Intel Core i7 5960X CPU Core Linux Scaling

Intel Core i7 5960X Haswell-E CPU core scaling benchmarks on Ubuntu Linux. Benchmarks by Herve Brun for comparison with Michael Larabel's results.

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Intel Core i7 5960X CPU Core Linux ScalingProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen Resolution1 Thread2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads5 Threads6 Threads7 Threads8 Threads16 ThreadsINTEL CORE I7 5960X CPU CORE LINUX SCALINGIntel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (1 Core)Gigabyte X99-UD4-CFIntel Haswell-E DMI216384MB128GB Crucial_CT128MX1XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MBIntel Wellsburg HD AudioSyncMasterIntel ConnectionUbuntu 14.103.17.0-999-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.3.1X Server 1.16.0radeon 7.4.03.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-2828680 2014-09-12 utopic-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4GCC 4.9.1ext42560x1600Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (2 Cores)Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (3 Cores)Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores)Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (5 Cores)Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (6 Cores)Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (7 Cores)Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores)Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores)Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.90GHz (16 Cores)ASUS X99-DELUXEIntel Xeon E5 v3/Core32768MB250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 512GB SAMSUNG MZHPU512NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (135/324MHz)Intel C610/X99Intel Connection + Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.12.2X Server 1.16.1.901 (1.16.2 RC 1)NVIDIA 343.364.4.02560x1440OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details- 1 Thread: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- 2 Threads: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- 3 Threads: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- 4 Threads: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- 5 Threads: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- 6 Threads: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- 7 Threads: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- 8 Threads: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- 16 Threads: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- INTEL CORE I7 5960X CPU CORE LINUX SCALING: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance

1 Thread2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads5 Threads6 Threads7 Threads8 Threads16 ThreadsINTEL CORE I7 5960X CPU CORE LINUX SCALINGResult OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%391%683%974%1266%John The RipperC-Rayx264TTSIOD 3D RendererTimed Apache CompilationVP8 libvpx EncodingNAS Parallel BenchmarksSmallptGraphicsMagick

Intel Core i7 5960X CPU Core Linux Scalingttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappingvpxenc: vpxencx264: H.264 Video Encodinggraphics-magick: Blurgraphics-magick: Sharpengraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacegraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdingjohn-the-ripper: Blowfishjohn-the-ripper: Traditional DESnpb: EP.Cbuild-apache: Time To Compilebuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples1 Thread2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads5 Threads6 Threads7 Threads8 Threads16 ThreadsINTEL CORE I7 5960X CPU CORE LINUX SCALING35.4611.8445.671025011714090990233566743.8391.21367.5778.0614148.9021.2978.438267120116771975465233387.3453.62189.8439.237292.9226.36101.7890831341267727906643000123.2244.20137.2827.7950120.6231.02122.34104941411337737168848000164.7039.02105.7620.8838146.7034.68144.9310710214613877464311053667205.1136.6386.8816.7430171.0636.91169.4011310815014377556813247667244.7434.5574.3413.9925195.6237.89196.4111911215414678649215455000287.0534.4265.4112.0222212.2331.90215.7012111615815077741117600000301.8933.6758.3810.5619266.0728.16243.77116116153153791157717760000498.4834.1050.719.7514225.4633.87358.99173169214227981197718651667554.8420.5711.0537OpenBenchmarking.org

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2zPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping1 Thread16 Threads2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads5 Threads6 Threads7 Threads8 ThreadsINTEL CORE I7 5960X CPU CORE LINUX SCALING60120180240300SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.74, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 335.46266.0748.9092.92120.62146.70171.06195.62212.23225.46-march=native-march=native-march=native-march=native-march=native-march=native-march=native1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mtune=native -flto -msse -mrecip -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mssse3 -lSDL -lstdc++

VP8 libvpx Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0vpxenc1 Thread16 Threads2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads5 Threads6 Threads7 Threads8 ThreadsINTEL CORE I7 5960X CPU CORE LINUX SCALING918273645SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 6.36, N = 6SE +/- 0.32, N = 311.8428.1621.2926.3631.0234.6836.9137.8931.9033.87-march=native-march=native-march=native-march=native-march=native-march=native-march=native-march=native-march=native1. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer

x264

This is a simple test of the x264 H.264/AVC encoder run on the CPU (OpenCL support disabled). Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2014-08-30H.264 Video Encoding1 Thread16 Threads2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads5 Threads6 Threads7 Threads8 ThreadsINTEL CORE I7 5960X CPU CORE LINUX SCALING80160240320400SE +/- 0.51, N = 9SE +/- 2.87, N = 8SE +/- 0.25, N = 5SE +/- 1.57, N = 5SE +/- 1.68, N = 5SE +/- 1.17, N = 5SE +/- 2.27, N = 5SE +/- 2.07, N = 5SE +/- 2.37, N = 5SE +/- 1.00, N = 545.67243.7778.43101.78122.34144.93169.40196.41215.70358.99-march=native-march=native-march=native-march=native-march=native-march=native-march=native-march=native1. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize

GraphicsMagick

This is a test of GraphicsMagick with its OpenMP implementation that performs various imaging tests to stress the system's CPU. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: Blur1 Thread16 Threads2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads5 Threads6 Threads7 Threads8 ThreadsINTEL CORE I7 5960X CPU CORE LINUX SCALING4080120160200SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.86, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 31021168290104107113119121173-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O21. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lbz2 -lxml2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: Sharpen1 Thread16 Threads2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads5 Threads6 Threads7 Threads8 ThreadsINTEL CORE I7 5960X CPU CORE LINUX SCALING4080120160200SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 350116678394102108112116169-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O21. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lbz2 -lxml2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: Resizing1 Thread16 Threads2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads5 Threads6 Threads7 Threads8 ThreadsINTEL CORE I7 5960X CPU CORE LINUX SCALING50100150200250SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3117153120134141146150154158214-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O21. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lbz2 -lxml2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: HWB Color Space1 Thread16 Threads2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads5 Threads6 Threads7 Threads8 ThreadsINTEL CORE I7 5960X CPU CORE LINUX SCALING50100150200250SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3140153116126133138143146150227-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O21. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lbz2 -lxml2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding1 Thread16 Threads2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads5 Threads6 Threads7 Threads8 ThreadsINTEL CORE I7 5960X CPU CORE LINUX SCALING20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.09, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.33, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 390797777777777787798-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O21. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lbz2 -lxml2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

John The Ripper

This is a benchmark of John The Ripper, which is a password cracker. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: Blowfish1 Thread16 Threads2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads5 Threads6 Threads7 Threads8 ThreadsINTEL CORE I7 5960X CPU CORE LINUX SCALING3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 2.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.33, N = 3SE +/- 3.67, N = 3SE +/- 4.33, N = 3SE +/- 5.49, N = 3SE +/- 42.73, N = 3990115771975279037164643556864927411119771. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: Traditional DES1 Thread16 Threads2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads5 Threads6 Threads7 Threads8 ThreadsINTEL CORE I7 5960X CPU CORE LINUX SCALING4M8M12M16M20MSE +/- 1333.33, N = 3SE +/- 13000.00, N = 3SE +/- 2403.70, N = 3SE +/- 1000.00, N = 3SE +/- 2000.00, N = 3SE +/- 1333.33, N = 3SE +/- 4409.59, N = 3SE +/- 8962.89, N = 3SE +/- 2000.00, N = 3SE +/- 74655.51, N = 323356671776000046523336643000884800011053667132476671545500017600000186516671. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.C1 Thread16 Threads2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads5 Threads6 Threads7 Threads8 ThreadsINTEL CORE I7 5960X CPU CORE LINUX SCALING120240360480600SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 2.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 1.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 5.70, N = 3SE +/- 4.15, N = 343.83498.4887.34123.22164.70205.11244.74287.05301.89554.841. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -march=native -pthread -lmpi_f77 -lmpi -ldl -lhwloc2. Open MPI 1.6.5

Timed Apache Compilation

This test times how long it takes to build the Apache HTTP Server. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.4.7Time To Compile1 Thread16 Threads2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads5 Threads6 Threads7 Threads8 ThreadsINTEL CORE I7 5960X CPU CORE LINUX SCALING20406080100SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 391.2134.1053.6244.2039.0236.6334.5534.4233.6720.57

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To Compile1 Thread16 Threads2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads5 Threads6 Threads7 Threads8 Threads80160240320400SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.77, N = 5SE +/- 0.65, N = 3SE +/- 1.03, N = 3SE +/- 1.03, N = 3SE +/- 1.03, N = 3SE +/- 1.35, N = 3SE +/- 1.31, N = 3SE +/- 1.16, N = 3367.5750.71189.84137.28105.7686.8874.3465.4158.38

C-Ray

This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Time1 Thread16 Threads2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads5 Threads6 Threads7 Threads8 ThreadsINTEL CORE I7 5960X CPU CORE LINUX SCALING20406080100SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 378.069.7539.2327.7920.8816.7413.9912.0210.5611.05-march=native-march=native-march=native-march=native-march=native1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Smallpt

Smallpt is a C++ global illumination renderer written in less than 100 lines of code. Global illumination is done via unbiased Monte Carlo path tracing and there is multi-threading support via the OpenMP library. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples1 Thread16 Threads2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads5 Threads6 Threads7 Threads8 ThreadsINTEL CORE I7 5960X CPU CORE LINUX SCALING306090120150SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3141147250383025221937-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp