HPCC Intel Core i7-4790K testing with a ASRock Z97 Extreme6 and ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 2048MB on LinuxMint 17.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-4790K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB Seagate ST240HM000 + 500GB Western Digital WD5002AALX-0 + 63GB SanDisk SDSSDP06 + 256GB PLEXTOR PX-G256M, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 2048MB (901/891MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung S24B20/S24B30, Network: Intel Connection OS: LinuxMint 17.1, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.4.5, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.38, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i3-4370: Processor: Intel Core i3-4370 @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X10SLV-Q v1.01, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128M55, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: LinuxMint 17.1, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.4.5, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K . 5.21880 |========= Intel Core i3-4370 .. 26.90000 |=============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K . 3.26092 |================================================ Intel Core i3-4370 .. 3.10000 |============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K . 0.63626 |==== Intel Core i3-4370 .. 6.96000 |================================================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K . 1.75864 |================================================ Intel Core i3-4370 .. 1.01000 |============================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad GB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K . 2.12441 |====================== Intel Core i3-4370 .. 4.71000 |================================================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Random Access GUP/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K . 0.01086 |================================================ Intel Core i3-4370 .. 0.01000 |============================================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Latency usecs < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K . 0.66069 |================================================ Intel Core i3-4370 .. 0.65000 |=============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth GB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K . 0.90929 |======================= Intel Core i3-4370 .. 1.91000 |================================================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K . 12918.91 |=============================================== Intel Core i3-4370 .. 8590.69 |===============================