Fresh NVIDIA CUDA Linux benchmarks with Blender by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2048MB (1316/3504MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.10, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 3.8.0 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
OpenCL Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 640
System Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 640.
Changed Graphics to eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (1341/3504MHz).
OpenCL Change: GPU Compute Cores: 768
System Change: GPU Compute Cores: 768.
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6144MB (1506/4006MHz).
OpenCL Change: GPU Compute Cores: 1280
System Change: GPU Compute Cores: 1280.
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB (1504/4006MHz).
OpenCL Change: GPU Compute Cores: 1920
System Change: GPU Compute Cores: 1920.
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1596/5005MHz).
OpenCL Change: GPU Compute Cores: 2560
System Change: GPU Compute Cores: 2560.
Processor: Intel Core i7-6700 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI H170I PRO AC (MS-7995) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-22M + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB (999/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 8260
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 370.28, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
OpenCL Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 2816
System Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 2816.
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2048MB (1316/3504MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.10, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 3.8.0 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
OpenCL Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 640
System Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 640.
Testing initiated at 2 November 2016 18:45 by user pts.
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (1341/3504MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.10, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 3.8.0 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
OpenCL Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 768
System Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 768.
Testing initiated at 2 November 2016 16:31 by user pts.
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6144MB (1506/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.10, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 3.8.0 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
OpenCL Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 1280
System Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 1280.
Testing initiated at 2 November 2016 18:00 by user pts.
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB (1504/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.10, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 3.8.0 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
OpenCL Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 1920
System Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 1920.
Testing initiated at 2 November 2016 17:29 by user pts.
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1596/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.10, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 3.8.0 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
OpenCL Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 2560
System Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 2560.
Testing initiated at 2 November 2016 16:03 by user pts.
Processor: Intel Core i7-6700 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI H170I PRO AC (MS-7995) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-22M + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB (999/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 8260
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 370.28, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
OpenCL Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 2816
System Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 2816.
Testing initiated at 3 November 2016 20:18 by user mate.