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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.5.1, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 260.19.06, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 260.19.06, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050
System Notes: .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.5.1, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 260.19.06, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 260.19.06, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050
System Notes: .
Testing initiated at 10 April 2011 22:58 by user root.