HPCC Benchmark Intel Core i7-3960X testing with a Intel DX79SI and AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB on Ubuntu 13.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-3960X: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.04GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431 + VA2431, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12614, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-3960X .... 0.25228 | AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core . 29.14077 |============================================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: PTRANS GB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-3960X .... 1.16935 |================================= AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core . 1.61058 |============================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: MPI FFT GFLOP/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-3960X .... 3.11016 |=============================== AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core . 4.53856 |============================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: MPIRandomAccess GUP/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-3960X .... 0.07293 |============================================= AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core . 0.05813 |====================================