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 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 Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 7680MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 MI + 120GB Seagate ST3120026AS + 200GB Western Digital WDC WD2000JD-22H, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: V243HL OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.7.00, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: intel 2.14.0, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.1v Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 62.19 |============ Core i5 2500K ................ 108.60 |===================== Core i7 920 .................. 118.00 |====================== Core i7 970 .................. 179.86 |================================== Core i7 990X ................. 210.95 |======================================== Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 97.58 |=================== x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 46.09 |============== Core i5 2500K ................ 74.17 |====================== Core i7 920 .................. 74.53 |====================== Core i7 970 .................. 113.53 |================================== Core i7 990X ................. 135.23 |======================================== Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 72.87 |====================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 40 |==================== Core i5 2500K ................ 49 |======================== Core i7 920 .................. 57 |============================ Core i7 970 .................. 79 |======================================= Core i7 990X ................. 89 |============================================ Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 49 |======================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 96 |============================= Core i5 2500K ................ 123 |===================================== Core i7 920 .................. 103 |=============================== Core i7 970 .................. 128 |====================================== Core i7 990X ................. 143 |=========================================== Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 119 |==================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 286.89 |========================= Core i5 2500K ................ 341.45 |============================== Core i7 920 .................. 199.75 |================== Core i7 970 .................. 451.60 |======================================== Core i7 990X ................. 286.30 |========================= Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 384.32 |================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 7712 |============= Core i5 2500K ................ 12611 |====================== Core i7 920 .................. 13702 |======================= Core i7 970 .................. 20413 |=================================== Core i7 990X ................. 23951 |========================================= Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 11723 |==================== OpenSSL 1.0.0a RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 73.15 |=================================== Core i5 2500K ................ 86.53 |========================================= Core i7 920 .................. 45.68 |====================== Core i7 970 .................. 53.43 |========================= Core i7 990X ................. 57.73 |=========================== Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 86.43 |========================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 3675.74 |====================== Core i5 2500K ................ 6574.63 |======================================= Core i7 920 .................. 4647.54 |============================ Core i7 970 .................. 3246.42 |=================== Core i7 990X ................. 3959.76 |======================= Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 5489.59 |================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 156.25 |================================== Core i5 2500K ................ 184.42 |======================================== Core i7 920 .................. 124.31 |=========================== Core i7 970 .................. 133.89 |============================= Core i7 990X ................. 148.22 |================================ Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 177.52 |======================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 5207.57 |================= Core i5 2500K ................ 9338.24 |=============================== Core i7 920 .................. 8238.34 |=========================== Core i7 970 .................. 9827.74 |================================= Core i7 990X ................. 11466.98 |====================================== Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 8638.99 |============================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 4211.86 |============================= Core i5 2500K ................ 5760.77 |======================================= Core i7 920 .................. 4560.75 |=============================== Core i7 970 .................. 4361.57 |============================== Core i7 990X ................. 4525.79 |=============================== Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 5137.97 |=================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 21.63 |================ Core i5 2500K ................ 35.03 |========================== Core i7 920 .................. 35.66 |========================== Core i7 970 .................. 49.24 |==================================== Core i7 990X ................. 55.75 |========================================= Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 31.77 |======================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.1 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 146.54 |====================================================== Core i5 2500K . 148.17 |======================================================= Core i7 970 ... 148.01 |======================================================= FFmpeg 0.6.1 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 13.11 |==================================== Core i5 2500K ................ 10.98 |============================== Core i7 920 .................. 15.03 |========================================= Core i7 970 .................. 13.15 |==================================== Core i7 990X ................. 12.17 |================================= Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 11.04 |============================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 22.94 |================================= Core i5 2500K ................ 19.22 |============================ Core i7 920 .................. 28.44 |========================================= Core i7 970 .................. 25.39 |===================================== Core i7 990X ................. 22.45 |================================ Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 19.63 |============================ Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 19.96 |========================================= Core i5 2500K ................ 11.23 |======================= Core i7 920 .................. 10.95 |====================== Core i7 970 .................. 7.02 |============== Core i7 990X ................. 6.05 |============ Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 15.60 |================================ Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: 3000 Fall Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 15.52 |======================================= Core i5 2500K ................ 12.36 |=============================== Core i7 920 .................. 16.19 |========================================= Core i7 970 .................. 14.21 |==================================== Core i7 990X ................. 12.91 |================================= Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 13.54 |================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: 1000 Stack Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 18.33 |======================================= Core i5 2500K ................ 14.11 |============================== Core i7 920 .................. 19.37 |========================================= Core i7 970 .................. 16.59 |=================================== Core i7 990X ................. 15.22 |================================ Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 15.18 |================================ Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: 136 Ragdolls Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 8.61 |========================================== Core i5 2500K ................ 6.52 |================================ Core i7 920 .................. 8.50 |========================================= Core i7 970 .................. 7.71 |====================================== Core i7 990X ................. 7.00 |================================== Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 7.02 |================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: 1000 Convex Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 11.21 |===================================== Core i5 2500K ................ 8.83 |============================= Core i7 920 .................. 12.28 |========================================= Core i7 970 .................. 10.59 |=================================== Core i7 990X ................. 9.77 |================================= Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 11.59 |======================================= Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: Prim Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 11.21 |===================================== Core i5 2500K ................ 9.12 |============================== Core i7 920 .................. 12.43 |========================================= Core i7 970 .................. 10.78 |==================================== Core i7 990X ................. 9.99 |================================= Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 9.39 |=============================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: Convex Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 20.59 |==================================== Core i5 2500K ................ 17.03 |============================== Core i7 920 .................. 23.41 |========================================= Core i7 970 .................. 20.00 |=================================== Core i7 990X ................. 18.56 |================================= Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 21.30 |===================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: Raytests Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 24.01 |==================================== Core i5 2500K ................ 19.88 |============================== Core i7 920 .................. 27.40 |========================================= Core i7 970 .................. 23.40 |=================================== Core i7 990X ................. 21.66 |================================ Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 24.84 |===================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 128.42 |======================================== Core i5 2500K ................ 61.65 |=================== Core i7 920 .................. 71.29 |====================== Core i7 970 .................. 34.02 |=========== Core i7 990X ................. 35.94 |=========== Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 55.17 |================= POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 847 |======================================= Core i5 2500K ................ 708 |================================= Core i7 920 .................. 936 |=========================================== Core i7 970 .................. 788 |==================================== Core i7 990X ................. 730 |================================== Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 711 |================================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 225 |=========================================== Core i5 2500K ................ 144 |============================ Core i7 920 .................. 144 |============================ Core i7 970 .................. 91 |================= Core i7 990X ................. 72 |============== Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 148 |============================ Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 25.01 |========================================= Core i5 2500K ................ 15.22 |========================= Core i7 920 .................. 16.75 |=========================== Core i7 970 .................. 11.71 |=================== Core i7 990X ................. 10.27 |================= Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 15.69 |========================== Minion 0.9 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 143.97 |=============================== Core i5 2500K ................ 115.05 |========================= Core i7 920 .................. 185.81 |======================================== Core i7 970 .................. 187.49 |======================================== Core i7 990X ................. 166.80 |==================================== Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 114.05 |======================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 ................. 34.99 |========================================= Core i5 2500K ................ 24.07 |============================ Core i7 920 .................. 30.35 |==================================== Core i7 970 .................. 22.79 |=========================== Core i7 990X ................. 23.29 |=========================== Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default . 25.22 |============================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 2.6.25 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 612.55 |======================================================= Core i5 2500K . 352.71 |================================ Core i7 920 ... 366.38 |================================= Core i7 970 ... 258.29 |======================= Core i7 990X .. 227.78 |====================