======================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 2234289.56 |=========================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 2248787.58 |=========================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 2778866.83 |=====================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 2746894.08 |====================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 2913309.08 |======================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 3105136.79 |=========================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 2313734.25 |=======================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 2113526.50 |===================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 2160570.67 |====================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 2451068.75 |=========================================


Blender 2.79
Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 419.12 |===========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 434.86 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 413.43 |===========================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 412.07 |===========================================


Java JMH
Throughput
Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 63596102933.55 |=====================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 63605035558.51 |=====================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 63601206011.21 |=====================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 63602920095.43 |=====================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.12.0 ............ 41365.08 |=========================================
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 42290.77 |==========================================
Linux 4.14 Git .......... 43373.07 |===========================================
Linux 4.14 Git - nopcid . 40795.31 |========================================