AMD FX-8350 Piledriver Multi-Core Scaling

AMD FX-8350 Vishera Piledriver benchmarking of the eight-core processor when testing with exposing 2, 4, 6, and 8 cores. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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2 Cores

Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.14, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.

4 Cores

Changed Processor to AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores).

6 Cores

Changed Processor to AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (6 Cores).

8 Cores

Changed Processor to AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores).

fx8150 8core

Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX, Chipset: AMD nee ATI RD890, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-9YN1 + 60GB Corsair CSSD-F60, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB (400/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

System Notes: Compiz and Firefox were running on this system.

AMD FX-8350 Piledriver Multi-Core ScalingProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkMonitorOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen Resolution2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8coreAMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (2 Cores)ASUS Crosshair V FormulaAMD ATI RD890 bridge8192MB60GB OCZ VERTEX2NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz)Realtek ALC889Intel 82583V Gigabit ConnectionUbuntu 12.103.5.0-17-generic (x86_64)Unity 6.8.0X Server 1.13.0NVIDIA 310.144.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14GCC 4.7ext41920x1080AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores)AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (6 Cores)AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (8 Cores)ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FXAMD nee ATI RD8901000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-9YN1 + 60GB Corsair CSSD-F60NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB (400/405MHz)Realtek ALC892SyncMasterRealtek RTL8111/8168BUbuntu 12.043.2.0-24-generic (x86_64)GNOME 3.2.1X Server 1.11.3nouveau 0.0.162.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.61920x1200OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- 2 Cores: Compiz was running on this system.- 4 Cores: Compiz was running on this system.- 6 Cores: Compiz was running on this system.- 8 Cores: Compiz was running on this system.- fx8150 8core: Compiz and Firefox were running on this system.

2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8coreResult OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%193%287%380%473%PostgreSQL pgbenchSmallptC-RayPrimesieveParallel BZIP2 CompressionTimed Linux Kernel Compilationx264Timed HMMer SearchTTSIOD 3D RendererNAS Parallel BenchmarksVP8 libvpx EncodingCLOMPHimeno Benchmark

AMD FX-8350 Piledriver Multi-Core Scalingnpb: EP.Bnpb: FT.Anpb: LU.Aclomp: Static OMP Speeduphmmer: Pfam Database Searchttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappingvpxenc: vpxencx264: H.264 Video Encodinggraphics-magick: Blurgraphics-magick: Sharpengraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacegraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinghimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timecompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionprimesieve: 1e12 Prime Number Generationsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplespgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Second2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core52.911979.003217.421.6634.4840.9412.3343.9858247813054571.34301.16125.0331.19665.46369949.92107.092881.425976.272.6921.5869.0019.2084.11814210814880590.75155.0362.4516.02333.281841512.24158.703042.237856.373.0313.6896.2622.57121.72935512315796627.59106.5541.6510.55222.421232457.71211.052859.679210.722.9511.63117.6723.60156.0210067132161106628.9682.8431.278.13166.85922532.85202.572534.567337.152.2313.50117.9320.14134.16618.0391.6146.728.73187.001034495.61OpenBenchmarking.org

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.B2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core50100150200250SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 1.51, N = 6SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 2.34, N = 352.91107.09158.70211.05202.57
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.B2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core4080120160200Min: 52.6 / Avg: 52.91 / Max: 53.3Min: 105.31 / Avg: 107.09 / Max: 114.6Min: 158.21 / Avg: 158.7 / Max: 159.06Min: 210.29 / Avg: 211.05 / Max: 211.73Min: 199.64 / Avg: 202.57 / Max: 207.2

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.A2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core7001400210028003500SE +/- 1.69, N = 3SE +/- 6.77, N = 3SE +/- 9.31, N = 3SE +/- 6.06, N = 3SE +/- 7.31, N = 31979.002881.423042.232859.672534.56
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.A2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core5001000150020002500Min: 1975.67 / Avg: 1979 / Max: 1981.12Min: 2872.41 / Avg: 2881.42 / Max: 2894.69Min: 3023.62 / Avg: 3042.23 / Max: 3051.99Min: 2848.97 / Avg: 2859.67 / Max: 2869.96Min: 2523.6 / Avg: 2534.56 / Max: 2548.41

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.A2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 3.47, N = 3SE +/- 11.34, N = 3SE +/- 9.32, N = 3SE +/- 31.69, N = 3SE +/- 20.22, N = 33217.425976.277856.379210.727337.15
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.A2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core16003200480064008000Min: 3213.07 / Avg: 3217.42 / Max: 3224.28Min: 5955.21 / Avg: 5976.27 / Max: 5994.09Min: 7846.64 / Avg: 7856.37 / Max: 7875.01Min: 9151.13 / Avg: 9210.72 / Max: 9259.19Min: 7314.54 / Avg: 7337.15 / Max: 7377.5

CLOMP

CLOMP is the C version of the Livermore OpenMP benchmark developed to measure OpenMP overheads and other performance impacts due to threading in order to influence future system designs. This particular test profile configuration is currently set to look at the OpenMP static schedule speed-up across all available CPU cores using the recommended test configuration. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP Speedup2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core0.68181.36362.04542.72723.409SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 51.662.693.032.952.23
OpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP Speedup2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core246810Min: 1.65 / Avg: 1.66 / Max: 1.66Min: 2.67 / Avg: 2.69 / Max: 2.71Min: 2.99 / Avg: 3.03 / Max: 3.1Min: 2.94 / Avg: 2.95 / Max: 2.96Min: 2.17 / Avg: 2.23 / Max: 2.27

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 Search2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core816243240SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.99, N = 6SE +/- 0.24, N = 6SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 334.4821.5813.6811.6313.50
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database Search2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core714212835Min: 34.03 / Avg: 34.48 / Max: 35.18Min: 17.95 / Avg: 21.58 / Max: 23.88Min: 12.85 / Avg: 13.68 / Max: 14.3Min: 11.41 / Avg: 11.63 / Max: 11.77Min: 13.06 / Avg: 13.5 / Max: 13.9

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2wPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core306090120150SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 340.9469.0096.26117.67117.93
OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2wPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core20406080100Min: 40.9 / Avg: 40.94 / Max: 40.98Min: 67.98 / Avg: 69 / Max: 69.56Min: 96.12 / Avg: 96.26 / Max: 96.39Min: 117.6 / Avg: 117.67 / Max: 117.74Min: 117.66 / Avg: 117.93 / Max: 118.32

VP8 libvpx Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0vpxenc2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core612182430SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 312.3319.2022.5723.6020.14
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0vpxenc2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core612182430Min: 12.19 / Avg: 12.33 / Max: 12.57Min: 19.09 / Avg: 19.2 / Max: 19.26Min: 22.53 / Avg: 22.57 / Max: 22.63Min: 23.48 / Avg: 23.6 / Max: 23.71Min: 19.87 / Avg: 20.14 / Max: 20.27

x264

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2012-10-03H.264 Video Encoding2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core306090120150SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.94, N = 3SE +/- 1.57, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 343.9884.11121.72156.02134.16
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2012-10-03H.264 Video Encoding2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core306090120150Min: 43.74 / Avg: 43.98 / Max: 44.11Min: 83 / Avg: 84.11 / Max: 84.71Min: 119.86 / Avg: 121.72 / Max: 122.95Min: 152.94 / Avg: 156.02 / Max: 158.09Min: 133.66 / Avg: 134.16 / Max: 134.56

GraphicsMagick

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Blur2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3588193100
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Blur2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores20406080100Min: 58 / Avg: 58 / Max: 58Min: 81 / Avg: 81 / Max: 81Min: 93 / Avg: 93 / Max: 93Min: 100 / Avg: 100 / Max: 100

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Sharpen2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores1530456075SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 324425567
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Sharpen2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores1326395265Min: 24 / Avg: 24 / Max: 24Min: 41 / Avg: 41.67 / Max: 42Min: 55 / Avg: 55 / Max: 55Min: 67 / Avg: 67 / Max: 67

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Resizing2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 378108123132
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Resizing2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores20406080100Min: 78 / Avg: 78 / Max: 78Min: 108 / Avg: 108 / Max: 108Min: 123 / Avg: 123 / Max: 123Min: 131 / Avg: 131.67 / Max: 132

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: HWB Color Space2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores4080120160200SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3130148157161
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: HWB Color Space2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores306090120150Min: 130 / Avg: 130 / Max: 130Min: 147 / Avg: 147.67 / Max: 148Min: 157 / Avg: 157 / Max: 157Min: 161 / Avg: 161 / Max: 161

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3548096106
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores20406080100Min: 54 / Avg: 54 / Max: 54Min: 79 / Avg: 79.67 / Max: 80Min: 96 / Avg: 96 / Max: 96Min: 106 / Avg: 106 / Max: 106

Himeno Benchmark

The Himeno benchmark is a linear solver of pressure Poisson using a point-Jacobi method. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure Solver2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core140280420560700SE +/- 5.37, N = 3SE +/- 3.39, N = 3SE +/- 1.91, N = 3SE +/- 1.86, N = 3SE +/- 0.95, N = 3571.34590.75627.59628.96618.03
OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure Solver2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core110220330440550Min: 564.38 / Avg: 571.34 / Max: 581.91Min: 584.99 / Avg: 590.75 / Max: 596.71Min: 623.83 / Avg: 627.59 / Max: 630.02Min: 625.46 / Avg: 628.96 / Max: 631.77Min: 616.8 / Avg: 618.03 / Max: 619.9

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To Compile2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core70140210280350SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.93, N = 3SE +/- 0.92, N = 3SE +/- 0.95, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3301.16155.03106.5582.8491.61
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To Compile2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core50100150200250Min: 300.41 / Avg: 301.16 / Max: 302.55Min: 154.09 / Avg: 155.03 / Max: 156.89Min: 105.51 / Avg: 106.55 / Max: 108.39Min: 81.79 / Avg: 82.84 / Max: 84.74Min: 90.91 / Avg: 91.61 / Max: 92.95

C-Ray

This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Time2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core306090120150SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3125.0362.4541.6531.2746.72
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Time2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core20406080100Min: 125.01 / Avg: 125.03 / Max: 125.07Min: 62.43 / Avg: 62.45 / Max: 62.46Min: 41.62 / Avg: 41.65 / Max: 41.7Min: 31.24 / Avg: 31.27 / Max: 31.3Min: 46.69 / Avg: 46.72 / Max: 46.76

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File Compression2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core714212835SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 331.1916.0210.558.138.73
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File Compression2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core714212835Min: 30.93 / Avg: 31.19 / Max: 31.67Min: 15.81 / Avg: 16.02 / Max: 16.35Min: 10.22 / Avg: 10.55 / Max: 10.78Min: 7.98 / Avg: 8.13 / Max: 8.54Min: 8.67 / Avg: 8.73 / Max: 8.84

Primesieve

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPrimesieve 4.01e12 Prime Number Generation2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core140280420560700SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3665.46333.28222.42166.85187.00
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPrimesieve 4.01e12 Prime Number Generation2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core120240360480600Min: 664.8 / Avg: 665.46 / Max: 666.11Min: 332.68 / Avg: 333.28 / Max: 334.47Min: 222.2 / Avg: 222.42 / Max: 222.66Min: 166.07 / Avg: 166.85 / Max: 167.69Min: 186.74 / Avg: 187 / Max: 187.49

Smallpt

Smallpt is a C++ global illumination renderer written in less than 100 lines of code. Global illumination is done via unbiased Monte Carlo path tracing and there is multi-threading support via the OpenMP library. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core80160240320400SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 336918412392103
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core70140210280350Min: 368 / Avg: 368.67 / Max: 369Min: 184 / Avg: 184.33 / Max: 185Min: 122 / Avg: 122.67 / Max: 123Min: 92 / Avg: 92.33 / Max: 93Min: 103 / Avg: 103.33 / Max: 104

PostgreSQL pgbench

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11TPC-B Transactions Per Second2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core10002000300040005000SE +/- 10.16, N = 3SE +/- 59.01, N = 6SE +/- 48.56, N = 3SE +/- 70.86, N = 6SE +/- 49.32, N = 3949.921512.242457.712532.854495.61
OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11TPC-B Transactions Per Second2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Coresfx8150 8core8001600240032004000Min: 936.55 / Avg: 949.92 / Max: 969.86Min: 1354.75 / Avg: 1512.24 / Max: 1722.59Min: 2373.17 / Avg: 2457.71 / Max: 2541.37Min: 2239.91 / Avg: 2532.85 / Max: 2693.91Min: 4411.33 / Avg: 4495.61 / Max: 4582.14

2 Cores

Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.14, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.

Testing initiated at 26 October 2012 09:51 by user phoronix.

4 Cores

Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.14, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.

Testing initiated at 26 October 2012 16:00 by user phoronix.

6 Cores

Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.14, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.

Testing initiated at 26 October 2012 12:17 by user phoronix.

8 Cores

Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.14, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.

Testing initiated at 26 October 2012 08:30 by user phoronix.

fx8150 8core

Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX, Chipset: AMD nee ATI RD890, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-9YN1 + 60GB Corsair CSSD-F60, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB (400/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

System Notes: Compiz and Firefox were running on this system.

Testing initiated at 28 October 2012 15:22 by user teroedni.