Intel Core i9 7960X Ubuntu Linux Benchmarks Intel Core i9 7960X Linux benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com. Core i7 7740X: Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: NV132 11264MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.0, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.1, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i7 7820X: Processor: Intel Core i7-7820X @ 4.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: NV132 11264MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.0, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.1, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i9 7900X: Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: NV132 11264MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.0, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.1, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i9 7960X: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 4.40GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: NV132 11264MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.0, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.1, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ryzen Threadripper 1950X: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: NV132 11264MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Device e0b1 + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.0, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.1, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Scikit-Learn 0.17.1 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 133.07 |======================================= Core i7 7820X ............ 146.02 |=========================================== Core i9 7900X ............ 148.83 |=========================================== Core i9 7960X ............ 151.07 |============================================ Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 126.06 |===================================== Xsbench 2017-07-06 Lookups/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 1506480 |============== Core i7 7820X ............ 2537761 |======================= Core i9 7900X ............ 3508843 |================================ Core i9 7960X ............ 4740036 |=========================================== Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 2757208 |========================= Blender 2.79 Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 484.82 |=========================================== Core i7 7820X ............ 455.17 |======================================== Core i9 7900X ............ 436.79 |======================================= Core i9 7960X ............ 438.12 |======================================= Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 497.39 |============================================ Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 2775212.83 |======================================== Core i7 7820X ............ 2443648.67 |=================================== Core i9 7900X ............ 2480810.25 |==================================== Core i9 7960X ............ 2377920.25 |================================== Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 1656340.04 |======================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 3857155.21 |======================================== Core i7 7820X ............ 3484852.08 |==================================== Core i9 7900X ............ 3168095.92 |================================= Core i9 7960X ............ 3348621.75 |=================================== Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 2290891.75 |======================== Darktable 2.2.5 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 16.77 |============================================= Core i7 7820X ............ 11.31 |============================== Core i9 7900X ............ 9.71 |========================== Core i9 7960X ............ 8.27 |====================== Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 10.84 |============================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 11881.71 |=============================== Core i7 7820X ............ 14222.43 |===================================== Core i9 7900X ............ 16066.14 |========================================== Core i9 7960X ............ 15360.94 |======================================== Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 11089.19 |============================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 848.70 |============= Core i7 7820X ............ 1572.73 |======================== Core i9 7900X ............ 1964.40 |============================== Core i9 7960X ............ 2829.87 |=========================================== Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 2185.70 |================================= FFmpeg 3.3.3 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 4.82 |===================================== Core i7 7820X ............ 5.58 |========================================== Core i9 7900X ............ 5.34 |========================================= Core i9 7960X ............ 5.83 |============================================ Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 6.06 |============================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.5 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 8.07 |========================================= Core i7 7820X ............ 8.33 |=========================================== Core i9 7900X ............ 8.39 |=========================================== Core i9 7960X ............ 8.96 |============================================== Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 8.95 |============================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 4.63 |======================================= Core i7 7820X ............ 4.73 |======================================== Core i9 7900X ............ 5.00 |========================================== Core i9 7960X ............ 5.20 |============================================ Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 5.48 |============================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 59 |================================================ Core i7 7820X ............ 48 |======================================= Core i9 7900X ............ 46 |===================================== Core i9 7960X ............ 45 |===================================== Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 20 |================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 18.29 |============================================= Core i7 7820X ............ 10.33 |========================= Core i9 7900X ............ 8.14 |==================== Core i9 7960X ............ 5.97 |=============== Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 5.14 |============= Timed PHP Compilation 7.1.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 66.78 |============================================= Core i7 7820X ............ 54.24 |===================================== Core i9 7900X ............ 48.58 |================================= Core i9 7960X ............ 44.33 |============================== Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 52.37 |=================================== asmFish 2017-09-19 1024 Hash Memory, 26 Depth Nodes/second > Higher Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 15947406 |============= Core i7 7820X ............ 28301133 |======================= Core i9 7900X ............ 36151239 |============================= Core i9 7960X ............ 52443163 |========================================== Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 42424098 |================================== x264 2017-09-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 231.11 |================== Core i7 7820X ............ 410.56 |================================ Core i9 7900X ............ 504.03 |======================================= Core i9 7960X ............ 566.83 |============================================ Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 388.92 |============================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 283.20 |================= Core i7 7820X ............ 404.56 |========================= Core i9 7900X ............ 505.29 |=============================== Core i9 7960X ............ 718.06 |============================================ Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 470.29 |============================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 8892 |============== Core i7 7820X ............ 16451 |========================= Core i9 7900X ............ 20514 |=============================== Core i9 7960X ............ 29574 |============================================= Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 23562 |==================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 6.42 |==================================== Core i7 7820X ............ 5.00 |============================ Core i9 7900X ............ 4.75 |=========================== Core i9 7960X ............ 4.67 |========================== Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 8.23 |============================================== FFTW 3.3.6 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 2048 Mflops > Higher Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 26661 |============================================= Core i7 7820X ............ 19062 |================================ Core i9 7900X ............ 21265 |==================================== Core i9 7960X ............ 22210 |===================================== Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 15763 |=========================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 22.52 |======================== Core i9 7900X ............ 13.92 |=============== Core i9 7960X ............ 13.66 |============== Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 42.88 |============================================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 38.90 |==================================== Core i9 7900X ............ 18.43 |================= Core i9 7960X ............ 12.64 |============ Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 48.25 |============================================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 153.09 |============================================ Core i9 7900X ............ 69.93 |==================== Core i9 7960X ............ 48.88 |============== Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 44.51 |============= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 29.31 |======== Core i7 7820X ............ 70.44 |==================== Core i9 7900X ............ 83.49 |======================= Core i9 7960X ............ 125.00 |=================================== Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 158.81 |============================================ Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 24.76 |============================================= Core i7 7820X ............ 15.67 |============================ Core i9 7900X ............ 11.32 |===================== Core i9 7960X ............ 8.95 |================ Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 13.44 |======================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 9.90 |============================================== Core i7 7820X ............ 5.65 |========================== Core i9 7900X ............ 4.75 |====================== Core i9 7960X ............ 3.29 |=============== Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 3.24 |=============== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 136.07 |============================================ Core i7 7820X ............ 76.48 |========================= Core i9 7900X ............ 67.48 |====================== Core i9 7960X ............ 69.80 |======================= Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 87.50 |============================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 3696.35 |=========================================== Core i7 7820X ............ 2773.56 |================================ Core i9 7900X ............ 3144.31 |===================================== Core i9 7960X ............ 3127.16 |==================================== Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 2843.58 |================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 9083.03 |============ Core i7 7820X ............ 17443.17 |======================= Core i9 7900X ............ 24852.25 |================================= Core i9 7960X ............ 31328.18 |========================================== Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 21262.32 |============================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 7740X ............ 407.57 |============= Core i7 7820X ............ 745.27 |======================== Core i9 7900X ............ 927.48 |============================== Core i9 7960X ............ 1329.69 |=========================================== Ryzen Threadripper 1950X . 1087.45 |===================================