Intel Core i5 6600K Skylake CPU Tests Core i5 6600K TST2 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 i7-4700MQ: Processor: Intel Core i7-4700MQ @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 20AWA07B00, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 512GB SAMSUNG MZ7TD512, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection I217-LM + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: openSUSE 20151017, Kernel: 4.2.3-1-default (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Athlon 64 X2 5600+: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ @ 2.80GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M2N-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD1003FZEX-0 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EADS-00L + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EACS-00Z, Graphics: AMD Radeon X1950 GT 256MB, Audio: Analog Devices AD1988B, Monitor: S2231W OS: openSUSE 20151017, Kernel: 4.2.3-1-default (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 11.0.2 Gallium 0.4, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Intel Core i5-6600K: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VIII HERO, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake /DRAM, Memory: 31744MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD1003FZEX-0 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EADS-00L, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: S2231W, Network: Intel Connection OS: openSUSE 20151118, Kernel: 4.3.0-2-default (x86_64), Desktop: IceWM, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.0, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Intel Core i5-6600K @4.2GHz: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VIII HERO, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD1003FZEX-0 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EADS-00L, Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: S2231W, Network: Intel Connection OS: SUSE LINUX 42.1, Kernel: 4.3.3-9.gda39cbd-default (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 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 |=============== Core i7-4700MQ .............. 11211.00 |======================== Athlon 64 X2 5600+ .......... 2918.84 |====== Intel Core i5-6600K ......... 17192.00 |===================================== Intel Core i5-6600K @4.2GHz . 17820.00 |======================================= 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 |=========== Core i7-4700MQ .............. 12.58 |============ Athlon 64 X2 5600+ .......... 42.42 |========================================== Intel Core i5-6600K ......... 9.20 |========= Intel Core i5-6600K @4.2GHz . 8.55 |======== 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 i7-4700MQ .............. 25267.13 |=================== Athlon 64 X2 5600+ .......... 11729.23 |========= Intel Core i5-6600K ......... 24799.98 |=================== Intel Core i5-6600K @4.2GHz . 33194.89 |========================= 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 i7-4700MQ .............. 143.07 |=========================== Athlon 64 X2 5600+ .......... 23.37 |==== Intel Core i5-6600K ......... 173.90 |================================= Intel Core i5-6600K @4.2GHz . 191.89 |===================================== 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 i7-4700MQ .............. 1636.76 |======================== Athlon 64 X2 5600+ .......... 363.79 |===== Intel Core i5-6600K ......... 2601.87 |===================================== Intel Core i5-6600K @4.2GHz . 2733.08 |======================================= 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 i7-4700MQ .............. 156.00 |=========== Athlon 64 X2 5600+ .......... 558.06 |========================================= Intel Core i5-6600K ......... 109.75 |======== Intel Core i5-6600K @4.2GHz . 86.83 |====== 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 i7-4700MQ .............. 24.07 |========= Athlon 64 X2 5600+ .......... 109.79 |========================================= Intel Core i5-6600K ......... 19.71 |======= Intel Core i5-6600K @4.2GHz . 17.82 |======= 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 i7-4700MQ .............. 36 |========= Athlon 64 X2 5600+ .......... 169 |============================================ Intel Core i5-6600K ......... 92 |======================== Intel Core i5-6600K @4.2GHz . 98 |========================== 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 i7-4700MQ .............. 7.75 |============= Athlon 64 X2 5600+ .......... 25.41 |========================================== Intel Core i5-6600K ......... 5.09 |======== Intel Core i5-6600K @4.2GHz . 5.59 |========= 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 i7-4700MQ .............. 14.63 |===================== Athlon 64 X2 5600+ .......... 29.86 |========================================== Intel Core i5-6600K ......... 11.05 |================ Intel Core i5-6600K @4.2GHz . 10.97 |===============