Intel Core i7 990X vs. Core i9 9900K Linux Benchmarks

Intel Core i7 990X vs Core i9 9900K Linux benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.

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Intel Core i7 990X vs. Core i9 9900K Linux BenchmarksProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionCore i7 990XCore i9 9900KIntel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads)MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS)Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R12288MB500GB Samsung SSD 860Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 560 4GBRealtek ALC889Acer B286HKRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 18.104.18.0-10-generic (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.30.1X Server 1.20.1modesetting 1.20.14.5 Mesa 18.2.2 (LLVM 7.0.0)GCC 8.2.0ext41920x1080Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads)ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0506 BIOS)Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM16384MBRealtek ALC1220Intel ConnectionOpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v Processor Details- Core i7 990X: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand- Core i9 9900K: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveGraphics Details- GLAMORPython Details- Python 2.7.15+ + Python 3.6.7rc1Security Details- Core i7 990X: KPTI + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline + PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes SMT vulnerable - Core i9 9900K: __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB IBRS_FW + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp

Core i7 990X vs. Core i9 9900K ComparisonPhoronix Test SuiteBaseline+100.4%+100.4%+200.8%+200.8%+301.2%+301.2%+401.6%+401.6%401.7%199%185.7%164.5%164.3%144.5%138.8%135.1%130.9%130.8%124.1%123.8%122.8%122.1%120.2%118.6%112.5%111.7%108.8%105.3%101.1%98.9%90.9%86.1%85%83.1%75.5%74%73.8%52.7%43.8%21.2%13.1%R.4.b.PBMW27 - CPU-OnlyATPase Simulation - 327,506 AtomsTime To CompileTime To CompileP.P.SPBKDF2-sha512Memory Copy - 4096 MiBTradesoapV.P.MRenderer2 - 1920 x 1080Boat - CPU-onlyTotal Time - 4.1.R.P.PP.R.W.S.S.ML.S.T.A.T.RT.F.A.T.TP.B.SWAV To FLACH.2.V.EresizeCPUC.S.TTime To SolveL.E.HT.T.O.7.I1920 x 1080 - Low1920 x 1080 - High1920 x 1080 - UltraT.T.C.S.P.MH.2.H.T.N.D1920 x 1080MemoryTotalOpenSSLBlenderNAMDTimed Linux Kernel CompilationTimed LLVM CompilationHimeno BenchmarkCryptsetupMBWDaCapo BenchmarkBRL-CADET: LegacyDarktableC-RayTTSIOD 3D RendererRAR CompressionPyBenchPHPBenchFLAC Audio Encodingx265GIMPSysbench7-Zip Compressionm-queensCloverLeafTesseract OCRXonoticXonoticXonoticRust MandelbrotFFmpegTesseractSysbenchSystemd Total Boot TimeCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K

Intel Core i7 990X vs. Core i9 9900K Linux Benchmarksetlegacy: Renderer2 - 1920 x 1080tesseract: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Highxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultrambw: Memory Copy - 4096 MiBcloverleaf: Lagrangian-Eulerian Hydrodynamicsnamd: ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atomsdacapobench: Tradesoapttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappingx265: H.265 Video Encodinghimeno: Poisson Pressure Solvercompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilebuild-llvm: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixelrust-mandel: Time To Complete Serial/Parallel Mandelbrotencode-flac: WAV To FLACffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVm-queens: Time To Solveopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancecryptsetup: PBKDF2-sha512darktable: Boat - CPU-onlygimp: resizesysbench: Memorysysbench: CPUblender: BMW27 - CPU-Onlypybench: Total For Average Test Timesphpbench: PHP Benchmark Suitecompress-rar: Linux Source Tree Archiving To RARtesseract-ocr: Time To OCR 7 Imagesbrl-cad: VGR Performance Metricsystemd-boot-total: TotalCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K116224249220196659410.054.9396391282354.45140625728189.801097167.6179.3716.437.85165.1252480412330.8915.03197846629134607184337693796.1440.664908626052260322456386341155045.401.7290939535229.2934385117971.7641575.2345.687.765.1486.492629192047213.807.32239784951836420384380084843.6721.9811327823041OpenBenchmarking.org

ET: Legacy

ETLegacy is an open-source engine evolution of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, a World War II era first person shooter that was released for free by Splash Damage using the id Tech 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterET: Legacy 2.75Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Core i7 990XCore i9 9900K60120180240300SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 3.33, N = 3116260
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterET: Legacy 2.75Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Core i7 990XCore i9 9900K50100150200250Min: 116 / Avg: 116.17 / Max: 116.4Min: 253.9 / Avg: 260.13 / Max: 265.3

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterET: Legacy 2.75Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Core i7 990XCore i9 9900K0.62781.25561.88342.51123.1390.922.79

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X98.8126.3141.1Core i9 9900K52.493.3106.2OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterET: Legacy 2.75System Power Consumption Monitor4080120160200

Tesseract

Tesseract is a fork of Cube 2 Sauerbraten with numerous graphics and game-play improvements. Tesseract has been in development since 2012 while its first release happened in May of 2014. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080Core i7 990XCore i9 9900K70140210280350SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 1.82, N = 3224322
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080Core i7 990XCore i9 9900K60120180240300Min: 222.79 / Avg: 223.92 / Max: 224.53Min: 319.14 / Avg: 322.01 / Max: 325.37

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080Core i7 990XCore i9 9900K0.6211.2421.8632.4843.1051.542.76

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X99.2145.8158.7Core i9 9900K52.8116.6131.2OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12System Power Consumption Monitor50100150200250

Xonotic

This is a benchmark of Xonotic, which is a fork of the DarkPlaces-based Nexuiz game. Development began in March of 2010 on the Xonotic game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K100200300400500SE +/- 1.19, N = 3SE +/- 8.19, N = 3249456MIN: 156 / MAX: 605MIN: 278 / MAX: 1102
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K80160240320400Min: 248.02 / Avg: 249.32 / Max: 251.7Min: 443.65 / Avg: 455.98 / Max: 471.47

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K1.16782.33563.50344.67125.8392.045.19

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X100.4121.9125.7Core i9 9900K54.687.9101.5OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2System Power Consumption Monitor4080120160200

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K80160240320400SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 1.66, N = 3220386MIN: 134 / MAX: 510MIN: 234 / MAX: 723
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K70140210280350Min: 220.04 / Avg: 220.36 / Max: 220.79Min: 383.44 / Avg: 385.81 / Max: 389.01

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K0.81451.6292.44353.2584.07251.703.62

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X99.4129.7153.1Core i9 9900K53.7106.6126.0OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2System Power Consumption Monitor4080120160200

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K70140210280350SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 1.10, N = 3196341MIN: 112 / MAX: 449MIN: 177 / MAX: 554
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K60120180240300Min: 194.84 / Avg: 195.56 / Max: 196.58Min: 338.96 / Avg: 341.11 / Max: 342.56

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K0.69081.38162.07242.76323.4541.383.07

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X112.4141.5158.5Core i9 9900K53.5111.3130.3OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2System Power Consumption Monitor50100150200250

MBW

This is a basic/simple memory (RAM) bandwidth benchmark for memory copy operations. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMiB/s, More Is BetterMBW 2018-09-08Test: Memory Copy - Array Size: 4096 MiBCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 6.39, N = 3SE +/- 10.43, N = 36594155041. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native
OpenBenchmarking.orgMiB/s, More Is BetterMBW 2018-09-08Test: Memory Copy - Array Size: 4096 MiBCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K3K6K9K12K15KMin: 6586.14 / Avg: 6593.71 / Max: 6606.43Min: 15491.68 / Avg: 15503.77 / Max: 15524.531. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native

OpenBenchmarking.orgMiB/s Per Watt, More Is BetterMBW 2018-09-08Test: Memory Copy - Array Size: 4096 MiBCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K408012016020055.88189.17

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X112.1118.0120.8Core i9 9900K53.882.091.1OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterMBW 2018-09-08System Power Consumption Monitor4080120160200

CloverLeaf

CloverLeaf is a Lagrangian-Eulerian hydrodynamics benchmark. This test profile currently makes use of CloverLeaf's OpenMP version and benchmarked with the clover_bm8192.in input file. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterCloverLeafLagrangian-Eulerian HydrodynamicsCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K3691215SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 310.055.401. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterCloverLeafLagrangian-Eulerian HydrodynamicsCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K3691215Min: 10.04 / Avg: 10.05 / Max: 10.05Min: 5.39 / Avg: 5.4 / Max: 5.411. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops -fopenmp

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X99.0147.8168.5Core i9 9900K53.399.5117.0OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterCloverLeafSystem Power Consumption Monitor50100150200250

NAMD

NAMD is a parallel molecular dynamics code designed for high-performance simulation of large biomolecular systems. NAMD was developed by the Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgdays/ns, Fewer Is BetterNAMD 2.13b1ATPase Simulation - 327,506 AtomsCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K1.11142.22283.33424.44565.557SE +/- 0.00103, N = 3SE +/- 0.00383, N = 34.939631.72909
OpenBenchmarking.orgdays/ns, Fewer Is BetterNAMD 2.13b1ATPase Simulation - 327,506 AtomsCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K246810Min: 4.94 / Avg: 4.94 / Max: 4.94Min: 1.72 / Avg: 1.73 / Max: 1.73

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X99.3219.9225.0Core i9 9900K52.9156.3163.2OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterNAMD 2.13b1System Power Consumption Monitor60120180240300

DaCapo Benchmark

This test runs the DaCapo Benchmarks written in Java and intended to test system/CPU performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgmsec, Fewer Is BetterDaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1Java Test: TradesoapCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 163.65, N = 3SE +/- 23.25, N = 391283953
OpenBenchmarking.orgmsec, Fewer Is BetterDaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1Java Test: TradesoapCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K16003200480064008000Min: 8803 / Avg: 9128.33 / Max: 9322Min: 3918 / Avg: 3953 / Max: 3997

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X100.6159.9187.5Core i9 9900K77.4125.0153.7OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterDaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1System Power Consumption Monitor50100150200250

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

A portable GPL 3D software renderer that supports OpenMP and Intel Threading Building Blocks with many different rendering modes. This version does not use OpenGL but is entirely CPU/software based. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3bPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K110220330440550SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 2.18, N = 32355221. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mtune=native -flto -msse -mrecip -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mssse3 -lSDL -fopenmp -fwhole-program -lstdc++
OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3bPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K90180270360450Min: 234.49 / Avg: 234.87 / Max: 235.36Min: 517.87 / Avg: 522.18 / Max: 524.851. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mtune=native -flto -msse -mrecip -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mssse3 -lSDL -fopenmp -fwhole-program -lstdc++

OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS Per Watt, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3bPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K0.9091.8182.7273.6364.5451.234.04

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X100.0190.8195.3Core i9 9900K53.9129.4139.4OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3bSystem Power Consumption Monitor50100150200250

x265

This is a simple test of the x265 encoder run on the CPU with a sample video file. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx265 2.8H.265 Video EncodingCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K3691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 34.459.291. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -rdynamic -lpthread -lrt -ldl -lnuma
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx265 2.8H.265 Video EncodingCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K3691215Min: 4.43 / Avg: 4.45 / Max: 4.47Min: 9.26 / Avg: 9.29 / Max: 9.331. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -rdynamic -lpthread -lrt -ldl -lnuma

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X100.0202.7214.8Core i9 9900K81.5149.6159.0OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is Betterx265 2.8System Power Consumption Monitor60120180240300

Himeno Benchmark

The Himeno benchmark is a linear solver of pressure Poisson using a point-Jacobi method. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K7001400210028003500SE +/- 1.78, N = 3SE +/- 6.52, N = 314063438-mavx21. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K6001200180024003000Min: 1402.41 / Avg: 1405.95 / Max: 1408Min: 3428.24 / Avg: 3438.25 / Max: 3450.51. (CC) gcc options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS Per Watt, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K102030405012.4742.02

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X100.3112.8114.3Core i9 9900K53.581.884.9OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0System Power Consumption Monitor4080120160200

7-Zip Compression

This is a test of 7-Zip using p7zip with its integrated benchmark feature or upstream 7-Zip for the Windows x64 build. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 16.02Compress Speed TestCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K11K22K33K44K55KSE +/- 96.41, N = 3SE +/- 211.82, N = 325728511791. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 16.02Compress Speed TestCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K9K18K27K36K45KMin: 25591 / Avg: 25728 / Max: 25914Min: 50890 / Avg: 51179.33 / Max: 515921. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS Per Watt, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 16.02Compress Speed TestCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K80160240320400138.77374.27

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X99.0185.4195.9Core i9 9900K52.7136.7146.5OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is Better7-Zip Compression 16.02System Power Consumption Monitor50100150200250

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

This test times how long it takes to build the Linux kernel in a default configuration. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18Time To CompileCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K4080120160200SE +/- 1.46, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 3189.8071.76
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18Time To CompileCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K306090120150Min: 188.19 / Avg: 189.8 / Max: 192.7Min: 70.82 / Avg: 71.76 / Max: 73.37

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X99.8186.0196.7Core i9 9900K53.2142.7164.9OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18System Power Consumption Monitor50100150200250

Timed LLVM Compilation

This test times how long it takes to build the LLVM compiler. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1Time To CompileCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K20040060080010001097415

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X100.3188.1198.0Core i9 9900K53.6155.8162.9OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterTimed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1System Power Consumption Monitor50100150200250

C-Ray

This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per PixelCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K4080120160200SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3167.6175.231. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per PixelCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K306090120150Min: 167.56 / Avg: 167.61 / Max: 167.64Min: 75.21 / Avg: 75.23 / Max: 75.261. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X190.6202.0203.3Core i9 9900K104.2143.8145.2OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1System Power Consumption Monitor50100150200250

Rust Mandelbrot

This test profile is of the combined time for the serial and parallel Mandelbrot sets written in Rustlang via willi-kappler/mandel-rust. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRust MandelbrotTime To Complete Serial/Parallel MandelbrotCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K20406080100SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 379.3745.681. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -pie -nodefaultlibs
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRust MandelbrotTime To Complete Serial/Parallel MandelbrotCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K1530456075Min: 79.08 / Avg: 79.37 / Max: 79.93Min: 45.67 / Avg: 45.68 / Max: 45.711. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -pie -nodefaultlibs

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X101.3128.2168.4Core i9 9900K53.487.5122.6OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterRust MandelbrotSystem Power Consumption Monitor50100150200250

FLAC Audio Encoding

This test times how long it takes to encode a sample WAV file to FLAC format five times. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2WAV To FLACCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K48121620SE +/- 0.04, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 516.437.76-logg1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fvisibility=hidden -lm
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2WAV To FLACCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K48121620Min: 16.27 / Avg: 16.43 / Max: 16.5Min: 7.64 / Avg: 7.76 / Max: 7.811. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fvisibility=hidden -lm

FFmpeg

This test uses FFmpeg for testing the system's audio/video encoding performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 4.0.2H.264 HD To NTSC DVCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K246810SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 37.855.14-lSDL2 -lsndio1. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -lXv -lX11 -lXext -lm -lxcb -lxcb-shape -lxcb-xfixes -lasound -pthread -lbz2 -llzma -std=c11 -fomit-frame-pointer -fPIC -O3 -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -fno-tree-vectorize -MMD -MF -MT
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 4.0.2H.264 HD To NTSC DVCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K3691215Min: 7.52 / Avg: 7.85 / Max: 8.35Min: 5.09 / Avg: 5.14 / Max: 5.171. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -lXv -lX11 -lXext -lm -lxcb -lxcb-shape -lxcb-xfixes -lasound -pthread -lbz2 -llzma -std=c11 -fomit-frame-pointer -fPIC -O3 -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -fno-tree-vectorize -MMD -MF -MT

m-queens

A solver for the N-queens problem with multi-threading support via the OpenMP library. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is Betterm-queens 1.2Time To SolveCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K4080120160200SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3165.1286.491. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp -O2 -march=native
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is Betterm-queens 1.2Time To SolveCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K306090120150Min: 165.1 / Avg: 165.12 / Max: 165.14Min: 86.48 / Avg: 86.49 / Max: 86.511. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp -O2 -march=native

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X108.4194.2197.8Core i9 9900K52.5124.4126.5OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is Betterm-queens 1.2System Power Consumption Monitor50100150200250

OpenSSL

OpenSSL is an open-source toolkit that implements SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocols. This test measures the RSA 4096-bit performance of OpenSSL. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.1.1RSA 4096-bit PerformanceCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K6001200180024003000SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 5.60, N = 352426291. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl
OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.1.1RSA 4096-bit PerformanceCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K5001000150020002500Min: 523.4 / Avg: 523.67 / Max: 523.9Min: 2622.1 / Avg: 2628.77 / Max: 2639.91. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.1.1RSA 4096-bit PerformanceCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K5101520252.7318.64

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X100.1191.7201.9Core i9 9900K53.0141.0152.8OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterOpenSSL 1.1.1System Power Consumption Monitor50100150200250

Cryptsetup

This is a test profile for running the cryptsetup benchmark to report on the system's cryptography performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Second, More Is BetterCryptsetup 2.0.4PBKDF2-sha512Core i7 990XCore i9 9900K400K800K1200K1600K2000KSE +/- 711.87, N = 3SE +/- 2030.83, N = 38041231920472
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Second, More Is BetterCryptsetup 2.0.4PBKDF2-sha512Core i7 990XCore i9 9900K300K600K900K1200K1500KMin: 802891 / Avg: 804123.33 / Max: 805357Min: 1916957 / Avg: 1920472.33 / Max: 1923992

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Second, More Is BetterCryptsetupPBKDF2-whirlpoolCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K200K400K600K800K1000KSE +/- 1129.51, N = 34968031117884
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Second, More Is BetterCryptsetupPBKDF2-whirlpoolCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K200K400K600K800K1000KMin: 494611 / Avg: 496803 / Max: 498372

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterCryptsetupPBKDF2-whirlpoolCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K3K6K9K12K15K4444.6713284.80

MinAvgMaxCore i9 9900K53.284.1104.9OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterCryptsetupSystem Power Consumption Monitor20406080100

Darktable

Darktable is an open-source photography / workflow application this will use any system-installed Darktable program or on Windows will automatically download the pre-built binary from the project. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterDarktable 2.4.4Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-onlyCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K714212835SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 330.8913.80
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterDarktable 2.4.4Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-onlyCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K714212835Min: 30.84 / Avg: 30.89 / Max: 30.94Min: 13.78 / Avg: 13.8 / Max: 13.83

GIMP

GIMP is an open-source image manipulaton program. This test profile will use the system-provided GIMP program otherwise on Windows relys upon a pre-packaged Windows binary from upstream GIMP.org. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGIMP 2.10.6Test: resizeCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K48121620SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 315.037.32
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGIMP 2.10.6Test: resizeCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K48121620Min: 14.9 / Avg: 15.03 / Max: 15.26Min: 7.2 / Avg: 7.32 / Max: 7.53

Sysbench

This is a benchmark of Sysbench with CPU and memory sub-tests. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgEvents Per Second, More Is BetterSysbench 2018-07-28Test: MemoryCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K5M10M15M20M25MSE +/- 22638.69, N = 3SE +/- 478333.61, N = 31978466223978495-march=westmere-march=core21. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -O3 -funroll-loops -ggdb3 -rdynamic -ldl -laio -lm
OpenBenchmarking.orgEvents Per Second, More Is BetterSysbench 2018-07-28Test: MemoryCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K4M8M12M16M20MMin: 19741803.35 / Avg: 19784662.04 / Max: 19818735.78Min: 23485779.89 / Avg: 23978495.13 / Max: 24935016.751. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -O3 -funroll-loops -ggdb3 -rdynamic -ldl -laio -lm

OpenBenchmarking.orgEvents Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterSysbench 2018-07-28Test: MemoryCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K70K140K210K280K350K123365.00335990.12

OpenBenchmarking.orgEvents Per Second, More Is BetterSysbench 2018-07-28Test: CPUCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K4K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 6.66, N = 3SE +/- 3.55, N = 3913418364-march=westmere-march=core21. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -O3 -funroll-loops -ggdb3 -rdynamic -ldl -laio -lm
OpenBenchmarking.orgEvents Per Second, More Is BetterSysbench 2018-07-28Test: CPUCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K3K6K9K12K15KMin: 9125.72 / Avg: 9134.1 / Max: 9147.25Min: 18357.37 / Avg: 18364.27 / Max: 18369.191. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -O3 -funroll-loops -ggdb3 -rdynamic -ldl -laio -lm

OpenBenchmarking.orgEvents Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterSysbench 2018-07-28Test: CPUCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K408012016020060.08174.34

Blender

Blender is an open-source 3D creation software project. This test is of Blender's Cycles benchmark with various sample files. GPU computing via OpenCL or CUDA is supported. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBlender 2.79aBlend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-OnlyCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K130260390520650607203

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X99.4201.2205.4Core i9 9900K53.1148.0152.1OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterBlender 2.79aSystem Power Consumption Monitor60120180240300

PyBench

This test profile reports the total time of the different average timed test results from PyBench. PyBench reports average test times for different functions such as BuiltinFunctionCalls and NestedForLoops, with this total result providing a rough estimate as to Python's average performance on a given system. This test profile runs PyBench each time for 20 rounds. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterPyBench 2018-02-16Total For Average Test TimesCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K400800120016002000SE +/- 3.21, N = 3SE +/- 2.33, N = 31843843
OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterPyBench 2018-02-16Total For Average Test TimesCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K30060090012001500Min: 1837 / Avg: 1843 / Max: 1848Min: 838 / Avg: 842.67 / Max: 845

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X100.7111.5113.1Core i9 9900K53.379.384.4OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterPyBench 2018-02-16System Power Consumption Monitor4080120160200

PHPBench

PHPBench is a benchmark suite for PHP. It performs a large number of simple tests in order to bench various aspects of the PHP interpreter. PHPBench can be used to compare hardware, operating systems, PHP versions, PHP accelerators and caches, compiler options, etc. The number of iterations used is 1,000,000. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterPHPBench 0.8.1PHP Benchmark SuiteCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K200K400K600K800K1000KSE +/- 950.24, N = 3SE +/- 1052.75, N = 3376937800848
OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterPHPBench 0.8.1PHP Benchmark SuiteCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K140K280K420K560K700KMin: 375077 / Avg: 376937.33 / Max: 378204Min: 798874 / Avg: 800848.33 / Max: 802469

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore Per Watt, More Is BetterPHPBench 0.8.1PHP Benchmark SuiteCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K2K4K6K8K10K3398.2310259.77

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X100.1110.9112.1Core i9 9900K52.678.183.1OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterPHPBench 0.8.1System Power Consumption Monitor4080120160200

RAR Compression

This test measures the time needed to archive/compress two copies of the Linux 4.13 kernel source tree using RAR/WinRAR compression. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRAR Compression 5.6.1Linux Source Tree Archiving To RARCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K20406080100SE +/- 1.86, N = 3SE +/- 0.95, N = 396.1443.67
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRAR Compression 5.6.1Linux Source Tree Archiving To RARCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K20406080100Min: 92.42 / Avg: 96.14 / Max: 98.07Min: 41.76 / Avg: 43.67 / Max: 44.65

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X100.3127.4139.3Core i9 9900K52.891.5100.3OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterRAR Compression 5.6.1System Power Consumption Monitor4080120160200

Tesseract OCR

Tesseract-OCR is the open-source optical character recognition (OCR) engine for the conversion of text within images to raw text output. This test profile relies upon a system-supplied Tesseract installation. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTesseract OCR 4.0.0-beta.3-249-g607eTime To OCR 7 ImagesCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K918273645SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 340.6621.98
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTesseract OCR 4.0.0-beta.3-249-g607eTime To OCR 7 ImagesCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K816243240Min: 40.59 / Avg: 40.66 / Max: 40.79Min: 21.93 / Avg: 21.98 / Max: 22.06

BRL-CAD

BRL-CAD 7.28.0 is a cross-platform, open-source solid modeling system with built-in benchmark mode. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgVGR Performance Metric, More Is BetterBRL-CAD 7.28.0VGR Performance MetricCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K20K40K60K80K100K490861132781. (CXX) g++ options: -std=c++98 -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fexceptions -ftemplate-depth-128 -m64 -ggdb3 -O3 -fipa-pta -fstrength-reduce -finline-functions -flto -pedantic -rdynamic -lSM -lICE -lXi -lGLU -lGL -lX11 -lXext -lXrender -lpthread -ldl -luuid -lm

OpenBenchmarking.orgVGR Performance Metric Per Watt, More Is BetterBRL-CAD 7.28.0VGR Performance MetricCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K160320480640800235.44734.20

MinAvgMaxCore i7 990X99.0208.5214.8Core i9 9900K53.1154.3163.2OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterBRL-CAD 7.28.0System Power Consumption Monitor60120180240300

Systemd Total Boot Time

This test uses systemd-analyze to report the entire boot time. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterSystemd Total Boot TimeTest: TotalCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K6K12K18K24K30K2605223041

CPU Temperature Monitor

OpenBenchmarking.orgCelsiusCPU Temperature MonitorPhoronix Test Suite System MonitoringCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K1530456075Min: 30 / Avg: 57.8 / Max: 81Min: 30 / Avg: 50.53 / Max: 68

System Power Consumption Monitor

OpenBenchmarking.orgWattsSystem Power Consumption MonitorPhoronix Test Suite System MonitoringCore i7 990XCore i9 9900K4080120160200Min: 98.8 / Avg: 172.19 / Max: 225Min: 52 / Avg: 120.43 / Max: 164.9

76 Results Shown

ET: Legacy
ET: Legacy:
  Renderer2 - 1920 x 1080
  System Power Consumption Monitor
Tesseract
Tesseract:
  1920 x 1080
  System Power Consumption Monitor
Xonotic
Xonotic:
  1920 x 1080 - Low
  System Power Consumption Monitor
Xonotic
Xonotic:
  1920 x 1080 - High
  System Power Consumption Monitor
Xonotic
Xonotic:
  1920 x 1080 - Ultra
  System Power Consumption Monitor
MBW
MBW:
  Memory Copy - 4096 MiB
  System Power Consumption Monitor
CloverLeaf
CloverLeaf
NAMD
NAMD
DaCapo Benchmark
DaCapo Benchmark
TTSIOD 3D Renderer
TTSIOD 3D Renderer:
  Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping
  System Power Consumption Monitor
x265
x265
Himeno Benchmark
Himeno Benchmark:
  Poisson Pressure Solver
  System Power Consumption Monitor
7-Zip Compression
7-Zip Compression:
  Compress Speed Test
  System Power Consumption Monitor
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation
Timed LLVM Compilation
Timed LLVM Compilation
C-Ray
C-Ray
Rust Mandelbrot
Rust Mandelbrot
FLAC Audio Encoding
FFmpeg
m-queens
m-queens
OpenSSL
OpenSSL:
  RSA 4096-bit Performance
  System Power Consumption Monitor
Cryptsetup
Cryptsetup:
  PBKDF2-whirlpool:
    Iterations Per Second
    Iterations Per Second Per Watt
  System Power Consumption Monitor:
    Watts
Darktable
GIMP
Sysbench
Sysbench
Sysbench
Sysbench
Blender
Blender
PyBench
PyBench
PHPBench
PHPBench:
  PHP Benchmark Suite
  System Power Consumption Monitor
RAR Compression
RAR Compression
Tesseract OCR
BRL-CAD
BRL-CAD:
  VGR Performance Metric
  System Power Consumption Monitor
Systemd Total Boot Time
CPU Temperature Monitor:
  Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring:
    Celsius
    Watts