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 i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 970Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores)SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 HydraIntel Sandy Bridge3072MB250GB Seagate ST3250310ASATI Device 6738 (960/1150MHz)DELL P2210HUbuntu 10.102.6.38-999-generic (x86_64)GNOME 2.32.0X Server 1.9.0radeon 6.14.992.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4GCC 4.4.5ext41920x1080Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores)ATI Device 6738vesa 2.3.02.1 Mesa 7.9-devel1280x1024Intel 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 0.0.161920x1080Intel Core i7 X 990 @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores)Intel Core i7 970 @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores)2.1 Mesa 7.9-develGCC 4.4.5 + Clang 4.2.1 + llvm 2.6OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Core i3 2100, Core i7 920, Core i7 990X, Core i7 970: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.

Intel Core i7 990X Testingbullet: 3000 Fallbullet: 1000 Stackbullet: 136 Ragdollsbullet: 1000 Convexbullet: Prim Trimeshbullet: Convex Trimeshbullet: Raytestsminion: Solitaireencode-mp3: WAV To MP3hmmer: Pfam Database Searchhimeno: Poisson Pressure Solvernpb: FT.Bnpb: IS.Cnpb: LU.Anpb: MG.Bnpb: UA.Abuild-apache: Time To Compilecompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testcompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilegraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinggraphics-magick: Resizingx264: H.264 Video Encodingc-ray: Total Timettsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappingpovray: Total Timeffmpeg: AVI To NTSC VCDsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancepgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per SecondCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 97012.3614.116.528.839.1217.0319.88115.0519.2215.22341.456574.63184.429338.245760.7735.0324.071261111.23352.714912374.1761.65108.6070810.9814486.53148.1715.5218.338.6111.2111.2120.5924.01143.9722.9425.01286.893675.74156.255207.574211.8621.6334.99771219.96612.55409646.09128.4262.1984713.1122573.15146.5416.1919.378.5012.2812.4323.4127.40185.8128.4416.75199.754647.54124.318238.344560.7535.6630.351370210.95366.385710374.5371.29118.0093615.0314445.6812.9115.227.009.779.9918.5621.66166.8022.4510.27286.303959.76148.2211466.984525.7955.7523.29239516.05227.7889143135.2335.94210.9573012.177257.7314.2116.597.7110.5910.7820.0023.40187.4925.3911.71451.603246.42133.899827.744361.5749.2422.79204137.02258.2979128113.5334.02179.8678813.159153.43148.01OpenBenchmarking.org

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: 3000 Fall

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 3000 FallCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 97048121620SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 312.3615.5216.1912.9114.21

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: 1000 Stack

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 1000 StackCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 970510152025SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 314.1118.3319.3715.2216.59

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: 136 Ragdolls

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 136 RagdollsCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 970246810SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 36.528.618.507.007.71

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: 1000 Convex

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 1000 ConvexCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 9703691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 38.8311.2112.289.7710.59

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: Prim Trimesh

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: Prim TrimeshCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 9703691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 39.1211.2112.439.9910.78

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: Convex Trimesh

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: Convex TrimeshCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 970612182430SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 317.0320.5923.4118.5620.00

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: Raytests

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: RaytestsCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 970612182430SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 319.8824.0127.4021.6623.40

Minion

Benchmark: Solitaire

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.9Benchmark: SolitaireCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 9704080120160200SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.78, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3115.05143.97185.81166.80187.49

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2WAV To MP3Core i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 970714212835SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.04, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 519.2222.9428.4422.4525.39

Timed HMMer Search

Pfam Database Search

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 970612182430SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 315.2225.0116.7510.2711.71

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 970100200300400500SE +/- 0.94, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3341.45286.89199.75286.30451.60

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: FT.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.BCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 97014002800420056007000SE +/- 6.60, N = 3SE +/- 56.81, N = 5SE +/- 17.54, N = 3SE +/- 1.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 36574.633675.744647.543959.763246.42

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 920Core i7 990XCore i7 9704080120160200SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3184.42156.25124.31148.22133.89

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: LU.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.ACore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 9702K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 31.43, N = 3SE +/- 21.33, N = 3SE +/- 33.06, N = 3SE +/- 23.27, N = 3SE +/- 27.47, N = 39338.245207.578238.3411466.989827.74

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: MG.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 97012002400360048006000SE +/- 1.04, N = 3SE +/- 1.70, N = 3SE +/- 2.51, N = 3SE +/- 4.59, N = 3SE +/- 4.11, N = 35760.774211.864560.754525.794361.57

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: UA.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.ACore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 9701326395265SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 335.0321.6335.6655.7549.24

Timed Apache Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.2.17Time To CompileCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 970816243240SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 324.0734.9930.3523.2922.79

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed TestCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 9705K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 8.65, N = 3SE +/- 106.85, N = 5SE +/- 197.11, N = 6SE +/- 309.89, N = 3SE +/- 217.92, N = 3126117712137022395120413

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 970510152025SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 311.2319.9610.956.057.02

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 2.6.25Time To CompileCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 970130260390520650SE +/- 2.06, N = 3SE +/- 10.33, N = 3SE +/- 6.16, N = 6SE +/- 8.95, N = 6SE +/- 6.43, N = 6352.71612.55366.38227.78258.29

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 97020406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 34940578979

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: ResizingCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 970306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 312396103143128

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video EncodingCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 970306090120150SE +/- 1.46, N = 6SE +/- 0.93, N = 3SE +/- 1.44, N = 3SE +/- 3.41, N = 6SE +/- 1.84, N = 674.1746.0974.53135.23113.53

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 970306090120150SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 361.65128.4271.2935.9434.02

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping

OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.1vPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 97050100150200250SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3108.6062.19118.00210.95179.86

POV-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPOV-Ray 3.6.1Total TimeCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 9702004006008001000708847936730788

FFmpeg

AVI To NTSC VCD

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 0.6.1AVI To NTSC VCDCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 97048121620SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 310.9813.1115.0312.1713.15

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 97050100150200250SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 31442251447291

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0aRSA 4096-bit PerformanceCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 97020406080100SE +/- 0.30, N = 4SE +/- 0.22, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 4SE +/- 0.02, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 486.5373.1545.6857.7353.43

PostgreSQL pgbench

TPC-B Transactions Per Second

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.1TPC-B Transactions Per SecondCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 970306090120150SE +/- 2.90, N = 3SE +/- 1.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.68, N = 3148.17146.54148.01


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