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 Testing Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Monitor Audio OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores) SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra Intel Sandy Bridge 3072MB 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS ATI Device 6738 DELL P2210H Ubuntu 10.10 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64) GNOME 2.32.0 X Server 1.9.0 vesa 2.3.0 2.1 Mesa 7.9-devel GCC 4.4.5 ext4 1280x1024 Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores) ATI Device 6738 (960/1150MHz) radeon 6.14.99 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 Cores) ASRock X58 Super Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1100MHz) Realtek ALC889A DELL S2409W 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64) nouveau 0.0.16 Intel Core i7 970 @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores) 2.1 Mesa 7.9-devel GCC 4.4.5 + Clang 4.2.1 + llvm 2.6 Intel Core i7 X 990 @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores) GCC 4.4.5 AMD Phenom 9950 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores) ASRock AOD790GX/128M AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800 5632MB 40GB INTEL SSDSA2M040 + 640GB Western Digital WDC WD6400AAKS-2 + 250GB Western Digital WDC WD2500JB-00G ATI Radeon HD 3300 384MB (700/400MHz) DELL ST2210 2.6.35-28-generic (x86_64) fglrx 8.78.30 Intel Core i5 660 @ 3.34GHz (4 Cores) ASUS P7H55-M PRO Intel Core 2 x 2048 MB DDR-1333MHz 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080 + 1000GB Western Digital WDC WD1001FALS-0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896MB (626/1053MHz) Realtek ALC889 Fedora release 14 (Laughlin) 2.6.35.11-83.fc14.x86_64 (x86_64) KDE 4.6.1 X Server 1.9.5 NVIDIA 260.19.36 3.3.0 NVIDIA 260.19.36 GCC 4.5.1 1680x1050 OpenBenchmarking.org System 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 Testing minion: Solitaire ttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping build-apache: Time To Compile c-ray: Total Time npb: UA.A compress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compression himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples x264: H.264 Video Encoding compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test bullet: 136 Ragdolls bullet: 3000 Fall npb: FT.B npb: LU.A npb: IS.C bullet: 1000 Convex npb: MG.B bullet: 1000 Stack build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile hmmer: Pfam Database Search graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding bullet: Prim Trimesh bullet: Convex Trimesh bullet: Raytests ffmpeg: AVI To NTSC VCD encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 povray: Total Time openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance graphics-magick: Resizing pgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Second Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 143.97 62.19 34.99 128.42 21.63 19.96 286.89 225 46.09 7712 8.61 15.52 3675.74 5207.57 156.25 11.21 4211.86 18.33 612.55 25.01 40 11.21 20.59 24.01 13.11 22.94 847 73.15 96 146.54 115.05 108.60 24.07 61.65 35.03 11.23 341.45 144 74.17 12611 6.52 12.36 6574.63 9338.24 184.42 8.83 5760.77 14.11 352.71 15.22 49 9.12 17.03 19.88 10.98 19.22 708 86.53 123 148.17 185.81 118.00 30.35 71.29 35.66 10.95 199.75 144 74.53 13702 8.50 16.19 4647.54 8238.34 124.31 12.28 4560.75 19.37 366.38 16.75 57 12.43 23.41 27.40 15.03 28.44 936 45.68 103 187.49 179.86 22.79 34.02 49.24 7.02 451.60 91 113.53 20413 7.71 14.21 3246.42 9827.74 133.89 10.59 4361.57 16.59 258.29 11.71 79 10.78 20.00 23.40 13.15 25.39 788 53.43 128 148.01 166.80 210.95 23.29 35.94 55.75 6.05 286.30 72 135.23 23951 7.00 12.91 3959.76 11466.98 148.22 9.77 4525.79 15.22 227.78 10.27 89 9.99 18.56 21.66 12.17 22.45 730 57.73 143 693.78 45.37 8.50 135.76 13.98 23.66 131.97 234 40.66 7208 21.64 38.18 2184.47 3829.82 62.62 25.51 2058.99 38.64 604.03 27.55 36 22.53 41.17 47.93 23.43 38.41 1404 49.00 80 171.61 64.49 35.22 111.48 20.34 20.80 210.80 242 46.45 7963 9.42 18.03 2735.63 4973.43 104.43 13.81 2710.42 20.14 26.86 43 10.97 23.03 13.43 25.76 826 50.90 93 OpenBenchmarking.org
Minion Benchmark: Solitaire OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Minion 0.9 Benchmark: Solitaire Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 150 300 450 600 750 SE +/- 0.78, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 SE +/- 1.49, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 143.97 115.05 185.81 187.49 166.80 693.78 171.61
TTSIOD 3D Renderer Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping OpenBenchmarking.org FPS, More Is Better TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.1v Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.49, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.75, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 62.19 108.60 118.00 179.86 210.95 45.37 64.49
Timed Apache Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17 Time To Compile Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 34.99 24.07 30.35 22.79 23.29 8.50 35.22
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 128.42 61.65 71.29 34.02 35.94 135.76 111.48
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 21.63 35.03 35.66 49.24 55.75 13.98 20.34
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 256MB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 19.96 11.23 10.95 7.02 6.05 23.66 20.80
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 0.50, N = 3 SE +/- 0.94, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.69, N = 3 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 286.89 341.45 199.75 451.60 286.30 131.97 210.80
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 225 144 144 91 72 234 242
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.93, N = 3 SE +/- 1.46, N = 6 SE +/- 1.44, N = 3 SE +/- 1.84, N = 6 SE +/- 3.41, N = 6 SE +/- 0.56, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 46.09 74.17 74.53 113.53 135.23 40.66 46.45
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K SE +/- 106.85, N = 5 SE +/- 8.65, N = 3 SE +/- 197.11, N = 6 SE +/- 217.92, N = 3 SE +/- 309.89, N = 3 SE +/- 9.74, N = 3 SE +/- 8.00, N = 3 7712 12611 13702 20413 23951 7208 7963
Bullet Physics Engine Test: 136 Ragdolls OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: 136 Ragdolls Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 8.61 6.52 8.50 7.71 7.00 21.64 9.42
Bullet Physics Engine Test: 3000 Fall OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: 3000 Fall Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 15.52 12.36 16.19 14.21 12.91 38.18 18.03
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: FT.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 1400 2800 4200 5600 7000 SE +/- 56.81, N = 5 SE +/- 6.60, N = 3 SE +/- 17.54, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 1.62, N = 3 SE +/- 225.85, N = 6 SE +/- 7.62, N = 3 3675.74 6574.63 4647.54 3246.42 3959.76 2184.47 2735.63
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 21.33, N = 3 SE +/- 31.43, N = 3 SE +/- 33.06, N = 3 SE +/- 27.47, N = 3 SE +/- 23.27, N = 3 SE +/- 31.88, N = 3 SE +/- 3.13, N = 3 5207.57 9338.24 8238.34 9827.74 11466.98 3829.82 4973.43
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: IS.C OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 156.25 184.42 124.31 133.89 148.22 62.62 104.43
Bullet Physics Engine Test: 1000 Convex OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: 1000 Convex Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 11.21 8.83 12.28 10.59 9.77 25.51 13.81
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: MG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 1200 2400 3600 4800 6000 SE +/- 1.70, N = 3 SE +/- 1.04, N = 3 SE +/- 2.51, N = 3 SE +/- 4.11, N = 3 SE +/- 4.59, N = 3 SE +/- 1.48, N = 3 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 4211.86 5760.77 4560.75 4361.57 4525.79 2058.99 2710.42
Bullet Physics Engine Test: 1000 Stack OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: 1000 Stack Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 18.33 14.11 19.37 16.59 15.22 38.64 20.14
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 2.6.25 Time To Compile Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i 130 260 390 520 650 SE +/- 10.33, N = 3 SE +/- 2.06, N = 3 SE +/- 6.16, N = 6 SE +/- 6.43, N = 6 SE +/- 8.95, N = 6 SE +/- 6.04, N = 3 612.55 352.71 366.38 258.29 227.78 604.03
Timed HMMer Search Pfam Database Search OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.49, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 25.01 15.22 16.75 11.71 10.27 27.55 26.86
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 40 49 57 79 89 36 43
Bullet Physics Engine Test: Prim Trimesh OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: Prim Trimesh Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 11.21 9.12 12.43 10.78 9.99 22.53 10.97
Bullet Physics Engine Test: Convex Trimesh OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: Convex Trimesh Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 20.59 17.03 23.41 20.00 18.56 41.17 23.03
Bullet Physics Engine Test: Raytests OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: Raytests Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 24.01 19.88 27.40 23.40 21.66 47.93
FFmpeg AVI To NTSC VCD OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FFmpeg 0.6.1 AVI To NTSC VCD Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 13.11 10.98 15.03 13.15 12.17 23.43 13.43
LAME MP3 Encoding WAV To MP3 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2 WAV To MP3 Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.03, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.04, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.16, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 22.94 19.22 28.44 25.39 22.45 38.41 25.76
POV-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 300 600 900 1200 1500 847 708 936 788 730 1404 826
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0a RSA 4096-bit Performance Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.22, N = 4 SE +/- 0.30, N = 4 SE +/- 0.06, N = 4 SE +/- 0.06, N = 4 SE +/- 0.02, N = 4 SE +/- 0.06, N = 4 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 73.15 86.53 45.68 53.43 57.73 49.00 50.90
GraphicsMagick Operation: Resizing OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i5 660 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 96 123 103 128 143 80 93
PostgreSQL pgbench TPC-B Transactions Per Second OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.1 TPC-B Transactions Per Second Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 970 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 1.17, N = 3 SE +/- 2.90, N = 3 SE +/- 0.68, N = 3 146.54 148.17 148.01
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