MSI X99 Motherboard Testing
Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com.


MSI X99S SLI PLUS: 

	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: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

MSI X99A WORKSTATION: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: EP.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
MSI X99S SLI PLUS .... 380.51 |================================================
MSI X99A WORKSTATION . 379.98 |================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
MSI X99S SLI PLUS .... 7.00 |==================================================
MSI X99A WORKSTATION . 7.05 |==================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP Stencil
Seconds < Lower Is Better
MSI X99S SLI PLUS .... 12.03 |=================================================
MSI X99A WORKSTATION . 12.08 |=================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding
Seconds < Lower Is Better
MSI X99S SLI PLUS .... 94.91 |================================================
MSI X99A WORKSTATION . 95.89 |=================================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP LavaMD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
MSI X99S SLI PLUS .... 92.64 |=================================================
MSI X99A WORKSTATION . 92.61 |=================================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
MSI X99S SLI PLUS .... 34.11 |=================================================
MSI X99A WORKSTATION . 34.23 |=================================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP Streamcluster
Seconds < Lower Is Better
MSI X99S SLI PLUS .... 18.93 |============================================
MSI X99A WORKSTATION . 20.87 |=================================================


x264 2015-11-02
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
MSI X99S SLI PLUS .... 333.25 |================================================
MSI X99A WORKSTATION . 336.32 |================================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
MSI X99S SLI PLUS .... 1789.38 |===============================================
MSI X99A WORKSTATION . 1793.39 |===============================================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
MSI X99S SLI PLUS .... 23.28 |=================================================
MSI X99A WORKSTATION . 23.37 |=================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
MSI X99S SLI PLUS .... 53.39 |=================================================
MSI X99A WORKSTATION . 53.44 |=================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
MSI X99S SLI PLUS .... 6.72 |==================================================
MSI X99A WORKSTATION . 6.73 |==================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
MSI X99S SLI PLUS .... 12.70 |=================================================
MSI X99A WORKSTATION . 12.72 |=================================================


Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11
Build: CPU AlexNet
Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better
MSI X99S SLI PLUS .... 430458 |================================================
MSI X99A WORKSTATION . 427891 |================================================


Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11
Build: CPU Googlenet
Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better
MSI X99S SLI PLUS .... 827627 |================================================
MSI X99A WORKSTATION . 825710 |================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
MSI X99S SLI PLUS .... 5522.93 |===============================================
MSI X99A WORKSTATION . 5406.65 |==============================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
MSI X99S SLI PLUS .... 5651.41 |===============================================
MSI X99A WORKSTATION . 4540.67 |======================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
MSI X99S SLI PLUS .... 1722835.67 |============================================
MSI X99A WORKSTATION . 1727752.12 |============================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
MSI X99S SLI PLUS .... 1347946.94 |============================================
MSI X99A WORKSTATION . 1354095.59 |============================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
MSI X99S SLI PLUS .... 35227.87 |==============================================
MSI X99A WORKSTATION . 34607.98 |=============================================