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 FX 8350 at 4.7 GHz: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Western Digital WD5001AALS-0 + 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 4001GB My Book 1230, Graphics: Gallium 0.4 on AMD FIJI (DRM 3.3.0 / 4.8.2-gentoo LLVM 4.0.0) 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL U2312HM + DUAL-DVI OS: Gentoo 2.3, Kernel: 4.8.2-gentoo (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.20.4, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.1.0-devel (git-42273ed) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 + Clang 4.0.0 + LLVM 4.0.0svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3640x1920 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 |========================================= FX 8350 at 4.7 GHz . 30.17 |================================== 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 |================== FX 8350 at 4.7 GHz . 6589.38 |================== 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 |=============================== FX 8350 at 4.7 GHz . 10.95 |============================== 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 |=========================================== 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 |============== FX 8350 at 4.7 GHz . 850.08 |=============== 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 |=========================== FX 8350 at 4.7 GHz . 110.67 |=========================== 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 |========================= FX 8350 at 4.7 GHz . 17.18 |====================== 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 |========================== FX 8350 at 4.7 GHz . 29 |======================= 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 |=============================================== FX 8350 at 4.7 GHz . 8.82 |=========================================== 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 |=============================================== FX 8350 at 4.7 GHz . 16.45 |============================================