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 Ubuntu BioLinux on Hyper-V: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-4650 0 @ 2.70GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Microsoft Virtual Machine v7.0, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 161GB Virtual Disk + 6597GB LUN, Graphics: LLVMpipe OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-65-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: modesetting 0.8.1, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1152x864 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 |============================================= 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 |=============== Ubuntu BioLinux on Hyper-V . 7748.19 |================= 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 |================================== 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 |================== Ubuntu BioLinux on Hyper-V . 12730.71 |========== 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 |=========================================== 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 |============ Ubuntu BioLinux on Hyper-V . 1086.39 |================ 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 |====================== Ubuntu BioLinux on Hyper-V . 116.39 |======================== 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 |===================== Ubuntu BioLinux on Hyper-V . 19.70 |===================== 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 |====================== Ubuntu BioLinux on Hyper-V . 20 |============== 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 |================================= Ubuntu BioLinux on Hyper-V . 12.65 |=========================================== 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 |=================================== Ubuntu BioLinux on Hyper-V . 21.35 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