Linux 4.15 Testing Tests for a future article on Phoronix. i7 8700K: Pre: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-041500rc5-generic (x86_64) 20171224, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.4.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 i7 8700K: Post: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20171231, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.4.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 i7 6800K: Pre: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NV120 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.15.0-041500rc5-generic (x86_64) 20171224, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 i7 6800K: Post: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NV120 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.15.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20171231, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .. 67.99 |================================================== i7 8700K: Post . 74.41 |======================================================= i7 6800K: Pre .. 40.54 |============================== i7 6800K: Post . 41.66 |=============================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .. 116.10 |====================================================== i7 8700K: Post . 65.40 |============================== i7 6800K: Pre .. 58.90 |=========================== i7 6800K: Post . 53.48 |========================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .. 293.60 |====================================================== i7 8700K: Post . 135.20 |========================= i7 6800K: Pre .. 51.87 |========== i7 6800K: Post . 50.67 |========= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .. 116.27 |====================================================== i7 8700K: Post . 71.77 |================================= i7 6800K: Pre .. 42.95 |==================== i7 6800K: Post . 43.03 |==================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .. 1637.52 |===================================================== i7 8700K: Post . 994.87 |================================ i7 6800K: Pre .. 708.58 |======================= i7 6800K: Post . 696.39 |======================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .. 656.20 |====================================================== i7 8700K: Post . 558.77 |============================================== i7 6800K: Pre .. 468.23 |======================================= i7 6800K: Post . 398.81 |================================= x264 2017-09-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .. 305.55 |====================================================== i7 8700K: Post . 303.70 |====================================================== i7 6800K: Pre .. 242.61 |=========================================== i7 6800K: Post . 243.23 |=========================================== ebizzy 0.3 Records/s > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .. 396530 |===================================================== i7 8700K: Post . 401645 |====================================================== i7 6800K: Pre .. 199634 |=========================== i7 6800K: Post . 197273 |=========================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .. 65.34 |==================================== i7 8700K: Post . 65.56 |==================================== i7 6800K: Pre .. 99.56 |======================================================= i7 6800K: Post . 99.54 |======================================================= FFmpeg 3.3.3 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .. 4.19 |====================================== i7 8700K: Post . 4.17 |====================================== i7 6800K: Pre .. 6.04 |======================================================= i7 6800K: Post . 6.11 |======================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .. 2243.46 |================================= i7 8700K: Post . 1949.49 |============================ i7 6800K: Pre .. 3655.01 |===================================================== i7 6800K: Post . 2949.57 |=========================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .. 3141409.42 |================================================== i7 8700K: Post . 2958700.33 |=============================================== i7 6800K: Pre .. 2648650.75 |========================================== i7 6800K: Post . 2459189.08 |======================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .. 2192989.50 |================================================= i7 8700K: Post . 2216207.08 |================================================== i7 6800K: Pre .. 1968968.17 |============================================ i7 6800K: Post . 1926070.42 |=========================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .. 49245.29 |==================================================== i7 8700K: Post . 49516.92 |==================================================== i7 6800K: Pre .. 32675.40 |================================== i7 6800K: Post . 36243.13 |====================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .. 213.44 |====================================================== i7 8700K: Post . 208.62 |===================================================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .. 41.90 |======================================================= i7 8700K: Post . 41.90 |======================================================= Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .. 11.20 |======================================================= i7 8700K: Post . 11.20 |======================================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .. 251.67 |====================================================== i7 8700K: Post . 250.50 |====================================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .. 188.37 |====================================================== i7 8700K: Post . 188.81 |====================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Crypto Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .. 1479.12 |===================================================== i7 8700K: Post . 1486.27 |===================================================== i7 6800K: Pre .. 1197.27 |=========================================== i7 6800K: Post . 1195.17 |=========================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Forking Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .. 71213.27 |==================================================== i7 8700K: Post . 70875.02 |==================================================== i7 6800K: Pre .. 65249.95 |================================================ i7 6800K: Post . 66028.68 |================================================ Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Socket Activity Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .. 9951.75 |===================================================== i7 8700K: Post . 8604.22 |============================================== i7 6800K: Pre .. 5828.56 |=============================== i7 6800K: Post . 5742.01 |===============================