X2 Intel Core i7-6700 testing with a ASUS Z170-K and ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 2048MB on Debian unstable via the Phoronix Test Suite. X2: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @ 2.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M3A78, Chipset: AMD RX780/RX790 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 500GB Seagate ST3500641AS + 4001GB Western Digital WD40EZRX-00S + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT1, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 610, Audio: VIA VT1708B 8-Ch, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Debian unstable, Kernel: 4.4.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.18.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.79, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160323, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 610: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @ 2.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M3A78, Chipset: AMD RX780/RX790 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 500GB Seagate ST3500641AS + 4001GB Western Digital WD40EZRX-00S + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT1, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 610, Audio: VIA VT1708B 8-Ch, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Debian unstable, Kernel: 4.4.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.18.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.79, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160323, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @ 2.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M3A78, Chipset: AMD RX780/RX790 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 500GB Seagate ST3500641AS + 4001GB Western Digital WD40EZRX-00S + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT1, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 610, Audio: VIA VT1708B 8-Ch, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Debian unstable, Kernel: 4.4.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.18.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.79, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160323, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 TI7: Processor: Intel Core i7-6700 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z170-K, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 4001GB Western Digital WD40EZRX-00S + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT1, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 2048MB (324/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Debian unstable, Kernel: 4.4.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.4, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.79, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160409, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 I7 4.14 NO-KPTI: Processor: Intel Core i7-6700 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z170-K, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 4001GB Western Digital WD40EZRX-00S + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT1, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 2048MB (324/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Debian unstable, Kernel: 4.14.0-2-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.18.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 384.98, OpenGL: 4.5.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 I7 4.14 KPTI: Processor: Intel Core i7-6700 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z170-K, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 4001GB Western Digital WD40EZRX-00S + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT1, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 2048MB (993/891MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Debian unstable, Kernel: 4.14.0-3-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.18.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 384.111, OpenGL: 4.5.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better X2 ...................................... 150.77 |============================= Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 . 138.26 |=========================== TI7 ..................................... 19.59 |==== I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ......................... 22.42 |==== I7 4.14 KPTI ............................ 22.25 |==== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 . 96.17 |============= TI7 ........................ 300.23 |========================================== I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ............ 283.73 |======================================== I7 4.14 KPTI ............... 287.27 |======================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 10.4 MAX: 20.0 TI7 ........................ MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.3 MAX: 8.0 I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ............ MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.5 MAX: 8.0 I7 4.14 KPTI ............... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 3.5 MAX: 7.0 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 . 70.27 |============== TI7 ........................ 213.60 |========================================== I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ............ 203.77 |======================================== I7 4.14 KPTI ............... 204.83 |======================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 . MIN: 6.0 AVG: 14.2 MAX: 24.0 TI7 ........................ MIN: 3.0 AVG: 4.7 MAX: 9.0 I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ............ MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.9 MAX: 10.0 I7 4.14 KPTI ............... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 4.9 MAX: 8.0 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 . 46.57 |============== TI7 ........................ 142.00 |========================================== I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ............ 133.70 |======================================== I7 4.14 KPTI ............... 133.50 |======================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 . MIN: 10.0 AVG: 21.4 MAX: 39.0 TI7 ........................ MIN: 4.0 AVG: 7.0 MAX: 12.0 I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ............ MIN: 2.0 AVG: 7.5 MAX: 13.0 I7 4.14 KPTI ............... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 7.5 MAX: 12.0 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 . 36.10 |============== TI7 ........................ 110.60 |========================================== I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ............ 102.43 |======================================= I7 4.14 KPTI ............... 102.37 |======================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 . MIN: 14.0 AVG: 27.6 MAX: 60.0 TI7 ........................ MIN: 5.0 AVG: 9.0 MAX: 18.0 I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ............ MIN: 5.0 AVG: 9.8 MAX: 16.0 I7 4.14 KPTI ............... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 9.8 MAX: 16.0 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 . 29.80 |============== TI7 ........................ 91.53 |=========================================== I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ............ 88.00 |========================================= I7 4.14 KPTI ............... 88.07 |========================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 . MIN: 14.0 AVG: 33.5 MAX: 59.0 TI7 ........................ MIN: 5.0 AVG: 10.9 MAX: 19.0 I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ............ MIN: 6.0 AVG: 11.4 MAX: 19.0 I7 4.14 KPTI ............... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 11.4 MAX: 20.0 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 . 73.22 |============================== TI7 ..................................... 67.36 |=========================== I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ......................... 72.83 |============================= I7 4.14 KPTI ............................ 74.35 |============================== Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 . 237.18 |================== TI7 ..................................... 386.63 |============================= I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ......................... 292.64 |====================== I7 4.14 KPTI ............................ 286.82 |====================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 . 1938 |======== TI7 ..................................... 7501 |============================== I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ......................... 7733 |=============================== I7 4.14 KPTI ............................ 7142 |============================= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 . 46.81 |============================== TI7 ..................................... 7.77 |===== I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ......................... 7.69 |===== I7 4.14 KPTI ............................ 7.69 |===== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 . 27.57 |============================== TI7 ..................................... 4.12 |==== I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ......................... 4.36 |===== I7 4.14 KPTI ............................ 4.38 |===== GMPbench 0.2 Total Time GMPbench Score > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 . 2352.80 |============= TI7 ..................................... 5013.20 |============================ I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ......................... 4963.10 |============================ I7 4.14 KPTI ............................ 4965.80 |============================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 . 80 |=========== TI7 ..................................... 224 |=============================== I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ......................... 231 |================================ I7 4.14 KPTI ............................ 231 |================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 . 31 |========== TI7 ..................................... 100 |=============================== I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ......................... 101 |================================ I7 4.14 KPTI ............................ 102 |================================ Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 . 52.69 |============================== TI7 ..................................... 8.68 |===== I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ......................... 8.57 |===== I7 4.14 KPTI ............................ 8.61 |===== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 . 640.60 |============================= TI7 ..................................... 270.75 |============ I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ......................... 256.80 |============ I7 4.14 KPTI ............................ 256.93 |============ Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 . 150.09 |============================= TI7 ..................................... 64.38 |============ I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ......................... 65.63 |============= I7 4.14 KPTI ............................ 65.08 |============= dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 . 183.99 |============================= TI7 ..................................... 40.78 |====== I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ......................... 42.30 |======= I7 4.14 KPTI ............................ 41.69 |======= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 . 29.12 |============================== TI7 ..................................... 11.01 |=========== I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ......................... 9.33 |========== I7 4.14 KPTI ............................ 9.33 |========== Ogg Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 . 17.23 |============================== TI7 ..................................... 6.25 |=========== I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ......................... 6.28 |=========== I7 4.14 KPTI ............................ 6.30 |=========== Minion 0.15 Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 . 309.08 |============================= TI7 ..................................... 66.74 |====== Sudokut 0.4 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 . 38.42 |============================== TI7 ..................................... 11.03 |========= I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ......................... 10.94 |========= I7 4.14 KPTI ............................ 10.91 |========= Tachyon 0.98.9 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 . 86.61 |============================== TI7 ..................................... 10.78 |==== I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ......................... 10.81 |==== I7 4.14 KPTI ............................ 10.82 |==== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 . 144.67 |====== TI7 ..................................... 698.90 |============================= I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ......................... 699.70 |============================= I7 4.14 KPTI ............................ 699.50 |============================= PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 . 5453 |=============================== TI7 ..................................... 1310 |======= I7 4.14 NO-KPTI ......................... 1201 |======= I7 4.14 KPTI ............................ 1200 |=======