Intel Xeon E3 1245 v5 Skylake Linux
Intel Xeon E3 Skylake on Ubuntu Linux. Comparison By Michael Larabel for a future article..


Core i5 6600K: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc2-phoronix (x86_64) 20151123, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA), Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Core i5 6500: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc2-phoronix (x86_64) 20151123, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA), Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Pentium G4400: 

	Processor: Intel Pentium G4400 @ 3.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H110M-A-CF, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel Device 1902 (1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc2-phoronix (x86_64) 20151123, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA), Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Xeon E3 1245 v5: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X11SAE-M v1.01, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel Device 191d (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc2-phoronix (x86_64) 20151123, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA), Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Xeon E5 2687W v3: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc2-phoronix (x86_64) 20151123, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

Core i7 5960X: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc2-phoronix (x86_64) 20151123, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

phoronix: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5820K @ 4.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) v3.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 3001GB Western Digital WD30EZRX-22D + 2 x 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: DIR:67B0 RID:80 8192MB (1080/1500MHz), Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: PB248, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2200 Gigabit

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-42-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.6, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.2, OpenGL: 4.3.13374, Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i5 6600K ... 47.00  |=========
Core i5 6500 .... 40.55  |========
Pentium G4400 ... 22.77  |=====
Xeon E3 1245 v5 . 42.83  |=========
phoronix ........ 263.65 |=====================================================


Unigine Valley 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i5 6600K ... 7.77  |=====
Core i5 6500 .... 6.81  |=====
Pentium G4400 ... 4.20  |===
Xeon E3 1245 v5 . 7.25  |=====
phoronix ........ 80.70 |======================================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i5 6600K ... 30.36  |======
Core i5 6500 .... 26.05  |=====
Pentium G4400 ... 13.39  |==
Xeon E3 1245 v5 . 27.86  |=====
phoronix ........ 286.69 |=====================================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i5 6600K ... 24.93  |=====
Core i5 6500 .... 21.53  |=====
Pentium G4400 ... 11.24  |==
Xeon E3 1245 v5 . 23.21  |=====
phoronix ........ 243.70 |=====================================================


x264 2015-11-02
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i5 6600K .... 174.99 |=========================
Core i5 6500 ..... 146.05 |=====================
Pentium G4400 .... 76.42  |===========
Xeon E3 1245 v5 .. 201.79 |=============================
Xeon E5 2687W v3 . 358.01 |====================================================
Core i7 5960X .... 302.27 |============================================
phoronix ......... 295.90 |===========================================


FFTE 5.0
Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Core i5 6600K .... 7741.58 |===================================================
Core i5 6500 ..... 7137.60 |===============================================
Pentium G4400 .... 6543.00 |===========================================
Xeon E3 1245 v5 .. 7372.18 |=================================================
Xeon E5 2687W v3 . 5304.44 |===================================
Core i7 5960X .... 5295.19 |===================================
phoronix ......... 6541.59 |===========================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Core i5 6600K .... 2719.10 |===================================================
Core i5 6500 ..... 2434.92 |==============================================
Pentium G4400 .... 2080.60 |=======================================
Xeon E3 1245 v5 .. 2561.68 |================================================
Xeon E5 2687W v3 . 1780.93 |=================================
Core i7 5960X .... 1752.44 |=================================
phoronix ......... 1962.18 |=====================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Core i5 6600K ... 218  |==
Core i5 6500 .... 186  |=
Pentium G4400 ... 96   |=
Xeon E3 1245 v5 . 199  |==
phoronix ........ 6877 |=======================================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Core i5 6600K ... 7128   |=
Core i5 6500 .... 6267   |=
Pentium G4400 ... 5259   |
Xeon E3 1245 v5 . 6320   |=
phoronix ........ 642607 |=====================================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i5 6600K .... 668.93  |==========================
Core i5 6500 ..... 564.90  |======================
Pentium G4400 .... 280.80  |===========
Xeon E3 1245 v5 .. 673.23  |==========================
Xeon E5 2687W v3 . 1317.13 |===================================================
Core i7 5960X .... 1077.83 |==========================================
phoronix ......... 1038.57 |========================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP LavaMD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6600K .... 214.99 |======================
Core i5 6500 ..... 253.36 |==========================
Pentium G4400 .... 502.03 |====================================================
Xeon E3 1245 v5 .. 189.72 |====================
Xeon E5 2687W v3 . 97.23  |==========
Core i7 5960X .... 117.29 |============
phoronix ......... 119.72 |============


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6600K .... 65.52  |=======================
Core i5 6500 ..... 78.99  |============================
Pentium G4400 .... 145.68 |====================================================
Xeon E3 1245 v5 .. 63.01  |======================
Xeon E5 2687W v3 . 34.51  |============
Core i7 5960X .... 42.04  |===============
phoronix ......... 47.03  |=================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6600K .... 118.31 |======================
Core i5 6500 ..... 139.96 |==========================
Pentium G4400 .... 276.98 |====================================================
Xeon E3 1245 v5 .. 103.01 |===================
Xeon E5 2687W v3 . 59.61  |===========
Core i7 5960X .... 68.11  |=============
phoronix ......... 71.34  |=============


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6600K .... 10.86 |========================================
Core i5 6500 ..... 11.80 |===========================================
Pentium G4400 .... 14.44 |=====================================================
Xeon E3 1245 v5 .. 11.39 |==========================================
Xeon E5 2687W v3 . 13.31 |=================================================
Core i7 5960X .... 12.49 |==============================================
phoronix ......... 11.60 |===========================================


FFmpeg 2.8.1
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6600K .... 8.43  |==================
Core i5 6500 ..... 9.96  |=====================
Pentium G4400 .... 15.50 |=================================
Xeon E3 1245 v5 .. 9.11  |====================
Xeon E5 2687W v3 . 24.57 |=====================================================
Core i7 5960X .... 24.55 |=====================================================
phoronix ......... 18.79 |=========================================