Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme On Linux

Benchmarks of the Intel Core i7 3960X "Sandy Bridge" Extreme Edition processor under Linux. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel. The Core i7 3960X has a base frequency of 3.3GHz, Turbo Boost of 3.9GHz, six physical cores plus Hyper Threading, etc.

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Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme On Linux Suite 1.0.0 System Test suite extracted from Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme On Linux. pts/compress-7zip-1.6.0 Compress Speed Test pts/c-ray-1.0.0 Total Time pts/clomp-1.0.0 Static OMP Speedup pts/ffmpeg-1.7.0 AVI To NTSC VCD pts/encode-flac-1.2.0 WAV To FLAC pts/graphics-magick-1.4.1 -colorspace HWB Operation: HWB Color Space pts/graphics-magick-1.4.1 -blur 0x1.0 Operation: Blur pts/graphics-magick-1.4.1 -lat 10x10-5% Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding pts/graphics-magick-1.4.1 -resize 50% Operation: Resizing pts/graphics-magick-1.4.1 -sharpen 0x1.0 Operation: Sharpen pts/himeno-1.1.0 Poisson Pressure Solver pts/john-the-ripper-1.2.0 TRADITIONAL_DES_MANY_SALTS Test: Traditional DES pts/john-the-ripper-1.2.0 MD5 Test: MD5 pts/john-the-ripper-1.2.0 BLOWFISH Test: Blowfish pts/encode-mp3-1.4.0 WAV To MP3 pts/minion-1.3.0 benchmarks/Bibd/bibdline11.minion Benchmark: Bibd pts/minion-1.3.0 benchmarks/graceful/k6p2_table.minion Benchmark: Graceful pts/minion-1.3.0 benchmarks/Quasigroup/qg-watchelement-7-10.minion Benchmark: Quasigroup pts/minion-1.3.0 benchmarks/solitaire/solitaire_benchmark_8.minion Benchmark: Solitaire pts/npb-1.0.0 bt.A Test / Class: BT.A pts/npb-1.0.0 cg.B Test / Class: CG.B pts/npb-1.0.0 ep.B Test / Class: EP.B pts/npb-1.0.0 ft.B Test / Class: FT.B pts/npb-1.0.0 is.C Test / Class: IS.C pts/npb-1.0.0 lu.A Test / Class: LU.A pts/npb-1.0.0 mg.B Test / Class: MG.B pts/npb-1.0.0 sp.A Test / Class: SP.A pts/npb-1.0.0 ua.A Test / Class: UA.A pts/nexuiz-1.6.0 +vid_width 1920 +vid_height 1080 +r_hdr 1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On pts/openssl-1.6.0 RSA 4096-bit Performance pts/smallpt-1.0.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples pts/hmmer-1.1.0 Pfam Database Search pts/build-linux-kernel-1.3.0 Time To Compile pts/mafft-1.3.0 Multiple Sequence Alignment pts/build-php-1.3.0 Time To Compile pts/tscp-1.0.0 AI Chess Performance pts/ttsiod-renderer-1.3.0 Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping pts/vpxenc-1.0.0 vpxenc pts/warsow-1.3.1 +vid_customwidth 1920 +vid_customheight 1080 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pts/x264-1.3.1 H.264 Video Encoding pts/xonotic-1.1.0 +vid_width 1920 +vid_height 1080 Resolution: 1920 x 1080