Intel Core i7 Haswell-E Fedora 20 Linux
Fedora 20 Linux benchmarks on the Intel Core i7 5960X. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.17: 

	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: VA2431, 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, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Fedora 20: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.00GHz (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: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Fedora 20, Kernel: 3.11.10-301.fc20.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.10.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.14.4, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3 20140911, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Fedora 20 + Updates: 

	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: Fedora 20, Kernel: 3.16.2-201.fc20.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.4, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3 20140911, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.17 . 11756 |============================================
Fedora 20 ................. 11302 |==========================================
Fedora 20 + Updates ....... 11313 |==========================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.17 . 18223333 |=========================================
Fedora 20 ................. 17646333 |========================================
Fedora 20 + Updates ....... 17270667 |=======================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.17 . 148796 |===========================================
Fedora 20 ................. 144148 |==========================================
Fedora 20 + Updates ....... 144420 |==========================================


x264 2014-01-09
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.17 . 299.50 |===========================================
Fedora 20 ................. 168.75 |========================
Fedora 20 + Updates ....... 258.03 |=====================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.17 . 43.48 |============================================
Fedora 20 ................. 43.29 |============================================
Fedora 20 + Updates ....... 43.73 |============================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.17 . 9.61  |===============================
Fedora 20 ................. 13.46 |============================================
Fedora 20 + Updates ....... 13.47 |============================================


FFmpeg 2.1.1
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.17 . 11.64 |=====================
Fedora 20 ................. 20.76 |======================================
Fedora 20 + Updates ....... 23.85 |============================================


N-Queens 1.0
Elapsed Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.17 . 20.68 |=========================================
Fedora 20 ................. 22.24 |============================================
Fedora 20 + Updates ....... 22.32 |============================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.17 . 1082.57 |==========================================
Fedora 20 ................. 1062.17 |=========================================
Fedora 20 + Updates ....... 1053.50 |=========================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Fedora 20 ........... 153.00 |===============================================
Fedora 20 + Updates . 158.63 |=================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Fedora 20 ........... MIN: 3.0  AVG: 6.4   MAX: 18.0 
Fedora 20 + Updates . MIN: 2.0  AVG: 6.3   MAX: 21.0 


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Fedora 20 ........... 84.02  |===============================
Fedora 20 + Updates . 133.29 |=================================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Points > Higher Is Better
Fedora 20 + Updates . 17895 |==================================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Points > Higher Is Better
Fedora 20 + Updates . 974 |====================================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Points > Higher Is Better
Fedora 20 + Updates . 83688 |==================================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Points > Higher Is Better
Fedora 20 + Updates . 34248 |==================================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Points > Higher Is Better
Fedora 20 + Updates . 23598 |==================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Fedora 20 + Updates . 246.25 |=================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Fedora 20 + Updates . 137.32 |=================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Fedora 20 + Updates . 96.87 |==================================================