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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 660Intel 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 4.4.5AMD Phenom 9950 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores)ASRock AOD790GX/128MAMD RS780 + SB700/SB8005632MB40GB INTEL SSDSA2M040 + 640GB Western Digital WDC WD6400AAKS-2 + 250GB Western Digital WDC WD2500JB-00GATI Radeon HD 3300 384MB (700/400MHz)DELL ST22102.6.35-28-generic (x86_64)fglrx 8.78.30Intel Core i5 660 @ 3.34GHz (4 Cores)ASUS P7H55-M PROIntel Core2 x 2048 MB DDR-1333MHz80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080 + 1000GB Western Digital WDC WD1001FALS-0NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896MB (626/1053MHz)Realtek ALC889Fedora release 14 (Laughlin)2.6.35.11-83.fc14.x86_64 (x86_64)KDE 4.6.1X Server 1.9.5NVIDIA 260.19.363.3.0 NVIDIA 260.19.36GCC 4.5.11680x1050OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Core i3 2100: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.- Core i7 920: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.- Core i7 970: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.- Core i7 990X: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.- Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i: Compiz was running on this system. AMD CnQ was enabled.- Core i5 660: Firefox was running on this system. SELinux: Enabled.

Intel Core i7 990X Testingx264: H.264 Video Encodingffmpeg: AVI To NTSC VCDencode-mp3: WAV To MP3compress-7zip: Compress Speed Testcompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionhimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverbullet: 3000 Fallbullet: 1000 Stackbullet: 136 Ragdollsbullet: 1000 Convexbullet: Prim Trimeshbullet: Convex Trimeshbullet: Raytestsc-ray: Total Timepovray: Total Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Sampleshmmer: Pfam Database Searchminion: Solitairenpb: FT.Bnpb: IS.Cnpb: LU.Anpb: MG.Bnpb: UA.Aopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancegraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinggraphics-magick: Resizingttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappingbuild-apache: Time To Compilebuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilepgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per SecondCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 66046.0913.1122.94771219.96286.8915.5218.338.6111.2111.2120.5924.01128.4284722525.01143.973675.74156.255207.574211.8621.6373.15409662.1934.99612.55146.5474.1710.9819.221261111.23341.4512.3614.116.528.839.1217.0319.8861.6570814415.22115.056574.63184.429338.245760.7735.0386.5349123108.6024.07352.71148.1774.5315.0328.441370210.95199.7516.1919.378.5012.2812.4323.4127.4071.2993614416.75185.814647.54124.318238.344560.7535.6645.6857103118.0030.35366.38113.5313.1525.39204137.02451.6014.2116.597.7110.5910.7820.0023.4034.027889111.71187.493246.42133.899827.744361.5749.2453.4379128179.8622.79258.29148.01135.2312.1722.45239516.05286.3012.9115.227.009.779.9918.5621.6635.947307210.27166.803959.76148.2211466.984525.7955.7557.7389143210.9523.29227.7840.6623.4338.41720823.66131.9738.1838.6421.6425.5122.5341.1747.93135.76140423427.55693.782184.4762.623829.822058.9913.9849.00368045.378.50604.0346.4513.4325.76796320.80210.8018.0320.149.4213.8110.9723.03111.4882624226.86171.612735.63104.434973.432710.4220.3450.90439364.4935.22OpenBenchmarking.org

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 660306090120150SE +/- 0.93, N = 3SE +/- 1.46, N = 6SE +/- 1.44, N = 3SE +/- 1.84, N = 6SE +/- 3.41, N = 6SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 346.0974.1774.53113.53135.2340.6646.45

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 660612182430SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 313.1110.9815.0313.1512.1723.4313.43

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 660918273645SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.04, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.16, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 522.9419.2228.4425.3922.4538.4125.76

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 6605K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 106.85, N = 5SE +/- 8.65, N = 3SE +/- 197.11, N = 6SE +/- 217.92, N = 3SE +/- 309.89, N = 3SE +/- 9.74, N = 3SE +/- 8.00, N = 377121261113702204132395172087963

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 660612182430SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 319.9611.2310.957.026.0523.6620.80

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 660100200300400500SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.94, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3286.89341.45199.75451.60286.30131.97210.80

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 660918273645SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 315.5212.3616.1914.2112.9138.1818.03

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 660918273645SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 318.3314.1119.3716.5915.2238.6420.14

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 660510152025SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 38.616.528.507.717.0021.649.42

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 660612182430SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 311.218.8312.2810.599.7725.5113.81

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 660510152025SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 311.219.1212.4310.789.9922.5310.97

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 660918273645SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 320.5917.0323.4120.0018.5641.1723.03

Bullet Physics Engine

Test: Raytests

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: RaytestsCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i1122334455SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 324.0119.8827.4023.4021.6647.93

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 660306090120150SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3128.4261.6571.2934.0235.94135.76111.48

POV-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPOV-Ray 3.6.1Total TimeCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 660300600900120015008477089367887301404826

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 66050100150200250SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 32251441449172234242

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 660612182430SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 325.0115.2216.7511.7110.2727.5526.86

Minion

Benchmark: Solitaire

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.9Benchmark: SolitaireCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 660150300450600750SE +/- 0.78, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 1.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3143.97115.05185.81187.49166.80693.78171.61

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 66014002800420056007000SE +/- 56.81, N = 5SE +/- 6.60, N = 3SE +/- 17.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 1.62, N = 3SE +/- 225.85, N = 6SE +/- 7.62, N = 33675.746574.634647.543246.423959.762184.472735.63

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 6604080120160200SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3156.25184.42124.31133.89148.2262.62104.43

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 6602K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 21.33, N = 3SE +/- 31.43, N = 3SE +/- 33.06, N = 3SE +/- 27.47, N = 3SE +/- 23.27, N = 3SE +/- 31.88, N = 3SE +/- 3.13, N = 35207.579338.248238.349827.7411466.983829.824973.43

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 66012002400360048006000SE +/- 1.70, N = 3SE +/- 1.04, N = 3SE +/- 2.51, N = 3SE +/- 4.11, N = 3SE +/- 4.59, N = 3SE +/- 1.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 34211.865760.774560.754361.574525.792058.992710.42

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 6601326395265SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 321.6335.0335.6649.2455.7513.9820.34

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 66020406080100SE +/- 0.22, N = 4SE +/- 0.30, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 4SE +/- 0.02, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 4SE +/- 0.00, N = 473.1586.5345.6853.4357.7349.0050.90

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 66020406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 340495779893643

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: ResizingCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 660306090120150SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3961231031281438093

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 66050100150200250SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 362.19108.60118.00179.86210.9545.3764.49

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core iCore i5 660816243240SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 334.9924.0730.3522.7923.298.5035.22

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 990XCompare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i130260390520650SE +/- 10.33, N = 3SE +/- 2.06, N = 3SE +/- 6.16, N = 6SE +/- 6.43, N = 6SE +/- 8.95, N = 6SE +/- 6.04, N = 3612.55352.71366.38258.29227.78604.03

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


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