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 990XCore i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultIntel 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 4.4.5Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores)ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3Intel 2nd Generation Core Family7680MB120GB OCZ VERTEX3 MI + 120GB Seagate ST3120026AS + 200GB Western Digital WDC WD2000JD-22HIntel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP 256MBRealtek ALC892V243HLUbuntu 11.042.6.38-11-generic (x86_64)KDE 4.7.00X Server 1.10.1intel 2.14.0GCC 4.5.2OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Core i3 2100, Core i7 920, Core i7 970, Core i7 990X, Core i5 2500K Fatbox Default: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.

Core i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990XCore i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultResult OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%169%239%308%377%C-RayTTSIOD 3D RendererParallel BZIP2 CompressionSmallpt7-Zip Compressionx264Timed HMMer SearchHimeno BenchmarkOpenSSLGraphicsMagickMinionTimed Apache CompilationNAS Parallel BenchmarksLAME MP3 EncodingFFmpegBullet Physics EnginePOV-Ray

Intel Core i7 990X Testingpgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Secondbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilebuild-apache: Time To Compilettsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappinggraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdingopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancenpb: UA.Anpb: MG.Bnpb: LU.Anpb: IS.Cnpb: FT.Bminion: Solitairehmmer: Pfam Database Searchsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplespovray: Total Timec-ray: Total Timebullet: Raytestsbullet: Convex Trimeshbullet: Prim Trimeshbullet: 1000 Convexbullet: 136 Ragdollsbullet: 1000 Stackbullet: 3000 Fallhimeno: Poisson Pressure Solvercompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressioncompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testencode-mp3: WAV To MP3ffmpeg: AVI To NTSC VCDx264: H.264 Video EncodingCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990XCore i5 2500K Fatbox Default146.54612.5534.9962.19964073.1521.634211.865207.57156.253675.74143.9725.01225847128.4224.0120.5911.2111.218.6118.3315.52286.8919.96771222.9413.1146.09148.17352.7124.07108.601234986.5335.035760.779338.24184.426574.63115.0515.2214470861.6519.8817.039.128.836.5214.1112.36341.4511.231261119.2210.9874.17366.3830.35118.001035745.6835.664560.758238.34124.314647.54185.8116.7514493671.2927.4023.4112.4312.288.5019.3716.19199.7510.951370228.4415.0374.53148.01258.2922.79179.861287953.4349.244361.579827.74133.893246.42187.4911.719178834.0223.4020.0010.7810.597.7116.5914.21451.607.022041325.3913.15113.53227.7823.29210.951438957.7355.754525.7911466.98148.223959.76166.8010.277273035.9421.6618.569.999.777.0015.2212.91286.306.052395122.4512.17135.2325.2297.581194986.4331.775137.978638.99177.525489.59114.0515.6914871155.1724.8421.309.3911.597.0215.1813.54384.3215.601172319.6311.0472.87OpenBenchmarking.org

PostgreSQL pgbench

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.1TPC-B Transactions Per SecondCore i7 970Core i5 2500KCore i3 2100306090120150SE +/- 0.68, N = 3SE +/- 2.90, N = 3SE +/- 1.17, N = 3148.01148.17146.54
OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.1TPC-B Transactions Per SecondCore i7 970Core i5 2500KCore i3 2100306090120150Min: 146.86 / Avg: 148.01 / Max: 149.22Min: 142.43 / Avg: 148.17 / Max: 151.73Min: 144.76 / Avg: 146.54 / Max: 148.74

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 2.6.25Time To CompileCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i3 2100130260390520650SE +/- 8.95, N = 6SE +/- 6.43, N = 6SE +/- 6.16, N = 6SE +/- 2.06, N = 3SE +/- 10.33, N = 3227.78258.29366.38352.71612.55
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 2.6.25Time To CompileCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i3 2100110220330440550Min: 215.19 / Avg: 227.78 / Max: 272.31Min: 250.78 / Avg: 258.29 / Max: 290.38Min: 358.79 / Avg: 366.38 / Max: 397.09Min: 348.77 / Avg: 352.71 / Max: 355.68Min: 601.49 / Avg: 612.55 / Max: 633.19

Timed Apache Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.2.17Time To CompileCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100816243240SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 323.2922.7930.3525.2224.0734.99
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.2.17Time To CompileCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100714212835Min: 23.24 / Avg: 23.29 / Max: 23.32Min: 22.49 / Avg: 22.79 / Max: 22.97Min: 30.27 / Avg: 30.35 / Max: 30.43Min: 24.98 / Avg: 25.22 / Max: 25.42Min: 23.99 / Avg: 24.07 / Max: 24.14Min: 34.88 / Avg: 34.99 / Max: 35.2

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.1vPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 210050100150200250SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 1.66, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3210.95179.86118.0097.58108.6062.19
OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.1vPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 21004080120160200Min: 209.57 / Avg: 210.95 / Max: 212.16Min: 178.86 / Avg: 179.86 / Max: 180.85Min: 117.18 / Avg: 118 / Max: 118.89Min: 94.27 / Avg: 97.58 / Max: 99.46Min: 108.55 / Avg: 108.6 / Max: 108.69Min: 62.12 / Avg: 62.19 / Max: 62.23

GraphicsMagick

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: ResizingCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 314312810311912396
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: ResizingCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100306090120150Min: 143 / Avg: 143 / Max: 143Min: 128 / Avg: 128 / Max: 128Min: 103 / Avg: 103 / Max: 103Min: 118 / Avg: 118.67 / Max: 119Min: 123 / Avg: 123 / Max: 123Min: 95 / Avg: 95.67 / Max: 96

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 210020406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3897957494940
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 210020406080100Min: 89 / Avg: 89 / Max: 89Min: 79 / Avg: 79 / Max: 79Min: 57 / Avg: 57 / Max: 57Min: 49 / Avg: 49 / Max: 49Min: 49 / Avg: 49 / Max: 49Min: 40 / Avg: 40 / Max: 40

OpenSSL

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0aRSA 4096-bit PerformanceCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 210020406080100SE +/- 0.02, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 4SE +/- 0.02, N = 4SE +/- 0.30, N = 4SE +/- 0.22, N = 457.7353.4345.6886.4386.5373.15
OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0aRSA 4096-bit PerformanceCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 21001632486480Min: 57.7 / Avg: 57.73 / Max: 57.8Min: 53.3 / Avg: 53.43 / Max: 53.6Min: 45.5 / Avg: 45.68 / Max: 45.8Min: 86.4 / Avg: 86.43 / Max: 86.5Min: 86.1 / Avg: 86.53 / Max: 87.4Min: 72.5 / Avg: 73.15 / Max: 73.4

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.ACore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 21001326395265SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 355.7549.2435.6631.7735.0321.63
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.ACore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 21001122334455Min: 55.4 / Avg: 55.75 / Max: 56.28Min: 48.7 / Avg: 49.24 / Max: 49.61Min: 35.6 / Avg: 35.66 / Max: 35.75Min: 31.59 / Avg: 31.77 / Max: 31.9Min: 34.99 / Avg: 35.03 / Max: 35.07Min: 21.61 / Avg: 21.63 / Max: 21.65

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 210012002400360048006000SE +/- 4.59, N = 3SE +/- 4.11, N = 3SE +/- 2.51, N = 3SE +/- 13.32, N = 3SE +/- 1.04, N = 3SE +/- 1.70, N = 34525.794361.574560.755137.975760.774211.86
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 210010002000300040005000Min: 4521.07 / Avg: 4525.79 / Max: 4534.98Min: 4356.63 / Avg: 4361.57 / Max: 4369.73Min: 4557.51 / Avg: 4560.75 / Max: 4565.69Min: 5122.7 / Avg: 5137.97 / Max: 5164.52Min: 5758.71 / Avg: 5760.77 / Max: 5762.02Min: 4209.13 / Avg: 4211.86 / Max: 4214.98

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.ACore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 21002K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 23.27, N = 3SE +/- 27.47, N = 3SE +/- 33.06, N = 3SE +/- 68.54, N = 3SE +/- 31.43, N = 3SE +/- 21.33, N = 311466.989827.748238.348638.999338.245207.57
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.ACore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 21002K4K6K8K10KMin: 11423.07 / Avg: 11466.98 / Max: 11502.31Min: 9779.44 / Avg: 9827.74 / Max: 9874.56Min: 8181.4 / Avg: 8238.34 / Max: 8295.93Min: 8505.77 / Avg: 8638.99 / Max: 8733.57Min: 9286.26 / Avg: 9338.24 / Max: 9394.85Min: 5167.56 / Avg: 5207.57 / Max: 5240.4

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: IS.CCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 21004080120160200SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3148.22133.89124.31177.52184.42156.25
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: IS.CCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100306090120150Min: 148.22 / Avg: 148.22 / Max: 148.22Min: 133.83 / Avg: 133.89 / Max: 133.96Min: 123.85 / Avg: 124.31 / Max: 124.54Min: 176.97 / Avg: 177.52 / Max: 178.25Min: 184.38 / Avg: 184.42 / Max: 184.48Min: 156.17 / Avg: 156.25 / Max: 156.29

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.BCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 210014002800420056007000SE +/- 1.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 17.54, N = 3SE +/- 21.88, N = 3SE +/- 6.60, N = 3SE +/- 56.81, N = 53959.763246.424647.545489.596574.633675.74
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.BCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 210011002200330044005500Min: 3957.43 / Avg: 3959.76 / Max: 3962.87Min: 3245.73 / Avg: 3246.42 / Max: 3247.07Min: 4619.31 / Avg: 4647.54 / Max: 4679.7Min: 5450.08 / Avg: 5489.59 / Max: 5525.64Min: 6561.74 / Avg: 6574.63 / Max: 6583.51Min: 3448.94 / Avg: 3675.74 / Max: 3741.26

Minion

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.9Benchmark: SolitaireCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 21004080120160200SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.78, N = 3166.80187.49185.81114.05115.05143.97
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.9Benchmark: SolitaireCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100306090120150Min: 166.43 / Avg: 166.8 / Max: 167.54Min: 187.16 / Avg: 187.49 / Max: 188.11Min: 185.6 / Avg: 185.81 / Max: 186.14Min: 113.73 / Avg: 114.05 / Max: 114.27Min: 114.94 / Avg: 115.05 / Max: 115.14Min: 143.17 / Avg: 143.97 / Max: 145.53

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.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100612182430SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 310.2711.7116.7515.6915.2225.01
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100612182430Min: 10.09 / Avg: 10.27 / Max: 10.56Min: 11.55 / Avg: 11.71 / Max: 11.95Min: 16.64 / Avg: 16.75 / Max: 16.88Min: 15.68 / Avg: 15.69 / Max: 15.71Min: 15.07 / Avg: 15.22 / Max: 15.39Min: 24.97 / Avg: 25.01 / Max: 25.05

Smallpt

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 210050100150200250SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 37291144148144225
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 21004080120160200Min: 70 / Avg: 71.67 / Max: 74Min: 90 / Avg: 90.67 / Max: 92Min: 144 / Avg: 144 / Max: 144Min: 146 / Avg: 148.33 / Max: 150Min: 144 / Avg: 144.33 / Max: 145Min: 225 / Avg: 225 / Max: 225

POV-Ray

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPOV-Ray 3.6.1Total TimeCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 21002004006008001000730788936711708847

C-Ray

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100306090120150SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 335.9434.0271.2955.1761.65128.42
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 210020406080100Min: 35.72 / Avg: 35.94 / Max: 36.12Min: 33.93 / Avg: 34.02 / Max: 34.13Min: 70.85 / Avg: 71.29 / Max: 71.52Min: 54.77 / Avg: 55.17 / Max: 55.65Min: 61.62 / Avg: 61.65 / Max: 61.68Min: 128.34 / Avg: 128.42 / Max: 128.54

Bullet Physics Engine

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: RaytestsCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100612182430SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 321.6623.4027.4024.8419.8824.01
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: RaytestsCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100612182430Min: 21.65 / Avg: 21.66 / Max: 21.67Min: 23.39 / Avg: 23.4 / Max: 23.41Min: 27.36 / Avg: 27.4 / Max: 27.45Min: 24.71 / Avg: 24.84 / Max: 25.06Min: 19.86 / Avg: 19.88 / Max: 19.9Min: 23.99 / Avg: 24.01 / Max: 24.03

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: Convex TrimeshCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100612182430SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 318.5620.0023.4121.3017.0320.59
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: Convex TrimeshCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100510152025Min: 18.54 / Avg: 18.56 / Max: 18.6Min: 20 / Avg: 20 / Max: 20.02Min: 23.37 / Avg: 23.41 / Max: 23.44Min: 21.11 / Avg: 21.3 / Max: 21.49Min: 16.99 / Avg: 17.03 / Max: 17.11Min: 20.58 / Avg: 20.59 / Max: 20.6

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: Prim TrimeshCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 21003691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 39.9910.7812.439.399.1211.21
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: Prim TrimeshCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 210048121620Min: 9.97 / Avg: 9.99 / Max: 10Min: 10.76 / Avg: 10.78 / Max: 10.81Min: 12.41 / Avg: 12.43 / Max: 12.47Min: 9.27 / Avg: 9.39 / Max: 9.58Min: 9.11 / Avg: 9.12 / Max: 9.13Min: 11.18 / Avg: 11.21 / Max: 11.24

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 1000 ConvexCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 21003691215SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 39.7710.5912.2811.598.8311.21
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 1000 ConvexCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 210048121620Min: 9.71 / Avg: 9.77 / Max: 9.85Min: 10.59 / Avg: 10.59 / Max: 10.59Min: 12.2 / Avg: 12.28 / Max: 12.39Min: 11.52 / Avg: 11.59 / Max: 11.65Min: 8.82 / Avg: 8.83 / Max: 8.84Min: 11.21 / Avg: 11.21 / Max: 11.21

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 136 RagdollsCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100246810SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 37.007.718.507.026.528.61
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 136 RagdollsCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 21003691215Min: 6.99 / Avg: 7 / Max: 7.01Min: 7.71 / Avg: 7.71 / Max: 7.72Min: 8.45 / Avg: 8.5 / Max: 8.58Min: 6.98 / Avg: 7.02 / Max: 7.04Min: 6.51 / Avg: 6.52 / Max: 6.54Min: 8.59 / Avg: 8.61 / Max: 8.63

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 1000 StackCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100510152025SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 315.2216.5919.3715.1814.1118.33
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 1000 StackCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100510152025Min: 15.19 / Avg: 15.22 / Max: 15.26Min: 16.57 / Avg: 16.59 / Max: 16.6Min: 19.27 / Avg: 19.37 / Max: 19.52Min: 15.06 / Avg: 15.18 / Max: 15.28Min: 14.07 / Avg: 14.11 / Max: 14.17Min: 18.26 / Avg: 18.33 / Max: 18.44

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 3000 FallCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 210048121620SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 312.9114.2116.1913.5412.3615.52
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 3000 FallCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 210048121620Min: 12.87 / Avg: 12.91 / Max: 12.96Min: 14.2 / Avg: 14.21 / Max: 14.22Min: 16.17 / Avg: 16.19 / Max: 16.25Min: 13.49 / Avg: 13.54 / Max: 13.62Min: 12.34 / Avg: 12.36 / Max: 12.4Min: 15.49 / Avg: 15.52 / Max: 15.55

Himeno Benchmark

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100100200300400500SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 5.94, N = 4SE +/- 0.94, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3286.30451.60199.75384.32341.45286.89
OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 210080160240320400Min: 286.18 / Avg: 286.3 / Max: 286.37Min: 451.26 / Avg: 451.6 / Max: 452.25Min: 199.16 / Avg: 199.75 / Max: 200.24Min: 367.8 / Avg: 384.32 / Max: 395.91Min: 340.4 / Avg: 341.45 / Max: 343.32Min: 285.88 / Avg: 286.89 / Max: 287.44

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100510152025SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 6SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 36.057.0210.9515.6011.2319.96
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100510152025Min: 6 / Avg: 6.05 / Max: 6.11Min: 6.88 / Avg: 7.02 / Max: 7.13Min: 10.89 / Avg: 10.95 / Max: 11.03Min: 11.65 / Avg: 15.6 / Max: 17.62Min: 11.14 / Avg: 11.23 / Max: 11.29Min: 19.68 / Avg: 19.96 / Max: 20.21

7-Zip Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed TestCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 21005K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 309.89, N = 3SE +/- 217.92, N = 3SE +/- 197.11, N = 6SE +/- 28.18, N = 3SE +/- 8.65, N = 3SE +/- 106.85, N = 523951204131370211723126117712
OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed TestCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 21004K8K12K16K20KMin: 23394 / Avg: 23950.67 / Max: 24465Min: 20076 / Avg: 20413.33 / Max: 20821Min: 13098 / Avg: 13702 / Max: 14394Min: 11671 / Avg: 11722.67 / Max: 11768Min: 12599 / Avg: 12611.33 / Max: 12628Min: 7316 / Avg: 7711.8 / Max: 7912

LAME MP3 Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2WAV To MP3Core i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100714212835SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.04, N = 5SE +/- 0.07, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 522.4525.3928.4419.6319.2222.94
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2WAV To MP3Core i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100612182430Min: 22.41 / Avg: 22.45 / Max: 22.53Min: 25.36 / Avg: 25.39 / Max: 25.45Min: 28.39 / Avg: 28.44 / Max: 28.61Min: 19.5 / Avg: 19.63 / Max: 19.82Min: 19.19 / Avg: 19.22 / Max: 19.31Min: 22.89 / Avg: 22.94 / Max: 23.07

FFmpeg

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 0.6.1AVI To NTSC VCDCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 210048121620SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 312.1713.1515.0311.0410.9813.11
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 0.6.1AVI To NTSC VCDCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 210048121620Min: 12.02 / Avg: 12.17 / Max: 12.46Min: 12.99 / Avg: 13.15 / Max: 13.46Min: 14.81 / Avg: 15.03 / Max: 15.45Min: 11.01 / Avg: 11.04 / Max: 11.08Min: 10.83 / Avg: 10.98 / Max: 11.25Min: 12.95 / Avg: 13.11 / Max: 13.41

x264

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video EncodingCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100306090120150SE +/- 3.41, N = 6SE +/- 1.84, N = 6SE +/- 1.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 3SE +/- 1.46, N = 6SE +/- 0.93, N = 3135.23113.5374.5372.8774.1746.09
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video EncodingCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500K Fatbox DefaultCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100306090120150Min: 118.4 / Avg: 135.23 / Max: 140.34Min: 104.73 / Avg: 113.53 / Max: 117.42Min: 71.68 / Avg: 74.53 / Max: 76.23Min: 72.02 / Avg: 72.87 / Max: 74.03Min: 66.92 / Avg: 74.17 / Max: 76.06Min: 44.35 / Avg: 46.09 / Max: 47.52