Intel Kaby Lake Core i5 7600K - Clear Linux Comparison
Intel Core Kaby Lake Linux benchmarks. Tests for a future article..


Core i5 6600K: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel HD 530 (Skylake GT2) 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Core i7 6800K: 

	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: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Core i5 7600K - Clear: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-P, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Clear Linux 12720, Kernel: 4.9.3-293.native (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.0-devel, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 + Clang 3.9.1 + LLVM 3.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: EP.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Core i5 6600K ......... 220.73 |========================================
Core i7 6800K ......... 262.07 |===============================================
Core i5 7600K - Clear . 243.42 |============================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP LBM
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6600K ......... 484.60 |===============================================
Core i7 6800K ......... 113.02 |===========
Core i5 7600K - Clear . 164.14 |================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6600K ......... 34.64 |================================================
Core i7 6800K ......... 8.95  |============
Core i5 7600K - Clear . 19.13 |===========================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6600K ......... 96.72 |================================================
Core i7 6800K ......... 34.07 |=================
Core i5 7600K - Clear . 78.44 |=======================================


FFTW 3.3.4
Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 2048
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Core i5 6600K ......... 17498 |==============================================
Core i7 6800K ......... 13956 |====================================
Core i5 7600K - Clear . 18374 |================================================


TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a
Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping
FPS > Higher Is Better
Core i5 6600K ......... 191.53 |===============================
Core i7 6800K ......... 294.45 |===============================================
Core i5 7600K - Clear . 199.12 |================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Core i5 6600K ......... 2621.23 |============================================
Core i7 6800K ......... 2177.46 |=====================================
Core i5 7600K - Clear . 2733.62 |==============================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6600K . 145.20 |=======================================================
Core i7 6800K . 94.48  |====================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6600K ......... 15.75 |================================================
Core i7 6800K ......... 12.19 |=====================================
Core i5 7600K - Clear . 15.38 |===============================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6600K ......... 4.86 |====================================
Core i7 6800K ......... 6.53 |=================================================
Core i5 7600K - Clear . 4.54 |==================================


Minion 1.8
Benchmark: Solitaire
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6600K ......... 71.63 |========================================
Core i7 6800K ......... 86.93 |================================================
Core i5 7600K - Clear . 63.94 |===================================


Minion 1.8
Benchmark: Quasigroup
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6600K ......... 126.61 |=========================================
Core i7 6800K ......... 144.85 |===============================================
Core i5 7600K - Clear . 112.39 |====================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i5 6600K ......... 665.00 |================================
Core i7 6800K ......... 984.00 |===============================================
Core i5 7600K - Clear . 719.27 |==================================


Darktable 2.0.5
Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6600K . 50.99 |========================================================
Core i7 6800K . 15.43 |=================


Darktable 2.0.5
Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6600K . 0.70 |=========================================================
Core i7 6800K . 0.36 |=============================


Darktable 2.0.5
Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6600K . 0.68 |=========================================================
Core i7 6800K . 0.33 |============================


Blender 2.78a
Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 6600K ......... 801.93 |===============================================
Core i7 6800K ......... 569.85 |=================================
Core i5 7600K - Clear . 769.82 |=============================================


Darktable 2.2.1
Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 7600K - Clear . 18.33 |================================================


Darktable 2.2.1
Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 7600K - Clear . 11.39 |================================================


Darktable 2.2.1
Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 7600K - Clear . 8.40 |=================================================