Intel X99 Xeon CPU Testing Intel Core i7-5960X, Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3, Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 processors tested on Fedora Linux. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Intel Core i7-5960X: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1024MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection OS: Fedora 21, Kernel: 3.18.0-0.rc3.git1.2.fc22.1.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.1.5, Display Server: X Server 1.16.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 20141101, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 @ 3.80GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1024MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection OS: Fedora 21, Kernel: 3.18.0-0.rc3.git1.2.fc22.1.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.1.5, Display Server: X Server 1.16.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 20141101, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1024MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection OS: Fedora 21, Kernel: 3.18.0-0.rc3.git1.2.fc22.1.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.1.5, Display Server: X Server 1.16.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 20141101, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 116.39 |============================================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 110.71 |============================================ Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 100.24 |======================================== Parboil 2.5 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 42.0 AVG: 56.6 MAX: 61.0 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 42.0 AVG: 61.3 MAX: 65.0 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 42.0 AVG: 57.8 MAX: 61.0 Parboil 2.5 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 59 AVG: 153 MAX: 164 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 59 AVG: 180 MAX: 193 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 63 AVG: 187 MAX: 200 Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 9.31 |================================================ Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 8.88 |============================================== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 7.87 |========================================= Parboil 2.5 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 39.0 AVG: 47.1 MAX: 56.0 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 40.0 AVG: 50.0 MAX: 59.0 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 40.0 AVG: 46.3 MAX: 55.0 Parboil 2.5 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 59 AVG: 115 MAX: 145 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 59 AVG: 116 MAX: 172 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 63 AVG: 118 MAX: 176 Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 17.10 |=============================================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 15.07 |========================================= Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 13.92 |====================================== Parboil 2.5 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 39.0 AVG: 45.7 MAX: 49.0 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 41.0 AVG: 48.4 MAX: 54.0 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 41.0 AVG: 48.7 MAX: 55.0 Parboil 2.5 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 59 AVG: 97 MAX: 126 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 59 AVG: 102 MAX: 140 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 63 AVG: 105 MAX: 154 Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 121.30 |============================================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 114.27 |=========================================== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 101.05 |====================================== Rodinia 2.4 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 42.0 AVG: 57.1 MAX: 59.0 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 41.0 AVG: 60.5 MAX: 63.0 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 42.0 AVG: 57.3 MAX: 60.0 Rodinia 2.4 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 59 AVG: 138 MAX: 146 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 59 AVG: 163 MAX: 174 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 63 AVG: 168 MAX: 178 Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 45.35 |=============================================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 43.29 |============================================= Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 37.84 |======================================= Rodinia 2.4 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 42.0 AVG: 51.5 MAX: 56.0 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 42.0 AVG: 55.8 MAX: 60.0 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 44.0 AVG: 52.9 MAX: 56.0 Rodinia 2.4 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 59 AVG: 126 MAX: 136 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 59 AVG: 140 MAX: 157 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 63 AVG: 148 MAX: 166 Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 31.07 |=============================================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 30.43 |============================================== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 22.15 |================================== Rodinia 2.4 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 42.0 AVG: 52.2 MAX: 56.0 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 42.0 AVG: 54.9 MAX: 60.0 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 43.0 AVG: 52.3 MAX: 57.0 Rodinia 2.4 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 59 AVG: 132 MAX: 150 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 59 AVG: 143 MAX: 171 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 63 AVG: 148 MAX: 180 VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 28.57 |========================================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 30.38 |============================================= Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 31.72 |=============================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 0.24 |============================================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 0.22 |========================================== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 0.25 |================================================ VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 40.0 AVG: 50.6 MAX: 55.0 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 41.0 AVG: 52.2 MAX: 58.0 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 41.0 AVG: 49.6 MAX: 55.0 VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 58 AVG: 117 MAX: 138 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 60 AVG: 139 MAX: 164 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 63 AVG: 129 MAX: 157 x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 291.30 |======================================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 301.61 |========================================= Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 334.81 |============================================== x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 3.89 |================================================ Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 3.13 |======================================= Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 3.84 |=============================================== x264 2014-08-30 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 39.0 AVG: 42.2 MAX: 50.0 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 40.0 AVG: 41.0 MAX: 43.0 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 41.0 AVG: 43.2 MAX: 50.0 x264 2014-08-30 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 58 AVG: 75 MAX: 137 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 59 AVG: 96 MAX: 169 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 63 AVG: 87 MAX: 136 GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 115 |=========================================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 119 |============================================ Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 132 |================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute Per Watt > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 1.66 |================================================ Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 1.67 |================================================ Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 1.55 |============================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 37.0 AVG: 38.7 MAX: 41.0 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 36.0 AVG: 38.1 MAX: 40.0 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 39.0 AVG: 40.5 MAX: 43.0 GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 58 AVG: 69 MAX: 72 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 59 AVG: 71 MAX: 80 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 63 AVG: 85 MAX: 91 GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 128 |============================================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 136 |================================================= Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 135 |================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute Per Watt > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 1.53 |================================================ Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 1.50 |=============================================== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 1.38 |=========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 38.0 AVG: 42.8 MAX: 48.0 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 38.0 AVG: 42.2 MAX: 48.0 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 38.0 AVG: 42.1 MAX: 46.0 GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 58 AVG: 83 MAX: 88 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 59 AVG: 91 MAX: 95 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 63 AVG: 98 MAX: 102 GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 164 |============================================= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 169 |=============================================== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 178 |================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute Per Watt > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 2.33 |================================================ Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 2.34 |================================================ Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 2.13 |============================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 36.0 AVG: 38.6 MAX: 40.0 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 35.0 AVG: 37.6 MAX: 44.0 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 38.0 AVG: 40.3 MAX: 49.0 GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 58 AVG: 70 MAX: 75 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 59 AVG: 72 MAX: 77 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 63 AVG: 84 MAX: 88 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 44.68 |=============================================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 42.62 |============================================= Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 39.39 |========================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 37.0 AVG: 49.9 MAX: 57.0 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 38.0 AVG: 52.8 MAX: 61.0 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 38.0 AVG: 50.7 MAX: 58.0 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 58 AVG: 121 MAX: 150 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 59 AVG: 140 MAX: 177 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 63 AVG: 137 MAX: 183 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 13.33 |=============================================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 12.57 |============================================ Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 11.10 |======================================= C-Ray 1.1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 41.0 AVG: 50.7 MAX: 55.0 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 40.0 AVG: 55.6 MAX: 59.0 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 41.0 AVG: 50.8 MAX: 56.0 C-Ray 1.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 58 AVG: 111 MAX: 139 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 59 AVG: 111 MAX: 164 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 63 AVG: 112 MAX: 169 Primesieve 5.4 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 45.99 |=============================================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 43.39 |============================================ Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 38.31 |======================================= Primesieve 5.4 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 42.0 AVG: 56.2 MAX: 59.0 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 42.0 AVG: 59.0 MAX: 64.0 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 44.0 AVG: 56.5 MAX: 61.0 Primesieve 5.4 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 59 AVG: 142 MAX: 154 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 59 AVG: 165 MAX: 184 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 81 AVG: 176 MAX: 188 Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 44 |================================================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 41 |=============================================== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 37 |========================================== Smallpt 1.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 42.0 AVG: 56.4 MAX: 59.0 Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 41.0 AVG: 49.9 MAX: 55.0 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 42.0 AVG: 59.6 MAX: 64.0 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 41.0 AVG: 54.1 MAX: 60.0 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 44.0 AVG: 56.4 MAX: 61.0 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 42.0 AVG: 51.6 MAX: 57.0 Smallpt 1.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 58 AVG: 138 MAX: 154 Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 58 AVG: 115 MAX: 133 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 60 AVG: 167 MAX: 185 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 59 AVG: 129 MAX: 155 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 63 AVG: 167 MAX: 188 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 63 AVG: 130 MAX: 162 N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 22.43 |=============================================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 21.16 |============================================ Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 18.67 |======================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 1053.63 |===================================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 1116.97 |======================================== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 1269.57 |============================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... 8.39 |============================================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 8.16 |============================================= Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 8.80 |================================================ OpenSSL 1.0.1g CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 41.0 AVG: 50.2 MAX: 57.0 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 41.0 AVG: 54.0 MAX: 61.0 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 43.0 AVG: 53.7 MAX: 58.0 OpenSSL 1.0.1g System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 58 AVG: 126 MAX: 141 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 59 AVG: 137 MAX: 167 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 63 AVG: 144 MAX: 172 CPU Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 31.0 AVG: 48.9 MAX: 61.0 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 34.0 AVG: 51.0 MAX: 65.0 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 36.0 AVG: 49.3 MAX: 61.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts Intel Core i7-5960X .... MIN: 58 AVG: 111 MAX: 164 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. MIN: 58 AVG: 123 MAX: 193 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . MIN: 62 AVG: 127 MAX: 200