Core i7 5960X Haswell-E Ubuntu Linux Intel Core i7-5960X testing with a Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF and Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7 5960X: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-6cd0dbc 2014-08-29 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 + Clang 3.5.0-+rc4-1~gd~t, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 5.61 |=================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 27316.04 |=============================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 26735.20 |=============================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 29444.66 |=============================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 29062.29 |=============================================== BLAKE2 20130131 Phoronix Test Suite v5.4.0m0 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 5.06 |=================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 5.22 |=================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 14.09 |================================================== Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Microseconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 1917 |=================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 5515 |=================================================== Primesieve 5.0 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 46.83 |================================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 23.58 |================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 38204 |================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 11750 |================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 18205333 |=============================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 148402 |================================================= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 17.24 |================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 3.77 |=================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 43.23 |================================================== x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 310.08 |================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 9.60 |=================================================== FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 11.58 |================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 5960X . 13 |=====================================================