Intel Core i7 990X Testing

Benchmarks for an Intel Core i7 990X Gulftown comparison. This is currently Intel's $999 USD fastest six-core system based on Gulftown, not Sandy Bridge. Look for more in an upcoming Phoronix article.

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Intel Core i7 990X TestingProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsMonitorAudioOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990XIntel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores)SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 HydraIntel Sandy Bridge3072MB250GB Seagate ST3250310ASATI Device 6738DELL P2210HUbuntu 10.102.6.38-999-generic (x86_64)GNOME 2.32.0X Server 1.9.0vesa 2.3.02.1 Mesa 7.9-develGCC 4.4.5ext41280x1024Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores)ATI Device 6738 (960/1150MHz)radeon 6.14.992.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.41920x1080Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 Cores)ASRock X58 SuperIntel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R320GB Seagate ST3320620ASNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1100MHz)Realtek ALC889ADELL S2409W2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64)nouveau 0.0.16Intel Core i7 970 @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores)2.1 Mesa 7.9-develGCC 4.4.5 + Clang 4.2.1 + llvm 2.6Intel Core i7 X 990 @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores)GCC 4.4.5OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Core i3 2100, Core i7 920, Core i7 970, Core i7 990X: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.

Intel Core i7 990X Testingpgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Secondbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilebuild-apache: Time To Compilettsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappinggraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdingopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancenpb: UA.Anpb: MG.Bnpb: LU.Anpb: IS.Cnpb: FT.Bminion: Solitairehmmer: Pfam Database Searchsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplespovray: Total Timec-ray: Total Timebullet: Raytestsbullet: Convex Trimeshbullet: Prim Trimeshbullet: 1000 Convexbullet: 136 Ragdollsbullet: 1000 Stackbullet: 3000 Fallhimeno: Poisson Pressure Solvercompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressioncompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testencode-mp3: WAV To MP3ffmpeg: AVI To NTSC VCDx264: H.264 Video EncodingCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X146.54612.5534.9962.19964073.1521.634211.865207.57156.253675.74143.9725.01225847128.4224.0120.5911.2111.218.6118.3315.52286.8919.96771222.9413.1146.09148.17352.7124.07108.601234986.5335.035760.779338.24184.426574.63115.0515.2214470861.6519.8817.039.128.836.5214.1112.36341.4511.231261119.2210.9874.17366.3830.35118.001035745.6835.664560.758238.34124.314647.54185.8116.7514493671.2927.4023.4112.4312.288.5019.3716.19199.7510.951370228.4415.0374.53148.01258.2922.79179.861287953.4349.244361.579827.74133.893246.42187.4911.719178834.0223.4020.0010.7810.597.7116.5914.21451.607.022041325.3913.15113.53227.7823.29210.951438957.7355.754525.7911466.98148.223959.76166.8010.277273035.9421.6618.569.999.777.0015.2212.91286.306.052395122.4512.17135.23OpenBenchmarking.org

PostgreSQL pgbench

TPC-B Transactions Per Second

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.1TPC-B Transactions Per SecondCore i5 2500KCore i7 970Core i3 2100306090120150SE +/- 2.90, N = 3SE +/- 0.68, N = 3SE +/- 1.17, N = 3148.17148.01146.54

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 2.6.25Time To CompileCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i3 2100130260390520650SE +/- 8.95, N = 6SE +/- 6.43, N = 6SE +/- 2.06, N = 3SE +/- 6.16, N = 6SE +/- 10.33, N = 3227.78258.29352.71366.38612.55

Timed Apache Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.2.17Time To CompileCore i7 970Core i7 990XCore i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i3 2100816243240SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 322.7923.2924.0730.3534.99

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping

OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.1vPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i3 210050100150200250SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3210.95179.86118.00108.6062.19

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: ResizingCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i3 2100306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 314312812310396

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i3 210020406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 38979574940

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0aRSA 4096-bit PerformanceCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 92020406080100SE +/- 0.30, N = 4SE +/- 0.22, N = 4SE +/- 0.02, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 486.5373.1557.7353.4345.68

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: UA.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.ACore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i3 21001326395265SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 355.7549.2435.6635.0321.63

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: MG.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BCore i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 210012002400360048006000SE +/- 1.04, N = 3SE +/- 2.51, N = 3SE +/- 4.59, N = 3SE +/- 4.11, N = 3SE +/- 1.70, N = 35760.774560.754525.794361.574211.86

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: LU.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.ACore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i3 21002K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 23.27, N = 3SE +/- 27.47, N = 3SE +/- 31.43, N = 3SE +/- 33.06, N = 3SE +/- 21.33, N = 311466.989827.749338.248238.345207.57

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: IS.C

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: IS.CCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 9204080120160200SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3184.42156.25148.22133.89124.31

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: FT.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.BCore i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 990XCore i3 2100Core i7 97014002800420056007000SE +/- 6.60, N = 3SE +/- 17.54, N = 3SE +/- 1.62, N = 3SE +/- 56.81, N = 5SE +/- 0.39, N = 36574.634647.543959.763675.743246.42

Minion

Benchmark: Solitaire

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.9Benchmark: SolitaireCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 990XCore i7 920Core i7 9704080120160200SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.78, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3115.05143.97166.80185.81187.49

Timed HMMer Search

Pfam Database Search

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i3 2100612182430SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 310.2711.7115.2216.7525.01

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i3 210050100150200250SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 37291144144225

POV-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPOV-Ray 3.6.1Total TimeCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 9202004006008001000708730788847936

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeCore i7 970Core i7 990XCore i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i3 2100306090120150SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 334.0235.9461.6571.29128.42

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: Raytests

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: RaytestsCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 920612182430SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 319.8821.6623.4024.0127.40

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: Convex Trimesh

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: Convex TrimeshCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 920612182430SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 317.0318.5620.0020.5923.41

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: Prim Trimesh

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: Prim TrimeshCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 9203691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 39.129.9910.7811.2112.43

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: 1000 Convex

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 1000 ConvexCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 9203691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 38.839.7710.5911.2112.28

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: 136 Ragdolls

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 136 RagdollsCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i3 2100246810SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 36.527.007.718.508.61

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: 1000 Stack

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 1000 StackCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 920510152025SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 314.1115.2216.5918.3319.37

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: 3000 Fall

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 3000 FallCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 92048121620SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 312.3612.9114.2115.5216.19

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverCore i7 970Core i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 990XCore i7 920100200300400500SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.94, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3451.60341.45286.89286.30199.75

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i3 2100510152025SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 36.057.0210.9511.2319.96

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed TestCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i3 21005K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 309.89, N = 3SE +/- 217.92, N = 3SE +/- 197.11, N = 6SE +/- 8.65, N = 3SE +/- 106.85, N = 5239512041313702126117712

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2WAV To MP3Core i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i3 2100Core i7 970Core i7 920714212835SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.04, N = 519.2222.4522.9425.3928.44

FFmpeg

AVI To NTSC VCD

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 0.6.1AVI To NTSC VCDCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i3 2100Core i7 970Core i7 92048121620SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 310.9812.1713.1113.1515.03

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video EncodingCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i3 2100306090120150SE +/- 3.41, N = 6SE +/- 1.84, N = 6SE +/- 1.44, N = 3SE +/- 1.46, N = 6SE +/- 0.93, N = 3135.23113.5374.5374.1746.09


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