Intel Core i5 6600K Skylake CPU Tests

Intel Core i5 6600K Linux CPU benchmarks. Tests results by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.

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Intel Core i5 6600K Skylake CPU Tests Intel Core i5 6600K Linux CPU benchmarks. Tests results by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Core i5 6600K: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel Connection OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.1.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150810, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.3 (git-ccef890), Compiler: GCC 5.1.1 20150618, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 5775C: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.1.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150810, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.3 (git-ccef890), Compiler: GCC 5.1.1 20150618, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 A10-7850K: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 512MB (351MHz), Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.1.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150810, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.3 (git-ccef890) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.1.1 20150618, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 4770K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: G237HL, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.1.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150810, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.3 (git-ccef890), Compiler: GCC 5.1.1 20150618, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 A10-7870K: Processor: AMD A10-7870K Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88XM-E, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 1024MB (355MHz), Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.1.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150810, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.3 (git-ccef890) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.1.1 20150618, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 4790K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3P, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.1.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150810, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.3 (git-ccef890), Compiler: GCC 5.1.1 20150618, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 FX 8320E: Processor: AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core @ 3.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) v4.0, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB (157/300MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.1.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150810, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.3 (git-ccef890) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.1.1 20150618, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 FX 8370: Processor: AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Killer, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: AMD FirePro V8700 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.1.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150810, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.3 (git-ccef890) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.1.1 20150618, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 test: Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z87-C, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 10240MB, Disk: 120GB SanDisk SDSSDXP1 + 160GB INTEL SSDSA2CW16, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4850 1024MB, Audio: C-Media CMI8788, Monitor: Acer HN274H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Debian 8.1, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K . 31827.66 |================================= Core i7 5775C . 42602.98 |============================================ A10-7850K ..... 24141.70 |========================= Core i7 4770K . 40885.74 |========================================== A10-7870K ..... 25516.35 |=========================== Core i7 4790K . 51025.17 |===================================================== FX 8320E ...... 20860.07 |====================== FX 8370 ....... 22362.71 |======================= test .......... 27635.98 |============================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K . 4.98 |=========================== Core i7 5775C . 6.35 |================================== A10-7850K ..... 10.49 |======================================================== Core i7 4770K . 5.95 |================================ A10-7870K ..... 9.95 |===================================================== Core i7 4790K . 5.36 |============================= FX 8320E ...... 10.35 |======================================================= FX 8370 ....... 9.63 |=================================================== test .......... 6.35 |================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K . 10.85 |================================ Core i7 5775C . 11.78 |=================================== A10-7850K ..... 18.74 |======================================================== Core i7 4770K . 11.25 |================================= A10-7870K ..... 17.78 |===================================================== Core i7 4790K . 9.90 |============================= FX 8320E ...... 18.90 |======================================================== FX 8370 ....... 17.57 |==================================================== FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096 Mflops > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K . 18004.00 |===================================================== Core i7 5775C . 15648.00 |============================================== A10-7850K ..... 5439.72 |================ Core i7 4770K . 11754.00 |=================================== A10-7870K ..... 6022.78 |================== Core i7 4790K . 13946.00 |========================================= FX 8320E ...... 6383.84 |=================== FX 8370 ....... 6809.24 |==================== test .......... 11368.00 |================================= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K . 8.90 |=========================== Core i7 5775C . 8.06 |======================== A10-7850K ..... 18.59 |======================================================== Core i7 4770K . 12.91 |======================================= A10-7870K ..... 17.32 |==================================================== Core i7 4790K . 8.34 |========================= FX 8320E ...... 14.13 |=========================================== FX 8370 ....... 11.20 |================================== test .......... 16.59 |================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K . 2780.10 |====================================================== Core i7 5775C . 2510.89 |================================================= A10-7850K ..... 868.86 |================= Core i7 4770K . 1747.73 |================================== A10-7870K ..... 965.60 |=================== Core i7 4790K . 2040.13 |======================================== FX 8320E ...... 742.58 |============== FX 8370 ....... 792.57 |=============== test .......... 1828.54 |==================================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K . 20.13 |========================= Core i7 5775C . 21.24 |=========================== A10-7850K ..... 44.67 |======================================================== Core i7 4770K . 21.40 |=========================== A10-7870K ..... 41.05 |=================================================== Core i7 4790K . 19.37 |======================== FX 8320E ...... 38.85 |================================================= FX 8370 ....... 35.90 |============================================= test .......... 22.60 |============================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K . 100.68 |=========================== Core i7 5775C . 89.84 |======================== A10-7850K ..... 207.14 |======================================================= Core i7 4770K . 98.05 |========================== A10-7870K ..... 194.01 |==================================================== Core i7 4790K . 84.49 |====================== FX 8320E ...... 133.97 |==================================== FX 8370 ....... 109.85 |============================= x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K . 176.49 |============================================= Core i7 5775C . 198.23 |=================================================== A10-7850K ..... 88.83 |======================= Core i7 4770K . 187.79 |================================================ A10-7870K ..... 94.13 |======================== Core i7 4790K . 214.61 |======================================================= FX 8320E ...... 137.49 |=================================== FX 8370 ....... 169.29 |=========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K . 15.13 |===================== Core i7 5775C . 17.59 |======================== A10-7850K ..... 40.26 |======================================================== Core i7 4770K . 17.07 |======================== A10-7870K ..... 38.11 |===================================================== Core i7 4790K . 15.04 |===================== FX 8320E ...... 24.44 |================================== FX 8370 ....... 19.53 |=========================== test .......... 26.32 |===================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K . 28 |============ Core i7 5775C . 22 |========= A10-7850K ..... 67 |============================= Core i7 4770K . 25 |=========== A10-7870K ..... 63 |=========================== Core i7 4790K . 22 |========= FX 8320E ...... 39 |================= FX 8370 ....... 32 |============== test .......... 136 |==========================================================