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 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 i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 97061.65108.6011.231441261135.0315.22341.45499338.246574.6386.53115.0524.07123184.4219.228.8319.8817.0314.1110.985760.779.127086.5212.36148.17352.7174.17128.4262.1919.96225771221.6325.01286.89405207.573675.7473.15143.9734.9996156.2522.9411.2124.0120.5918.3313.114211.8611.218478.6115.52146.54612.5546.0971.29118.0010.951441370235.6616.75199.75578238.344647.5445.68185.8130.35103124.3128.4412.2827.4023.4119.3715.034560.7512.439368.5016.19366.3874.5335.94210.956.05722395155.7510.27286.308911466.983959.7657.73166.8023.29143148.2222.459.7721.6618.5615.2212.174525.799.997307.0012.91227.78135.2334.02179.867.02912041349.2411.71451.60799827.743246.4253.43187.4922.79128133.8925.3910.5923.4020.0016.5913.154361.5710.787887.7114.21148.01258.29113.53OpenBenchmarking.org

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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: 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: 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

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: 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

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

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

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

POV-Ray

Total Time

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

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: 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

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

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

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


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