Core i7 5960X Haswell-E Ubuntu Linux
Running pts/postmark-1.1.0, pts/stream-1.2.0, pts/clomp-1.0.0, pts/blake2-1.1.0, pts/gcrypt-1.0.3, pts/john-the-ripper-1.5.1, pts/x264-1.9.0, pts/compress-7zip-1.6.0, pts/build-apache-1.5.1, pts/build-linux-kernel-1.3.0, pts/build-php-1.3.1, pts/c-ray-1.1.0, pts/compress-pbzip2-1.4.0, pts/primesieve-1.2.0, pts/smallpt-1.0.1, pts/encode-flac-1.3.0, pts/encode-mp3-1.4.0, pts/ffmpeg-2.3.1 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

Q9650: 

	Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte EP45-EXTREME, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10R, Memory: 4 x 2048 MB 800MHz, Disk: 250GB Hitachi HDT72502 + 2 x 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-00R, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2048MB (549/3004MHz), Audio: Intel 82801JI, Monitor: DELL U2412M, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Linux, Kernel: 3.16.1-2-ck (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.12.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 340.32, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1 + LLVM 3.4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 5515 |===================================================
Q9650 ............... 1521 |==============


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Copy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 27316.04 |===============================================
Q9650 ............... 3965.07  |=======


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Scale
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 26735.20 |===============================================
Q9650 ............... 3907.17  |=======


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Triad
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 29444.66 |===============================================
Q9650 ............... 4531.36  |=======


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Add
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 29062.29 |===============================================
Q9650 ............... 4547.24  |=======


CLOMP 3.3
Static OMP Speedup
Speedup > Higher Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 5.61 |===================================================
Q9650 ............... 1.78 |================


BLAKE2 20130131
Phoronix Test Suite v5.4.0m0
Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 5.06  |=======================
Q9650 ............... 10.79 |==================================================


Gcrypt Library 1.4.4
CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher
Microseconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 1917 |====================
Q9650 ............... 4893 |===================================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 11750 |==================================================
Q9650 ............... 2031  |=========


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 18205333 |===============================================
Q9650 ............... 5188833  |=============


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 148402 |=================================================
Q9650 ............... 35312  |============


x264 2014-08-30
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 310.08 |=================================================
Q9650 ............... 61.04  |==========


7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 38204 |==================================================
Q9650 ............... 6266  |========


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 23.58 |===================
Q9650 ............... 62.39 |==================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 43.23  |==========
Q9650 ............... 221.73 |=================================================


Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 17.24 |===========
Q9650 ............... 80.82 |==================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 9.60  |===========
Q9650 ............... 44.32 |==================================================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 3.77  |=============
Q9650 ............... 14.29 |==================================================


Primesieve 5.0
1e12 Prime Number Generation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 46.83  |=============
Q9650 ............... 175.76 |=================================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 13   |
Q9650 ............... 5748 |===================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 5.22  |=====================
Q9650 ............... 12.40 |==================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 14.09 |=========================
Q9650 ............... 28.26 |==================================================


FFmpeg 2.1.1
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i7 5960X . 11.58 |======================
Q9650 ............... 25.94 |==================================================