Intel Pentium G3258 On Linux Review Intel Pentium G3258 Linux hardware review by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Pentium G3258: Processor: Intel Pentium G3258 @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel HD (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz: Processor: Intel Pentium G3258 @ 4.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel HD (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz: Processor: Intel Pentium G3258 @ 4.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel HD (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i3 4130: Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel Device 041e (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i5 4670: Processor: Intel Core i5-4670 @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 4770K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 4790K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Pentium G620 ACPI powersave: Processor: Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8H61-I, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CT12 + 1000GB Hitachi HDS72101, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1) (1100MHz), Audio: VIA VT1708S, Monitor: DELL 2209WA, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: debian 7.8, Kernel: 3.13-0.bpo.1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Openbox 3.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: intel 2.19.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.5, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... 17.78 |================ Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... 17.80 |================ Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... 17.79 |================ Core i3 4130 ................ 26.03 |======================== Core i5 4670 ................ 29.67 |=========================== Core i7 4770K ............... 30.75 |============================ Core i7 4790K ............... 45.78 |========================================== Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . 23.76 |====================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... 29.57 |============= Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... 29.57 |============= Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... 29.50 |============= Core i3 4130 ................ 32.10 |============== Core i5 4670 ................ 34.33 |=============== Core i7 4770K ............... 35.77 |=============== Core i7 4790K ............... 38.63 |================= Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . 98.13 |========================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 33.8 MAX: 68.0 Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 33.8 MAX: 75.0 Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 33.9 MAX: 74.0 Core i3 4130 ................ MIN: 3.0 AVG: 31.1 MAX: 65.0 Core i5 4670 ................ MIN: 3.0 AVG: 29.1 MAX: 65.0 Core i7 4770K ............... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 27.9 MAX: 61.0 Core i7 4790K ............... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 25.9 MAX: 60.0 Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 10.2 MAX: 20.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 44.86 |============================ Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 44.99 |============================ Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 45.21 |============================ Core i3 4130 ........... 55.55 |================================== Core i5 4670 ........... 73.94 |============================================== Core i7 4770K .......... 75.77 |=============================================== Core i7 4790K .......... 45.01 |============================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... 80.42 |================ Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... 80.46 |================ Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... 80.64 |================ Core i3 4130 ................ 100.59 |==================== Core i5 4670 ................ 108.11 |===================== Core i7 4770K ............... 113.06 |====================== Core i7 4790K ............... 206.59 |========================================= Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . 84.50 |================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... 35.33 |================= Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... 35.26 |================ Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... 35.35 |================= Core i3 4130 ................ 43.68 |==================== Core i5 4670 ................ 51.39 |======================== Core i7 4770K ............... 53.08 |========================= Core i7 4790K ............... 89.85 |========================================== Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . 29.35 |============== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... 24.75 |=============== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... 24.75 |=============== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... 24.75 |=============== Core i3 4130 ................ 31.39 |=================== Core i5 4670 ................ 39.82 |======================== Core i7 4770K ............... 41.08 |========================= Core i7 4790K ............... 68.29 |========================================== Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . 17.12 |=========== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... 23.21 |================= Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... 28.37 |===================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... 31.15 |======================= Core i3 4130 ................ 24.61 |================== Core i5 4670 ................ 52.07 |====================================== Core i7 4770K ............... 51.05 |===================================== Core i7 4790K ............... 57.67 |========================================== Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . 17.30 |============= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... 2.48132 |========================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... 2.56372 |=========================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... 2.68385 |============================ Core i3 4130 ................ 2.79477 |============================= Core i5 4670 ................ 3.55086 |===================================== Core i7 4770K ............... 3.78402 |======================================= Core i7 4790K ............... 3.86512 |======================================== Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . 2.01272 |===================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... 12.19087 |============================= Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... 15.07987 |=================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... 16.59220 |======================================= Core i3 4130 ................ 6.28722 |=============== Core i5 4670 ................ 13.46583 |================================ Core i7 4770K ............... 6.82492 |================ Core i7 4790K ............... 7.77818 |================== Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . 8.96359 |===================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... 1.81040 |================================ Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... 1.96086 |================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... 2.03143 |=================================== Core i3 4130 ................ 0.76989 |============= Core i5 4670 ................ 0.81710 |============== Core i7 4770K ............... 2.25567 |======================================= Core i7 4790K ............... 2.29767 |======================================== Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . 1.15779 |==================== LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 41.88 |=============================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 34.37 |======================================= Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 31.75 |==================================== Core i3 4130 ........... 39.51 |============================================ Core i5 4670 ........... 34.17 |====================================== Core i7 4770K .......... 33.26 |===================================== Core i7 4790K .......... 29.75 |================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... 1831 |========== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... 2288 |============= Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... 2515 |============== Core i3 4130 ................ 3060 |================= Core i5 4670 ................ 4117 |======================= Core i7 4770K ............... 6658 |====================================== Core i7 4790K ............... 7551 |=========================================== Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . 1199 |======= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... 4343000 |============== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... 5403333 |================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... 5908000 |==================== Core i3 4130 ................ 4725000 |================ Core i5 4670 ................ 9815667 |================================= Core i7 4770K ............... 10341000 |================================== Core i7 4790K ............... 11721667 |======================================= Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . 5979333 |==================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... 31148 |============== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... 38910 |================= Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... 42785 |=================== Core i3 4130 ................ 38698 |================= Core i5 4670 ................ 69901 |=============================== Core i7 4770K ............... 84209 |===================================== Core i7 4790K ............... 95655 |========================================== Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . 19425 |========= TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2z Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... 57.71 |============ Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... 65.60 |============== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... 75.41 |================ Core i3 4130 ................ 76.70 |================ Core i5 4670 ................ 129.06 |=========================== Core i7 4770K ............... 168.08 |==================================== Core i7 4790K ............... 193.37 |========================================= Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . 36.05 |======== x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 68.36 |=============== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 83.67 |================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 90.62 |==================== Core i3 4130 ........... 90.12 |==================== Core i5 4670 ........... 143.62 |=============================== Core i7 4770K .......... 187.81 |========================================= Core i7 4790K .......... 212.58 |============================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... 1487.27 |============================ Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... 1809.27 |=================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... 1968.91 |====================================== Core i3 4130 ................ 1627.68 |=============================== Core i5 4670 ................ 1820.27 |=================================== Core i7 4770K ............... 1872.94 |==================================== Core i7 4790K ............... 2093.43 |======================================== Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . 1111.17 |===================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... 58.93 |================================ Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... 48.62 |========================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... 45.37 |========================= Core i3 4130 ................ 50.09 |=========================== Core i5 4670 ................ 31.92 |================= Core i7 4770K ............... 28.85 |================ Core i7 4790K ............... 25.92 |============== Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . 77.22 |========================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 199.98 |============================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz . 164.97 |====================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 154.68 |==================================== Core i3 4130 ........... 158.92 |===================================== Core i5 4670 ........... 90.20 |===================== Core i7 4770K .......... 73.27 |================= Core i7 4790K .......... 65.41 |=============== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... 55.20 |===================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... 44.23 |================= Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... 40.24 |=============== Core i3 4130 ................ 36.84 |============== Core i5 4670 ................ 19.01 |======= Core i7 4770K ............... 16.93 |====== Core i7 4790K ............... 14.90 |====== Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . 107.39 |========================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... 17.56 |========================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... 14.69 |====================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... 13.59 |==================== Core i3 4130 ................ 15.22 |====================== Core i5 4670 ................ 8.01 |============ Core i7 4770K ............... 8.01 |============ Core i7 4790K ............... 6.62 |========== Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . 28.53 |========================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... 77 |======== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... 62 |====== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... 57 |====== Core i3 4130 ................ 52 |===== Core i5 4670 ................ 34 |==== Core i7 4770K ............... 24 |=== Core i7 4790K ............... 21 |== Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . 421 |============================================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... 15.82 |=============================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... 12.79 |========================= Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... 11.54 |======================= Core i3 4130 ................ 14.37 |============================= Core i5 4670 ................ 13.30 |========================== Core i7 4770K ............... 12.86 |========================== Core i7 4790K ............... 11.53 |======================= Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . 21.13 |========================================== FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... 19.04 |=============================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... 16.16 |========================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... 14.62 |======================== Core i3 4130 ................ 16.05 |========================== Core i5 4670 ................ 12.59 |===================== Core i7 4770K ............... 11.77 |=================== Core i7 4790K ............... 10.74 |================== Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . 25.77 |========================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... 242.57 |============== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... 302.10 |================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... 331.27 |=================== Core i3 4130 ................ 283.73 |================= Core i5 4670 ................ 547.67 |================================ Core i7 4770K ............... 619.17 |==================================== Core i7 4790K ............... 703.87 |========================================= Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . 159.03 |========= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 ............... 3306.52 |========== Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz ...... 3614.05 |=========== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz ...... 3626.34 |=========== Core i3 4130 ................ 4764.80 |=============== Core i5 4670 ................ 3834.53 |============ Core i7 4770K ............... 5622.03 |================== Core i7 4790K ............... 5578.02 |================= Pentium G620 ACPI powersave . 12477.84 |=======================================