ASRock Z97 Extreme6 Linux Motherboard

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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

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: SNA
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE.

Gigabyte Z97-HD3

Changed Motherboard to Gigabyte Z97-HD3.

ASRock Z97 Extreme6

Changed Motherboard to ASRock Z97 Extreme6.

Changed Network to Intel Connection.

ASRock Z97 Extreme6 Linux MotherboardProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREMEGigabyte Z97-HD3ASRock Z97 Extreme6Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores)ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM16384MB120GB Samsung SSD 840Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz)Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4thRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 14.043.15.0-999-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.2.0X Server 1.15.1intel 2.99.9113.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-f50361c trusty-oibaf-ppa)GCC 4.8.2ext41920x1080Gigabyte Z97-HD3ASRock Z97 Extreme6Intel ConnectionOpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Disk Details- DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rwProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceGraphics Details- SNASystem Details- Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE.

ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREMEGigabyte Z97-HD3ASRock Z97 Extreme6Result OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%113%126%139%152%XonoticParboilRodiniaDbenchC-RayPostMarkTimed Linux Kernel CompilationHimeno BenchmarkSmallpt1920 x 1080 - UltraOpenMP StencilOpenMP CFD Solver1Total TimeD.T.PTime To CompileP.P.SG.I.R.1.S

ASRock Z97 Extreme6 Linux Motherboarddbench: 1postmark: Disk Transaction Performancexonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultraparboil: OpenMP Stencilrodinia: OpenMP CFD Solverhimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREMEGigabyte Z97-HD3ASRock Z97 Extreme672.31520844.4845.3496.411680.7974.8522.878282.74524544.5644.2193.131717.0671.8421.758181.19543467.4732.3281.211749.4172.5822.8882OpenBenchmarking.org

Dbench

Dbench is a benchmark designed by the Samba project as a free alternative to netbench, but dbench contains only file-system calls for testing the disk performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 1ASRock Z97 Extreme6Gigabyte Z97-HD3ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME20406080100SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 1.73, N = 681.1982.7472.311. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt -O2
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 1ASRock Z97 Extreme6Gigabyte Z97-HD3ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME1632486480Min: 81.04 / Avg: 81.19 / Max: 81.44Min: 82.73 / Avg: 82.74 / Max: 82.76Min: 66.5 / Avg: 72.31 / Max: 76.171. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt -O2

PostMark

This is a test of NetApp's PostMark benchmark designed to simulate small-file testing similar to the tasks endured by web and mail servers. This test profile will set PostMark to perform 25,000 transactions with 500 files simultaneously with the file sizes ranging between 5 and 512 kilobytes. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceASRock Z97 Extreme6Gigabyte Z97-HD3ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME12002400360048006000SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 37.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 35434524552081. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceASRock Z97 Extreme6Gigabyte Z97-HD3ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME9001800270036004500Min: 5434 / Avg: 5434 / Max: 5434Min: 5208 / Avg: 5245 / Max: 5319Min: 5208 / Avg: 5208 / Max: 52081. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Xonotic

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraASRock Z97 Extreme6Gigabyte Z97-HD3ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME1530456075SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 367.4744.5644.48MIN: 31 / MAX: 97MIN: 21 / MAX: 63MIN: 21 / MAX: 63
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraASRock Z97 Extreme6Gigabyte Z97-HD3ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME1326395265Min: 67.33 / Avg: 67.47 / Max: 67.58Min: 44.56 / Avg: 44.56 / Max: 44.58Min: 44.44 / Avg: 44.48 / Max: 44.51

Parboil

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP StencilASRock Z97 Extreme6Gigabyte Z97-HD3ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME1020304050SE +/- 0.81, N = 6SE +/- 1.37, N = 6SE +/- 0.28, N = 332.3244.2145.341. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP StencilASRock Z97 Extreme6Gigabyte Z97-HD3ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME918273645Min: 30.46 / Avg: 32.32 / Max: 36.01Min: 40.33 / Avg: 44.21 / Max: 48.65Min: 45.04 / Avg: 45.34 / Max: 45.91. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

Rodinia

Rodinia is a suite focused upon accelerating compute-intensive applications with accelerators. CUDA, OpenMP, and OpenCL parallel models are supported by the included applications. This profile utilizes the OpenCL and OpenMP test binaries at the moment. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP CFD SolverASRock Z97 Extreme6Gigabyte Z97-HD3ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME20406080100SE +/- 1.20, N = 5SE +/- 1.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 381.2193.1396.411. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lOpenCL
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP CFD SolverASRock Z97 Extreme6Gigabyte Z97-HD3ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME20406080100Min: 79.91 / Avg: 81.21 / Max: 86.01Min: 91.71 / Avg: 93.13 / Max: 95.38Min: 94.84 / Avg: 96.41 / Max: 97.551. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lOpenCL

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 SolverASRock Z97 Extreme6Gigabyte Z97-HD3ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME400800120016002000SE +/- 29.03, N = 4SE +/- 4.16, N = 3SE +/- 25.37, N = 51749.411717.061680.791. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverASRock Z97 Extreme6Gigabyte Z97-HD3ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME30060090012001500Min: 1679.28 / Avg: 1749.41 / Max: 1797.45Min: 1708.76 / Avg: 1717.06 / Max: 1721.64Min: 1580.07 / Avg: 1680.79 / Max: 1712.761. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileASRock Z97 Extreme6Gigabyte Z97-HD3ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME20406080100SE +/- 0.57, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 372.5871.8474.85
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileASRock Z97 Extreme6Gigabyte Z97-HD3ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME1428425670Min: 71.97 / Avg: 72.58 / Max: 73.73Min: 71.14 / Avg: 71.84 / Max: 72.58Min: 74.46 / Avg: 74.85 / Max: 75.63

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 TimeASRock Z97 Extreme6Gigabyte Z97-HD3ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME510152025SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 322.8821.7522.871. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeASRock Z97 Extreme6Gigabyte Z97-HD3ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME510152025Min: 22.86 / Avg: 22.88 / Max: 22.89Min: 21.73 / Avg: 21.75 / Max: 21.76Min: 22.85 / Avg: 22.87 / Max: 22.911. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

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 SamplesASRock Z97 Extreme6Gigabyte Z97-HD3ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 38281821. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesASRock Z97 Extreme6Gigabyte Z97-HD3ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME1632486480Min: 82 / Avg: 82 / Max: 82Min: 80 / Avg: 80.67 / Max: 81Min: 82 / Avg: 82 / Max: 821. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp

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

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: SNA
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE.

Testing initiated at 23 May 2014 21:14 by user phoronix.

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

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: SNA
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE.

Testing initiated at 24 May 2014 09:53 by user phoronix.

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

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: SNA
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE.

Testing initiated at 9 June 2014 08:40 by user phoronix.