Intel Core i7 6800K Broadwell-E CPU Linux Benchmarking Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article of the Core i7 6800K. 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 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 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 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 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 carnaval_CPU_noOC: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 @ 3.40GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: EVGA 151-HE-E999 v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000LX015-1U71 + 2 x 8002GB Seagate ST8000AS0002-1NA, Graphics: XFX AMD Device 67df 8167.046875MB, Audio: Creative CA0132, Monitor: G206HL, Network: Intel Connection I217-LM OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-75-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Primesieve 5.4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 36.61 |========= Core i7-5960X ............. 41.94 |=========== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 93.06 |======================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 166.84 |=========================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 54.22 |============== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 54.13 |============== carnaval_CPU_noOC ......... 45.33 |============ Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 97.15 |================ Core i7-5960X ............. 74.11 |============= Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 96.91 |================ AMD FX-8370 ............... 254.71 |=========================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 61.55 |========== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 59.30 |========== carnaval_CPU_noOC ......... 103.92 |================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 92.91 |============= Core i7-5960X ............. 105.70 |=============== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 311.74 |=========================================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 207.63 |============================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 128.08 |================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 127.82 |================== carnaval_CPU_noOC ......... 107.14 |=============== N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 17.33 |============= Core i7-5960X ............. 19.76 |=============== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 56.89 |============================================ AMD FX-8370 ............... 35.01 |=========================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 25.65 |==================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 25.63 |==================== carnaval_CPU_noOC ......... 21.39 |================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 1786.90 |======================================= Core i7-5960X ............. 1775.62 |====================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 1002.07 |====================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 621.56 |============= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 1948.99 |========================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 1895.71 |========================================= carnaval_CPU_noOC ......... 1903.38 |========================================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 12.92 |=============== Core i7-5960X ............. 14.20 |================= Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 19.77 |======================= AMD FX-8370 ............... 37.33 |============================================ Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 17.02 |==================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 15.71 |=================== carnaval_CPU_noOC ......... 11.96 |============== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 4817.18 |========================== Core i7-5960X ............. 5109.51 |=========================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 5175.59 |=========================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 2692.12 |============== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 5162.48 |=========================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 5039.34 |=========================== carnaval_CPU_noOC ......... 7905.70 |========================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 7.12 |================== Core i7-5960X ............. 8.03 |==================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 17.70 |============================================ AMD FX-8370 ............... 17.27 |=========================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 9.73 |======================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 9.67 |======================== carnaval_CPU_noOC ......... 8.04 |==================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 34.26 |=================== Core i7-5960X ............. 39.84 |====================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 69.52 |====================================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 81.06 |============================================ Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 45.65 |========================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 44.73 |======================== carnaval_CPU_noOC ......... 35.53 |=================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 388.31 |=========================================== Core i7-5960X ............. 351.91 |======================================= Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 165.11 |================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 169.14 |=================== 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 Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 338.11 |=========================================== Core i7-5960X ............. 305.43 |======================================= Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 144.33 |================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 162.98 |===================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 257.21 |================================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 258.99 |================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 1337.43 |========================================== Core i7-5960X ............. 1169.90 |===================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 571.83 |================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 697.80 |====================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 983.07 |=============================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 983.53 |=============================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 5357.84 |===================================== Core i7-5960X ............. 5691.83 |======================================= Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 4708.30 |================================ AMD FX-8370 ............... 2620.66 |================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 5759.84 |======================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 6091.22 |========================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 96.23 |=================== Core i7-5960X ............. 105.91 |===================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 205.27 |======================================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 221.46 |=========================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 129.90 |========================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 128.58 |========================= carnaval_CPU_noOC ......... 112.71 |====================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 55.18 |=================== Core i7-5960X ............. 59.91 |==================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 126.06 |=========================================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 117.37 |======================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 73.10 |========================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 71.38 |======================== carnaval_CPU_noOC ......... 60.70 |===================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad GB/s > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 2.31513 |======================= Core i7-5960X ............. 2.19381 |====================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 4.15776 |========================================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 1.84769 |=================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 2.56050 |========================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 2.77629 |============================ Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 23.59 |============================================ Core i7-5960X ............. 23.02 |=========================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 18.62 |=================================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 11.95 |====================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 10.50 |==================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 10.61 |==================== carnaval_CPU_noOC ......... 22.98 |=========================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 1293.36 |===================================== Core i7-5960X ............. 1313.47 |====================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 657.32 |=================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 834.64 |======================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 1462.66 |========================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 1441.72 |========================================= carnaval_CPU_noOC ......... 1334.28 |====================================== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 1176876 |======================================== Core i7-5960X ............. 1178388 |======================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 575000 |==================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 734566 |========================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 1229417 |========================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 1214052 |========================================= Hierarchical INTegration 1.0 Test: FLOAT QUIPs > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 327609889.02 |================================ Core i7-5960X ............. 328299620.08 |================================ Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 177631425.77 |================= AMD FX-8370 ............... 263721265.92 |========================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 377187664.75 |===================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 376105127.86 |===================================== carnaval_CPU_noOC ......... 346788100.52 |================================== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 5296.24 |======================================== Core i7-5960X ............. 5092.99 |====================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 2659.25 |==================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 3827.19 |============================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 5619.80 |========================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 5619.52 |========================================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 73.78 |===================== Core i7-5960X ............. 73.43 |===================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 147.93 |=========================================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 97.69 |============================ Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 70.66 |===================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 70.52 |==================== carnaval_CPU_noOC ......... 76.26 |====================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 24.97 |======================= Core i7-5960X ............. 24.43 |====================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 48.19 |============================================ AMD FX-8370 ............... 34.71 |================================ Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 23.48 |===================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 23.07 |===================== Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11 Build: CPU AlexNet Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 427198 |====================== Core i7-5960X ............. 424764 |====================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 831629 |=========================================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 564368 |============================= 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 Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 825606 |====================== Core i7-5960X ............. 814653 |===================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 1603103 |========================================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 1192944 |=============================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 777149 |==================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 781420 |==================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 6.77 |======================= Core i7-5960X ............. 6.71 |======================= Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 13.08 |============================================ AMD FX-8370 ............... 10.08 |================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 6.47 |====================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 6.53 |====================== carnaval_CPU_noOC ......... 7.07 |======================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 174 |============================================== Core i7-5960X ............. 171 |============================================= Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 94 |========================= AMD FX-8370 ............... 151 |======================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 170 |============================================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 170 |============================================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 20.68 |============================ Core i7-5960X ............. 28.70 |====================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 32.86 |============================================ AMD FX-8370 ............... 30.63 |========================================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 19.71 |========================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 18.20 |======================== carnaval_CPU_noOC ......... 26.46 |=================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 30114.17 |=============================== Core i7-5960X ............. 34884.24 |==================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 30212.52 |=============================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 23219.51 |======================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 38946.34 |======================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 40151.44 |========================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 2010.17 |===================================== Core i7-5960X ............. 2170.82 |======================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 1717.21 |================================ AMD FX-8370 ............... 1348.58 |========================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 2173.51 |======================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 2289.61 |========================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 2578.68 |===================================== Core i7-5960X ............. 2818.85 |======================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 2105.53 |============================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 2385.45 |================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 2887.38 |========================================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 2942.97 |========================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 6.00801 |===================================== Core i7-5960X ............. 6.59637 |========================================= Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 6.58279 |======================================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 5.85913 |==================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 6.81390 |========================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 6.82969 |========================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 1290795.13 |=============================== Core i7-5960X ............. 1297621.60 |=============================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 921384.44 |====================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 1034612.75 |========================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 1643060.62 |======================================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 1538956.79 |===================================== carnaval_CPU_noOC ......... 1161963.17 |============================ Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 1574844.83 |============================= Core i7-5960X ............. 1819288.71 |================================= Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 1353950.46 |========================= AMD FX-8370 ............... 1432305.00 |========================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 2120999.29 |======================================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 1888173.63 |=================================== carnaval_CPU_noOC ......... 1453619.71 |=========================== ebizzy 0.3 Phoronix Test Suite v6.6.0m2 Records/s > Higher Is Better Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 245582 |========================================== Core i7-5960X ............. 225105 |====================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 155498 |========================== AMD FX-8370 ............... 131327 |====================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 172504 |============================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 192407 |================================= carnaval_CPU_noOC ......... 252584 |===========================================