Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article of the Core i7 6800K.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1609269-LO-6800K222998
Intel Core i7 6800K Broadwell-E CPU Linux Benchmarking
Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article of the Core i7 6800K.
AMD FX-8370:
Processor: AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Killer, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB SPCC Solid State, Graphics: AMD FirePro V8700 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160821, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Xeon E5-2687W v3:
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: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440
Xeon E5-2609 v4:
Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 @ 1.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440
Core i7-5960X:
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133:
Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400:
Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440
TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a
Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping
FPS > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 169.14 |===================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 388.31 |===========================================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 165.11 |==================
Core i7-5960X ............. 351.91 |=======================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 286.85 |================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 292.81 |================================
x264 2015-11-02
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 162.98 |=====================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 338.11 |===========================================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 144.33 |==================
Core i7-5960X ............. 305.43 |=======================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 257.21 |=================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 258.99 |=================================
HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad
GB/s > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 1.84769 |===================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 2.31513 |=======================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 4.15776 |==========================================
Core i7-5960X ............. 2.19381 |======================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 2.56050 |==========================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 2.77629 |============================
HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: EP-DGEMM
GFLOPS > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 5.85913 |====================================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 6.00801 |=====================================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 6.58279 |========================================
Core i7-5960X ............. 6.59637 |=========================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 6.81390 |==========================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 6.82969 |==========================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 151 |========================================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 174 |==============================================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 94 |=========================
Core i7-5960X ............. 171 |=============================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 170 |=============================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 170 |=============================================
FFTE 5.0
Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 3827.19 |=============================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 5296.24 |========================================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 2659.25 |====================
Core i7-5960X ............. 5092.99 |======================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 5619.80 |==========================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 5619.52 |==========================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 834.64 |========================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 1293.36 |=====================================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 657.32 |===================
Core i7-5960X ............. 1313.47 |======================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 1462.66 |==========================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 1441.72 |=========================================
Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 621.56 |=============
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 1786.90 |=======================================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 1002.07 |======================
Core i7-5960X ............. 1775.62 |======================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 1948.99 |==========================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 1895.71 |=========================================
TSCP 1.81
AI Chess Performance
Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 734566 |=========================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 1176876 |========================================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 575000 |====================
Core i7-5960X ............. 1178388 |========================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 1229417 |==========================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 1214052 |=========================================
Hierarchical INTegration 1.0
Test: FLOAT
QUIPs > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 263721265.92 |==========================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 327609889.02 |================================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 177631425.77 |=================
Core i7-5960X ............. 328299620.08 |================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 377187664.75 |=====================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 376105127.86 |=====================================
ebizzy 0.3
Phoronix Test Suite v6.6.0m2
Records/s > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 131327 |=======================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 245582 |===========================================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 155498 |===========================
Core i7-5960X ............. 225105 |=======================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 172504 |==============================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 192407 |==================================
Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 1432305.00 |==========================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 1574844.83 |=============================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 1353950.46 |=========================
Core i7-5960X ............. 1819288.71 |=================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 2120999.29 |=======================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 1888173.63 |===================================
Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 1034612.75 |=========================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 1290795.13 |===============================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 921384.44 |======================
Core i7-5960X ............. 1297621.60 |===============================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 1643060.62 |=======================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 1538956.79 |=====================================
Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 23219.51 |========================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 30114.17 |===============================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 30212.52 |===============================
Core i7-5960X ............. 34884.24 |====================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 38946.34 |========================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 40151.44 |=========================================
OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 697.80 |======================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 1337.43 |==========================================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 571.83 |==================
Core i7-5960X ............. 1169.90 |=====================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 983.07 |===============================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 983.53 |===============================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: BT.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 2385.45 |==================================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 2578.68 |=====================================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 2105.53 |==============================
Core i7-5960X ............. 2818.85 |========================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 2887.38 |=========================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 2942.97 |==========================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: FT.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 2620.66 |==================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 5357.84 |=====================================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 4708.30 |================================
Core i7-5960X ............. 5691.83 |=======================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 5759.84 |========================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 6091.22 |==========================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: SP.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 1348.58 |=========================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 2010.17 |=====================================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 1717.21 |================================
Core i7-5960X ............. 2170.82 |========================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 2173.51 |========================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 2289.61 |==========================================
PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 2692.12 |======================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 4817.18 |=======================================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 5175.59 |==========================================
Core i7-5960X ............. 5109.51 |=========================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 5162.48 |==========================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 5039.34 |=========================================
Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11
Build: CPU AlexNet
Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 564368 |=============================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 427198 |======================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 831629 |===========================================
Core i7-5960X ............. 424764 |======================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 402404 |=====================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 401064 |=====================
Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11
Build: CPU Googlenet
Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 1192944 |===============================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 825606 |======================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 1603103 |==========================================
Core i7-5960X ............. 814653 |=====================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 777149 |====================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 781420 |====================
Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP LBM
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 221.46 |===========================================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 96.23 |===================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 205.27 |========================================
Core i7-5960X ............. 105.91 |=====================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 129.90 |=========================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 128.58 |=========================
Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 17.27 |===========================================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 7.12 |==================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 17.70 |============================================
Core i7-5960X ............. 8.03 |====================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 9.73 |========================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 9.67 |========================
Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP Stencil
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 37.33 |============================================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 12.92 |===============
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 19.77 |=======================
Core i7-5960X ............. 14.20 |=================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 17.02 |====================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 15.71 |===================
Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 254.71 |===========================================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 97.15 |================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 96.91 |================
Core i7-5960X ............. 74.11 |=============
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 61.55 |==========
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 59.30 |==========
Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP LavaMD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 207.63 |=============================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 92.91 |=============
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 311.74 |===========================================
Core i7-5960X ............. 105.70 |===============
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 128.08 |==================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 127.82 |==================
Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 81.06 |============================================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 34.26 |===================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 69.52 |======================================
Core i7-5960X ............. 39.84 |======================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 45.65 |=========================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 44.73 |========================
Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP Streamcluster
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 30.63 |=========================================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 20.68 |============================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 32.86 |============================================
Core i7-5960X ............. 28.70 |======================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 19.71 |==========================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 18.20 |========================
Dolfyn 0.527
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 34.71 |================================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 24.97 |=======================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 48.19 |============================================
Core i7-5960X ............. 24.43 |======================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 23.48 |=====================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 23.07 |=====================
Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 11.95 |======================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 23.59 |============================================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 18.62 |===================================
Core i7-5960X ............. 23.02 |===========================================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 10.50 |====================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 10.61 |====================
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 117.37 |========================================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 55.18 |===================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 126.06 |===========================================
Core i7-5960X ............. 59.91 |====================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 73.10 |=========================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 71.38 |========================
Primesieve 5.4.2
1e12 Prime Number Generation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 166.84 |===========================================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 36.61 |=========
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 93.06 |========================
Core i7-5960X ............. 41.94 |===========
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 54.22 |==============
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 54.13 |==============
Crafty 23.4
Elapsed Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 97.69 |============================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 73.78 |=====================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 147.93 |===========================================
Core i7-5960X ............. 73.43 |=====================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 70.66 |=====================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 70.52 |====================
FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 10.08 |==================================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 6.77 |=======================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 13.08 |============================================
Core i7-5960X ............. 6.71 |=======================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 6.47 |======================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 6.53 |======================
N-Queens 1.0
Elapsed Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8370 ............... 35.01 |===========================
Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 17.33 |=============
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 56.89 |============================================
Core i7-5960X ............. 19.76 |===============
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 25.65 |====================
Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 25.63 |====================