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 my i5 6600K system compared: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VIII GENE, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake /DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 750GB TOSHIBA MK7559GS + 256GB SAMSUNG MZHPV256, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-040200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.9, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 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 |================================== my i5 6600K system compared . 20.61 |=================== 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 |=============== my i5 6600K system compared . 16696.00 |==================================== 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 |========================= my i5 6600K system compared . 9.62 |====================== 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 |================= my i5 6600K system compared . 30410.73 |======================= 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 |================================ my i5 6600K system compared . 171.67 |================================= 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 |=========== my i5 6600K system compared . 2651.47 |====================================== 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 |====================== my i5 6600K system compared . 108.39 |===================== 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 |==================== my i5 6600K system compared . 15.14 |================ 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 |===================== my i5 6600K system compared . 28 |=================== 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 |======================================= my i5 6600K system compared . 4.91 |==================== 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 |======================================= my i5 6600K system compared . 10.62 |========================