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Intel Core i7-7820HK testing with a Alienware 15 R3 (1.2.3 BIOS) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB on openSUSE 20181012 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


AW52R2: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6900K @ 4.10GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Alienware 09G12C (A12 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 500GB Samsung SSD 860 + 1050GB Crucial_CT1050MX + 3 x 3001GB Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1657/5005MHz), Audio: Creative CA0132, Monitor: U2868, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit + Intel Wireless 7260

	OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20181012, Kernel: 4.18.12-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 390.87, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20180831 [gcc-8-branch revision 264010], File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

AW15R4: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-8950HK @ 4.80GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: Alienware 15 R4 (1.5.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 1000GB HGST HTS721010A9 + 1024GB Samsung SSD 970 PRO 1TB + Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 with Max-Q Design 8192MB (1290/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3266, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless

	OS: openSUSE 20181012, Kernel: 4.18.12-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1X Protocol 11 Revision 0Build Operating : openSUSE SUSE LINUXCurrent Operating : Linux linux-ct75 4.18.12-1-default #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Oct 4 06:37:48 UTC 2018 (a880bd8) x86_64Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.12-1-default root=UUID=3d827761-71de-46c4-a536-9ab4beff4d18 splash=silent resume=/dev/disk/by-id/nvme-Samsung_SSD_970_PRO_512GB_S463NF0K800787A-part2 quiet, Display Driver: NVIDIA 390.87, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20180831 [gcc-8-branch revision 264010], File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

AW15R3: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-7820HK @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Alienware 15 R3 (1.2.3 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 1000GB HGST HTS721010A9 + Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB + 1000GB Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1TB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB (1442/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3266, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless

	OS: openSUSE 20181012, Kernel: 4.18.12-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 390.87, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20180831 [gcc-8-branch revision 264010], File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Darktable 2.4.4
Test: Boat - Acceleration: OpenCL
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AW52R2 . 2.78 |===================================================
AW15R4 . 3.16 |==========================================================
AW15R3 . 3.48 |================================================================


Darktable 2.4.4
Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AW52R2 . 9.90  |==================================
AW15R4 . 15.47 |======================================================
AW15R3 . 18.20 |===============================================================


Darktable 2.4.4
Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: OpenCL
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AW52R2 . 3.90 |=========================================
AW15R4 . 4.58 |================================================
AW15R3 . 6.11 |================================================================


Darktable 2.4.4
Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AW52R2 . 5.35 |====================================
AW15R4 . 7.03 |===============================================
AW15R3 . 9.54 |================================================================


Darktable 2.4.4
Test: Server Rack - Acceleration: OpenCL
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AW52R2 . 0.10 |=====================================================
AW15R4 . 0.12 |================================================================
AW15R3 . 0.11 |===========================================================


Darktable 2.4.4
Test: Server Room - Acceleration: OpenCL
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AW52R2 . 1.05 |========================================================
AW15R4 . 1.11 |============================================================
AW15R3 . 1.19 |================================================================


Darktable 2.4.4
Test: Server Rack - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AW52R2 . 0.14 |=======================================
AW15R4 . 0.19 |=====================================================
AW15R3 . 0.23 |================================================================


Darktable 2.4.4
Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AW52R2 . 3.46 |=================================
AW15R4 . 5.20 |=================================================
AW15R3 . 6.79 |================================================================