configuration AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core testing with a ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 and MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB on Arch rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite. Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7-4770: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2 x 2000GB Western Digital WD20EZRX-00D + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARX-00P + 60GB Corsair Force 3, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (135/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Intel Connection OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.3.3-2-ARCH (x86_64), Display Driver: NVIDIA 358.16, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1200 SunFire x4100: Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 275 @ 2.19GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Sun Fire X4100 Server, Chipset: AMD K8, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 73GB Seagate ST973401LSUN72G, Graphics: AMD Rage XL PCI, Network: Intel 82546EB Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 24 Disk Array: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5345 @ 2.33GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X7DB8, Chipset: Intel 5000P MCH, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS721010G9SA00, Graphics: AMD ES1000 128MB, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel 80003ES2LAN Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 IBM System X3550: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5410 @ 2.32GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: IBM Planar, Chipset: Intel 5000X MCH, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS721010G9SA00, Graphics: AMD ES1000 128MB, Monitor: IBM RSA2, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Noname server Supermicro: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X6DVL-EG2, Chipset: Intel E7320 MCH, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS721010G9SA00, Graphics: AMD Rage XL PCI, Network: Intel 82541GI Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480 Noname server Supermicro2: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X6DVL-EG2, Chipset: Intel E7320 MCH, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS721010G9SA00, Graphics: AMD Rage XL PCI, Network: Intel 82541GI Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480 PERC 6 - Intel Xeon E7330: Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E7330 @ 2.39GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0TT975, Chipset: Intel 7300 MCH, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 159GB PERC 6/i, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit OS: LinuxMint 17.2, Kernel: 3.16.0-38-generic (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.10.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 AMD FX8320 xpander: Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 128GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER1 + 500GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1113/3505MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GM204 HD Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.3.3-3-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.12.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.18, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0 +, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 AMD FX8320 on Samsung SM951 NVME @pcie v2: Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte 990XA-UD3, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Samsung SSD 840 + 4001GB Seagate ST4000DM000-1F21, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (899/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.4.0-3-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.12.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.18, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0 + Clang 3.7.1 + LLVM 3.7.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 AMD Sempron 3500 1,8ghz: Processor: Mobile AMD Sempron 3500+ @ 1.80GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: HP 30B0, Chipset: AMD RS480/RS482/RS485, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: AMD Mobility Radeon Xpress 200 128MB, Audio: Analog Devices AD1981, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit + Broadcom BCM4311 802.11a/b/g OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.3.3-3-ARCH (i686), Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 11.1.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 intel 3770k paju: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 4.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DZ77GA-70K, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 128GB Samsung SSD 840 + 256GB Crucial_CT256MX1, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2048MB (823/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC898, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.6.1-2-ARCH (x86_64), Display Driver: NVIDIA 364.19, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160501, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 AMD FX-8320@4.4GHz NVME SM951 256GB ASUS Sabertooth mobo: Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Samsung SSD 840 + 4001GB Seagate ST4000DM000-1F21 + 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPV256HDGL-00000, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (899/3505MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GM204 HD Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.6.1-2-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.12.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 364.19, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160602 + Clang 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 4480x1440 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7-4770 ..................... 6881 |============== SunFire x4100 ............................................ 1356 |=== 24 Disk Array ............................................ 1802 |==== IBM System X3550 ......................................... 1968 |==== Noname server Supermicro ................................. 70 | Noname server Supermicro2 ................................ 72 | PERC 6 - Intel Xeon E7330 ................................ 1740 |==== AMD FX8320 xpander ....................................... 3378 |======= AMD FX8320 on Samsung SM951 NVME @pcie v2 ................ 3424 |======= AMD Sempron 3500 1,8ghz .................................. 321 |= intel 3770k paju ......................................... 6697 |============== AMD FX-8320@4.4GHz NVME SM951 256GB ASUS Sabertooth mobo . 3886 |======== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7-4770 ..................... 14860.44 |========== SunFire x4100 ............................................ 2350.57 |== 24 Disk Array ............................................ 4493.61 |=== IBM System X3550 ......................................... 3494.01 |== Noname server Supermicro ................................. 2003.01 |= Noname server Supermicro2 ................................ 1942.69 |= PERC 6 - Intel Xeon E7330 ................................ 3621.94 |== AMD FX8320 xpander ....................................... 10755.10 |======= AMD FX8320 on Samsung SM951 NVME @pcie v2 ................ 11112.49 |======= AMD Sempron 3500 1,8ghz .................................. 1927.13 |= intel 3770k paju ......................................... 14969.04 |========== AMD FX-8320@4.4GHz NVME SM951 256GB ASUS Sabertooth mobo . 12439.12 |======== BLAKE2 20130131 Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.1 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7-4770 ..................... 5.07 |= SunFire x4100 ............................................ 15.89 |===== 24 Disk Array ............................................ 9.74 |=== IBM System X3550 ......................................... 6.91 |== Noname server Supermicro ................................. 44.64 |============= Noname server Supermicro2 ................................ 45.38 |============= PERC 6 - Intel Xeon E7330 ................................ 9.74 |=== AMD FX8320 xpander ....................................... 8.92 |=== AMD FX8320 on Samsung SM951 NVME @pcie v2 ................ 8.90 |=== intel 3770k paju ......................................... 4.00 |= AMD FX-8320@4.4GHz NVME SM951 256GB ASUS Sabertooth mobo . 10.17 |=== x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7-4770 ..................... 183.57 |============ SunFire x4100 ............................................ 34.36 |== 24 Disk Array ............................................ 101.29 |======= IBM System X3550 ......................................... 107.18 |======= Noname server Supermicro ................................. 18.45 |= Noname server Supermicro2 ................................ 18.62 |= PERC 6 - Intel Xeon E7330 ................................ 174.18 |=========== AMD FX8320 on Samsung SM951 NVME @pcie v2 ................ 163.14 |=========== AMD Sempron 3500 1,8ghz .................................. 7.80 |= intel 3770k paju ......................................... 185.53 |============ AMD FX-8320@4.4GHz NVME SM951 256GB ASUS Sabertooth mobo . 179.14 |============ 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7-4770 ..................... 21961 |=========== SunFire x4100 ............................................ 6210 |=== 24 Disk Array ............................................ 14163 |======= IBM System X3550 ......................................... 15456 |======== Noname server Supermicro ................................. 3606 |== Noname server Supermicro2 ................................ 3578 |== PERC 6 - Intel Xeon E7330 ................................ 12254 |====== AMD FX8320 xpander ....................................... 22137 |=========== AMD FX8320 on Samsung SM951 NVME @pcie v2 ................ 21620 |=========== AMD Sempron 3500 1,8ghz .................................. 1397 |= intel 3770k paju ......................................... 25816 |============= AMD FX-8320@4.4GHz NVME SM951 256GB ASUS Sabertooth mobo . 24444 |============ ebizzy 0.3 Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.1 Records/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7-4770 ..................... 157716 |=========== SunFire x4100 ............................................ 5829 | 24 Disk Array ............................................ 24995 |== IBM System X3550 ......................................... 25981 |== Noname server Supermicro ................................. 4616 | Noname server Supermicro2 ................................ 4731 | PERC 6 - Intel Xeon E7330 ................................ 15330 |= AMD FX8320 xpander ....................................... 130847 |========= AMD FX8320 on Samsung SM951 NVME @pcie v2 ................ 126536 |========= AMD Sempron 3500 1,8ghz .................................. 15097 |= intel 3770k paju ......................................... 168919 |============ AMD FX-8320@4.4GHz NVME SM951 256GB ASUS Sabertooth mobo . 142442 |========== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7-4770 ..................... 116.80 |= SunFire x4100 ............................................ 389.15 |== 24 Disk Array ............................................ 173.38 |= IBM System X3550 ......................................... 159.65 |= Noname server Supermicro2 ................................ 923.33 |===== PERC 6 - Intel Xeon E7330 ................................ 153.39 |= AMD FX8320 xpander ....................................... 130.36 |= AMD FX8320 on Samsung SM951 NVME @pcie v2 ................ 133.32 |= AMD Sempron 3500 1,8ghz .................................. 2003.17 |=========== intel 3770k paju ......................................... 127.38 |= AMD FX-8320@4.4GHz NVME SM951 256GB ASUS Sabertooth mobo . 126.55 |= FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7-4770 ..................... 9.98 |= SunFire x4100 ............................................ 35.09 |==== 24 Disk Array ............................................ 26.05 |=== IBM System X3550 ......................................... 23.60 |=== Noname server Supermicro2 ................................ 52.08 |====== PERC 6 - Intel Xeon E7330 ................................ 25.98 |=== AMD FX8320 xpander ....................................... 11.99 |= AMD FX8320 on Samsung SM951 NVME @pcie v2 ................ 13.86 |== AMD Sempron 3500 1,8ghz .................................. 104.49 |============ intel 3770k paju ......................................... 9.52 |= AMD FX-8320@4.4GHz NVME SM951 256GB ASUS Sabertooth mobo . 11.02 |= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7-4770 ...... 36964.78 |========================= SunFire x4100 ............................. 8936.63 |====== 24 Disk Array ............................. 11492.39 |======== IBM System X3550 .......................... 11977.37 |======== Noname server Supermicro2 ................. 5178.83 |==== PERC 6 - Intel Xeon E7330 ................. 10952.08 |======= AMD FX8320 xpander ........................ 23255.26 |================ AMD FX8320 on Samsung SM951 NVME @pcie v2 . 21458.75 |=============== AMD Sempron 3500 1,8ghz ................... 1838.31 |=