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.
Core i3 2100
Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI Device 6738, Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.9-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024
System Notes: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Core i5 2500K
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI Device 6738 (960/1150MHz), Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Core i7 920
Processor: Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: DELL S2409W
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Core i7 970
Processor: Intel Core i7 970 @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: DELL S2409W
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.9-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5 + Clang 4.2.1 + llvm 2.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Core i7 990X
Processor: Intel Core i7 X 990 @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: DELL S2409W
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i
Processor: AMD Phenom 9950 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock AOD790GX/128M, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 5632MB, Disk: 40GB INTEL SSDSA2M040 + 640GB Western Digital WDC WD6400AAKS-2 + 250GB Western Digital WDC WD2500JB-00G, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3300 384MB (700/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: DELL ST2210
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: fglrx 8.78.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. AMD CnQ was enabled.
Core i5 660
Processor: Intel Core i5 660 @ 3.34GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P7H55-M PRO, Chipset: Intel Core, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB DDR-1333MHz, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080 + 1000GB Western Digital WDC WD1001FALS-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896MB (626/1053MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889
OS: Fedora release 14 (Laughlin), Kernel: 2.6.35.11-83.fc14.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.6.1, Display Server: X Server 1.9.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 260.19.36, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 260.19.36, Compiler: GCC 4.5.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050
System Notes: Firefox was running on this system. SELinux: Enabled.
x264
FFmpeg
LAME MP3 Encoding
7-Zip Compression
Parallel BZIP2 Compression
Himeno Benchmark
Bullet Physics Engine
C-Ray
POV-Ray
Smallpt
Timed HMMer Search
This test searches through the Pfam database of profile hidden markov models. The search finds the domain structure of Drosophila Sevenless protein. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Minion
NAS Parallel Benchmarks
OpenSSL
GraphicsMagick
TTSIOD 3D Renderer
Timed Apache Compilation
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation
PostgreSQL pgbench
Core i3 2100
Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI Device 6738, Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.9-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024
System Notes: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Testing initiated at 16 March 2011 20:03 by user phoronix.
Core i5 2500K
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI Device 6738 (960/1150MHz), Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Testing initiated at 14 March 2011 16:10 by user phoronix.
Core i7 920
Processor: Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: DELL S2409W
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Testing initiated at 19 March 2011 15:04 by user phoronix.
Core i7 970
Processor: Intel Core i7 970 @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: DELL S2409W
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.9-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5 + Clang 4.2.1 + llvm 2.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Testing initiated at 26 March 2011 20:47 by user phoronix.
Core i7 990X
Processor: Intel Core i7 X 990 @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: DELL S2409W
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Testing initiated at 21 March 2011 16:03 by user phoronix.
Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i
Processor: AMD Phenom 9950 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock AOD790GX/128M, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 5632MB, Disk: 40GB INTEL SSDSA2M040 + 640GB Western Digital WDC WD6400AAKS-2 + 250GB Western Digital WDC WD2500JB-00G, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3300 384MB (700/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: DELL ST2210
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: fglrx 8.78.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. AMD CnQ was enabled.
Testing initiated at 8 April 2011 17:27 by user clay.
Core i5 660
Processor: Intel Core i5 660 @ 3.34GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P7H55-M PRO, Chipset: Intel Core, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB DDR-1333MHz, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080 + 1000GB Western Digital WDC WD1001FALS-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896MB (626/1053MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889
OS: Fedora release 14 (Laughlin), Kernel: 2.6.35.11-83.fc14.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.6.1, Display Server: X Server 1.9.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 260.19.36, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 260.19.36, Compiler: GCC 4.5.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050
System Notes: Firefox was running on this system. SELinux: Enabled.
Testing initiated at 9 April 2011 14:58 by user .