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 Testingc-ray: Total Timettsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappingcompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplescompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testnpb: UA.Ahmmer: Pfam Database Searchhimeno: Poisson Pressure Solvergraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdingnpb: LU.Anpb: FT.Bopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performanceminion: Solitairebuild-apache: Time To Compilegraphics-magick: Resizingnpb: IS.Cencode-mp3: WAV To MP3bullet: 1000 Convexbullet: Raytestsbullet: Convex Trimeshbullet: 1000 Stackffmpeg: AVI To NTSC VCDnpb: MG.Bbullet: Prim Trimeshpovray: Total Timebullet: 136 Ragdollsbullet: 3000 Fallpgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Secondbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilex264: H.264 Video EncodingCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X128.4262.1919.96225771221.6325.01286.89405207.573675.7473.15143.9734.9996156.2522.9411.2124.0120.5918.3313.114211.8611.218478.6115.52146.54612.5546.0961.65108.6011.231441261135.0315.22341.45499338.246574.6386.53115.0524.07123184.4219.228.8319.8817.0314.1110.985760.779.127086.5212.36148.17352.7174.1771.29118.0010.951441370235.6616.75199.75578238.344647.5445.68185.8130.35103124.3128.4412.2827.4023.4119.3715.034560.7512.439368.5016.19366.3874.5334.02179.867.02912041349.2411.71451.60799827.743246.4253.43187.4922.79128133.8925.3910.5923.4020.0016.5913.154361.5710.787887.7114.21148.01258.29113.5335.94210.956.05722395155.7510.27286.308911466.983959.7657.73166.8023.29143148.2222.459.7721.6618.5615.2212.174525.799.997307.0012.91227.78135.23OpenBenchmarking.org

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X306090120150SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3128.4261.6571.2934.0235.94

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping

OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.1vPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X50100150200250SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.75, N = 362.19108.60118.00179.86210.95

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X510152025SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 319.9611.2310.957.026.05

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X50100150200250SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 32251441449172

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed TestCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X5K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 106.85, N = 5SE +/- 8.65, N = 3SE +/- 197.11, N = 6SE +/- 217.92, N = 3SE +/- 309.89, N = 3771212611137022041323951

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: UA.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.ACore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X1326395265SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 321.6335.0335.6649.2455.75

Timed HMMer Search

Pfam Database Search

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X612182430SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 325.0115.2216.7511.7110.27

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X100200300400500SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.94, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3286.89341.45199.75451.60286.30

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 34049577989

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: LU.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.ACore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 21.33, N = 3SE +/- 31.43, N = 3SE +/- 33.06, N = 3SE +/- 27.47, N = 3SE +/- 23.27, N = 35207.579338.248238.349827.7411466.98

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: FT.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.BCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X14002800420056007000SE +/- 56.81, N = 5SE +/- 6.60, N = 3SE +/- 17.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 1.62, N = 33675.746574.634647.543246.423959.76

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0aRSA 4096-bit PerformanceCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X20406080100SE +/- 0.22, N = 4SE +/- 0.30, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 4SE +/- 0.02, N = 473.1586.5345.6853.4357.73

Minion

Benchmark: Solitaire

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.9Benchmark: SolitaireCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X4080120160200SE +/- 0.78, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3143.97115.05185.81187.49166.80

Timed Apache Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.2.17Time To CompileCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X816243240SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 334.9924.0730.3522.7923.29

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: ResizingCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X306090120150SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 396123103128143

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: IS.C

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: IS.CCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X4080120160200SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3156.25184.42124.31133.89148.22

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2WAV To MP3Core i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X714212835SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.04, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 522.9419.2228.4425.3922.45

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: 1000 Convex

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 1000 ConvexCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X3691215SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 311.218.8312.2810.599.77

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: Raytests

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: RaytestsCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X612182430SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 324.0119.8827.4023.4021.66

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: Convex Trimesh

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: Convex TrimeshCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X612182430SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 320.5917.0323.4120.0018.56

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: 1000 Stack

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 1000 StackCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X510152025SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 318.3314.1119.3716.5915.22

FFmpeg

AVI To NTSC VCD

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 0.6.1AVI To NTSC VCDCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X48121620SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 313.1110.9815.0313.1512.17

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: MG.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X12002400360048006000SE +/- 1.70, N = 3SE +/- 1.04, N = 3SE +/- 2.51, N = 3SE +/- 4.11, N = 3SE +/- 4.59, N = 34211.865760.774560.754361.574525.79

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: Prim Trimesh

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: Prim TrimeshCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X3691215SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 311.219.1212.4310.789.99

POV-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPOV-Ray 3.6.1Total TimeCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X2004006008001000847708936788730

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: 136 Ragdolls

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 136 RagdollsCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X246810SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 38.616.528.507.717.00

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: 3000 Fall

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 3000 FallCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X48121620SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 315.5212.3616.1914.2112.91

PostgreSQL pgbench

TPC-B Transactions Per Second

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.1TPC-B Transactions Per SecondCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 970306090120150SE +/- 1.17, N = 3SE +/- 2.90, N = 3SE +/- 0.68, N = 3146.54148.17148.01

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 2.6.25Time To CompileCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X130260390520650SE +/- 10.33, N = 3SE +/- 2.06, N = 3SE +/- 6.16, N = 6SE +/- 6.43, N = 6SE +/- 8.95, N = 6612.55352.71366.38258.29227.78

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video EncodingCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X306090120150SE +/- 0.93, N = 3SE +/- 1.46, N = 6SE +/- 1.44, N = 3SE +/- 1.84, N = 6SE +/- 3.41, N = 646.0974.1774.53113.53135.23


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