pts/multicore
AMD Phenom II X4 955 testing with a ASUS Crosshair V Formula and ATI Radeon HD 5700 1024MB on Slackware 13.37.0 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


AMD 955BE @ stock: 

	Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: ATI RD890, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD10EALX-009, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5700 1024MB (860/1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: B2430L, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

	OS: Slackware 13.37.0, Kernel: 3.1.2 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.9.5, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.5.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

AMD FX-8120 @ stock: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core @ 3.10GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: ATI RD890, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD10EALX-009, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5700 1024MB (860/1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: B2430L, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

	OS: Slackware 13.37.0, Kernel: 3.1.2 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.9.5, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.5.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


7-Zip Compression 9.13
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 10035 |================================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 15713 |==================================================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 15.51 |==================================================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 10.16 |=================================


x264 2010-11-22
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 52.99 |================================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 83.97 |==================================================


OpenSSL 1.0.0a
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 52.43 |============================================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 59.23 |==================================================


Gcrypt Library 1.4.4
CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher
Microseconds < Lower Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 4555 |==================================================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 4605 |===================================================


John The Ripper 1.7.8
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 909 |====================================================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 909 |====================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 42 |===========================================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 52 |=====================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 87 |===================================================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 90 |=====================================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 181.17 |===========================================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 208.30 |=================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 105.84 |=================================================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 59.87  |============================


POV-Ray 3.6.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 1077 |===================================================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 870  |=========================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 197 |====================================================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 125 |=================================


Crafty 23.3
Elapsed Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 461.60 |=================================================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 457.19 |=================================================


Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 19.23 |==================================================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 15.35 |========================================


Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.706
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 39.91 |==================================================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 36.14 |=============================================


Minion 0.9
Benchmark: Quasigroup
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 219.24 |=================================================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 200.33 |=============================================


Minion 0.9
Benchmark: Solitaire
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 246.18 |=================================================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 154.55 |===============================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: EP.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 91.80  |=================================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 135.76 |=================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: IS.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 82.90  |======================================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 106.30 |=================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: LU.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 6137.28  |============================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 10435.50 |===============================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: UA.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 25.32 |====================================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 35.11 |==================================================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 12.38 |===========================================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 14.41 |==================================================


Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD 955BE @ stock ... 44.51 |==================================================
AMD FX-8120 @ stock . 37.66 |==========================================