Intel Core i5 Skylake Ubuntu Linux
Benchmarks by Michael Larabel.


i5-6600K Preview: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake /DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150814, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Q9550: 

	Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0M858N, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10D, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKS-7, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce 210 512MB (405/405MHz), Audio: Intel 82801JD/DO, Monitor: DELL E248WFP, Network: Intel 82567LM-3 Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 340.76, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1200


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
i5-6600K Preview . 58.33 |=====================================================
Q9550 ............ 15.07 |==============


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
i5-6600K Preview . MIN: 11  AVG: 17   MAX: 49 
Q9550 ............ MIN: 36  AVG: 68   MAX: 99 


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
i5-6600K Preview . 54.93 |=====================================================
Q9550 ............ 19.05 |==================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
i5-6600K Preview . 73.64 |=====================================================
Q9550 ............ 9.72  |=======


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
i5-6600K Preview . 670 |=======================================================
Q9550 ............ 78  |======


FFTW 3.3.4
Build: Float + SSE - Size: 1D FFT Size 4096
Mflops > Higher Is Better
i5-6600K Preview . 27191.00 |==================================================
Q9550 ............ 9918.14  |==================


Gcrypt Library 1.4.4
CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher
Microseconds < Lower Is Better
i5-6600K Preview . 1623 |========================
Q9550 ............ 3693 |======================================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
i5-6600K Preview . 4816 |======================================================
Q9550 ............ 2967 |=================================


x264 2014-08-30
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
i5-6600K Preview . 171.28 |====================================================
Q9550 ............ 72.59  |======================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
i5-6600K Preview . 203 |=======================================================
Q9550 ............ 104 |============================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i5-6600K Preview . 28.45 |=============================
i5-6600K Preview . 28.26 |============================
Q9550 ............ 52.64 |=====================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i5-6600K Preview . 106.05 |========================
Q9550 ............ 227.61 |====================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i5-6600K Preview . 19.83 |========================
Q9550 ............ 43.10 |=====================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i5-6600K Preview . 5.08  |=============
Q9550 ............ 20.27 |=====================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i5-6600K Preview . 10.66 |=========================
Q9550 ............ 22.37 |=====================================================


FFmpeg 2.6.2
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i5-6600K Preview . 9.94  |===========================
Q9550 ............ 19.79 |=====================================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
i5-6600K Preview . 664.43 |====================================================
i5-6600K Preview . 662.87 |====================================================
Q9550 ............ 243.43 |===================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
i5-6600K Preview . 5025.19 |===================================================
Q9550 ............ 305.56  |===


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
i5-6600K Preview . 2254300.67 |================================================
Q9550 ............ 492767.53  |==========