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 i7-4870HQ: Processor: Intel Core i7-4870HQ @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-13F1, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB KINGSTON RBU-SNS, Graphics: Intel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Crystal Well HD Audio, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: LinuxMint 17.1, Kernel: 3.16.0-31-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.4.6, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, 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 i7-4870HQ . 26.12000 |============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K .. 3.26092 |========================================== Intel Core i7-4870HQ . 3.69000 |=============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K .. 0.63626 |========= Intel Core i7-4870HQ . 3.30000 |=============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K .. 1.75864 |=============================================== Intel Core i7-4870HQ . 1.63000 |============================================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad GB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K .. 2.12441 |===================================== Intel Core i7-4870HQ . 2.71000 |=============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Random Access GUP/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K .. 0.01086 |=============================================== Intel Core i7-4870HQ . 0.01000 |=========================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Latency usecs < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K .. 0.66069 |============================ Intel Core i7-4870HQ . 1.12000 |=============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth GB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K .. 0.90929 |========================= Intel Core i7-4870HQ . 1.72000 |=============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4790K .. 12918.91 |============================================== Intel Core i7-4870HQ . 7559.34 |===========================