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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Core i7 2670QM: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2670QM @ 3.10GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: CLEVO W150HRM, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB INTEL SSDSC2CW24 + 750GB Western Digital WD7500BPKT-0, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Monitor: X243H, Network: JMicron JMC250 PCI Gigabit + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Debian 8.1, Kernel: 4.1.6-loopback-kernel (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Display Driver: intel 2.21.15, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Core Duo T2400: 

	Processor: Intel T2400 @ 1.83GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 1706W3Q, Chipset: Intel Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS + ICH7-M, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 120GB Corsair Force 3, Graphics: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML IGP, Audio: Analog Devices AD1981, Network: Intel 82573L Gigabit + Intel PRO/Wireless

	OS: Debian 8.1, Kernel: 4.1.6-guthrum-kernel (i686), Desktop: KDE 4.14.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Display Driver: intel 2.21.15, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768


Dolfyn 0.527
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 4770K .. 21.40  |=======
Core i7 4790K .. 19.37  |=======
Core i7 5775C .. 21.24  |=======
Core i5 6600K .. 20.13  |=======
A10-7850K ...... 44.67  |===============
A10-7870K ...... 41.05  |==============
FX 8320E ....... 38.85  |=============
FX 8370 ........ 35.90  |============
Core i7 2670QM . 31.87  |===========
Core Duo T2400 . 156.78 |======================================================


FFTW 3.3.4
Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Core i7 4770K .. 11754.00 |==================================
Core i7 4790K .. 13946.00 |========================================
Core i7 5775C .. 15648.00 |=============================================
Core i5 6600K .. 18004.00 |====================================================
A10-7850K ...... 5439.72  |================
A10-7870K ...... 6022.78  |=================
FX 8320E ....... 6383.84  |==================
FX 8370 ........ 6809.24  |====================
Core i7 2670QM . 9146.54  |==========================
Core Duo T2400 . 1726.05  |=====


Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 4770K .. 12.91  |=====
Core i7 4790K .. 8.34   |===
Core i7 5775C .. 8.06   |===
Core i5 6600K .. 8.90   |===
A10-7850K ...... 18.59  |=======
A10-7870K ...... 17.32  |=======
FX 8320E ....... 14.13  |======
FX 8370 ........ 11.20  |====
Core i7 2670QM . 16.63  |=======
Core Duo T2400 . 138.13 |======================================================


CacheBench
Test: Read / Modify / Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Core i7 4770K .. 40885.74 |==========================================
Core i7 4790K .. 51025.17 |====================================================
Core i7 5775C .. 42602.98 |===========================================
Core i5 6600K .. 31827.66 |================================
A10-7850K ...... 24141.70 |=========================
A10-7870K ...... 25516.35 |==========================
FX 8320E ....... 20860.07 |=====================
FX 8370 ........ 22362.71 |=======================
Core i7 2670QM . 10777.13 |===========
Core Duo T2400 . 6317.85  |======


x264 2014-08-30
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i7 4770K .. 187.79 |===============================================
Core i7 4790K .. 214.61 |======================================================
Core i7 5775C .. 198.23 |==================================================
Core i5 6600K .. 176.49 |============================================
A10-7850K ...... 88.83  |======================
A10-7870K ...... 94.13  |========================
FX 8320E ....... 137.49 |===================================
FX 8370 ........ 169.29 |===========================================
Core i7 2670QM . 106.01 |===========================
Core Duo T2400 . 8.65   |==


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Core i7 4770K .. 1747.73 |=================================
Core i7 4790K .. 2040.13 |=======================================
Core i7 5775C .. 2510.89 |================================================
Core i5 6600K .. 2780.10 |=====================================================
A10-7850K ...... 868.86  |=================
A10-7870K ...... 965.60  |==================
FX 8320E ....... 742.58  |==============
FX 8370 ........ 792.57  |===============
Core i7 2670QM . 1582.88 |==============================
Core Duo T2400 . 347.99  |=======


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 4770K .. 98.05   |====
Core i7 4790K .. 84.49   |===
Core i7 5775C .. 89.84   |====
Core i5 6600K .. 100.68  |====
A10-7850K ...... 207.14  |========
A10-7870K ...... 194.01  |========
FX 8320E ....... 133.97  |=====
FX 8370 ........ 109.85  |====
Core i7 2670QM . 200.95  |========
Core Duo T2400 . 1294.77 |=====================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 4770K .. 17.07  |===
Core i7 4790K .. 15.04  |==
Core i7 5775C .. 17.59  |===
Core i5 6600K .. 15.13  |==
A10-7850K ...... 40.26  |======
A10-7870K ...... 38.11  |======
FX 8320E ....... 24.44  |====
FX 8370 ........ 19.53  |===
Core i7 2670QM . 45.40  |=======
Core Duo T2400 . 355.77 |======================================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 4770K .. 25  |==
Core i7 4790K .. 22  |==
Core i7 5775C .. 22  |==
Core i5 6600K .. 28  |===
A10-7850K ...... 67  |======
A10-7870K ...... 63  |======
FX 8320E ....... 39  |===
FX 8370 ........ 32  |===
Core i7 2670QM . 51  |=====
Core Duo T2400 . 636 |=========================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 4770K .. 5.95  |====
Core i7 4790K .. 5.36  |====
Core i7 5775C .. 6.35  |=====
Core i5 6600K .. 4.98  |====
A10-7850K ...... 10.49 |========
A10-7870K ...... 9.95  |=======
FX 8320E ....... 10.35 |========
FX 8370 ........ 9.63  |=======
Core i7 2670QM . 9.44  |=======
Core Duo T2400 . 73.19 |=======================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 4770K .. 11.25 |=========
Core i7 4790K .. 9.90  |========
Core i7 5775C .. 11.78 |=========
Core i5 6600K .. 10.85 |=========
A10-7850K ...... 18.74 |===============
A10-7870K ...... 17.78 |==============
FX 8320E ....... 18.90 |===============
FX 8370 ........ 17.57 |==============
Core i7 2670QM . 16.93 |==============
Core Duo T2400 . 68.46 |=======================================================