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 Athlon X4 845: Processor: AMD Athlon X4 845 Quad Core @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock A88M-G/3.1, Chipset: AMD Device 1576, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1866MHz, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZHPV256, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 OEM 2048MB (324/648MHz), Audio: AMD FCH Azalia, Monitor: CTX PV722 DVI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Debian 8.3, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 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 |============================================= Athlon X4 845 . 43.60 |======================================================= 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 |==================== Athlon X4 845 . 7507.14 |====================== 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 |================================== Athlon X4 845 . 15.64 |=============================================== 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 |======================= 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 |=========================================== Athlon X4 845 . 87.27 |====================== 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 |=============== Athlon X4 845 . 1772.73 |================================== 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 |========================== Athlon X4 845 . 235.89 |======================================================= 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 |=========================== Athlon X4 845 . 36.43 |=================================================== 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 |============================ Athlon X4 845 . 52 |============================================== 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 |=================================================== Athlon X4 845 . 7.41 |======================================== 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 |==================================================== Athlon X4 845 . 14.74 |============================================