ASRock Z97 Extreme6 Linux Motherboard
Benchmarking the ASRock Z97 Extreme6 and other Intel Haswell motherboards on Ubuntu Linux for a future article on Phoronix.com.


ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.911, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-f50361c trusty-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Gigabyte Z97-HD3: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.911, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-f50361c trusty-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

ASRock Z97 Extreme6: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.911, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-f50361c trusty-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME . 72.31 |==========================================
Gigabyte Z97-HD3 ...... 82.74 |================================================
ASRock Z97 Extreme6 ... 81.19 |===============================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME . 5208 |===============================================
Gigabyte Z97-HD3 ...... 5245 |===============================================
ASRock Z97 Extreme6 ... 5434 |=================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME . 44.48 |================================
Gigabyte Z97-HD3 ...... 44.56 |================================
ASRock Z97 Extreme6 ... 67.47 |================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP Stencil
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME . 45.34 |================================================
Gigabyte Z97-HD3 ...... 44.21 |===============================================
ASRock Z97 Extreme6 ... 32.32 |==================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME . 96.41 |================================================
Gigabyte Z97-HD3 ...... 93.13 |==============================================
ASRock Z97 Extreme6 ... 81.21 |========================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME . 1680.79 |============================================
Gigabyte Z97-HD3 ...... 1717.06 |=============================================
ASRock Z97 Extreme6 ... 1749.41 |==============================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME . 74.85 |================================================
Gigabyte Z97-HD3 ...... 71.84 |==============================================
ASRock Z97 Extreme6 ... 72.58 |===============================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME . 22.87 |================================================
Gigabyte Z97-HD3 ...... 21.75 |==============================================
ASRock Z97 Extreme6 ... 22.88 |================================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME . 82 |===================================================
Gigabyte Z97-HD3 ...... 81 |==================================================
ASRock Z97 Extreme6 ... 82 |===================================================